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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 7140032" data-attributes="member: 6785785">Actually, he is not alone, but Wulfgar is with him, and it's Wulfgar, armed with a pretty potent magical weapon, that gets the killing blow (he shatters a large stalactite which falls and crushes the dragon's neck). Drizzt does get one magic scimitar from the dragon's treasure hoard, and it is a big factor in them winning because without it, he was not able to harm the dragon. They had gone into the cave to kill the creature so that Wulfgar could take a trophy to show his strength, which would allow him to challenge the leader of his tribe, but the dragon turned out to be a much stronger enemy than they expected. In the first book, it was still obvious that Wulfgar was the original hero of the story, and Drizzt was intended to be the sidekick....but that quickly changed.But beside those details, I get your point. But I also think it's made clear that this is not the start of Drizzt's adventuring career, but that he's been around at least a bit. So I didn't mind that at all. It was also shown later in the book that he was definitely outclassed by Errtu, the balor demon that served the Crystal Shard, and only managed to win because the magic scimitar Drizzt had swiped protected him from the demon's flames, and also did more damage to the demon. Don't get me wrong....I wouldn't say the books are without a bit of Gary Stuishness or whatever you want to call it....but I think that peoples' perceptions of Drizzt are often not based on what's in the books, but rather his presence in pop-culture, and the fact that he spawned a generation of players who made a dual wielding good drow.</blockquote>

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