However, the death of his older brother, and the first son, Nalfein, (incidentally, at the treacherous hand of the second son, Dinin) in the battle against House DeVir which raised Daermon Na'shezbaernon to the 9th ranked in the city during his birth, made him the second son and spared him.īeing a male in the matriarchal drow society, Drizzt Do'Urden suffered considerable abuse at the hands of his family, particularly his eldest sister Briza, in the first sixteen years of his life. As the third son, drow culture demanded that Drizzt be sacrificed to their goddess Lolth. He was the son of Malice, the Do'Urden Matron Mother and her consort, Do'Urden weaponmaster (and sometime Patron) Zaknafein.

From here, the reader follows Drizzt on his quest to follow his principles in the cruel and competitive society of his underground homeland where such feelings are threatened.ĭrizzt was born to the tenth noble House of Menzoberranzan, Daermon Na'shezbaernon (more commonly known as House Do'Urden). The book takes the reader into Menzoberranzan, the city of drow that is Drizzt's homeland. It follows the story of Drizzt Do'Urden from the time and circumstances of his birth and his upbringing amongst the drow (dark elves). Salvatore, the first book in The Dark Elf Trilogy, a prequel to The Icewind Dale Trilogy. Homeland is the first book in the Dark Elf Trilogy and the Legend of Drizzt series.Homeland is a fantasy novel by American writer R. Can Drizzt stay true to himself in a such an unforgiving, unprincipled world? As Drizzt grows older, developing his swordsmanship skills and studying at the Academy, he begins to realize that his idea of good and evil does not match up with those of his fellow drow. But with the unexpected death of his older brother, young Drizzt is spared-and, as a result, further ostracized by his family. With Homeland, Salvatore pulls back the curtain to reveal the startling tale of how this hero came to be-how this one lone drow walked out of the shadowy depths of the Underdark how he left behind an evil society and a family that wanted him dead.Īs the third son of Mother Malice and weaponmaster Zaknafein, Drizzt Do'Urden is meant to be sacrificed to Lolth, the evil Spider Queen, per drow tradition. Discover the origin story of one of the greatest heroes of the Forgotten Realms-Drizzt Do'Urden-in this thrilling first installment in the classic Dungeons & Dragons series, the Dark Elf Trilogyĭrow ranger Drizzt Do'Urden, first introduced in The Icewind Dale Trilogy, quickly became one of the fantasy genre's standout characters.

Homeland by R.A. Salvatore