I feel like everyone that hasn't read the books judges Drizzt exactly like the overland NPCs do. Like some edgelord simply because they played a Drow. But the concept of him is the most selfless force for good born into an evil society, and his development after. How is a 'good' character edgy lol.
@@michaelconrad8580 if being a Drow is all about being edgy, and he's not edgy, then that makes him a Lord of endless edgery in his own society. the sheer balls.
You clearly do not understand what makes "edgy" as "edgy". It runs both ways, something daring outside their social norms. He dared to break free from his societal norms. And did so in a way that also ended up with a few others also breaking free, if not by his direct influence, then by indirect with tales of his exploits. He (with his companions), fought back against the entirety of his home city not once, not twice, but 3 times that I know of. The biggest F U to his society that I know of. Drizzt wasn't even to be a main character until others clamored for more about this Drow... he was literally just a random thought tossed in by R. A. Salvatore and then became a main character with his own series of books about his history.
Man as a DM, I remember making rolls harder each session +1 for Clacker vs Pech checks. After couple weeks of failing, at the 18-20 range, some member rolled 20 thrice, and Clacker just really annihilated the arena. Just a dm memory
Svellsongur I'm not talking about your character in particular, I'm more talking about a trend where a lot of newer players tried to create their own version of a good Drow, which attempt to emulate Drizzt and ends up being a kinda serviceable if derivative character at best, or a lone wolf tortured edgelord who is just exhausting to be around at most. Granted it seems to be more of an early edition thing, since Tieflings seem to be the primary lone wolf edgelord race now, because Sunlight sensitivity is a serious detriment to Drow PCs, and Tieflings have a ton things going for them with all their options.
@@InquisitorThomas This was a problem and I think led to a lot of push back against Drizzt himself, as people got sick of dealing with the imitators. Which led to a good while to a weird situation where Drizzt books sold by the bucketful but finding people admitting they liked Drizzt was really hard. To be fair it is possible to do a good redeeming Drow, that is not Drizzt mark 2, PC but yeah I did once have someone in my old Uni gaming group ask if they could play Drizzt.
At some point they say they don't wanna get into too much detail to avoid spoilers. They even summarised the whole story of Dritzz after leaving the underdark, which spans dozens of novels, as "a whole bunch of adventures on the surface" and moved on. The focus i think was on the main character and the recurring cast. That doesn't mean they forgot about Mooshie, just didn't mentioned. Oversight? Maybe. That's a matter of opinion. They work with limited time after all
@@jamaigar They didn't even know that Peck was a Pech who had been cursed with the polymorph spell to be a Hook horror. Which tells me that they likely didn't fully read the beginning books. And they forgot all about Guenhuyvar, the spectral Panther who was his lifelong companion.
Consider: his rebellion against Lolth really shook things up in Menzoberranzan. House Do'Urden, half of House Baenre, many houses losing a shitload of resources trying to capture Mithril Hall... Lolth might want to drag him into the Abyss and inflict her most creative torments on him, but he creates so much chaos that she also likes him.
@@viperfanboy3663 To be fair, Lolth wants to drag all drow into the abyss and inflict her most creative torments on them. In fact, the more devout the follower of Lolth you are, the more she wants to torture you. That is why a high priestess of Lolth is the best thing you can sacrifice to her.
Most people in the world are not racist you may have met some assholes in life but never compare fantasy characters to real life event or circumstance it does not apply at all I feel sorry for you but I think your blowing it up to something its not
Hmmm, if you can't find much just get creative. Think 1/3 Captain Jack Sparrow with 1/3 Gollum (with all his fanatical greed) and 1/3 the twisted gore fest of Jigsaw but with melee weapons (for the most part).
But a shadow dragon's scales are iridescent, so in a way they are kinda purple, sometimes. Of course, they are also black, blue, green, red, etc., too. 😉
Drizzt is by far one of my favorite characters, and I've been reading the books sine they came out back in the day. But yeah this guy got a lot wrong timeline wise and just in general. There's still enough there that's right that I won't harp on him ~Too~ much. But now you guys need to do one about my other all time fav... Raistlin Majere.
Drizzt's ability to levitate was from his house pendant. When he went to the surface, the sunlight destroyed the magic in the pendant, as it does in nearly all Underdark magic items, due to the magic being attuned to the Underdark itself. The same destruction happened to the magic in his cloak. He keeps the cloak as a momento.
Drizzt: I've studied the sword for decades, survived the underdark and icewind Dale, and befriended numerous powerful people Entreri: I've studied the sword for decades, given up emotions (except for rage apparently), and am an incredibly deadly assassin Jarlaxle: magic item shenanigans yall
I've been reading Drizzt for a long time. He should ascend to godhood for rangers. He is the epitome of the ranger. He would be a kind God, feeding clothing and taking care of those who cant.
Drizzt's piwawfi cloak got pretty beaten up during his 10-11 years in exile. It was made of fine threads, in a combination of black, silver, red, and purple colors. But it probably just looked like a muted gray blob after Exile. And when he came to the surface, that cloak shrivelled within his first month, as the result of lack of faezress energy recharging, and exposure to sunlight. See Sojourn. He then picked up a ratty cloak off a gnoll leader that he killed. That got burned off of him by the red dragon Hephaestus. Drizzt is then awarded a fine, thick cloak for helping the Weeping Friars, and he heads off to Icewind Dale. At the beginning of The Crystal Shard, he has a brown cloak in the summer, to match the color of the tundra soil, just like the tundra yetis... When the Companions traipse across the south to rescue Regis, Drizzt rocks a black cloak. At the end of The Halfling's Gem, he overlooks Mithral Hall from a cliff, in a cloak that we are told is forest green when the same scene is elaborated upon in the next novel, The Legacy. (Mithral Hall is located in a temperate, forested environment.) As the Companions head out of Icewind Dale in The Silent Blade as winter is turning to spring, Drizzt has a gray cloak again. This would make sense traveling in a snowy area. But forest green has been the main color that he has gone with, since he is a ranger traveling in the woods so often. It's definitely his signature look, now.
Man, Salvatore is a great writer. Every one of the Drizzt books, the cleric quintet, & any Forgotten Realms contributions as well as his demon wars saga & any other standalone worlds he has written about never disappoint. I'm so surprised that Drizzt hasn't gotten his own HBO, R rated cartoon or even movies. I still read the crystal shard & streams of silver every spring for no reason at all beyond living them. I also love Paul S. kemp's books, for anyone that's a fan of Salvatore & the Drizzt series, I highly, highly recommend Kemp's Egil & Nix novels. There's a trilogy of them so far as well as one or two novella short stories that, I think, are Audible exclusives. Love it!!
Hey guys here is our Drizzt episode! The most legendary character in all of Dnd but we're not going to tell you about any of the cool shit cuz spoilers!
Loved this! I have been searching for someone to do a full recap of Drizzt's story WITH spoilers for a while. I've been reading these books since I was a kid, and even rereading them it's hard to put the whole story in context. If anyone has any recommendations let me know.
Oh my god : I got all the references. I mean.... I am french canadian and I have NEVER EVER met anyone who knew about Drizzt... I love listening to you
I agree, the was Salvatore wrote Drizzt especially the fight scenes are so detailed you can actually picture in your minds eye every movement. I’ve read a few of his other books and the fighting choreography is not as detailed. I also believe people like him because of his just over story. Abusive upbringing, outcast, people judging him by the color of his skin and it the content of his character. Drizzt getting his come ups, hero then legend!
I get a kick how Drizzt was slated to be a side character originally, but turned into a literary icon. Also, to the question of who would win between Drizzt and Elminster, they're both goodly. They would not fight each other. If they met, it would be because something REALLY MESSED UP was happening and they need each other to stop it
Guenhwyvar high elf word for Shadow. Salvatore has a back story for the he'll cat as the Drow call her. She was a real cat that a wizard/ ranger was gonna turn into a magic totem. But the statue supposed to disappear when the cat is summoned but it remains.
@@cjprice6105 Clacker was a pech before becoming a hook horror. While a pech looks similar to a gnome, they're actually from the elemental plane of Earth. Earlier editions depicted them as looking closer to large stones instead of gnomes.
Drizzt was a chosen of Mielikki but protected by Lolth since birth. Her demands of her servants to hunt him down brought endless chaos and upturned the stagnant city completely. She definitely loved it and even some drow think he was protected by her
From what I remember Drizzt was in the underdark til 40-50, made his way to the top, spent some years getting his overland bearings + getting used to light, saved a village from an ogre? then made his way to icewind dale. He was prob 60 at that point in the novels, but was that retconned?
I went back and took detailed notes of all the novels. You're really close! Homeland: Drizzt attended the Academy from age 21 to 30. Then he got out and went active duty for awhile. Roughly 33 years total. 10 years surviving alone in the Underdark. Exile took about 1 year. Spent about 6 years on the surface in Sojourn before moving to Icewind Dale. He is said to have been living in the Dale for 5 years at the start of The Crystal Shard. 33+10+1+6+5=~55 at the beginning of Shard.
Oh shit they dropped the Drizzt video! I love Drizzt but he gets worse as his character moves through the novels. He ends up being the Superman of Forgotten Realms. He's fucking invincible. He's morally uncorruptable. He always wins. Even when he dies he fucking wins.
@@drizztiley8740 for an expert on Drizzt lore, he makes quite a few errors. "You can't tell what side Jarlaxle is on" being the most blatant. Pronunciation drove me absolutely insane, I understand some things are difficult/there are multiple correct ways, but the pronunciation of Regis is pretty blatantly REE-jiss. This man lists two pronunciation, both of which are wrong, and says there is debate... kinda just sounds pretentious. Particularly for a voice actor he has a remarkable way of making literally everything sound unnatural. I don't think I would have been mad if Will just said "Hey we are bringing our buddy who is a big fan of the series to talk about it", but they said expert and this guy is DEFINITELY not an expert. I don't consider myself an expert, but coulda given a better interview than this guy... the phonetic spellings are on forgotten realms wiki... i don't mean to be a hater, let everyone enjoy the way they pronounce them in their head... but don't say you're expert and pronounce everything atrociously wrong lol
Drizzt's name WAS absolutely influenced by history and culture... its actually a tribute to one of D& D's creators Gary Gygax. Thats why his first name is so funky : )
@@tsshorts_yt9750 Recalling Drizzt's creation in an interview, Salvatore said, "I don't know where it came from. I guess that Gary Gygax just did such an amazing job in creating the drow elves that something about them got stuck in the back of my head. Thank God!"
I first read RR Salvatore's novel (the second book in Dark Elf Trilogy) on my first combat tour in Afghanistan 2003. Myself being versed in weapons based martial arts (Inosanto Lacoste Kali & Bujinkan) the Drizzt stories intensified my motivation in my studies. Now, I'm re-reading the series in order starting from "Homeland."
Clacker the Hook Horror that Drizzt befriends in the Underdark was cursed by a human wizard but was originally a Pech which was a sort of rock race, they hear the voices of the stones and slowly becomes consumed by the simpler mind of the Hook Horror
Drizzt was born in DR 1298,he left menzoberranzen at 30yrs old,spent 10 yrs in the wilds of the under dark, came to the surface at 40 yrs old ...long story short he ,at most recent in the book timeless ,is 199 yrs old
When Drizzt met Lloth at age 5 in short story book and when he was going to be sent to wizard school and gets to balance the coins trained by and bet Matron Mother a bet to balance 10 coins in each hand. Purple eyes same as father.
Menzoberzoran is ruled by 8 houses. House Do'Urden was 10th until the night of Drittz birth. Thus becoming 9th. Then at end of Homeland/beginning of Exile they become 8th
Your expert has missed and messed up so much but has gotten it close enough to intrigue people to read the series. Do like the show though. His name was Errtu not Balor. The Hook Horror was polymorphed by a wizard from a special race of underdark humanoids who could "listen" to the stones and move through the earth like wading through water.
He has now teamed up with entreri they go on adventures. Gets in a relationship with a monk elf she but she is like a black widow she murders her lovers. Then come to find out he is actually a chosen of lolth and he is like demi-goddish
I feel like everyone that hasn't read the books judges Drizzt exactly like the overland NPCs do. Like some edgelord simply because they played a Drow. But the concept of him is the most selfless force for good born into an evil society, and his development after. How is a 'good' character edgy lol.
Because he goes against the norms of his society ?
Yeah he’s not edgy at all and you can tell that from reading the books
@@michaelconrad8580 if being a Drow is all about being edgy, and he's not edgy, then that makes him a Lord of endless edgery in his own society. the sheer balls.
You clearly do not understand what makes "edgy" as "edgy". It runs both ways, something daring outside their social norms. He dared to break free from his societal norms. And did so in a way that also ended up with a few others also breaking free, if not by his direct influence, then by indirect with tales of his exploits.
He (with his companions), fought back against the entirety of his home city not once, not twice, but 3 times that I know of.
The biggest F U to his society that I know of.
Drizzt wasn't even to be a main character until others clamored for more about this Drow... he was literally just a random thought tossed in by R. A. Salvatore and then became a main character with his own series of books about his history.
@@michaelconrad8580 Please tell me that you are being sarcastic and not an idiot.
The hook horrors name is CLACKER!
He was a pech originally. Until the w-w-w-wiz-wizard transformed him
He had a name and his name was rober... Clacker.
He used to be a Pecc.
Man as a DM, I remember making rolls harder each session +1 for Clacker vs Pech checks. After couple weeks of failing, at the 18-20 range, some member rolled 20 thrice, and Clacker just really annihilated the arena. Just a dm memory
God that’s amazing
The character that spawned a thousand edgelord Drow PCs.
A thousand thousand edgelords.
Svellsongur I'm not talking about your character in particular, I'm more talking about a trend where a lot of newer players tried to create their own version of a good Drow, which attempt to emulate Drizzt and ends up being a kinda serviceable if derivative character at best, or a lone wolf tortured edgelord who is just exhausting to be around at most.
Granted it seems to be more of an early edition thing, since Tieflings seem to be the primary lone wolf edgelord race now, because Sunlight sensitivity is a serious detriment to Drow PCs, and Tieflings have a ton things going for them with all their options.
@@InquisitorThomas This was a problem and I think led to a lot of push back against Drizzt himself, as people got sick of dealing with the imitators. Which led to a good while to a weird situation where Drizzt books sold by the bucketful but finding people admitting they liked Drizzt was really hard.
To be fair it is possible to do a good redeeming Drow, that is not Drizzt mark 2, PC but yeah I did once have someone in my old Uni gaming group ask if they could play Drizzt.
Edgelord before edgelord was a thing.
@Butt Snatch Because you fall in love with the idea that Drizzt brings to the table and you want to emulate that..
Your expert forgot to mention Mooshie, who basically taught him about being a Ranger and Mielikki.
Someone was reading the book series not the cliff noted
I was thinking the same thing.
At some point they say they don't wanna get into too much detail to avoid spoilers. They even summarised the whole story of Dritzz after leaving the underdark, which spans dozens of novels, as "a whole bunch of adventures on the surface" and moved on. The focus i think was on the main character and the recurring cast. That doesn't mean they forgot about Mooshie, just didn't mentioned. Oversight? Maybe. That's a matter of opinion. They work with limited time after all
Iirc, Drizzt received Twinkle from Mooshie, not some elven wizard. Again iirc, back in 2e meta, Twinkle was a +5 defender blade.
@@jamaigar They didn't even know that Peck was a Pech who had been cursed with the polymorph spell to be a Hook horror. Which tells me that they likely didn't fully read the beginning books. And they forgot all about Guenhuyvar, the spectral Panther who was his lifelong companion.
Clacker the Hook Horror, I think he was a pech? Been so long!
Yep its true
yes he WAS a Peck, until he pissed off a wizard
@@allankirk3412 don't forget was a hair away from being a pech again until he beat the wizard into pulp
Drizzt got me reading. FREAKING READING!
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Enjoy :) RA Salvatore is the best
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Been with the channel for a VERY long while. Drizzt is what got me into fantasy, been waiting for this.
It makes sense that Lolth would like him to some degree. He might be the wrong alignment, but he's still chaotic.
Consider: his rebellion against Lolth really shook things up in Menzoberranzan. House Do'Urden, half of House Baenre, many houses losing a shitload of resources trying to capture Mithril Hall...
Lolth might want to drag him into the Abyss and inflict her most creative torments on him, but he creates so much chaos that she also likes him.
Lolth can't like him even a little bit. He is a male, and a Lolth is a raging sexist.
@@viperfanboy3663 To be fair, Lolth wants to drag all drow into the abyss and inflict her most creative torments on them. In fact, the more devout the follower of Lolth you are, the more she wants to torture you. That is why a high priestess of Lolth is the best thing you can sacrifice to her.
Finally the Drow of Drow the Legend...Drizzt🕸🕷👍🏼👍🏼💯
I remember playing as drizzt in baldurs gate dark alliance. love knowing more about him.
This characters adventures literally helped deal, with the real life racism i suffered through as a kid.
lol.
@@Linogewillkillallofy Why is that funny?
Most people in the world are not racist you may have met some assholes in life but never compare fantasy characters to real life event or circumstance it does not apply at all I feel sorry for you but I think your blowing it up to something its not
Boohoo sad story bro muh racisms need online likes for trauma lol.
Many people get shit in life you're nothing special.
Just got done with running Dragon Heist for my players and I'd honestly love to see more stuff on Jarlaxle.
Hmmm, if you can't find much just get creative. Think 1/3 Captain Jack Sparrow with 1/3 Gollum (with all his fanatical greed) and 1/3 the twisted gore fest of Jigsaw but with melee weapons (for the most part).
I want to add my vote to this.
If I could thumbs up this a million times I would
Maybe a Jarlaxle or Artemis video?
Also it was a Pech cursed by an evil wizard in a tower to look like a hook horror, they called him clacker
You are so right. I got it wrong, I said a deep gnome
Much more interesting characters.
Oh wow one of my other favorite shows Faerun History....this is awesome👍🏼👍🏼💯
I thought shimmergloom was a Shadow dragon
But a shadow dragon's scales are iridescent, so in a way they are kinda purple, sometimes. Of course, they are also black, blue, green, red, etc., too. 😉
I would watch / listen to this so much more if there were more episodes. Good stuff dudes.
Drizzt is by far one of my favorite characters, and I've been reading the books sine they came out back in the day. But yeah this guy got a lot wrong timeline wise and just in general. There's still enough there that's right that I won't harp on him ~Too~ much. But now you guys need to do one about my other all time fav... Raistlin Majere.
And his twin brother, Caramon.
@@sufferinsuccotash8981 forget Caramon he is a bumbling Fool.
Shoulda had me on for this episode, I can tell you what food Drizzt likes to eat. Anyway great show; enjoyed it.
Since you guys kept talking about it you guys should do a video of the top 10 swordsman.
That got my attention too. I only know about Drizzt and Im wondering who is better.
Y'all forgot to use one other word in that description, matriarchal society
Drizzt's ability to levitate was from his house pendant. When he went to the surface, the sunlight destroyed the magic in the pendant, as it does in nearly all Underdark magic items, due to the magic being attuned to the Underdark itself.
The same destruction happened to the magic in his cloak. He keeps the cloak as a momento.
Until Llriel, Gromph's daughter changed all that. Drow magical item's now work on the surface...
@@JDaDifferon Where's that from???
All drow have the ability.... the pendant let the nobles use it more than once or twice a day.
The Drizzt episode is finally upon us? This pleases me.. Love it, thank you for this great episode
Drizzt: I've studied the sword for decades, survived the underdark and icewind Dale, and befriended numerous powerful people
Entreri: I've studied the sword for decades, given up emotions (except for rage apparently), and am an incredibly deadly assassin
Jarlaxle: magic item shenanigans yall
Jarlaxle is my favorite character in the books! Just the way he carries himself and the one liners he has gets me everytime.
I am at a point in my life where I look forward to this show all week.
I’m now on the 23rd book. Awesome story. Insane.
The Hook Horror was a Pech who was transformed and couldn't remember his name. Drizzt and Belwar called him Clacker.
I've been reading Drizzt for a long time. He should ascend to godhood for rangers. He is the epitome of the ranger. He would be a kind God, feeding clothing and taking care of those who cant.
Just here to support my boy Ben!
So much for going straight to bed tonight lol
I’ve been reading about him since I was 11, back in 94-95.
Some people read the Bible for their moral and ethical guidelines.
Others read The Legend of Drizzt
Nice coverage, loving the artwork you chose aswell good vibes all round
Drizzt's piwawfi cloak got pretty beaten up during his 10-11 years in exile. It was made of fine threads, in a combination of black, silver, red, and purple colors. But it probably just looked like a muted gray blob after Exile.
And when he came to the surface, that cloak shrivelled within his first month, as the result of lack of faezress energy recharging, and exposure to sunlight. See Sojourn.
He then picked up a ratty cloak off a gnoll leader that he killed. That got burned off of him by the red dragon Hephaestus.
Drizzt is then awarded a fine, thick cloak for helping the Weeping Friars, and he heads off to Icewind Dale.
At the beginning of The Crystal Shard, he has a brown cloak in the summer, to match the color of the tundra soil, just like the tundra yetis...
When the Companions traipse across the south to rescue Regis, Drizzt rocks a black cloak.
At the end of The Halfling's Gem, he overlooks Mithral Hall from a cliff, in a cloak that we are told is forest green when the same scene is elaborated upon in the next novel, The Legacy. (Mithral Hall is located in a temperate, forested environment.)
As the Companions head out of Icewind Dale in The Silent Blade as winter is turning to spring, Drizzt has a gray cloak again. This would make sense traveling in a snowy area.
But forest green has been the main color that he has gone with, since he is a ranger traveling in the woods so often. It's definitely his signature look, now.
Man, Salvatore is a great writer. Every one of the Drizzt books, the cleric quintet, & any Forgotten Realms contributions as well as his demon wars saga & any other standalone worlds he has written about never disappoint. I'm so surprised that Drizzt hasn't gotten his own HBO, R rated cartoon or even movies. I still read the crystal shard & streams of silver every spring for no reason at all beyond living them. I also love Paul S. kemp's books, for anyone that's a fan of Salvatore & the Drizzt series, I highly, highly recommend Kemp's Egil & Nix novels. There's a trilogy of them so far as well as one or two novella short stories that, I think, are Audible exclusives. Love it!!
If you exclude the fact that him and basically everyone around him have so much plot armor it would make Wukong blush, yeah, they're alright.
Hey guys here is our Drizzt episode! The most legendary character in all of Dnd but we're not going to tell you about any of the cool shit cuz spoilers!
Yeah the novels are like a combined 5000 pages. Why spoil that grand adventure for people that haven't taken it yet?
More Lore Goodness! Thank you!
I've been waiting for this episode for so long.
I’ve been waiting to listen to will rant about Drizzts
I gave been playing since 89. I read the preludes 30 years ago, all three, in 2 days. I am amazed how much I remember!
Loved this! I have been searching for someone to do a full recap of Drizzt's story WITH spoilers for a while. I've been reading these books since I was a kid, and even rereading them it's hard to put the whole story in context. If anyone has any recommendations let me know.
Oh my god : I got all the references. I mean.... I am french canadian and I have NEVER EVER met anyone who knew about Drizzt... I love listening to you
I read the dark elf trilogy when I was 19. I'm 41 now I know the legend of Drizzt from Menzoberranzan all the way to Mythril Hall
Same here. I'm actually reading them again right now.
I agree, the was Salvatore wrote Drizzt especially the fight scenes are so detailed you can actually picture in your minds eye every movement. I’ve read a few of his other books and the fighting choreography is not as detailed. I also believe people like him because of his just over story. Abusive upbringing, outcast, people judging him by the color of his skin and it the content of his character. Drizzt getting his come ups, hero then legend!
As another black guy i know what u mean
Dantrag is the weapons master drizzt fights when he goes back to the underdark.
I get a kick how Drizzt was slated to be a side character originally, but turned into a literary icon. Also, to the question of who would win between Drizzt and Elminster, they're both goodly. They would not fight each other. If they met, it would be because something REALLY MESSED UP was happening and they need each other to stop it
Guenhwyvar high elf word for Shadow. Salvatore has a back story for the he'll cat as the Drow call her. She was a real cat that a wizard/ ranger was gonna turn into a magic totem. But the statue supposed to disappear when the cat is summoned but it remains.
The bracers are actually anklets. The Drown he got it from wasn’t wearing them correctly. His cloak was torn and and he stopped wearing it.
Clacker was the hook horror.
Who was a deep gnome who could kinda do rock magic but this dumb ass said he a human or a blessed hooked horror
@@cjprice6105 Clacker was a pech before becoming a hook horror. While a pech looks similar to a gnome, they're actually from the elemental plane of Earth. Earlier editions depicted them as looking closer to large stones instead of gnomes.
Clacker. A pech cursed by a wizard.
Drizzt was a chosen of Mielikki but protected by Lolth since birth. Her demands of her servants to hunt him down brought endless chaos and upturned the stagnant city completely. She definitely loved it and even some drow think he was protected by her
I like how Drizzt is outside the culture of his people & everywhere else. A stranger in a strange land.
Jarlaxle is most definitely an ally. And bregan de aerthy has female drow In it.
This is what I was living for
Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!!!
From what I remember Drizzt was in the underdark til 40-50, made his way to the top, spent some years getting his overland bearings + getting used to light, saved a village from an ogre? then made his way to icewind dale. He was prob 60 at that point in the novels, but was that retconned?
I went back and took detailed notes of all the novels. You're really close!
Homeland: Drizzt attended the Academy from age 21 to 30. Then he got out and went active duty for awhile. Roughly 33 years total.
10 years surviving alone in the Underdark.
Exile took about 1 year.
Spent about 6 years on the surface in Sojourn before moving to Icewind Dale.
He is said to have been living in the Dale for 5 years at the start of The Crystal Shard.
33+10+1+6+5=~55 at the beginning of Shard.
The hook horror was Clacker .
Clacker was a pech who was polymorphed by a human wizard who drizzt trys to help clacker find .
It's a Pearl Harbor situation lol
Turns out my hands are what was holding me back this while time. Hahahahaha
Drizzt made dual wielding cool.
He mad having animal companiobs cool too
Shut up
Can you guys do an Everis Cale episode? Just stumbled on the channel and great episode recognizing Drizzt💯💯💯
Oh shit they dropped the Drizzt video! I love Drizzt but he gets worse as his character moves through the novels.
He ends up being the Superman of Forgotten Realms. He's fucking invincible. He's morally uncorruptable. He always wins. Even when he dies he fucking wins.
FINALLY AN EPISODE ABOUT THE COMPANIONS OF THE HALL👍👍👍WOOOO
I love this episode and I haven't hit play
And I am in no way bias whatsoever, ignore my name that's just a coincidence.
Pretty massive Drizzt fan, very disappointed in the guest.
@@alexok37 why's that
@@drizztiley8740 for an expert on Drizzt lore, he makes quite a few errors. "You can't tell what side Jarlaxle is on" being the most blatant. Pronunciation drove me absolutely insane, I understand some things are difficult/there are multiple correct ways, but the pronunciation of Regis is pretty blatantly REE-jiss. This man lists two pronunciation, both of which are wrong, and says there is debate... kinda just sounds pretentious. Particularly for a voice actor he has a remarkable way of making literally everything sound unnatural. I don't think I would have been mad if Will just said "Hey we are bringing our buddy who is a big fan of the series to talk about it", but they said expert and this guy is DEFINITELY not an expert. I don't consider myself an expert, but coulda given a better interview than this guy... the phonetic spellings are on forgotten realms wiki... i don't mean to be a hater, let everyone enjoy the way they pronounce them in their head... but don't say you're expert and pronounce everything atrociously wrong lol
"I read books about Drizzt 3 times over and I am still gonna call him Drittz". Jesus f-n christ
I recently got into DnD my friends who play have been dropping loads of stuff on me 😁
Drizzt's name WAS absolutely influenced by history and culture... its actually a tribute to one of D& D's creators Gary Gygax. Thats why his first name is so funky : )
It’s not in a interview the creator of Drizzt said he randomly came up with a name because his publisher was going into a meeting
@@tsshorts_yt9750 Recalling Drizzt's creation in an interview, Salvatore said, "I don't know where it came from. I guess that Gary Gygax just did such an amazing job in creating the drow elves that something about them got stuck in the back of my head. Thank God!"
I first read RR Salvatore's novel (the second book in Dark Elf Trilogy) on my first combat tour in Afghanistan 2003. Myself being versed in weapons based martial arts (Inosanto Lacoste Kali & Bujinkan) the Drizzt stories intensified my motivation in my studies. Now, I'm re-reading the series in order starting from "Homeland."
Homeland will always be the 4th book...
"You thought about that?" -Drizzt to New kid
Drizzt being alone and going feral was a really cool idea and the fact that feral nature can come back is really cool
It was 1 level in Barbarian class. He can rage if he wants to but his whole defensive style falls apart.
Drizzt as the "hunter" was dark
Jarlaxel is absolutely Catowoman
Drizzt Do’urden is a Chose of Lolth, and he has the Favor of Lolth.
these were the first boxes i really read and i read like the first 3 or 4 sets of the books i really enjoyed them
Drizzt is so freakin epic!
I'd love to see a video on Elminster, I'd never heard of him before this but he sounds amazing
The hook horror was a deep gnome transformed by a wizard
Petch, the Hook Horror was a Petch
A Pech.
Would be cool to see WotC to stat block Drzzt since there are tons of individual stats blocks made for him.
Clacker the Hook Horror that Drizzt befriends in the Underdark was cursed by a human wizard but was originally a Pech which was a sort of rock race, they hear the voices of the stones and slowly becomes consumed by the simpler mind of the Hook Horror
Garyest of the Stus. Right next to Elminster
The expert wasn't as expert as I was hoping he would be. But still watched the whole thing!
Drizzt was born in DR 1298,he left menzoberranzen at 30yrs old,spent 10 yrs in the wilds of the under dark, came to the surface at 40 yrs old ...long story short he ,at most recent in the book timeless ,is 199 yrs old
An hour!? An hour?! Hell yeah!!
Thats not enough
The minute he said, “I couldn’t care enough to know about Drizzt…” I clicked.
Drizzt gains monk powers?! Thats awesome!
Great books. I’m on the third one! Sojourn!
Dunno how much of an expert you can be when you keep calling him "Drits".
When Drizzt met Lloth at age 5 in short story book and when he was going to be sent to wizard school and gets to balance the coins trained by and bet Matron Mother a bet to balance 10 coins in each hand. Purple eyes same as father.
Love his cat figurine G.
Hook horror is named clacker. He was a pech and he was cursed by a mad wizard
I will ALWAYS pronounce "Drizzt's" name as "DRIZZIT".... it just sounds SOOOOOO MUCH BETTER... imo :)
That's fine. If you are under 10 years of age.
The video was awesomee !! Can you do soth the deathknight next??
Menzoberzoran is ruled by 8 houses. House Do'Urden was 10th until the night of Drittz birth. Thus becoming 9th. Then at end of Homeland/beginning of Exile they become 8th
YES I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO FUCKING LONG
Hookhorrors name was clacker it was a earth sprit that was polymorphed into the monster
He was a Pech
The hook horrors name was clakker. He was a subterranean race that spoke to the earth. He was changed into a hook horror by a wizard
reading timeless by r.a.salvatore right now
Your expert has missed and messed up so much but has gotten it close enough to intrigue people to read the series. Do like the show though. His name was Errtu not Balor. The Hook Horror was polymorphed by a wizard from a special race of underdark humanoids who could "listen" to the stones and move through the earth like wading through water.
"You can't really tell if Jarlaxle is an enemy or an ally" - this guy 2k19
Been reading about drizzt since late 80s
He has now teamed up with entreri they go on adventures. Gets in a relationship with a monk elf she but she is like a black widow she murders her lovers. Then come to find out he is actually a chosen of lolth and he is like demi-goddish
Ahhh yeah I been waiting for this video
Overload. I’ll gladly take all of this! That dragon shit on .: sketchy Gilmore
I was there. I read all of them time and time again..im 47 . now I'm dark again