Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
TheLegend of Drizztnovels , a series set in theForgotten RealmsDungeons & Dragonscampaign setting centered on the dark elf ranger Drizzt Do’Urden , form one of the longest running fantasy epics , with 36 books to date . donjon & Dragons : Dark Allianceis the first video plot exclusively featuring Drizzt and his companions as playable case . The game takes place early on in the timeline of the series , after the first published novel , The Crystal Shard , which was originally free in 1988 - more than 30 year prior to the outlet ofD&D : Dark Alliance .
The Crystal Shardwas the second Forgotten Realms novel ever published , survey 1987’sDarkwalker on Moonshae , and it was the first Koran inThe Icewind Dale Trilogy . Chronologically , The Dark Elf Trilogy(despite being published later ) lease place first , revealing Drizzt ’s backstory and his escape from the Underdark . This placesD&D : Dark Alliancebetween thefourth and 5th Good Book ofThe Legend of Drizztin chronological parliamentary procedure , and between the first and 2nd book in bring out order .
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Setting the new game so far back in the timeline of the Drizzt narrative is an interesting move by developer Turque Games , as it appeals to nostalgia for longtime fan of the serial publication . But it also come back a time where the condition quo was notably different for the character . In the Forgotten Realms timeline , the event ofThe Crystal Shardtook place between 1351 and 1356 DR ( Dalereckoning ) , while current 5theditionD&Dmodules in the Forgotten Realms are typically coiffure in the 1490s . The time leap accounts for change in the Forgotten Realms setting that took place alongside Modern variation of D&D. Major events like the Time of Troubles , the Spellplague , and the Sundering altered theForgotten Realms god and flow of magic , providing in - fiction rationalization for the rule change each edition brought to the game .
Crystal Shard-Era Drizzt Is Very Different From Modern D&D Drizzt
During that roughly 140 - year period in the novels , three ofD&D : Dark Alliance’splayable characters- Catti - brie , Bruenor , and Wulfgar - have died and returned through reincarnation into new yield , youthful self . At the time ofThe Crystal Shard , Drizzt was still establishing himself as a paladin on the surface mankind , and an altriustic drow elf was an oddity in the circumstance . The five - year span ofThe Crystal Shardsaw Wulfgar take on by the nanus Bruenor following a defeat in struggle , and counterfeit Wulfgar ’s key signature weapon , the magical pounding Aegis - fang . Catti - brie was pay relatively footling time to shine in the first playscript ofThe Icewind Dale Trilogy , and the early book in the series cast her and Wulfgar as a wild-eyed pair . More recent stories boast her as Drizzt ’s wife , but she was previously betrothed to Wulfgar , prior to the barbarian ’s apparent expiry in late record .
Thefirst print Drizzt novelcovered a lot of ground . It established Drizzt as a grinder out to turn up to the surface habitant that he had shunned the malign way of the drow elves of the Underdark . Wulfgar and Drizzt killed the ice dragon Icingdeath , and Drizzt lay claim the frost scimitar which he refer after the slain dragon , one of his signature artillery to this day . Wulfgar ’s five class under Bruenor ’s tutorship caused him to move off from his kindred ’s culture of subjugation and violence , as he aided in ally the tribes with the Ten Towns settlements against the reciprocal threat of the evil wizard Kessel and his powerful keepsake , the Crystal Shard , which remains amajor plot gimmick inD&D : Dark Alliance . Wulfgar was originally intended to be the protagonist of the serial publication , according to the author , with Drizzt as a buddy of sorts , but the popularity of Drizzt changed the trend of the series .
While the placement so betimes in the timeline is a bold choice forD&D : Dark Alliance , it does provide some advantages . With all four of the Companions of the Hall relatively ahead of time in their adventuring career , there is more justification for the biz ’s depiction of them as mechanically low - floor characters who ameliorate over the course of the game . Catti - brie did not play a major office inThe Crystal Shard , but she did establish herself as a skilled warrior and an important lineament in late books , so her cellular inclusion as a playable fibre does not stand out as contradictory . Salvatore note that when writing for a secret plan , the priority is to ensure the story countenance for the bestgameexperience . While it is possible some veterans ofThe Legend of Drizztnovels might question how the series of adventures depict inDungeons & Dragons : Dark Alliancefits within the canon of the script series , the pick toexperience untold early adventure of Drizztand his friend in a visceral action - RPG format is still an intriguing one .
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