The Collected Stories : The Legend of Drizzt Anthology The Collected Stories : The Legend of Drizzt Anthology is a collection of short stories written by R . A . Salvatore and set in the Forgotten Realms D & D setting . The book also contains short preludes to each story detailing the experience of writing the stories , the events that led up to the stories being written , how R . A . Salvatore feels about the short stories , etc . All short stories were originally published in other anthologies or " Dragon Magazine " , with the exception of “ To Legend He Goes . ” Contents . This book contains the following stories : The First Notch . Young Bruenor Battlehammer receives the first notch on his axe in a fight against an ettin . Dark Mirror . In the village of Pengallen , on the way to his first visit to Silverymoon , Drizzt Do ' Urden comes to know a most unusual goblin named Nojheim . The Third Level . A scene from Artemis Entreri ' s youth in Calimport . Guenhwyvar . The story behind Guenhwyvar ' s creation , featuring Josidiah Starym of Cormanthor and the human mage Anders Beltgarden . That Curious Sword . 1367 DR ( prior to " Promise of the Witch - King " ) On a job to retrieve an idol in Heliogabalus , Artemis Entreri and Jarlaxle encounter a hostile shade . Entreri slays the shade with his vampiric dagger , taking its shade essence into himself . Wickless in the Nether . 1368 DR ( prior to " Promise of the Witch - King " ) In Heliogabalus , Jarlaxle and Artemis Entreri obtain the patronage of the dragon sisters Tazmikella and Ilnezhara . Ilnezhara gifts Entreri with Idalia ' s flute . The Dowery . Waiting in Waterdeep to ask to join the crew of Captain Deudermont ' s Sea Sprite , Drizzt Do ' Urden and Catti - brie undertake some pirate hunting of their own . Drizzt , under the alias " Masoj , " approaches the suspected pirate Thurgood of Baldur ' s Gate , seeking a job on his ship . Thurgood tells him to report back in two days , at which time Drizzt is led blindfolded to a warehouse . When Thurgood asks if he has killed anyone in the past and Drizzt answers in the affirmative , Thurgood and his men attack . Catti - brie comes to his aid from outside and it seems the two are winning the battle when they are interrupted by the arrival of Captain Deudermont himself , who recognizes them and reveals the rouse : Thurgood was in fact the wizard Robillard and part of a front to trap pirates . Drizzt expresses his and Catti - brie ' s intentions to join the ship , but some of the crew are less than pleased with the idea of sailing with a drow . Deudermont take the opportunity to test his crew ' s moral strength ; in the end , he dismisses two of the crew who had been belligerent about having Drizzt aboard ; Drizzt and Catti - brie are then welcome to become full members of the crew . Comrades at Odds . 1371 DR ( between " The Two Swords " and " The Orc King " ) Tos ' un Armgo gets to know his new sword , Khazid ' hea , and despite its demands for the death of the elves of the Moonwood , he is able to push them aside . Meanwhile , Drizzt Do ' Urden comes to peace with his long - ago actions concerning Ellifain when Innovindil briefly serves as a revenant for her spirit . If Ever They Happened Upon My Lair . A story revolving around the black dragon Urshula and the Witch - king Zhengyi . Bones and Stones . Thibbledorf Pwent has a thought - provoking encounter with an orc named G ' nurk . Iruladoon . Some inhabitants of Icewind Dale have run - ins with the mysterious forest of Iruladoon and its ethereal dancer and singer , Catti - brie . To Legend He Goes . Wulfgar is now an old and frail man - - more than 100 years old - - in the Tribe of the Elk in Icewind Dale , and his time is ending . He has a number of children set to hold positions of power among the various tribes , and he has changed some of the ways of his tribe , including raising the status of women and allowing them on hunts . When the tribe leaves for a different campsite , Wulfgar elects to stay behind with a small group of hunters , despite the objections of his son Bruenorson , the chieftain of the tribe . A tenday later , Wulfgar has become very ill . Laying in his tent , he hears a the sounds of tundra yeti attacking and rushes to the aid of his group . In the process , he is mortally wounded . His body is left on the tundra , but he is shocked to find that his soul moves on not to the Halls of Tempus but to Iruladoon , where Catti - brie and Regis reside .