Pikel Bouldershoulder Pikel Bouldershoulder is a dwarven druid of Mielikki and brother of Ivan Bouldershoulder . Description . Pikel has a dyed green beard with a middle parting that is drawn back over his ears to join his long hair at his back in a braid . He wears sandals instead of the traditional boots most dwarves wear , and long green robes with large long sleeves . Equipment . Pikel wears his cooking pot as a helm in times of combat . His weapon of choice is a massive club he calls a sha - la - la or shillelagh . A specially enchanted wooden club used by druids . The club is referred to by his brother Ivan as " his tree " . Personality . Although Pikel has the ability to talk to animals , he has difficulty being understood by anyone of intelligent tongues and he tends to speak in a language of noises and exclamations rather than formulating complete sentences ( e . g . " Oo Oi " followed by a fist punching in the air ) . Only his brother Ivan can really understand what he is trying to say . In fact , whenever Ivan refers to Pikel has " me brother " , Pikel will put an arm around Ivan and echo " Me Brudder " . In The Ghost King , children of Cadderly are seen to have some skill at understanding what he says . Despite his odd personaity , Pikel is a very powerful druid , and possibly also very intelligent and wise . He claims to understand the nature of the cosmos more accurately than many of the people who gathered at Spirit Soaring before its destruction by the Ghost King . When he met the avatar of Mielikki , he fearlessly and joyously ran right up to the unicorn and affectionately patted her on the head , which was well - received by the goddess . His friendship with the drow ranger Drizzt Do ' Urden , or " Drizzt Dudden " as he pronounces it , is partly due to their common faith . Abilities . During his quest to help the priest Cadderly Bonaduce to defeat the Chaos Curse , Pikel gained some measure of druidic magic . He transformed his tree - club into a shillelagh . He blessed water in a ritual of strange song and dance thus turning it into holy water to defeat undead creatures . Once he even woke a tree as an ally against a pack of wolves . As a druid , Pikel can converse with or befriend animals . He is able to predict the weather , and uses a special form of transportation in which he can open a portal between two trees in different locations , allowing uneven travel via the root network . Pikel being a druid can also turn stone to liquid and back again . Background . Pikel has befriended a number of creatures including a great eagle , two bald - headed vultures , a family of weasels , three chickens , a black bear , a donkey named Bobo and a snake . The two brothers were born and raised in Vaasa , at the rugged Galena Mountains . Ivan and Pikel fought alongside elves in Shilmista against the orcs and goblins controlled by members of the triumvirate of Castle Trinity . In 1370 DR they set out from Carradoon to attend the coronation of King Bruenor Battlehammer in Mithral Hall far from their place of residence in Spirit Soaring , the home of Cadderly Bonaduce the high priest of Deneir ( the god of Knowledge and Invention ) and his wife Danica and their three children . They were captured by the moon elves of the Moonwood ( specifically Innovindil and Tarathiel ) and held captive for a few days . On determining that they meant no harm to the elves or the forest , they were released and proceeded to Mithral Hall . During the battle of Keeper ' s Dale Pikel lost an arm due to a stray piece of projectile slate thrown by the frost giants . Later in the battle , Pikel aided in the effort of the fight by helping Nanfoodle the gnome of Mirabar vent explosive gas up from under Keeper ' s Dale and using it to blow up the spine of the western ridge .