The Companions The Companions by R . A . Salvatore is the first book in The Sundering series . This story helps to explain Mielikki ' s involvement with the Companions of the Hall that has been hinted at in novels from " The Ghost King " to " The Last Threshold " . It partly serves to move Drizzt Do ' Urden ' s story into the new era . It also , along with the other novels in the series , helps to connect the old and new campaign settings using the Second Sundering as its backdrop . Summary . The book begins in 1484 DR right where " The Last Threshold " ends , with Drizzt Do ' Urden mortally wounded on Bruenor ' s Climb on Kelvin ' s Cairn in Icewind Dale . This event provides the impetus for the premise of the entire novel : Catti - brie , Regis , Bruenor Battlehammer , and Wulfgar , after meeting in Iruladoon , are reincarnated by the power of Mielikki in order to save Drizzt . However , the Companions of the Hall must first live through their first 21 years of life with no guarantee that they will survive or even meet Drizzt at all . Catti - brie is reincarnated as Ruqiah in the Bedine Desai tribe of Netheril . The Netherese lords Draygo Quick and Parise Ulfbinder learn of her magical and divine powers at a young age and send men to capture her . She escapes , but is driven away into the desert , eventually being captured by Lady Avelyere , an acquaintance of Draygo and Parise who runs a school for young sorceresses in the Shade Enclave . There Catti - brie trains in the ways of post - Spellplague magic . When Lady Avelyere uses magic to scour her mind for her true purpose , Catti - brie fakes her death and flees to the Silver Marches , where she runs into the Harpell s of Longsaddle and studies with them for a time . When it appears that Lady Avelyere has discovered her whereabouts , she settles in Bremen in Icewind Dale to await the appointed time to meet her companions . Bruenor Battlehammer is reincarnated as Reginald Roundshield in Citadel Felbarr . He grows up angry and sullen that he is forced to relive childhood and that he was denied his proper rest in Dwarfhome . Eventually , he travels to Mithral Hall , where he finds that the Treaty of Garumn ' s Gorge has apparently been a failure and he resolves that his purpose in coming back to life was in fact to return as the thirteenth king of Mithral Hall - - meaning that Drizzt will have to survive without him . However , on a visit to Gauntlgrym , he runs into his old friend , the dwarf - turned - vampire Thibbledorf Pwent , which sparks his sense of loyalty to his friends . He decides to set off for Kelvin ' s Cairn and makes it to the reunion with his friends with only moments to spare . Regis is reincarnated in Delthuntle , Aglarond , as the son of Eiverbreen Parrafin , later to be known as Spider . He is a halfling water genasi and earns a living by deep - diving for oysters . He falls in with Pericolo Topolino , Grandfather of Assassins , and his daughter Donnola Pericolo , with whom he falls in love . While searching for treasure in a shipwreck , he awakens the lich Ebonsoul , who kills Pericolo and forces Regis to flee for his life . He travels through Cormyr to Boareskyr Bridge , where he joins the Grinning Ponies halfling band . He stays with them for a time but eventually departs for Luskan ( where he inadvertently leaves hints that lead Jarlaxle to learn who he truly is ) on the way to Icewind Dale . He settles once again in Lonelywood , where Catti - brie finds him . Together they find Drizzt on Bruenor ' s Climb . Catti - brie is able to use the power of Mielikki to heal Drizzt , and Bruenor and Wulfgar meet them there . The Companions of the Hall are reunited once again . Meanwhile , Draygo Quick and Parise Ulfbinder have been monitoring events , managing to witness the Companions ' reunion from afar . It is revealed that the lich Ebonsoul is still hunting Regis , and it is implied that Lolth be confronting Drizzt and his friends very soon . Appendix . Notes . The book is arranged so that the viewpoints of each of the three main characters alternate chapters , with snippets of other characters ' viewpoints thrown in periodically . Other than the first couple of chapters , the book is loosely chronological , with each chapter occurring within a few years before or after the preceding chapter .