became my companions. I take a book with me when I travel so if I know no person at my destination I always have a friend with whom old times are shareable. Family without friends never provided me with enough company. Taking a walk with the dark elf Drizzt through the shadowed halls of his city Menzobaeren inspired confidence in me even in the solitude of a Hawaiian vacation. Calling reading just a hobby then does it injustice. Adventure fits it more appropriately. Books sweep me into the depths of
Drizzt Do’ Urden, a Drow (a dark elf) was born in the underworld city of Menzoberranzan. Drizzt learned at an early age the ways of his evil race. The daily life of a dark elf is full of intrigue and deceit. He learned that compassion was a weakness and love did not exist. At least not the love or affection surface dwellers might show towards one another. The only love a Drow showed was towards power, or to their evil deity the sinister Spider Queen Lolth. Her pawns would do well to worship