Sojourn Sojourn is the third book in the Dark Elf trilogy by R . A . Salvatore . It was later reissued as book three of the Legend of Drizzt series . Summary . Drizzt Do ' Urden , a forty - year - old renegade drow who has forsaken the ways of his evil people to live a better life on the surface of Faerûn , greets the dawn each morning to acclimatize himself to his new home , in spite of the great pain it causes him . To the rogue drow , the sun represents his denial of the other darker world of the Underdark , especially of the city of Menzoberranzan . Alongside him sits his faithful companion , the astral panther Guenhwyvar . After a disastrous run - in with a skunk one day , Drizzt decides to leave in search of a new home further down the mountainside . He encounters a group of gnoll s who invite him to be an ally . Being naive to the ways of the world , Drizzt doesn ' t know they are evil until they outline a plan to raid a local farm and kill and enslave the humans living therein . With the aid of Guenhwyvar , he slays the band , but for some time after feels remorse in doing so . It is at this point that he decides to learn more about the races living around him . He starts by studying the intended victims of the gnoll raid , the human Thistledown family living on their secluded farm in the village of Maldobar . After coming to the conclusion that these humans were of good alignment , he takes it upon himself to become their secret guardian . One day , he follows the youngest Thistledown boy , Liam , and tries unsuccessfully to communicate with and befriend him . The ten - year - old runs away to tell the tale of his encounter with the drow — or as he says , the " drizzit " — and at first is not believed by his family . It is only when he takes his siblings with him to verify the story that he is vindicated . The eldest boy , Connor Thistledown , has some knowledge of other races and recognizes Drizzt as being a dark elf . A meeting is held that night and the villagers decide to go and look for this drow after the prompting of bounty hunter and trapper Roddy McGristle . In the ensuing hunt , Drizzt is forced to kill one of McGristle ' s dogs and maims McGristle in the process . Were it not for the interference of a quickling sprite called Tephanis , Drizzt may have eluded detection and the subsequent ire of the bounty hunter . Tephanis is an ally to a fearsome barghest whelp known as Ulgulu . After realizing that it was Drizzt and his panther who killed his best soldiers , the gnolls , Ulgulu decides to enact vengeance upon Drizzt and at the same time cover up his nefarious activities in the region . By taking the form of a drow , he massacres the Thistledown family , leaving behind Drizzt ' s stolen scimitar as a way of placing responsibility for the act solely at Drizzt ' s feet . When Drizzt learns of the tragedy , he vows to enact his own vengeance upon the perpetrators , partly out of grief and also out of self - imposed guilt that he caused their deaths . Meanwhile , Mayor Benson Delmo sends word to Sundabar of a drow in the vicinity of their home , requesting aid in the matter . Dove Falconhand , a ranger and Chosen of Mystra , answers the call . She leaves Sundabar with her companions , the human ranger Gabriel , the male elf archer Kellindil and the human warrior Darda . She also ask permission to Helm Dwarf - Friend , ruler of the city , to bring with her the dwarf sage Fredegar Rockcrusher ( Fret ) . When her party reaches Maldobar , she is informed that the same drow has committed an atrocity at the Thistledown place , but after studying the evidence at hand , she soon starts to believe otherwise . Drizzt , meanwhile , has already started his own investigation and finds the lair of Ulgulu . He slays Ulgulu ' s brother , Kempfana , and with the help of Guenhwyvar kills Ulgulu , who by now has morphed into a monstrous wolf . He is soon pursued by another of Ulgulu ' s allies , a hill giant named Lagerbottoms , and is offered the same alliance as the gnolls offered , ultimately with the same end result . Seriously injured by his encounter , Drizzt flees the area with Lady Falconhand ' s party hot in pursuit . Drizzt confronts Kellindil , but fails to convince him of his good intentions . Later however , Drizzt helps his pursuers during a stone giant ambush , and Dove ' s party provide healing aid to Drizzt after noticing his severe wounds . Through his actions they follow their earlier assumptions and confirm he is innocent of the killings and not at all like the others of his kin , so they decide to let him go . Roddy McGristle , however , is not so keen on letting a 2000 - gold bounty slip through his hands and continues the hunt . Drizzt then settles in Dead Orc Pass . Surviving on a diet of fish and taking shelter in one of the many caves , he feels thoroughly dejected and sinks even further into self - pity . Fortunately for him , Kellindil , an elven archer from Dove ' s party , keeps a watchful eye over his dark cousin and even provides kindling for him with the onset of winter in the mountains , all unbeknownst to the beleaguered drow . It is here that Drizzt gets his first taste of snow and decides to find better accommodation . He ends up staying in the den of a grumpy brown bear named Bluster , placating him with daily meals of fish during his long hibernation . When spring returns to the land , Drizzt explores the other side of the river and runs afoul of the orc k ing Graul . With the aid of Montolio DeBrouchee , the blind ranger of Mielikki , he defeats the orcs , worg s and stone giant sent to kill him . He is taken under Montolio ' s , or " Mooshie ' s , " wing . During his time in Mooshie ' s grove , he is taught the common surface tongue and the ways of the ranger and of Mielikki , Goddess of the Forest . It is also a time for healing . Mooshie helps Drizzt come to terms with his self - imposed guilt over the deaths of the Thistledowns and others . Roddy McGristle tracks Drizzt to Mooshie ' s grove but Mooshie lies to protect him and sends him on a red herring . However , wanting to be rid of Drizzt , Tephanis returns and informs Roddy of Mooshie ' s deception . Angered , Roddy makes a pact with the Graul and two weeks later the battle of Mooshie ' s grove is under way . Mooshie and Drizzt defeat the orc attack and Guenhwyvar kills Caroak , the winter wolf . Kellindil and a group of his elven cousins give aid during the battle , and afterwards Kellindil captures Roddy McGristle and begins the journey to Sundabar to have him tried for his crimes . Tephanis helps McGristle to escape , however , and McGristle strangles the elf and buries him . Tephanis , fearing another disastrous encounter with the drow , deceives his new master by saying he was slain by a worg during the battle . Soon after , Drizzt finds Mooshie dead , leaving Drizzt to fulfill an earlier promise he made to leave and never return to the grove . Journeying through the land of the North he is turned away and chased by the dwarves of Citadel Adbar . He finds the same rejection in other towns that he tries to make his home in . He takes it in his stride as he now has the goddess Mielikki in his heart . Six years later , during the drow ' s seventh winter on the surface , Tephanis ' s lie is revealed in Westbridge and the surly bounty hunter heads to Mirabar in search of his long - lost quarry . Drizzt by now has taken up with the Weeping Friars , a group of beggars and religious zealots who believe that the more they suffer , the less the world has to endure . Knowing of their favorite route of travelling to Mirabar via the Tunnel , Tephanis traps the party within leaving them no choice but to face a venerable ( but fairly stupid ) red dragon nicknamed Hephaestus . Thanks to a clever deception by Drizzt , they manage to escape . Drizzt takes one of the friar ' s advice of heading to Ten Towns in Icewind Dale , a place full of rogues where he may find acceptance . McGristle catches up with the monks shortly after they part with Drizzt and Tephanis unwittingly reveals that he trapped the party in the Tunnel , going against McGristle ' s plans . In a fit of rage , the bounty hunter then kills him and tortures the friars for information before murdering them as well . Drizzt journeys to Ten Towns in Icewind Dale , where he is rejected by Cassius , the spokesman for Bryn Shander . However , Cassius suggests he make a home instead on the northern slopes of Kelvin ' s Cairn , on the borders of Clan Battlehammer , in order to win over the public eye by protecting the settlements . He meets Cattie - brie , the adopted daughter of Bruenor Battlehammer , in the lower slopes of the cairn and makes her acquaintance . When he first sees her he is reminded strongly of Liam Thistledown as she is around the same age , and is captivated by her charm and zest for life . After a fight with a polar worm , Bruenor , comes into contact with Drizzt for the first time . They nearly come to blows but Drizzt walks away from the conflict , leaving a furious Bruenor to hobble home . Outraged that his daughter has been meeting with a drow , he forces her to give her word that she ' ll not meet with him again . McGristle turns up at the dwarf ' s home not long after and the clan are not impressed with the rude stranger . McGristle tells them all that Drizzt murdered the Thistledowns but Bruenor will have none of it . The dwarven king turns him out and warns his daughter to stay away from the drow for a second time . Cattie - brie disobeys her father and runs to confront Drizzt about McGristle ' s claims . Drizzt assuages her fears and their friendship remains unchanged . He sends her back home and gets ready to flee from his adversary , but turns back to aid Cattie - brie who is being held by McGristle . Drizzt confronts him and he relates how vengeance is all he seeks . He cares not for the murdered family nor for the bounty . A fight ensues and many times does the reluctant Drizzt offer McGristle the chance to flee , but he stubbornly refuses . Eventually the superior warrior won , by knocking McGristle unconscious . When he wakes up , he is met by Bruenor , who banishes him from Icewind Dale . Drizzt , feeling he is damned to always be an outcast , states he will leave but Bruenor bids him to stay and watch over Cattie - brie . At last , Drizzt heard the words he had been waiting to hear for years : Welcome home .