Thread 24701904

If you want a long, detailed fantasy series that has tons of lore, monsters, magic, gods and whatnot, you can't beat this. The heroes feel virtuous and the villains make you hate them. 10/10 fantasy series here and there's thirty-two books to delve

>>24701904 (OP)
This is the first book. Art by the inestimable Larry Elmore

>>24701908
>Series
>The Legend of Drizzt (#4), The Icewind Dale Trilogy (#1), Forgotten Realms - Publication Order, Forgotten Realms Chronological (#22), Die vergessenen Welten (#1)
what the fuck

>>24701904 (OP)
>>24701908
can you post a sample of the prose?

>>24702591
Ooh, I'm not sure. I don't have that good of a memory, to capture it verbatim. My apologies. Drizzt does do a lot of self-examination and soul searching prologues? A lot of ppl find those parts to drag but I love those little insights and tidbits into his character. He's very noble and never wavers from his morals. At least, early on. Much later in the series, his morals are put to the test but I won't say much about those parts. Not because I don't like them but because I don't want to inadvertently spoil anything about the books. I love lotr, read the Silmarilion every year for probably over two decades now and this is the only series of fantasy books that captured my interest as much as JRR's.
Also, I would be remiss to not mention Guenhwyvar. The series is worth reading if just for her, a big, bad ass black panther that's Drizzt's constant companion. There's more to her than I can explain rn

>>24702591
Not OP, but I’ll do it:
>Blood trickled from many small wounds, but Heafstaag seemed able to shake off the punctures of the slender scimitars as no more than a discomfort. The great axe arced down, and though Drizzt was able to deflect its path, the effort numbed his arm. Again the barbarian swung his axe. This time Drizzt was able to spin out of its killing sweep, and the completion of the drow’s rotation left the overbalanced Heafstaag stumbling and open to a counter. Drizzt didn’t hesitate, driving one of his blades deep into the barbarian king’s side.
>Heafstaag howled in agony and launched a backhand swing in retaliation. Drizzt thought his last thrust to be fatal, and his surprise was total when the flat head of Heafstaag’s axe smashed into his ribs and launched him through the air. The barbarian charged quickly after, meaning to finish this dangerous opponent before he could regain his footing.
>But Drizzt was as nimble as a cat. He landed in a roll and came up to meet Heafstaag’s charge with one of his scimitars firmly set. His axe helplessly poised above his head, the surprised barbarian couldn’t stop his momentum before he impaled his belly on the wicked point. Still, he glared at the drow and began to swing his axe. Already convinced of the superhuman strength of the barbarian, Drizzt had kept up his guard this time. He knifed his second blade just under the first, opening the lower part of Heafstaag’s abdomen from hip to hip.
>Heafstaag’s axe fell harmlessly to the ground as he grabbed at the wound, desperately trying to keep his belly from spilling out. His huge head lolled from side to side, the world spun about him, and he felt himself endlessly falling.
>Several other tribesmen, in full flight and with dwarves hot on their heels, came by at that moment and caught their king before he hit the ground. So great was their dedication to Heafstaag that two of them lifted him and carried him away while the others turned to face the coming tide of dwarves, knowing that they would certainly be cut down, but hoping only to give their comrades enough time to bear their king to safety.
>Drizzt rolled away from the barbarians and leaped to his feet, meaning to give chase to the two who bore Heafstaag. He had a sickening feeling that the terrible king would survive even the last grievous wounds, and he was determined to finish the job. But when he rose, he, too, found the world spinning. The side of his cloak was stained with his own blood, and he suddenly found it difficult to catch his breath. The blazing midday sun burned into his night eyes, and he was lathered in sweat.
>Drizzt collapsed into darkness.

>>24701904 (OP)
>>24701908
I did book reports on this back in middle/high school (one of which involved some kind of illustration requirement as I recall drawing the crystal shard). I really enjoyed The Icewind Dale Trilogy and The Dark Elf Trilogy but eventually got bored with the rest of the metaseries back when Transitions was being published (I believe The Orc King is the most recent book I own and The Pirate King is the most recent book I read) and don't think I'll ever finish it with how much my reading list has grown. I may revisit those two first trilogies at some point.

While not my primary complaint, as the years went on it felt like the author was getting lazier with the heavy-handed anti-racism lessons, enough for me to notice and tire of the moralizing lectures back when I wasn't in the habit of noticing such things.

>>24703712
i might get this for my brother this christmas, he likes genre fiction. thanks.