History Literature / TheLegendOfDrizzt

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Yvonnel The Eternal in ''Maestro'' not only orchestrates the defeat of Demogorgon by using Drizzt as her puppet, she ''corrupts him back to the worship of Lloth - or at least, drives him quite insane, unsure of whether or not what he sees is real. She forces him to work for her in killing Demogorgon, but cannot break his spirit, and sends him back to the surface in the hope that his lingering madness will drive him over the edge.'']]

* FantasticRacism: A major theme in the books is Drizzt dealing with people judging him to be evil because of the color of his skin as well as funky-looking ears. Played with, almost to the point of subversion, in that nearly every Drow is AlwaysChaoticEvil.

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Yvonnel The Eternal in ''Maestro'' not only orchestrates the defeat of Demogorgon by using Drizzt as her puppet, she ''corrupts him back to the worship of Lloth.'']]

* BreakTheCutie: What happens to poor idealistic Wulfgar is horrible.

The Legend of Drizzt revolves around the title hero Drizzt, a renegade dark elf that left his homeland to live in the world above. There are 13 books in the series, chronologically starting with Homeland and ending in Sea of Swords. There are also 2 completed sequel trilogies, and a completed tetralogy.

The 1st trilogy of the series, ''Literature/TheDarkElfTrilogy'', revolves around Drizzt's upbringing and his escape from the Underdark; it is a {{prequel}}, written after Salvatore wrote ''Literature/TheIcewindDaleTrilogy'' which took place afterwards. The Icewind Dale trilogy revolves around Drizzt's adventures with the Companions of the Hall and conquering of Mithral Hall. It is followed by the four-book ''Literature/LegacyOfTheDrowSeries''. The 3 after that are the adventures they have afterwards.

* DoesNotLikeMen: Drow society is based on men being labeled inferior sex-objects, slaves, and victims to female aggression. It avoids UnfortunateImplications because everywhere else has men and women as equal and the strong undercurrent men doing the same would be equally horrible.

* ''Literature/{{Homecoming}}''

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Drizzt was listed as a 16th level Ranger which in the extremely high-powered realms is impressive but not really "the greatest ever." Which is often how he's depicted in the novels. [[WordOfGod Ed Greenwood]] overruled Bob Salvatore by listing Drizzt and Artemis as amongst the top ten best swordsmen in the realms, all of whom are Epic Level.

* ''Paths of Darkness''

*** At least not in the [[TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons 3rd edition rules]]. [[PowerCreep]] occurred quite a bit with various monsters between editions, and in the 2nd edition era Drizzt's odds really aren't that terrible against a balor.

The Legend of Drizzt revolves around the titular hero Drizzt, a renegade dark elf that left his homeland to live in the world above. There are 13 books in the series, chronologically starting with Homeland and ending in Sea of Swords. There are also 2 completed sequel trilogies, and a completed tetralogy.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Played with as Drizzt comes from such a race but has difficulty seeing humanoids as people. Later, he gets better.

* ''The Neverwinter Saga''

* ''Transitions''

* ''Literature/TheSellswords'': Stars Drizzt's ArchRival Artemis Entreri and the drow mercenary Jarlaxle Baenre.

* TheLoad: Regis is often considered this both in-universe and out due to the fact he's a fairly medium-skilled rogue in a party of awesome.

* JokerImmunity: Enteri suffers multiple {{Disney Death}}s only to come back one way or another. [[spoiler: After a 100 year time skip, he's one of the few people Drizzt knows whose still alive. Despite being a human.]]

* WholePlotReference: The quest to recover Mirthil Hall is a dwarf king gathering a small band of friends, including a halfling, to retake his ancestral homeland from a dragon.

* VisionaryVillain: King Obould desires for the orcs to become a civilized settled people than remain savage raiders. [[spoiler: He succeeds.]]

* Literature/TheDarkElfTrilogy

* Literature/LegacyOfTheDrowSeries

* Paths of Darkness

* Literature/TheHuntersBladesTrilogy

* Transitions

* The Neverwinter Saga

* Literature/TheSellswords: Stars Drizzt's ArchRival Artemis Entreri and the drow mercenary Jarlaxle Baenre.

* Literature/TheClericQuintet: Stars Cadderly Bonaduce, the Chosen of Deneir.

* Literature/The Hunter's Blades Trilogy

* The Hunter's Blades Trilogy

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Drizzt was listed as a 16th level Ranger which in the extremely high-powered realms is impressive but not really "the greatest ever as he's depicted in the novels." [[WordOfGod Ed Greenwood]] overruled Bob Salvatore by listing Drizzt and Artemis as amongst the top ten best swordsmen in the realms, all of whom are Epic Level.

* TheAce: Drizzt was this growing up in Menzoberrazan, much like his father. Wulfgar is also this, being a barbarian educated by dwarves and a Drow Ranger.
** BrokenAce: Wulfgar becomes this after his time in the Abyss.

** There are characters avert general D&D character Alignment. Obould Many-Arrows mellows out of his previous Ax-Crazy Chaotic Evil self after undergoing a religious ceremony that endows him with intelligence and vision, Jarlaxe is a pragmatic villain that evolves into an antihero etc.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Artemis Entreri is the second-greatest swordsman in the Realms, at least as the books treat him, and discovering he's not the first is a massive blow to his self-image. He spends a staggering amount of time and resources trying for a re-match with Drizzt.

* FriendlyEnemy: Jarlaxle, eventually, develops into this. Artemis and Drizzt never quite reach that level.

** [[spoiler: Cattie Brie]] eventually dies in battle before the hundred-year-time-skip.

* AffablyEvil: Jarlaxle wants to avoid confronting Drizzt directly, perhaps because he recognizes how suicidal and unprofitable it is. He's still an incredibly self-interested mercenary and war-profiteer, however.

** ''The Drow race as a whole'', or at least Menzoberrazan, start thinking Drizzt is blessed by Lolth due to the amount of chaos he causes their species.