She’s also attracted to a human wizard (who acts like a bard) named Danillo Than. The relic kills anyone who isn’t worthy but a lot of elves take it personally the gods think Arilyn is.Īrilyn isn’t an elvish nationalist and can barely stand her people at times. The Moonblade is a sacred elvish relic designed to protect their species from its many enemies. Arilyn is a Harper, sort of a secret service for adventurers, and the reluctant wielder of the Moonblade. Unfortunately, the metaphor of Drizzt Do’Urden for oppressed minorities breaks down since his people are the equivalent of Nazis.Įlfshadow deals with the metaphor of racial bias in Dungeons and Dragons in a more successful way by making the subject Arilyn Moonblade, half-elf.
The Drizzt Do’Urden books are fascinating tales about a ranger dealing with racism on the surface as well as the philosophy underscoring life, the universe, and everything. Elfshadow by Elaine Cunningham (Forgotten Realms, Song and Swords) RA Salvatore is a writing beast and they’re a steady meal that I have enjoyed for decades.Ģ. Needless to say, if you read this trilogy and like it, you have about thirty other books starring Drizzt to read thereafter. Or maybe I’m just remembering it fondly because it was the best thing ever when I was fourteen. It’s a fascinating and well-done work that ranks among not just the best of D&D fiction but fantasy in general. Struggling to articulate why he does not feel ruthlessness and power-lust are the ways to live, he wishes to find something better but finds no other dark elves who feel like him. In this horrific environment, a young drow boy named Drizzt Do’Urden is born.ĭrizzt is, to turn a phrase, “Not like other drow” and suffers from the pangs of conscience. Setting in the underground city of Menzoberranzan, the dark elf race is a theocratic and sexist fascist state that practices racial supremacy as well as worship of the demon princess Lolth. The Homeland Trilogy is, for me, the best of his works. RA Salvatore is one of the most successful fantasy authors of all time with over fifteen million copies of his books sold.
Salvatore (Forgotten Realms, The Legend of Drizzt) There’s some other fantastic novels other than these but I don’t want to recommend a hundred of them. These are some of my favorite books from the TSR/WOTC era of novels and what I enjoyed most among them.
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However, for every awesome work of fantasy, there’s going to be five that aren’t up to snuff.
Aside from The Hobbit when I was a small child, my first real experience was the worn paperbacks I picked up in my school library of Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, and Ravenloft. I have to admit that Dungeons and Dragons is where I got my start in fantasy.
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