All of the novels featuring Drizzt have made The New York Times Best Seller list. As an atypical drow (dark elf), Drizzt has forsaken both the evil ways of his people and their home in the Underdark, in the drow city of Menzoberranzan.ĭrizzt's story is told in Salvatore's fantasy novels in The Icewind Dale Trilogy, The Dark Elf Trilogy, the Legacy of the Drow series, the Paths of Darkness series, The Hunter's Blades Trilogy, the Transitions series, and the Neverwinter Saga, as well as in the short stories 'The Dowry', 'Dark Mirror', and 'Comrades at Odds'.
Drizzt has since become a popular heroic character of the Forgotten Realms setting, and has been featured as the main character of a long series of books, starting chronologically with The Dark Elf Trilogy. Salvatore created him on a whim when his publisher needed him to replace one of the characters in an early version of the first book, The Crystal Shard. Salvatore as a supporting character in the Icewind Dale Trilogy. Drizzt and his panther companion Guenhwyvar.ĭrizzt Do'Urden ( / ˈ d r ɪ t s t d oʊ ˈ ɜːr d ɪ n/) is a fictional character appearing in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
