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Drizzt do urden the crystal shard5/25/2023 ![]() They will act as if they came right out of “Treasure Island” or “Pirates of the Caribbean,” he said, which means he has been doing lots of research on them and their vessels. Salvatore’s next series, Demon War, will debut in 2024 and focus on pirates - swashbucklers in another world, but pirates nonetheless. With his days in the Underdark far behind him, drow ranger Drizzt Do’Urden sets down roots in the windswept Ten-Towns of Icewind Dale. “You have to come up with clever things that make it different, but most of those things are going to do the same things that we do in our cultures, fill the same needs. Forgotten Realms: The Crystal Shard Characters Ertuu 3 Balor demon of the Abyss who lusts after the Crystal Shard (Crenshinibon)and is an enemy of Drizzt Dourden. “When you’re writing a fantasy world, when you’re creating a city in fantasy or culture in fantasy, it’s going to be different,” he said. In addition, Salvatore said he wants readers to know that, in many ways, Drizzt’s Menzoberranzan society mirrors our own. There’s Bruenor, a dwarf that hits pretty much every fantasy stereotype. ![]() Race is a construct that is meaningless, if you’re talking about people.” While Drizzt ends up overshadowing almost everyone and everything, The Crystal Shard is technically an ensemble piece. That’s the story of the books, is individual agency and ethics. “One of the biggest messages in the Drizzt books from day one has been racism is the stupidest thing we have, sexism right behind it,” Salvatore said. ![]()
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