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To Grant The Power Of A Weapon Master To Anyone At All, Without Effort, Without Training And Proof That The Lessons Have Taken Hold, Is To Deny The Responsibility That Comes With Such Power.

Drizzt Do'urden Had Followed A Line Of Precepts Based Upon Discipline And Ultimate Optimism. He Fought For A Better World Because He Believed That A Better World Could And Would Be Made. He Had Never Held Any Illusions That He Would Change The World, Of Course, Or Even A Substantial Portion Of It, But He Always Held Strongly That Fighting To Better Just His Own Little Pocket Of The World Was A Worthwhile Cause.

But What Of Faith? What Of Fidelity And Loyalty? Complete Trust? Faith Is Not Granted By Tangible Proof. It Comes From The Heart And The Soul. If A Person Needs Proof Of God's Existence, Then The Very Notion Of Spirituality Is Diminished Into Sensuality And We Have Reduced What Is Holy Into What Is Logical.-drizzt Do'urden

Do We Behave Out Of Fear Of Punishment, Or Out Of The Demands Of Our Heart? For Me, It Is The Latter, As I Would Hope Is True For All Adults, Thought I Know From Bitter Experience That Such Is Not Often The Case. To Act In A Manner Designed To Catapult You Into Heaven Would Seem Transparent To A God, Any God,for If Ones Heart Is Not In Allignment With The Creator Of That Heaven, Then... What Is The Point?

I Do Not Know Why I Care," Drizzt Answered Honestly. His Eyes Turned Back To His Ancient Homeland, Where Loyalty Was Merely A Device To Gain An Advantage Over A Common Foe. "perhaps I Care Because I Strive To Be Different From My People," He Said, As Much To Himself As To Bruenor. "perhaps I Care Because I Am Different From My People. I May Be More Akin To Race Of The Surface...that Is My Hope At Least. I Care Because I Have To Care About Something.