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| {{Infobox character | |||
| | name = Bruenor Battlehammer | |||
| | race = Shield ] | |||
| | gender = Male | |||
| | class = Fighter | |||
| | alignment = Neutral Good | |||
| | home = ] | |||
| | series = ] | |||
| }} | |||
| '''Bruenor Battlehammer''' is a ] in the '']'' ] for the '']'' ] ]. The character first appears in the ] by author ].<ref>{{cite book | |||
| | first=Merle | last=Jacob |author2=Apple, Hope |year=2000 | |||
| | title=To Be Continued: An Annotated Guide to Sequels | |||
| | publisher=Greenwood Press | |||
| | isbn=157356155X }}</ref> He has also appeared in subsequent books as the trusted ] companion to popular ] hero ]. In the 4th edition version of Forgotten Realms, he is said to have died.<ref name=4e>{{cite book | |||
| |authors=Cordell, Greenwood, Sims | year=2008 | |||
| | title=Dungeons and Dragons: ] | |||
| | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | isbn=978-0-7869-4924-3 | pages=149}} | |||
| </ref> | |||
| Bruenor is the adoptive father of a human female named ] and of the Barbarian ]. He is the King of ], and lifelong friend to ] ranger ]<ref>{{cite book | first=T. A. | last=Shippey | year=1996 | title=Magill's Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature | publisher=Salem Press | isbn=0-89356-906-2 | url-access=registration | url=https://archive.org/details/magillsguidetosc0000unse }}</ref> and ], a ] thief. He crafted ] and presented the gift to Wulfgar. It was said to be the best weapon Bruenor had ever made. As a youngster he was forced to flee his ancestral home at Mithral Hall when the kingdom was attacked by a great shadow dragon named Shimmergloom and an army of ], or ]. His exiled family and kin then took up residence in ] close to ] living by selling weapons and armor to the local merchants. | |||
| == Appearance == | |||
| Bruenor is a Mountain Dwarf. His hair and beard are described as red,<ref>'']'' - "Bruenor stroked his red beard."</ref> which later began turning a light gray.<ref>''] - "His great and wild beard seemed more orange than red under the artificial lighting, perhaps because those long hairs had become more infested with strands of gray since the dwarf king's ordeal."</ref> His eyes are gray.<ref>'']'' - "Only surprise delayed Regis's immediate squeals of joy when Bruenor opened his gray eyes and winked."</ref> | |||
| == Fictional character history == | |||
| === The Dark Elf Trilogy === | |||
| A blustery and fiery dwarf who is "gruff even for a dwarf",{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}} Bruenor Battlehammer first meets Drizzt in the novel '']''. Despite his daughter's affection for Drizzt, Bruenor does not trust him. After Drizzt saves him from a ] and Bruenor chases away a bounty hunter looking for Drizzt, the pair become close friends. | |||
| === The Icewind Dale Trilogy === | |||
| After the battle with ] and the ], Bruenor tricks Drizzt by pretending to be dying to get his help in finding ]. | |||
| The ] think Bruenor is dead when they see him ride the shadow dragon ] into ], with both on fire. While Shimmergloom dies, Bruenor survives thanks to '']'', a magical scimitar with cryogenic properties that Drizzt previously lost in a battle with ], and which Bruenor later found. | |||
| Over the next few weeks, Bruenor works his way up from the lowest levels of ], disguising himself from the ] that now reside there and killing any that discover his subterfuge or whom he catches alone. Bruenor eventually escapes, although he is poisoned from a spider bite in the process, which renders him unconscious. | |||
| He awakens in the care of ], ruler of ]. The lady divined Bruenor's predicament and moved in to help. With her aid—and that of the ] of ]—Bruenor, in a flaming chariot and accompanied by Catti-brie, pursues Drizzt and Wulfgar, who are themselves pursuing Entreri, arriving in time to aid their ship in a battle with pirates. | |||
| The reunited Companions travel to ], where they catch ], rescue Regis, and cause the downfall of the dominant thieves' guild in the city. They return to their home in the North, and spend the winter gathering up forces to take back Mithral Hall. During their efforts to regain this lost dwarven stronghold, Bruenor slays the shadow dragon ].<ref>{{cite book | |||
| | first=Ash | last=Dekirk | year=2006 | |||
| | chapter=Dragons in Literature | |||
| | page=139 | |||
| | title=Dragonlore: From the Archives of the Grey School of Wizardry | |||
| | publisher=Career Press | |||
| | isbn=1-56414-868-8 }}</ref> Bruenor and his armies drive out the duergar, and Bruenor becomes King of Mithral Hall. | |||
| === Legacy of the Drow === | |||
| A small party of drow led by Drizzt's sister, ], sought him out, causing the apparent death of Wulfgar, and Bruenor loses an eye in a battle with them. | |||
| The death of his adopted son Wulfgar sends Bruenor into a depression. Drizzt goes to ] to settle accounts with his people. Catti-brie sees Bruenor as being too grief-stricken to be useful in her pursuit of Drizzt. Upon the pair's return, their news of a planned drow war on Mithral Hall forces Bruenor out of his depression. | |||
| With aid from neighboring kingdoms and people, Mithral Hall survives the assault. Bruenor and company seek out the leaders of the drow—the Matron Mothers. Bruenor kills Matron ] in battle, ending her centuries-long rule of the drow city. Afterward, they find Gandalug—founder of Mithral Hall and Bruenor's ancestor—who had been Matron Baenre's magically-held prisoner for almost two millennia. The discovery allows Bruenor to abdicate the throne to his ancestor and pursue his own ambitions in Icewind Dale and its mines. | |||
| === Paths of Darkness === | |||
| During Drizzt's and Catti-brie's six-year absence from his side, Bruenor becomes closer friends with Regis and has a cleric restore his lost eye. When the ] Errtu gains the Crystal Shard, Bruenor helps defeat the ]. Drizzt and Bruenor are initially over-matched until Wulfgar, thought dead, reappears and joins the battle, helping them to win. | |||
| Bruenor is also one of the main characters in the Drizzt-centric ''Paths of Darkness'' novels, where he is often the supporting father figure to a struggling Wulfgar after his torment in the Abyss. | |||
| === The Hunter's Blades Trilogy === | |||
| In '']'' trilogy, Bruenor returns to reclaim the throne of Mithral Hall after the death of ]. In '']'', Bruenor suffers a near-fatal blow and for most of '']'' is kept alive only by a constantly labouring team of Dwarven priests. Bruenor is brought out of his near-comatose state by the halfling Regis, who persuades Bruenor to aid his fighting kin. In ''The Two Swords'', Bruenor finally reclaims his rightful throne and leads the dwarfs against King Obould and his army of orcs and frost giants. | |||
| === The Transitions Series === | |||
| In '']'', Bruenor sets out to find the ancient Dwarven homeland of Gauntylgrym, believing it will contain the secret to defeating Obould's horde. The Orcs, led by the half-ogre/orc Grguch and his clan, assault the dwarves and Moonwood elves. Bruenor's group uncovers what is believed to be ''Gauntlgrym'', but is revealed to be a city founded by dwarves on the surface, and co-inhabited by orcs. Bruenor, however, believes the orcs double crossed his ancestors and destroyed the town. He attempts to kill Obould, believing him responsible for the latest attacks. Drizzt convinces Bruenor that the only peaceful solution is to slay Grguch and make peace with Obould. Bruenor then saves Obould and helps him kill Grguch. A treaty is created between Mithral Hall and the ]. | |||
| Bruenor travels to Spirit Soaring in '']'' and helps Drizzt, ], ], and ] kill the dracolich Haephestus. | |||
| === Neverwinter Saga === | |||
| ==== Gauntlgrym ==== | |||
| While living in Mithral Hall, Bruenor fakes his own death in order to leave, journeying with Drizzt and ], and later Jarlaxle and Athrogate, to again seek '']''. Bruenor falls after a battle with a pit fiend in ''Gauntlgyrm'', dying after sealing in the Great Primordial, the powersource of the Great Forges of Gauntlgrym, thus preventing catastrophe across the Sword Coast. He wakes up later in a special heaven created by the goddess ], and rejoins ], ] and ] for eternity. | |||
| In an August 2011 interview, author ] confirmed that Bruenor had indeed died, saying of Bruenor and Pwent, "They didn't 'seem to' meet their demise; they met it."<ref name=wotc-interview>{{cite web | url=http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Print.aspx?x=dnd/4spot/20110805 | title=The Legend Of Drizzt: Neverwinter Tales Interview | author=Carroll, Bart | publisher=] | date=August 5, 2011 | accessdate=August 29, 2012}}</ref> | |||
| In the 4th edition version of the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting, Bruenor Battlehammer is said to have died sometime before 1479 DR.<ref name=4e/> | |||
| <ref> | |||
| {{cite book | |||
| |authors=Heinsoo, Bilsland, Bonner, Boyd, Schwalb | year=2008 | |||
| | title=Dungeons and Dragons: Forgotten Realms Player's Guide | |||
| | publisher=Wizards of the Coast | isbn=978-0-7869-4929-8 | pages=4}} | |||
| </ref> | |||
| === The Sundering === | |||
| ==== The Companions ==== | |||
| In '']'', the first book of the series '']'', it is revealed that ], along with ], ], and ], were gathered together in ]'s personal heaven to be given a choice to aid ] against ] at a future date by being reborn into new bodies. Bruenor, Catti-brie, and Regis choose to temporarily forgo the choice to seek the afterlife in order to save Drizzt, while Wulfgar chooses instead to seek the afterlife and his family after the '']''. He is reborn among a dwarven family in ] with his full knowledge intact, and subsequently lives with them before setting out for ], and finally makes his way to the appointed rendezvous with Drizzt, an event that takes place immediately coinciding with the ending of the previous Drizzt novel, '']''. | |||
| ==Other media== | |||
| Bruenor also appears to the protagonist in '']'' along with Catti-Brie and Drizzt.{{cn}} He later helps the character with a very difficult fight against vampires in the crypts in Athkatla. | |||
| Bruenor appears in '']'' as one of the four playable characters.<ref name = "CNBC">{{cite web |url = https://www.cnbc.com/2019/12/12/new-dungeons-and-dragons-video-game-coming-in-2020.html | title = New 'Dungeons and Dragons' based on R.A. Salvatore characters is coming in 2020 |last = Whitten |first = Sarah |website = ] |date = December 12, 2019 |access-date = December 12, 2019}}</ref><ref name = "VentureBeat">{{cite news | title = Dark Alliance is a new D&D action-RPG starring Drizzt Do'Urden and the Companions of the Hall | url = https://venturebeat.com/2019/12/12/dark-alliance-is-a-new-dd-action-rpg-starring-drizzt-dourden-and-the-companions-of-the-hall/ |last = Wilson |first = Jason | date = December 12, 2019 | website = ]}}</ref> | |||
| ==Reception== | |||
| Fred Phillips of '']'' (]) in his review of ''The Thousand Orcs'' commented that "Bruenor is reluctant to chain himself to the throne of the dwarven kingdom. He still longs for the freedom and adventure of the road. A chance meeting with a pair of dwarves from a neighboring stronghold who had been attacked by orcs on the road, provides the perfect opportunity to duck his duties for a little while longer."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Phillips |first1=Fred |last2= |first2= |date= Dec 15, 2002|title=Salvatore gets back to basics in latest 'Dark Elf' installment |trans-title= |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80591553/per-request-on-wprx/ |url-status= |language= |work= The News-Star; Monroe, Louisiana |location= |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date= |via= |quote=}}</ref> | |||
| The character of Bruenor Battlehammer was listed as number 11 in ]'s list of "The Best Dwarves Ever".<ref name="Jensen2011">{{citation | last = Jensen | first = K. Thor | date = November 1, 2011 | title = The Best Dwarves Ever | work = UGO Entertainment | url = http://www.ugo.com/web-culture/the-best-dwarves-ever.html | accessdate = February 10, 2016 }}</ref> | |||
| In the '']'' series revisiting older ''Dungeons & Dragons'' novels, Rob Bricken described Bruenor as "a dwarf that hits pretty much every fantasy stereotype, including his desire to reclaim an ancestral home that his people were chased out of after they dug too far and awakened a monster", and highlights his relationship with ] whom he describes as "a young barbarian Bruenor captures after an assortment of Northern tribes stages a failed attack on Ten-Towns. Although the dwarf does place the barbarian in indentured servitude for five years, by the end of that time Wulfgar is essentially his adopted son, to the point that Bruenor makes Wulfgar a super-badass magic battle hammer that returns to his hand when thrown (so at least Salvatore is doing Thor instead of LotR)."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bricken|first=Rob|date=June 26, 2020|title=Dungeons & Dragons & Novels: Revisiting The Crystal Shard|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-novels-revisiting-the-crystal-sha-1844083723|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-12-28|website=io9|language=en-us}}</ref> | |||
| Sid Natividad for ''The Gamer'' said that "you'll probably be hard-pressed to find someone tougher and more battle-hardened than Bruenor Battlehammer of the Dungeons & Dragons mythos. He's the "dwarfest" dwarf of them all and is one of the most celebrated and influential members of the Companions of the Hall, a Forgotten Realms spin-off party penned by R.A. Salvatore himself."<ref>https://www.thegamer.com/dungeons-dragons-dark-alliance-bruenor-battlehammer-facts/</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | |||
| * {{Portal-inline|Dungeons & Dragons}} | |||
| ==References== | |||
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| ==Further reading== | |||
| * ] and ]. ''Heroes' Lorebook''. (], 1996). | |||
| * ], ], ], ], ], ], ], and ]. '']'' (], 1989). | |||
| * ] '']'' (TSR, 1988). | |||
| * ] '']'' (TSR, 1989). | |||
| * ] '']'' (TSR, 1990). | |||
| * ] '']'' (TSR, 1992). | |||
| * ] '']'' (TSR, 1993). | |||
| * ] '']'' (TSR, 1994). | |||
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