The Dark Elf Trilogy (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: R. A. Salvatore
- First Published: 1990
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—magical world
- Time of Work: Indeterminate
- Setting: The Underdark drow city of Menzoberranzan, the caverns of the Underdark, and the surface
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Other worlds, Elves, Zombies or living dead, Subterranean or underground regions
- Locales: Mythical lands
The Plot
Menzoberranzan, in the Underdark, is a home to the dark elves known as the drow. The drow society is a cruel one dominated by the female drow and their goddess, Lloth, the Spider Queen. One’s station is important in drow society, and ambition is prized by Lloth. Houses dominated by the matron mother ascend to importance through assassination and magic. “Don’t get caught” is the overriding rule of drow society.
Drizzt is born while the House Do’Urben is eliminating another house to improve its station. Drizzt, a misfit, is honest, unambitious, and...
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