Exile (Forgotten Realms novel)

Exile

Cover of the first edition
Author	R. A. Salvatore
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy novel
Published	1990
Media type	Print (Paperback)
Preceded by	Homeland
Followed by	Sojourn

Exile is the second book in The Dark Elf Trilogy, written by R. A. Salvatore.

Plot introduction

Exile follows Drizzt Do'Urden to the wilds of the Underdark. For the ten years following his abandoning his house, he is left with no one but his faithful Guenhwyvar, a magical Panther he had acquired in Homeland. He is also met with great dangers that he meets with the business ends of his scimitars. Struggling with conflicting emotions, which involve his failure in Menzoberranzan and a deep grief for his friend Zaknafien, he makes his way to the surface to face newer dangers.

Plot summary

Drizzt spent some years in the Underdark, during which he was enslaved by mind flayers and then had to fight Zaknafein again, who had been made undead by Malice, thanks to Lolth's "greatest gift" Zin-Carla, to find Drizzt. In the end, Zaknafein regained enough control to sacrifice himself, flinging his body into a pool of acid.

For Malice's failure to use Zaknafein to kill Drizzt, Lolth decreed that house Do'Urden should be destroyed, and House Baenre, the most favored First House of Menzoberranzan, did just that, with only Vierna and Dinin surviving.