  bruenor battlehammer is a fictional character in the forgotten realms campaign setting for the dungeons & dragons fantasy role-playing game. the character first appears in the icewind dale trilogy by author r. a. salvatore. he has also appeared in subsequent books as the trusted dwarven companion to popular drow hero drizzt do'urden. in the 4th edition version of forgotten realms, he is said to have died. bruenor is the adoptive father of a human female named catti-brie and of the barbarian wulfgar. he is the king of mithril hall, and lifelong friend to drow ranger drizzt do'urden and regis, a halfling thief. he crafted aegis-fang and presented the gift to wulfgar. it was said to be the best weapon bruenor had ever made. as a youngster he was forced to flee his ancestral home at mithril hall when the kingdom was attacked by a great shadow dragon named shimmergloom and an army of duergar, or gray dwarves. his exiled family and kin then took up residence in icewind dale close to ten towns living by selling weapons and armor to the local merchants. the character of bruenor battlehammer was listed as number 11 in ugo entertainment's list of "the best dwarves ever". ==fictional character history== a blustery and fiery dwarf who is "gruff even for a dwarf", bruenor battlehammer first meets drizzt in the novel sojourn. despite his daughter's affection for drizzt, bruenor does not trust him. after drizzt save
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