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"There isthan fine food and soft pillows, little friend," said Wulfgar "The lust of adventure burns our blood With peace in the region, Ten-Towns cannot offer the thrill of danger or the satisfaction of victory" Drizzt and Bruenor nodded their assent, though Regis shook his head

"An’ ye call this pitiful place wealth?" Bruenor chuckled, snapping his stubby fingers "When I return from Mithril Hall, I’ll build ye a hoeis was determined that he had witnessed his last adventure After the meal was finished, he accompanied his friends to the door "If you make it back"

"Your house shall be our first stop," Drizzt assured hios when they walked outside He was standing across the road fro for the at the notion that Keood spokes ahesture at the barbarian and stalked away Regis nearly doubled over with laughter

Drizzt recognized the words, but was puzzled as to why Wulfgar had spoken them to Kemp "You once told me that those words were an old tundra battle cry," he remarked to the barbarian "Why would you offer thear staet hiis answered for hi exclaimed "That is an old barbarian housemother’s curse, usually reserved for adulturous old barbarian housefathers" The drow’s lavender eyes narrowed on the barbarian as Regis continued "It enitals"

Bruenor broke down into laughter, Wulfgar soon joining Drizzt couldn’t help but go along

"Coin this adventure - it should prove interesting!"

"Where will you go?" Regis asked so actually envied his friends; he had to admit that he would miss them

"To Bremen, first," replied Drizzt "We shall complete our provisions there and strike out to the southwest"

"Luskan?"

"Perhaps, if the fates deeis offered as the three cois watched the how he had ever picked such foolish friends He shrugged it away and turned back to his palace - there was plenty of food left over froh the door

"First Citizen!" caed to a warehouseman from the southern section of the city, where the is waited for his approach

"A etically for disturbing so i about you He claims to be a representative from the Heroes Society in Luskan, sent to request your presence at their nextHe said that he would pay you well"

"His naave none, just this!" The warehouseis needed to see He left at once for the rendezvous with the ’s life, for he saw the stranger before the stranger saw hih he hadn’t seen hi fro that beautiful weapon, but even he had a lied to Artemis Entreri

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The three coin the adventure, they ood time and were far out into the tundra when the first rays of the sun peeked over the eastern horizon behind theis scra across the empty plain to catch up with theain, or I’ar and Drizzt

"Well met," said Drizzt "But haven’t we already said our farewells?"

"I decided that I could not let Bruenor run off into trouble withoutto catch his breath

"Yer cuht no supplies, fool halfling!"

"I don’t eatinto his voice

"Bah! Ye eat ether! But no ’s face brightened visibly, and Drizzt suspected that the dwarf’s guess about trouble wasn’t far off the ar "One to represent each of the four cos, Drizzt Do’Urden for the elves, andtroupe!"

"I hardly think the elves would choose a drow to represent thes’d choose Rumblebelly for their chais

Bruenor dropped his shield to the ground, leaped around Wulfgar, and squared off before Regis His face contorted in is by the shoulders and hoisted hiht, Rumblebelly!" Bruenor cried wildly "Crazy I am! An’ never cross one what’s crazier than yerself!"

Drizzt and Wulfgar looked at each other with knowing s adventure

And with the rising sun at their back, their shadows standing long before them, they started off on their way

To find Mithril Hall