History Literature / TheIcewindDaleTrilogy

* FiveManBand: Drizzt, Bruenor, Wulfgar, Cattie-Brie, and Regis, later known as "The Companions Of The Hall."

* CloudCuckoolander: Some of the Harpells exemplify this trope more than others. Harkle Harpell is the most cloudcuckoolanderish of them. Turns into a ChekhovsSkill in ''[[Literature/LegacyOfTheDrow Siege of Darkness]]'' when they find a creative solution to a group of mind flayers that are helping the drow army: [[spoiler:switching the locations of their brains and their backsides so they can NoSell their attacks]].

* BerserkButton: See above.

* BreakoutCharacter: As mentioned in the main description, Drizzt.

** Don't forget why Drizzt ended up chewing Wulfgar out after they kill the dragon; Wulfgar ''woke it up'' to fight it rather than just killing it while it slept.

** TheSuperego= Drizzt: Rational, coolheaded, lives his life with strong moral principles.

** TheEgo= Bruenor: Almost as proud and hot-headed as Wulfgar, but far more seasoned and experienced, keeps the balance.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Artemis Entreri, who beats Catti-Brie and threatens her with death in order to ensure her cooperation, cuts off two of Regis' fingers, and leaves them behind as "gifts" for Drizzt in order to further goad the drow into a fight to the death, murders a ship full of people and burns the captain alive ForTheEvulz...and by the end of the story, he's still alive, not seriously injured, and capable of causing more mayhem, death, and suffering later on. So Entreri escapes karma...at least in ''this'' trilogy...]]

* {{Ungrateful Bastard}}s: The people of Ten-Towns who Drizzt protects and saved the lives of more than once and has never once offered them harm. Despite all of the good he has done to save them, such as besting the Barbarian King to end the attack (Though this got him the gratitude of one of the towns), his wounded body was kicked and tormented by one of the major leaders. PLus he is the primary reason that Akar Kessell was even defeated at all, since he managed to destroy Crystal-Tirith and cause Akar Kessell to get himself killed.

* GeneralFailure: In "The Crystal Shard", Akar Kessel might have conquered the world if he didn't shoot himself in the foot more than once. In the end, the titular artifact stops responding to his commands and lets itself get buried in an avalanche because it's tired of watching him screw things up and wants a more worthy wielder.

* {{Badass}}: Among badasses: The companions of the hall are all badasses, but Drizzt makes them seem normal, especially after his battle with Errtu. The same can be said about Entreri.

''The Icewind Dale Trilogy'' is the first [[Literature/TheLegendOfDrizzt]] trilogy of books by R.A. Salvatore written in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' setting. Although originally intended to focus primarily on the barbarian Wulfgar, by the end of the third book it has shifted to a character who was originally meant to be Wulfgar's mentor/sidekick: the ChaoticGood dark elf ranger [[BreakoutCharacter Drizzt Do'Urden]]. Drizzt became so popular that he would [[Literature/TheDarkElfTrilogy get his own prequel series of books]] and would become the star of pretty much every novel in the series set afterwards. This trilogy also introduces Drizzt and Wulfgar's friends: the dwarf king Bruenor Battlehammer, his adopted human daughter Catti-Brie, and the halfling Regis.

''The Icewind Dale Trilogy'' is the first series of books by R.A. Salvatore written in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' setting. Although originally intended to focus primarily on the barbarian Wulfgar, by the end of the third book it has shifted to a character who was originally meant to be Wulfgar's mentor/sidekick: the ChaoticGood dark elf ranger [[BreakoutCharacter Drizzt Do'Urden]]. Drizzt became so popular that he would [[Literature/TheDarkElfTrilogy get his own prequel series of books]] and would become the star of pretty much every novel in the series set afterwards. This trilogy also introduces Drizzt and Wulfgar's friends: the dwarf king Bruenor Battlehammer, his adopted human daughter Catti-Brie, and the halfling Regis.

** The dragon Icingdeath could have immediately killed Wulfgar with his ice breath, but he didn't want to freeze his meal solid, so he tried to kill him another way. He should've just settled for frozen food.[[note]]And it's even more so, as the ''Draconomicon'' books from 3rd and 4th Edition stated that White Dragons ''PREFER'' their meals frozen. Icingdeath might be a PickyPeopleEater, but still[[/note]]

** The dragon Icingdeath could have immediately killed Wulfgar with his ice breath, but he didn't want to freeze his meal solid, so he tried to kill him another way. He should've just settled for frozen food.

** TheSuperego= Drizzt: Rational, coolheaded lives his life with strong moral principles.
** TheId= Wulfgar: [[HotBlooded]], proud, always [[BloodKnight ready for a fight]].

* CriticalResearchFailure: ''Streams Of Silver'' mentions that fire can kill trolls, and that they otherwise regenerate from anything else. The text notes that more than one predator has been killed from the inside after dismembering and eating a troll as the troll regenerated in it. What Salvatore apparently forgot is that trolls can also be killed by acid...which is what stomachs use to digest the food humans and animals eat.

* {{Ungrateful Bastard}}s: The Companions come to the aid of a group of riders from Nesmé who are being attacked. The rider that Drizzt saves immediately tries to kill him (and would have, had Wulfgar not intervened) once he gets a good look at him. The riders then surround them, refuse them entry into their town, threaten them, and make several verbal jabs at Drizzt. The only reason things don't come to a head is because the riders decide they really don't want to fight them.

''Literature/TheIcewindDaleTrilogy'' is the first series of books by R.A. Salvatore written in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' setting. Although originally intended to focus primarily on the barbarian Wulfgar, by the end of the third book it has shifted to a character who was originally meant to be Wulfgar's mentor/sidekick: the ChaoticGood dark elf ranger [[BreakoutCharacter Drizzt Do'Urden]]. Drizzt became so popular that he would [[Literature/TheDarkElfTrilogy get his own prequel series of books]] and would become the star of pretty much every novel in the series set afterwards. This trilogy also introduces Drizzt and Wulfgar's friends: the dwarf king Bruenor Battlehammer, his adopted human daughter Catti-Brie, and the halfling Regis.

* {{Badass}}: Among badasses: The companions of the hall are all badasse, but Drizzt makes them seem normal, especially after his battle with Errtu. The same can be said about Entreri.

* {{Badass}}: Among badasses: The companions of the hall are all badasses, there is no denying that, but drizzt makes them seem normal, especially after his battle with errtu. even though he still had help from gwuen, (and likely would've died without her) he still did most of the work. (even though she is still technically "his", he doesn't like being called her master). the same can be said about Enteri.

''Literature/TheIcewindDaleTrilogy'' is the first series of books by R.A. Salvatore written in the ''TabletopGame/ForgottenRealms'' setting. Although originally intended to focus primarily on the barbarian Wulfgar, by the end of the third book it has shifted to a character who was originally meant to be Wulfgar's mentor/sidekick: the [[ChaoticGood good]] dark elf ranger [[BreakoutCharacter Drizzt Do'Urden]]. Drizzt became so popular that he would [[Literature/TheDarkElfTrilogy get his own prequel series of books]] and would become the star of pretty much every novel in the series set afterwards. This trilogy also introduces Drizzt and Wulfgar's friends: the dwarf king Bruenor Battlehammer, his adopted human daughter Catti-Brie, and the halfling Regis.

Chronologically preceded by ''Literature/TheDarkElfTrilogy'' and followed by the ''Literature/LegacyOfTheDrowSeries''. See also ''VideoGame/IcewindDale'', a series of [=CRPGs=] set in the same region about eighty years earlier.