num_pages: 333
description: Akar Kessel, a weak-willed apprentice mage sets in motion events leading to the rediscovery of the magical device, the crystal shard. But is it merely an inanimate device . . . or is it capable of directing the defeat of Ten-Towns?Or have the barbarians already arranged for that themselves? Their brutal attack on the villages of Ten-Towns seals their fate, and that of the youn barbarian Wulfgar. Left for dead, Wulfgar is rescued by the dwarf, Bruenor, in exchange for five years of service . . . and friendship. With the help of the dark elf, Drizzt, Bruenor reshapes Wulfgar into a warrior with both brawn and brains.But is Wulfgar strong enough to reunite the barbarian tribes? Can an unorthodox dwarf and renegade dark elf persuade the people of Ten-Towns to put aside their petty differences in time to stave off the forces of the crystal shard?Akar Kessel, a weak-willed apprentice mage sets in motion events leading to the rediscovery of the magical device, the crystal shard. But is it merely an inanimate device . . . or is it capable of directing the defeat of Ten-Towns?Or have the barbarians already arranged for that themselves? Their brutal attack on the villages of Ten-Towns seals their fate, and that of the youn barbarian Wulfgar. Left for dead, Wulfgar is rescued by the dwarf, Bruenor, in exchange for five years of service . . . and friendship. With the help of the dark elf, Drizzt, Bruenor reshapes Wulfgar into a warrior with both brawn and brains.But is Wulfgar strong enough to reunite the barbarian tribes? Can an unorthodox dwarf and renegade dark elf persuade the people of Ten-Towns to put aside their petty differences in time to stave off the forces of the crystal shard?
language: English
title: The Crystal Shard
titlecomplete: The Crystal Shard (Forgotten Realms: Icewind Dale, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #4)
characters: Drizzt Do’Urden, Wulfgar, Cattie Brie, Bruenor Battlehammer
genres: Adventure, Fantasy, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Young Adult, Science Fiction Fantasy, Dungeons and Dragons, Audiobook, Fiction, Forgotten Realms
ratings_count: 54641
series: The Legend of Drizzt, Die vergessenen Welten, The Icewind Dale Trilogy, Forgotten Realms Chronological, Forgotten Realms - Publication Order
publisher: TSR