The Stowaway The Stowaway by Geno Salvatore and R . A . Salvatore was the first novel of the Stone of Tymora trilogy . Most of " The Stowaway " and its sequel , " The Shadowmask " , takes place alongside " The Halfling ' s Gem " but features the story of the deckhand Maimun , who rode the " Sea Sprite " with Drizzt Do ' Urden and the Companions of the Hall in their quest to free Regis from Artemis Entreri . The story begins with Maimun being questioned by a pirate . He tells the pirate his story , a story connected with the Stone of Tymora . Summary . Six years earlier ( 1356 DR ) : Maimun is in Baldur ' s Gate fleeing the demon Asbeel . His mentor is dead and he is alone . As he looks over the city , he sees the docks and forms a plan . He stows away on a ship at dock named the " Sea Sprite " . The ship departs and later Maimun is discovered on deck by the disguised Drizzt Do ' Urden , who declines to reveal the stowaway ' s presence to the crew . However , a few days later the ship encounters pirates ( Pinochet ' s ship ) and a scrag ( Carrackus ) finds Maimun and injures him , knocking him unconscious . When Maimun awakes , Catti - brie is tending to him . His wound is cauterized to prevent him from bleeding to death . He meets the captain of the " Sea Sprite " , Captain Deudermont , who offers him a place on his ship based on his courage . Maimun continues his story to the pirate , who wants to know about the " artifact " ( Stone of Tymora ) that Maimun didn ' t have on him when he was captured . Eighteen years earlier ( 1350 DR ) : Maimun was orphaned shortly after his birth in an attack on his village . He was retrieved by a bard named Perrault and taken care of by a druid named Elbeth in the High Forest until he was about six years old . She doesn ' t know his name , so she calls him simply " Lucky child . " On Maimun ' s sixth " birthday " ( or rather the anniversary of the day he was brought to Elbeth ) , the demon Asbeel appears at the cave where they live . That night , Elbeth takes Maimun to hide under a tree until the morning as she goes off to fight Asbeel and doesn ' t return . Maimun is found by Perrault , who becomes his guardian from then on . Perrault and Maimun wander the Sword Coast and more for six years with the magical horse Haze , avoiding large cities . However , around Maimun ' s twelfth " birthday , " Perrault gives him a stone ( which he later learns in the Stone of Tymora ) and brings him to Baldur ' s Gate . They sneak into the city and travel to the Empty Flagon inn , a hidden inn run by the dwarven wizard Alviss . Perrault leaves to run an errand and Alviss uses his magic to allow Maimun to spy on him talking to Jaide , the priestess of Tymora , about Maimun and the Stone of Tymora . Perrault returns and tells Maimun they must leave the city . However , while attempting to leave Baldur ' s Gate , Perrault and Maimun run into Asbeel . Perrault is badly wounded but they are rescued by Haze , who takes them far out into the ocean to a ship captained by a man named Smythe . Perrault claims to be an emissary from the temple of Tymora and the captain allows them to board the ship . Perrault demands that Smythe take them to Waterdeep , but the ship is bound for Luskan and Smythe refuses due to the upcoming winter . Over the next few days , Maimun befriends the young deckhand Joen . Soon , the pirate ship captained by Baram , having been secretly summoned by Perrault , overtakes Smythe ' s ship , Smythe ' s crew surrenders and are tied up , while Perrault and Maimun are allowed to roam free as Baram takes them to Waterdeep . However , Perrault ' s injury worsens and one morning he doesn ' t wake up . Maimun resolves to take Perrault on Haze to the mainland , claiming to want to go to Silverymoon , where he believes the best healers are . However , instead he and Perrault travel on Haze to the Lady ' s Hall in Baldur ' s Gate , where the priestess Jaide is . After leaving the unconscious Perrault with Alviss in the Empty Flagon , he goes to the temple only to find Asbeel in his path . Jaide appears and gives Maimun the chance to escape . Back with the pirate , Maimun tries to figure out how to escape captivity . He then continues with his tale . Back on the " Sea Sprite " in 1356 DR : Maimun is recovering from his injury alongside other wounded sailors . He befriends one of them , Tasso , shortly before Tasso passes away . Maimun speaks with Drizzt and as he recovers , he makes friends with the crew , including Lucky and Tonnid . He learns to be a sailor as the ship makes its way to Memnon . Once docked in Memnon , one of the captured pirates ( later in the series identified as Chrysaor ) drags him into the water and attempts to kidnap him . However , the wizard Robillard , part of the Memnon Harbor Guard , rescues him . He decides he can no longer endanger his friends on the ship , so it is time to part ways with them . Maimun runs into Memnon , where he encounters a strange woman ( part of the Circle ) who steals the Stone of Tymora he carries and puts him in a magical slumber . When he awakes , Asbeel is standing before him asking for the stone .