The Death Knell

Drizzt Do'Urden, a drow ranger, is a ranger at level 6 and a part-time fighter at level 8. In addition, he also works as a rogue, monk, and barbarian. His favorite weapon is different from the longbow of most rangers. He makes good use of both. A machete.

Ice Death and Flash are the names of the two knives. The blades are long and narrow, full of elf style.

Drizzt grew up in Menzoberranzan, a city in the Underdark ruled by the drow.

The mother is Malice Do'Urden and the father is Zaknavan Do'Urden. The Dark Elves are a matriarchal society, because in Faerûn, gods are everything, and the priests and priests of Lolth, the Spider Queen, must be women.

In Drow culture, the matron's spouse, the 'waiting father', is only the person who provides the 'seed' and cannot be called the child's father. It sometimes happens that both father and son serve the same mistress at the same time.

Because the priestesses have powerful magical powers, the darkest secrets, the most insidious plans, and control over all aspects of the family, they are more powerful than the male warriors.

As the third son of House Do'Urden to be born alive, Drizzt should have been sacrificed to the goddess Lolth at birth because of his mother's promise to the goddess.

However, he was born when the Do'Urden family attacked the Deaver family. His eldest brother Naveen Do'Urden was stabbed to death by his second brother in the back during this battle. Rose liked the fratricidal behavior of the dark elves. , and extremely satisfied.

So she took away Navan's soul, indicating that the sacrifice was received. Drizzt is now the second son, not the third son. She doesn't want it. When will the Do'Urden family have a third son, will he give it to her again? go.

So Drizzt survived on the altar like this. It can be said that he has been taking risks since he was born.

He experienced a series of very dark stories as he grew up. Because of his kind nature, he was incompatible with the cruel and cunning family. He escaped from the family and lived alone in the Underdark for ten years.

During this period, his father died for him in order to protect him, and his body was made into a wraith by his mother to hunt him down. With the help of friends from other races, Drizzt fought his way to the surface and escaped to the surface. Settled down and started his legendary journey.

In the dynasty of Su Ming's previous life, Drizzt was also called Cui Heizi or Cui Sanye. He was a very popular character, even more famous than Elminster.

In addition to his strong skills and cold-hearted face, he is also different from most war madmen in that he is good at thinking and has said many philosophical words.

Su Ming still remembered more or less, for example, Drizzt once said:

"The world is full of evil people. The world is full of good people. I believe both statements to be true because in most people I know there are seeds that develop into these two very different types of people. "

“Nostalgia is probably the biggest lie we tell ourselves, it’s using a glorified past as a standard to emotionally view the present. For some, it can bring us a level of comfort that makes We regain a sense of ourselves and our roots. But I fear that for most others, it just leaves them with a distorted memory and therefore an obliviousness to the reality around them."

"I can accept all kinds of dangers in Icewind Dale, I can travel in them, and use these dangers to keep my warrior instinct from rusting. I can overcome these dangers and remind myself every day of the joy and light in life. In this world full of Where there is danger, one will learn not to be complacent.”

"Any gust of wind may cause the snow on your head to collapse; if you take a wrong step on the boat, you will fall into the bad water that can freeze your muscles in an instant and drown you. If you hesitate for a moment, you will become a delicacy in the belly of the ferocious snow ape."

"When you live so close to death, you appreciate life more. I live in a place that is so beautiful and so realistic, a place where you have to be at your best and be careful at all times. I take it It’s called—heaven.”

Compared with some warriors who hold two giant swords in their hands and are full of subconscious calculations in battle, Drizzt is more like an artist. When he uses his two swords to perform dancing drow combat skills, he still has something in his mind. To appreciate the beauty of life.

Su Ming likes such warriors. After all, drow are still elves, and they are also very elegant when killing people.

It's just that it's really hard for him to like a place like Icewind Dale. Just like Drizzt said, there is danger everywhere.

The poor mountains and rivers in Faerûn not only produce unruly people, but also various monsters. The man-eating barbarian tribes are only a trivial trouble, but the mutant snow monsters as big as the top of the mountains are another matter.

After tearing apart an unknown number of ice trolls that jumped out of the snow, he finally complained to Elminster about this.

"We can obviously reach the other side of the tundra through teleportation magic, so why do we need to ride horses?"

The old mage pressed his hat. His white beard was covered with ice particles caused by breathing, and it was stuck with the hair hanging down on his temples:

"Isn't this good? After all, we are going on an adventure, and not listening to your tomb robbing story before the adventure will affect my performance. If you have acted with a mage, you should know that this is what we, those of us with high hats, are like. It’s troublesome. Okay, I don’t want the body of the snow monster anymore. I don’t have any casting materials and I can’t eat it. Come back quickly and continue talking about Nu Qing Xiangxi.”

"hehe."

Su Ming sneered. Other mages were not as busy as Elminster. He insisted on riding a horse to see the scenery along the way. He also said that it was to find the sense of adventure in his youth.

If the feeling of his youth was nearly freezing to death in a blizzard, or almost being snatched away by a snow wolf while camping in the middle of the night, he had already relived it.

"I still prefer to sit in the tavern, near the fireplace, eat a honey barbecue, drink some strong wine and tell stories. But here, except for the snow, there are monsters and endless ice fields."

"Well...that's it, then let's teleport."

Elminster took out a small branch from his space bag and shook it in his hand. It instantly turned into a golden curved staff with a red dragon's eye gem inlaid on the top.

The bright magical aura can be seen with the naked eye. There is no doubt that this is an artifact.

Elminster activated his metamagic skills, and even the eighth-level teleportation spell was cast without spells. In the blink of an eye, the two of them, along with two horses and luggage, were sent hundreds of miles away to the place called Ten Towns in Icewind Valley. in a small town.

Anyway, I am definitely resting tonight, so it doesn't matter if I waste two spell slots.

The mage seemed to be familiar with this place, and he quickly found Drizzt's home on horseback. The dark elf lived alone in the woods outside the town, and his former comrades would visit him from time to time.

Icewind Valley basically does not produce food. It is freezing here all year round. During the short ice melt period of just a few months, only a wave of potato-like plants can be grown, which is the staple food for the year.

But now that the farming season has passed, everyone has to rely on hunting to survive, even the legendary rangers are no exception.

When he saw Drizzt, he was crouching behind his wooden house, panting for breath, handling the carcass of a deer, while his magical pet black panther Guenhwy Principle was staring at the bright red frozen meat. , licking the cat's mouth and waiting for the meal.

Drizzt is almost 140 years old this year. For the dark elves, he is both a young man and a long-lived man.

He is said to be young because drow can live to be 800 to 1,000 years old, and dark elves are also elves, born to be immortal.

He is said to have a long life because he is a drow. Ordinary dark elves usually die from a series of causes such as family wars, assassinations of relatives, sacrifices to goddesses, attacks by underground creatures, etc. before they are thirty years old.

He is 5 feet 4 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds (58 kilograms). He is taller and stronger than the average dark elf. He has long white hair and lavender eyes. He wears a green cloak with a leather collar and Black boots, now covered with snowflakes.

"Hey, my old friend, look here, are you already preparing our lunch?" Elminster waved on his horse and greeted Drizzt.

Drizzt turned his head and glanced here, then turned his head back again, and continued to patiently cut up the deer's carcass with his dagger.

"welcome."

The answering voice was too soft, almost obscured by the sound of snowflakes and horse hooves hitting the ground, but Su Ming saw the shape of his mouth.

He cut off a deer front leg and handed it to the big cat, then stood up and welcomed the two into his cabin, which was much warmer.

Bear pelts served as rugs, while a blazing log fire in the fireplace was spewing sparks, and the room looked very bright with oil lamps.

This place doesn't look like the home of dark elves, but like the home of an ordinary human hunter.

Drizzt cut some venison and brought it back to the house, put it on the grill on the fireplace, and then sat at the table with Elminster and Su Ming, staring in silence. .

It's not like he didn't entertain the guests. He took off his wine bag and put it on the table. This was a treat.

Maybe Elminster would be more conversational, after all, he likes to communicate with people. But now that there was a stranger named Su Ming present, he still remained vigilant.

Drizzt has a good relationship with four of the seven sisters in the North, and two of them are Elminster's adopted daughters, so they can be considered very close.

But his cautious character made him wait for the old mage to speak first.

The mage naturally knew what was going on. After briefly introducing Deathstroke, he talked about his plan. He needed the ranger to take the two of them to the Dark Territory and find a powerful dark elf family to join them in order to implement the plan.

Drizzt didn't think too much. He was always willing to help his friends and quickly nodded and agreed.

It's just that he himself can say that although he is regarded as a traitor in the underdark area, he doesn't have to worry about being recognized as long as he puts on a little disguise, and his martial arts skills can at least reach the position of martial arts master in any family.

However, Elminster and Deathstroke, obviously humans, may not be able to move forward in the underground world.

Humans are almost the same as domestic animals underground, serving as bargaining chips and food reserves.

"This is easy to handle. I can maintain human transformation for a long time. Dark elves are also humanoid creatures, so I can transform." Elminster turned to look at Deathstroke: "What about you?"

Su Ming looked at Drizzt, and then Strangler began to squirm and change his appearance, and soon turned into another strange dark elf, and it was darker than Drizzt.

"I can too."

"I thought you were a warrior... Are you sure you are a human? Not a shape-shifter or something like that?" Elminster circled Su Ming twice and picked up the silver strangling weapon. Changfa sniffed it with a strange look on his face.

Su Ming changed back and took out all kinds of food and drinks from his pocket, all of which were good things that Drizzt had never seen before.

"One hundred percent human, I'm just an ordinary person."