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Llew113
Acolyte
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 Posted - 06 Sep 2004 : 00:40:54
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The best character ever......
The ONE, the Only, Pikel the Doo-dad!!!!!!!!
Of course Drittz and Wulfgar are studs as well
Ryld was great, too bad he didn't run from Jeggred when he had the chance.
I like Lirial Bearne as well
As well as Belwar Dissengulp
Pwent is still the second most coolest Dwarf
But as per the best bad guys
Errtu was a nasty one
Jarlaxle is one of the most intriguing drow there is
Artemis Entreri cuase he is the polar alignment of Drittz
But then again, there are so many cool characters, it hard to list them all!!!! |
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VEDSICA
Senior Scribe
USA
466 Posts |
Posted - 07 Sep 2004 : 21:01:21
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| I like Jarlaxle,Entreri for all the obvious reasons.But even though he is new on the seen.I really liked Aeravin from Forsaken House.He was a character with depth,experience(an elf adventuring with a group of humans),and is rather powerful,and getting more and more powerful.I expect great things from him as this trilogy plays out.I also can see him as the greatest elven mage post "Return".He will be one the leaders in the elves return to Faerun to reclaim their lost glory. |
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Arteris
Learned Scribe
121 Posts |
Posted - 12 Sep 2004 : 18:41:50
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Favorite characters eh?
Artermis Entreri = Numero Uno, hes the one who never loses his calm, who never lets his prey go, and one of the few swordsman compareable to Drizzt. He is one of the most powerfull non spellcasters in the realms.
Jarlaxle - because hes flamboyant and an oddity among drow
Belwar Disenfulp - (Just finished reading the Dark Elf Trilogy) his mithril hands are cool and unique ^_^
Pikel Boldershoulder - Dwarven druid? Heck yes  |
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 12 Sep 2004 : 20:56:41
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Favourite characters...
Hmm... tricky one but I'd say:
1.Giogio Wyvernspur
2.Glaraster Rhauligan (whom we really need to see more off)
3.Alusair - blonde chick with a sword who wears a sensible armour, you just gotta love her.
4.Liriel - The queen of all drow-characters I've read about (haven't gotten started on WOTSQ and grew tired of Salvatore at the beginning of the Crystal Shard and haven't returned to him since, so I've no opinion on Drizzt.) |
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Darth KTrava
Learned Scribe
USA
172 Posts |
Posted - 13 Sep 2004 : 02:15:02
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My faves:
Cadderly: The first character I read about and immediately liked how he grew during the series.
Ivan and Pikel: Gotta be the funniest pair of dwarves out there!
Liriel: One bad Drow chick who had the guts to tell Lolth where to go.
Finder: it was interesting to find out that the god was such a jerk as a mortal.
Adon: the poor guy got shafted really bad during the whole avatar series. Everyone else became gods but him. And the sheer hell he went through was great to read!
Pharaun: The immaculate Drow who couldn't stand to either be a second-place male or dirty... what's not to like?
Ryld: Great guy who thought he had things going great until Book V.
Halisstra: Another strong Drow female who had the guts to tell Lolth where to go! Interesting to see where this goes...
Kelemvor: Mortal jock (for lack of better term for a fighter) turned god. And loses the girl thanks to Cyric being a jerk (would say other stuff that would be too strong for this board...)
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Kajehase
Great Reader
Sweden
2104 Posts |
Posted - 27 Sep 2004 : 00:33:26
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| Having just finished Elfshadow and Elfsong I just got to update my list by putting Danilo up on top of it. His public Waterdeep persona is just like the character I sometimes played on an online Neverwinter Nights server. |
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The Silhouette
Acolyte
25 Posts |
Posted - 02 Oct 2004 : 01:19:30
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In my opinion the best character(s) would have to be Drizzt, Jaraxle, Artemis, Morik, Pwent, Regis...and well thats it. Drizzt because, well when he's being The Hunter I totally love him...since he's sorta evil in a way...but not...hes not attuned to fear nor pain...just rage and anger. I love when hes like that. Then Jaraxle, because hes very cool...he has a trick for almost everything, he is very clever and calm. He is also a chaotic evil character with "good intentions" which is the best. Then, Artemis, because I love bad guys and he is calm and an assassin  which is so cool...and if him and drizzt became friends BOOM...the dream team of three...Artemis, Drizzt and Jaraxle...how cool would that be?? Morik...I've loved him since he and Wulfgar met...he is just so...funny in many ways...and a very unexpected hero...hes just real cool. Pwent because...who doesnt like Pwnent??? lol. And Regis...innocent Regis...hes becoming much cooler now....more heroic and funny...so thats it... |
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Forlorn
Seeker
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Posted - 08 Oct 2004 : 22:14:49
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I really like Fyodor of Rashemen from the seies starting with the daughter of the drow cuz he is like me (stornger than I am but that's ok :)).
I like entreri cuz he is a man who is doing his job abd doing it well. I like his profesionalism and perfectionism.
Jarlaxle is a cool one, but I like him because of his humor.
I also like Matteo form Halrua, he is ungenious and chaotic.
As for women I like Cattie Brie, indeed, because she is wiser than all the girls that I know and I wish one of my girls would have been like her.
I LĘKE Arlyn because she is strong and independent. I like a woman who has a stronger will than I do. That's all I guess.
That's all I guess. |
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The Silhouette
Acolyte
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Posted - 08 Oct 2004 : 23:54:27
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Originally posted by Forlorn
As for women I like Cattie Brie, indeed, because she is wiser than all the girls that I know and I wish one of my girls would have been like her.
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Forlorn
Seeker
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Posted - 09 Oct 2004 : 00:46:18
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she had the man empathy skill, I guess :)).
But for real I saw that character realized what the sufferings and the problems of her conpanions.She understands what people feels. And even Wulfgar beat her accidently, she took it very well and understood why he might have acted like that.
Women I knew, if Alaundo allows me, are generally not like that.
They judge very guickly and intense without caring for my conditions and I have never hit one female( eventhough I have never been in heel I and also everyone live somedays like in one).
These are not complaints about the women race of earth but my humble way of trying to answer a how question :))). I hope I had myself clear enough:))). |
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Tethtoril
Seeker
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Posted - 09 Oct 2004 : 15:22:34
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Originally posted by Forlorn
she had the man empathy skill, I guess :)).
But for real I saw that character realized what the sufferings and the problems of her conpanions.She understands what people feels. And even Wulfgar beat her accidently, she took it very well and understood why he might have acted like that.
Women I knew, if Alaundo allows me, are generally not like that.
They judge very guickly and intense without caring for my conditions and I have never hit one female( eventhough I have never been in heel I and also everyone live somedays like in one).
These are not complaints about the women race of earth but my humble way of trying to answer a how question :))). I hope I had myself clear enough:))).
Aaaaahhhh, hmmmm.  Okay, let us please move past this and continue with the original topic. Just trying to wet the floor before any flames take hold. Nothing to see here ... please keep moving.  |
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Winterfox
Senior Scribe
895 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2004 : 08:04:56
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Originally posted by Forlorn
she had the man empathy skill, I guess :)).
But for real I saw that character realized what the sufferings and the problems of her conpanions.She understands what people feels. And even Wulfgar beat her accidently, she took it very well and understood why he might have acted like that.
Women I knew, if Alaundo allows me, are generally not like that.
They judge very guickly and intense without caring for my conditions and I have never hit one female( eventhough I have never been in heel I and also everyone live somedays like in one).
These are not complaints about the women race of earth but my humble way of trying to answer a how question :))). I hope I had myself clear enough:))).
Heh. Not going to crucify you for liking the character or even become outraged (seeing as I'm female), but you realize that, in other words, Catti-brie sounds like an unrealistic, idealized caricature of a woman? (Note: I'm not saying that she is idealized in the books; just remarking on Forlorn's descriptions of her.) |
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Forlorn
Seeker
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Posted - 10 Oct 2004 : 11:21:40
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Originally posted by Winterfox
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Originally posted by Forlorn
she had the man empathy skill, I guess :)).
But for real I saw that character realized what the sufferings and the problems of her conpanions.She understands what people feels. And even Wulfgar beat her accidently, she took it very well and understood why he might have acted like that.
Women I knew, if Alaundo allows me, are generally not like that.
They judge very guickly and intense without caring for my conditions and I have never hit one female( eventhough I have never been in heel I and also everyone live somedays like in one).
These are not complaints about the women race of earth but my humble way of trying to answer a how question :))). I hope I had myself clear enough:))).
Heh. Not going to crucify you for liking the character or even become outraged (seeing as I'm female), but you realize that, in other words, Catti-brie sounds like an unrealistic, idealized caricature of a woman? (Note: I'm not saying that she is idealized in the books; just remarking on Forlorn's descriptions of her.)
Yeah, you may be right to understand my words like an idealization of a simple novel character but she is a hero in an imaginary realm and she should be wiser than a spoiled high society girl of Waterdeep or an ordinary city girl with ordinary life waiting for a good catch to marry and death peacefuly. And this is perfectly natural for Catie Brie and other even newbie adventurers no matter man or woman see many dreads while the ordinary people just hear the stories of. That doesn't mean every hero is perceptive as Catie Brie is (and maybe there are many wiser than her that I don't know or recall right now) but as I said that's why I like Catie Brie character not because of her phantom arrows.
I admit that a comparison between Catie Brie and the girls I know is unrealistic because one is an fiction hero and the others are, well, real. Of course there are millions of girls all around the world that are patient, understanding, honest and perceptive about the feelings of the one talking to her without manipulating, I just haven't met one yet:)). Call me if you think that you are one:))). I will be a very chalinging test for sure :))).
That was humor that maybe made my statement a little bit offensive but apparently that was a joke (look; smiley) and that's is enough talking about a joke. Noone wants to upset Alaundo :). |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36817 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2004 : 14:39:11
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Originally posted by Forlorn
Noone wants to upset Alaundo :).
Yeah, that's the truth. Big Al weilds a mean staff.  |
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The Silhouette
Acolyte
25 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2004 : 16:14:42
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Originally posted by Forlorn
she had the man empathy skill, I guess :)).
But for real I saw that character realized what the sufferings and the problems of her conpanions.She understands what people feels. And even Wulfgar beat her accidently, she took it very well and understood why he might have acted like that.
I am sorry if I sound absurd, but Catti-Brie (even though she "feels" for others) is a completly annoying brat(in my opinion, and I am sure in others as well.) I know that in being fourteen, I probably don't have as much wisdom as you Forlorn, though I do know that patience, honesty, sensuallity, and all Catti-Brie's other traits, DO NOT mix. In the end, if this were real life, those traits would rub together the wrong way, and back fire, resulting in a crisis. I have seen this happen more than once, and I really don't care if you disagree, this is only my opinion and my wisdom and thought speaking here. To toll it all up, Catti-Brie is a disaster waiting to happen. |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2004 : 16:21:22
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Originally posted by The Silhouette
I am sorry if I sound absurd, but Catti-Brie (even though she "feels" for others) is a completly annoying brat(in my opinion, and I am sure in others as well.) I know that in being fourteen, I probably don't have as much wisdom as you Forlorn, though I do know that patience, honesty, sensuallity, and all Catti-Brie's other traits, DO NOT mix. In the end, if this were real life, those traits would rub together the wrong way, and back fire, resulting in a crisis. I have seen this happen more than once, and I really don't care if you disagree, this is only my opinion and my wisdom and thought speaking here. To toll it all up, Catti-Brie is a disaster waiting to happen.
Nothing wrong with having an opinion, even a passionate one, as long as respect is shown to other's having a different viewpoint. |
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Gerath Hoan
Learned Scribe
United Kingdom
152 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2004 : 17:13:42
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Hmm, just browsed through this thread for the first time and i thought i'd add a little controversy by stating that i don't particularly like drow, not any of 'em really. And whilst like many i may have read the Dark Elf Trilogy and one or two others of Mr Salvatore's work, i'm not partiuclarly fussed by Drizzt. I've been tempted to give the Hunter's Blades trilogy a try, to see if that would reverse my opinion any, but i doubt i could stomach reading something like the whole of the WOTSQ with all those drow. Its like Wizards are throwing them left, right and centre without much taste or restraint because they know the sell books. And all those "good" drow.  It makes me mad. Drow are evil, live underground and so are rarely encountered and need not be centre stage the whole damn time! Oh wait, now they live aboveground in Cormanthor!
Ahem, anyway, on to my list.
1. Vangerdahast - i'm surprised only one other person mentioned him. I find him a truly enjoyable character who could have done with some more appearences.
2. Manshoon - another figure who didn't get half as many appearences as he deserved (by that i mean during his best days, pre TOT) and who was almost never depicted with the noble malice i suspected of him possessing. The short story about him in Realms of Infamy was my fave.
3. Elminster and Khelbun - i like these two characters almost equally (El just wins out) and i find them quite fascinating and yet each appeals to a very different side of my nature. The Blackstaff is a truly intimidating figure working for good and Elminster can be a lovable old rascal.
4. Florin Falconhand - i know there's not tonnes revealed about him yet (waiting for the Knights trilogy  ), but i like his humble yet regal bearing.
5. Danilo Thann - the ultimate dandy! What more do i need to say? I've had several airheaded characters based around that personna of his.
And just sneaking in at 6: Rhoegantle Malyth, Highknight of Cormyr - ok, so to my knowledge he's only appeared in the web articles about Storm Silverhand's quieter days, but i genuinely like the concept of this character and would love to see him in some published fiction.
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The Silhouette
Acolyte
25 Posts |
Posted - 10 Oct 2004 : 21:32:40
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Nothing wrong with having an opinion, even a passionate one, as long as respect is shown to other's having a different viewpoint.
I agree. |
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Arteris
Learned Scribe
121 Posts |
Posted - 11 Oct 2004 : 04:23:22
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| Oooo, I forgot to add, Cadderly and Danica ^_^ |
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Winterfox
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 11 Oct 2004 : 05:43:45
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Originally posted by Arteris
Oooo, I forgot to add, Cadderly and Danica ^_^
Really? I've always thought that the Author's Darling Syndrome runs rampant in Cadderly -- he's basically a religious fanatic, no less than Aballister is (considering that everything Cadderly does is out of "divine inspiration", and therefore makes everything okay, including torching a whole pile of helpless enemies). I have no problem with amoral, immoral, or hypocritical characters. When they masquerade as heroes delivering righteous retribution, then there's a problem. The CQ would have been so much more interesting if Cadderly, say, turned into the antagonist due to his fanatical devotion and sanctimonious hypocrisy. Heh. As for Danica, I just see her as a cipher: a character with no real personality, but just someone to occasionally argue with Cadderly on moral and "philosophical" issues.
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Originally posted by Forlorn
Yeah, you may be right to understand my words like an idealization of a simple novel character but she is a hero in an imaginary realm and she should be wiser than a spoiled high society girl of Waterdeep or an ordinary city girl with ordinary life waiting for a good catch to marry and death peacefuly. And this is perfectly natural for Catie Brie and other even newbie adventurers no matter man or woman see many dreads while the ordinary people just hear the stories of. That doesn't mean every hero is perceptive as Catie Brie is (and maybe there are many wiser than her that I don't know or recall right now) but as I said that's why I like Catie Brie character not because of her phantom arrows.
*shrugs* I prefer my fiction grim and gritty, and I reserve dislike for "perfect" or idealized characters -- that spoiled, high-society Waterdhavian girl would be far more interesting to me than Catti-brie will ever be (imagine said girl being thrown into unfamiliar circumstances and hardships -- fun!). But hey, whatever floats your boat. (What can I say? The lead female in what I'm writing is an honest-if-it-suits-her, impatient woman who's occasionally arrogant and sometimes quite selfish. Another primary female character is as patient as she is perceptive and manipulative -- and she's very, very patient. Yet another still possesses ruthlessness and intelligence in equal measures.)
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I admit that a comparison between Catie Brie and the girls I know is unrealistic because one is an fiction hero and the others are, well, real. Of course there are millions of girls all around the world that are patient, understanding, honest and perceptive about the feelings of the one talking to her without manipulating, I just haven't met one yet:)). Call me if you think that you are one:))). I will be a very chalinging test for sure :))).
Naw, not really. I'm about as empathic and sympathetic as a mini-Uzi, and easily just as brutal and blunt. So... |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 11 Oct 2004 : 06:06:54
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Naw, not really. I'm about as empathic and sympathetic as a mini-Uzi, and easily just as brutal and blunt. So...
Really? I'd not noticed that about you.  |
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Silvfana
Acolyte
Finland
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Posted - 12 Oct 2004 : 11:40:56
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Umm...
It's hard to say, but from what i've read, my favourites are Artemis Entreri, Drizzt of course and Jarlaxle...
Why? The books published in Finnish (to the second of Hunter's Blade) I haven't yet found anyone I like more. Entreri and Jarlaxle are both to me very complex characters and Drizzt is... well, Drizzt. I know this sounds silly but I can't figure out any spesific reason to it. He was one of the reasons that made me seek out more to know about role playing and Realms.
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The incoherent talk of ordinary days
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Winterfox
Senior Scribe
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Posted - 12 Oct 2004 : 12:19:34
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
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Originally posted by Winterfox
Naw, not really. I'm about as empathic and sympathetic as a mini-Uzi, and easily just as brutal and blunt. So...
Really? I'd not noticed that about you.
But of course. Mind you, mini-Uzis are very efficient at what they do, and don't you love efficiency? |
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The Silhouette
Acolyte
25 Posts |
Posted - 12 Oct 2004 : 20:08:00
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Originally posted by Silvfana
Umm...
It's hard to say, but from what i've read, my favourites are Artemis Entreri, Drizzt of course and Jarlaxle...
Thats SO awesome!!! You and I think alike...THATS SO COOL!!! Who doesn't like them, I mean...they are so...complex as you said...and that makes them better. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36817 Posts |
Posted - 12 Oct 2004 : 22:40:24
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Originally posted by The Silhouette
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Originally posted by Silvfana
Umm...
It's hard to say, but from what i've read, my favourites are Artemis Entreri, Drizzt of course and Jarlaxle...
Thats SO awesome!!! You and I think alike...THATS SO COOL!!! Who doesn't like them, I mean...they are so...complex as you said...and that makes them better.
Who doesn't like them? Well, I've never been a huge fan of Drizzt's, and I've gotten bored with him. Artemis Entreri has not, until Servant of the Shard, interested me, because he was just a foil for Drizzt.
Now Jarlaxle... He rocks. I love his style and his chutzpah. |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
USA
5517 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2004 : 02:33:09
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Now Jarlaxle... He rocks. I love his style and his chutzpah.
Pick up Realms of the Dragons to see how he handles himself when faced with a new employer. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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Posted - 13 Oct 2004 : 02:56:47
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Now Jarlaxle... He rocks. I love his style and his chutzpah.
Pick up Realms of the Dragons to see how he handles himself when faced with a new employer.
I shall pick it up, either Thursday or Friday. I'm going to try to buy it on Thursday, but things are rather much up in the air right now... |
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The Silhouette
Acolyte
25 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2004 : 18:25:32
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Now Jarlaxle... He rocks. I love his style and his chutzpah.
Pick up Realms of the Dragons to see how he handles himself when faced with a new employer.
Whats Realms of the Dragons about??? Is R.A.Salvatore the author or someone else...please tell me. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
USA
36817 Posts |
Posted - 13 Oct 2004 : 19:48:53
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Originally posted by The Silhouette
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Originally posted by SiriusBlack
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
Now Jarlaxle... He rocks. I love his style and his chutzpah.
Pick up Realms of the Dragons to see how he handles himself when faced with a new employer.
Whats Realms of the Dragons about??? Is R.A.Salvatore the author or someone else...please tell me.
'Tis an anthology, with stories about dragons. |
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SiriusBlack
Great Reader
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Posted - 13 Oct 2004 : 21:57:39
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
'Tis an anthology, with stories about dragons.
Yes, R.A. Salvatore is one of the authors featured in Realms of the Dragon. His story focuses on Artemis and Jarlaxle. |
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