Homeland - Chapter Twenty-Eight

[kalinara]

So last time, Drizzt's parents made some decisions for him, and we learned why there's only one drow living in Icewind Dale.

This time, well, it's the penultimate chapter. So let's waste it with a sidequest.

I actually am reasonably invested in Drizzt's pseudo-romance with his magic cat, but given what happened last chapter, this feels kind of tangential. Maybe if we reversed the order, and let Drizzt have his pre-ordained moment of triumph and then turned it bitter, it would feel less jarring.

( It probably would also help if we didn't get like four fucking pages dedicated to this in the Icewind Dale Trilogy - and no, I'm not going back to compare the versions of the story )