Roddy McGristle Roddy McGristle was a human bounty hunter . He wielded an axe named Bleeder , and was usually accompanied by a pair of hunting dogs . After the deaths of the Thistledown farming family at the hands of the barghest whelp Ulgulu ( who was disguised as a drow during the act ) , a bounty was placed on the head of the Drizzt Do ' Urden . Roddy McGristle left Maldobar to find Drizzt , eventually finding and attacking him with Bleeder and his two dogs . During the fight the agile drow killed one of the dogs in self - defense and McGristle lost an ear . McGristle eventually tracked Drizzt to Mooshie ' s Grove , the haven of the famous ranger Montolio Debrouchee . There , he allied himself with the local orcs ( led by their king , Graul ) in the hopes of revenging himself on the drow . Montolio and Drizzt repelled their subsequent assault on Mooshie ' s Grove , and McGristle was captured by the elf Kellindill , an associate of the ranger Dove Falconhand . The quickling Tephanis , searching for a new master ( the previous three having been killed by Drizzt or his associates ) , cut McGristle ' s bonds , allowing the bounty hunter to overpower and murder his elven captor . Tephanis , more interested in companionship than revenge , convinced McGristle that Drizzt had been killed in the unsuccessful assault on Mooshie ' s Grove . The bounty hunter , believing himself to have been cheated out of his revenge , spent the subsequent six years growing ever more embittered and volatile , until a chance tavern encounter alerted him to Drizzt ' s survival . After tracking the drow to Mirabar , McGristle ' s plans for a confrontation were once again foiled by Tephanis , who lured Drizzt and his travelling companions , the Weeping Friars , into the lair of the red dragon Hephaestus . Drizzt managed to escape once more , and McGristle murdered Tephanis for his treachery before picking up the trail once more . He tortured the Weeping Friars for Drizzt ' s whereabouts , and learned that the drow was headed for the settlement of Ten Towns in Icewind Dale . Upon arriving in Ten Towns , McGristle learned that Drizzt had taken up residence in the wilderness near Kelvin ' s Cairn , also home of the dwarf Bruenor Battlehammer and his clan . Thinking the deposed dwarf king would be sympathetic to his cause , McGristle was disappointed to discover that Bruenor showed no interest in aiding him in his search . He " was " able to discern , however , that Bruenor ' s adopted human daughter Cattie - brie knew more about the drow than she was letting on . After being expelled from the dwarf ' s hall , McGristle followed the young girl to Drizzt ' s camp on the mountain and lay in wait . He violently accosted her when she set out to return home , drawing the dark elf out of hiding . McGristle was bested in combat once more by Drizzt , and the defeated bounty hunter attempted to goad his nemesis into killing him . Drizzt refused him this satisfaction , knocking McGristle unconscious instead . Upon waking , McGristle once more set out after the drow , emboldened by the knowledge that Drizzt ' s " weakness " would never allow him to kill his relentless pursuer . He was met by Bruenor Battlehammer , who had by then learned the entire tale of Drizzt and , more damning , the bounty hunter ' s rough treatment of Cattie - brie . The subsequent exchange left McGristle convinced that Bruenor did not share the dark elf ' s predilection for mercy , and the bounty hunter was soon seen departing Icewind Dale with his dog ( now one leg short ) , never to return .