Neverwinter Tales Neverwinter Tales ( full name : Dungeons & Dragons : The Legend of Drizzt : Neverwinter Tales ) is a collection of five comic issues centering on Thibbledorf Pwent , Drizzt Do ' Urden , and Dahlia Sin ' felle during the events of the Neverwinter Saga . The story was written by R . A . Salvatore and his son Geno Salvatore . The majority of the art and colors were done by Agustin Padilla and Leonard O ' Grady , but Tim Seeley and Gonzalo Flores also contributed to special covers . Summary . Chapter 1 / Issue # 1 . The story opens with the lich Valindra Shadowmantle and the vampire Korvin Dor ' crae looking over the stone cairns under which the dwarves Bruenor Battlehammer and Thibbledorf Pwent were buried . They see that it appears that one of the dwarves , Pwent , has survived . Dor ' crae remarks that he was the one to kill Pwent , then Valindra orders him to find the dwarf . Meanwhile , Pwent awakes in Gauntlgrym with foggy memory . He wonders what made the marks in the ground and follows them to the lit Forge of Gauntlgrym . The place seems very familiar to him . He begins to remember fighting the tiefling s alongside Bruenor and Drizzt Do ' Urden . He remembers Beealtimatuche , the pit fiend , and how Bruenor was able to pull the lever to release the primordial only after Pwent saved him from Dor ' cae ' s bite . He realizes that he should be dead , then discovers that he is in fact a vampire . His thirst for blood drives him outside and he slays an entire band of goblins , sucking them dry . The next morning , Drizzt Do ' Urden and Dahlia Sin ' felle arrive on the scene , having gone out to kill the goblins that were plaguing the area . However , the pair find the goblins already dead . Dahlia states the wounds must have been cause by a vampire ; Drizzt is firm that the wounds were caused by a dwarven battlerager . Chapter 2 / Issue # 2 . Drizzt and Dahlia ride back on Andahar the unicorn from the scene of the goblin ' s murder , arguing all the while about whether vampires or battleragers killed the goblins . They arrive in Neverwinter . They find the sergeant but Drizzt refuses payment , since they were not the ones to slay the goblins . Meanwhile , Dahlia obtains a magical wand that is supposed to point the way to any undead in the area . In the dark of Neverwinter Wood , Pwent spies a camp of human s . A ghostly voice in his head ( Dor ' crae ) encourages him to drink from the humans , but he refuses . Instead , he finds an owlbear and attempts to sate his thirst on that beast , despite its inability to satiate him . In the morning , Drizzt and Dahilia ride out on Andahar again with the undead - seeking wand in hand . It leads them to the corpse of the owlbear . They continue to argue over whether their foe is a vampire or battlerager . They eventually find themselves in the middle of the forest with the wand pointing upwards . Thinking it broken , they head back to Neverwinter . At night , a the ghostly spirit of Dor ' crae speaks to the camp of humans that Pwent saw the previous night . They are angry because they expected to be turned into vampires the night before . Dor ' crae explains that Pwent is not yet ready . He orders them to set up camp by the river instead . Dor ' crae then returns to Pwent to find the dwarf allowing his hand to be burned by the sunlight in order to remind himself of who he is . Chapter 3 / Issue # 3 . As soon as the sun sets , Pwent leaves his cave and Dor ' crae egging him on to attack the humans nearby . However , Pwent refuses despite his hunger and seeks other sustenance in the forest . In Neverwinter , Drizzt and Dahlia confront the merchant that sold them the undead - seeking wand . The merchants claim that the wand is not broken but Dahlia won ' t take that for an answer . At her insistence , she receives a replacement wand . Drizzt , however , is inclined to believe that the wand was not broken in the first place and that perhaps another undead creatures haunts the woods . They ride out to the mountains , hearing a whisper in the air that they cannot make out . Drizzt summons his astral panther Guenhwyvar . They find a group of red - clad Ashmadai . The two approach the group with questions about vampires . The humans quickly hostile and attack . As they fight , one of the women sits near Pwent ' s cave , tempting him to leave as soon as the sun sets . Drizzt and Dahlia finish slaying the group of Ashmadai . Dahlia believes that the merchants had set them up for a trap . Drizzt , however , takes another look at the wand and wonders if perhaps there had been a stronger undead present , such as the lich Valindra . Back at Pwent ' s cave , the woman approaches the dwarven vampire . Her pulse beats in his ears and he knows that if she enters he will not be able to resist . From a scrying bowl in an unknown location , Valindra eggs the woman on . Chapter 4 / Issue # 4 . Drizzt and Dahlia approach the cave where the human woman edges closer to Pwent . Pwent gives in to the temptation and attacks her . At her scream , Drizzt , Dahlia , and Guenhwyvar rush inside . Guenhwyvar pins Pwent to the ground . Drizzt and Dahlia are shocked to see the dwarf they buried not too long before . He tells them they should have burned him and attacks . When Drizzt traps him with a blade to his neck , Pwent begs Drizzt to finish him off and return him to his rightful burial place with Bruenor . Drizzt is about to make the killing strike when Dahlia yells that Dor ' crae ' s ghostly form has appeared . Pwent realizes that Dor ' crae is the voice in his head encouraging him to attack people and attacks Dor ' crae in vengeance . However , Dor ' crae escapes . Pwent asks that Drizzt spare him the blade for a just a little longer so that he can enact vengeance on Dor ' crae , the one who made him a vampire in the first place . Drizzt agrees and the three , plus Guenhwyvar , head out to find Dor ' crae . Pwent follows the scent of the woman that was in the cave with them until they find her . She attacks Drizzt , then slays herself with her own dagger . The group ' s only lead to finding Dor ' crae is gone Chapter 5 / Issue # 5 . The group — Pwent , Dahlia , Drizzt , and Guenhwyvar — hunt Dor ' crae far into the night . As the sun begins to rise , they return in failure to a cave . Pwent resolves to sit and wait for the sun to kill him . Drizzt and Dahlia leave him , trusting him to follow through . However , after they leave and the sun begins to burn his flesh , Pwent gives up and retreats inside . Flashback to " some time ago " : Dor ' crae ' s vampire form is gone , replace with a ghost ly form . Valindra compels him to follow her command . He flies out to find Pwent . Back to the present , Dor ' crae finds Pwent and attacks him . Pwent holds his own until he loses consciousness . When he awakes , Dor ' crae is gone , either dead or flown . Pwent knows he can ' t stay on the surface where there will always be temptation to attack people . He remembers something that Drizzt had said — that the tunnels were made by a volcano and many of them lead as deep as the Underdark . He resolves to hunt in the Underdark where he can drink from goblins and other " things that deserve to be killed . " The last image is of Pwent walking down a tunnel to the Underdark . Index . Characters . Main characters . Dahlia Sin ' felle • Drizzt Do ' Urden • Thibbledorf Pwent Supporting characters . Andahar • Dor ' crae • Guenhwyvar • Valindra Shadowmantle Mentioned characters . Athrogate • Beealtimatuche • Bruenor Battlehammer Creatures . astral panther • deer • drow • dwarf • elf • ghost • goblin • human • lich • owlbear • pit fiend • tiefling • unicorn • vampire Organizations . Ashmadai • Gutbuster Brigade Artifacts . " Icingdeath " • " Kozah ' s Needle " • " Twinkle "