Drizzt Do'Urden Dark Elf Born and raised in the Underdark's Menzoberranzan as a noble of House Do'Urden but an inferior male, Drizzt escaped a homicidal family to carve out a new life on the surface.

Here, in the lightless caverns and endless warrens of twisting passages, the dark elves—the drow—found refuge. They also found leadership in the only elven deity who had not forsaken them.

The Dark Elf Trilogy consists of three books: Homeland (Devil's Due Publishing, 2005), Exile (first published 1990), and Sojourn (first published 1991). It follows the journey of Drizzt Do'Urden ...

The first book in the lauded fantasy author’s The Legend of Drizzt series dates back to 1990, and stars Drizzt Do’Urden, a dark elf (or drow) ranger who has since gone on many adventures.

As a drow, Drizzt has provided readers with a window into a dark and mysterious part of the Forgotten Realms. The drow are primarily portrayed as an evil subrace of elves.

The “dark elves” were originally depicted as being wholly evil due to the corrupting nature of Lolth, the goddess at the heart of drow culture.