#neverwinter saga

[steamclouds]

Artemis Entreri. Artemis Entreri! The name resonated deeply within the soul of the assassin. His given name, that long ago moniker that had seemingly been lost to the ages, as the person who had once been Artemis Entreri had likewise been lost to the ages. - Neverwinter

this scene has been haunting me for a year, one of the most profound moments of the series to me

[exiledfrommars]

This being the thing that gets Artemis to laugh is so amazing

[kai-ice]

I miss then fighting one and other but damn if I don't think then fighting side by side is cool!

[lawful-evil-novelist]

I'm still thinking of Neverwinter Saga Varis and I realized like....Drizzt is extremely depressed for at least 60 years of Varis' adolescence, Varis knows about him, has probably met or seen him, but I'm not totally sure Drizzt has processed that the young drow that's always tagging along after Jarlaxle is Jarlaxle's son and might not find out until like, they're about to go to Gauntylgrym the second time and someone brings up that Jarlaxle is putting his literal child in danger (possibly Varis himself we all know how well the first Gauntylgrym trip went).

So the second Gauntylgrym trip is Varis, stressed because this is the second stupid fight in this accursed dwarven ruin that he's had to be present for, and Drizzt, already having the same stressors as the canon trip, plus Jarlaxle's fucking child is here and clearly out of his depth.

[lawesculape]

[The Last Treshold spoilers]

And here we go again ! I've finished The Last Treshold and GOD I loved it too ! Charon's Claw is still my favorite part of the Neverwinter saga but this one was a really good one. I'm in love with this group (Drizzt, Dahlia, Artemis, Afafrenfere, Ambergris and Effron) and their dynamics with eachother. Especially the main trio. I love the Companions but... Morally grey characters are so much more interesting ! I love that they try to do their best, then fail, try again, are pissed towards another but still support and care about eachother in their own way. They're all so bad at communicating, it's incredible. Except Artemis, surprisingly. He is so sweet to Dahlia when Drizzt is a complete idiot. (And I mean that in a good way, that make sense to his character that he has a dumb reaction to her behavior while Artemis understands and supports her.)

AND OF COURSE : Jarlaxle's presence is always a pleasure ! I love him so much, he never disappoints. Of course I had to draw something about him because poor old drow is SO SAD in this book. He misses Artemis so much, their relationship is everything to me. His reaction to his petrification was so sweet. This guy can't handle losing him again.

[princefleabitten]

Drizzt goes unhinged part 1 (sketches of Legend of Drizzt: Gauntlgrym)

[maritimelass]

Jarlaxle, sweetheart, at what point does an item have enough enchantments on it?

[artemis-entreri]

tempest2004 replied to your link “This Tense Excerpt From R.A. Salvatore's Relentless Features a...”

So, I stopped reading after Road of the Patriarch because I heard about the shit with Artemis after it. But I have to ask: what fresh hell is this? Catti-Brie is back and knocked up? Presumably with Drizzt's kid? Yvonnel Baenre is back? Or is this a namesake? I am so confused right now.

tempest2004 replied to your link “This Tense Excerpt From R.A. Salvatore's Relentless Features a...”

And that sounds *nothing* like the Artemis I loved. Way too wimpy and flowery in his words. Where's the convicton? The fire? The knowledge of his death being inevitable and being all right with that?

[[ Not just Catti-brie is back, ALL of the Companions of the Hall are back and more than that, they’re all young again. Turns out when they died, Mielikki took their souls to Irudaloon, where she kept them until they were ready to be reincarnated. Catti-brie’s now a super overpowered wizard/cleric double-Chosen of Mystra and Mielikki, Regis is a genasi and a badass fighter, Wulfgar’s still Wulfgar, Bruenor’s got two queens. Yes, it’s Drizzt’s kid. The Yvonnel mentioned here isn’t the original Yvonnel the Eternal but at the same time she is. She’s Gromph’s daughter who was blessed by Lolth before she was born, and also imbued with all of Yvonnel the Eternal’s memories at that time. As a result, she’s by far the most powerful drow who’s ever lived, but rather than rule Menzoberranzan she fell for Drizzt’s goody-goodyness and now lives on the surface and helps the Companions of the Hall, also lowkey waiting for Catti-brie to die of old age so she can seduce Drizzt.

Yeah, what’s done to Artemis is a tragedy and a travesty. He and Jarlaxle have both been watered down, and by the same reason: Salvatore bending them to worship Drizzt and want to be like him, because there’s apparently only one valid way to live life. Giving Artemis a fear of death is something pretty new, appearing as a cheap plot device in the current book, Boundless, and as this excerpt from Relentless shows, it’s meant to continue. 

In any case, I would actually recommend the Neverwinter Saga and Night of the Hunter. People who love Drizzt tend to dislike those books because the Companions are gone and Drizzt has to adjust to different circumstances, but I personally feel that getting to know Artemis properly requires those books. He is different from who he was during The Sellswords, but in a reasonable and logical way. Furthermore, I feel like without the context of those later books, the relationship between Artemis and Jarlaxle is a bit premature. Anyway, that’s my two cents. ]]