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Homeland
Book • 2024
Homeland is the first book in The Dark Elf Trilogy and serves as a prequel to The Icewind Dale Trilogy.
It follows Drizzt Do'Urden from his birth in the drow city of Menzoberranzan to his early years and training at Melee-Magthere Academy.
Drizzt, born into a matriarchal drow society ruled by the evil Spider Queen Lolth, must navigate the cruel and competitive world of his homeland while struggling with his own moral principles that contradict those of his society.
The novel delves into Drizzt's upbringing, his relationships with his family, particularly his father Zaknafein, and his eventual realization that he does not fit into the drow's societal norms of cruelty and deception.
It follows Drizzt Do'Urden from his birth in the drow city of Menzoberranzan to his early years and training at Melee-Magthere Academy.
Drizzt, born into a matriarchal drow society ruled by the evil Spider Queen Lolth, must navigate the cruel and competitive world of his homeland while struggling with his own moral principles that contradict those of his society.
The novel delves into Drizzt's upbringing, his relationships with his family, particularly his father Zaknafein, and his eventual realization that he does not fit into the drow's societal norms of cruelty and deception.
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