The Legend of Drizzt

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of the one true god—or gods and goddesses, as the case maybe—to the mortal beings roaming Faerûn, or more pointedly,to my own life. Ever has my chosen way come from within, notwithout, and truly, that is how I prefer it!I did not know of the existence of, or the rumor of theexistence of, some being named Mielikki when I walked outof Menzoberranzan. I knew only of Lolth, the Demon Queenof Spiders, and knew, too, that that which was in my heartcould never reconcile to the demands of that evil creature.Often have I feared that had I remained in Menzoberranzan,I might have become akin to Artemis Entreri, and there istruth in that fear in regards to the hopelessness and apathyI see, or once saw, in the man. But long ago, I dismissedthe possibility that I would have become like him in action,whatever my despair.Even in the domain of the Demon Queen of Spiders, evensurrounded by the vile acts and unacceptable nurture of mykin, I could not have gone against that which was in my heart.My internal god of conscience would not have allowedit. I would have been left a broken man, I do not doubt, butnot, but never, a callous destroyer of others.No, I say.And so I came to the surface world and I found a namefor my conscience, Mielikki, and I found others who sharedmy mores and tenets, and I was at spiritual peace.Catti-brie’s declaration regarding the irredeemable natureof evil of goblinkin and giantkind shook that tranquility, assurely as her tone—and that of Bruenor—shook my moreearthly sensibilities. I knew in that moment that I was likelyat odds with a pronouncement my beloved wife claimed hadcome straight from the goddess. I have tried to rationalize itand tried to accept it, and yet . . .Discordance remains.And now this. I was lifted into the air, my body used asa conduit, the result presenting light where there was once
only darkness. It was good. Good—there is no other way todescribe the change that Mielikki, if it was Mielikki—buthow could it not have been Mielikki?—created through ourmagical communion.Does not this godlike presence, then, command me to subjugatethat which I believe to be just and right within my heartto the supposed command Mielikki relayed to me throughCatti-brie? Am I not now, in the face of such powerful evidence,bound to dismiss my belief and accept the truth of thegoddess’s claim? When next I happen upon a nest of goblins,even if they are acting peaceably and bothering no one, amI therefore bound to battle within their home and slaughterthem, every one, including children, including babies?No, I say.Because I cannot. I cannot dismiss that which is in myheart and conscience. I am a creature of intelligence andreason. I know what actions please me and put me at ease, andwhich pain me. I will kill a goblin in battle without regret,but I am no murderer, and will not be.And that is my pain, and my burden. For if I am to acceptMielikki as my goddess, the circle cannot square, the yawninggulf of disagreement cannot be bridged.Who are these gods we serve, this pantheon of the Realms,so rich and powerful and varied? If there is a universal truth,how then are there so many realizations of that truth, manysimilar, but each with rituals or specific demands to separateone from the other, sometimes by minute degree, sometimesby diametric opposition?How can this be?Yet there is universal truth, I believe—perhaps this is myone core belief!—and if that is so, then are not the majorityof the pantheon claiming themselves as gods and goddessestruly frauds?Or are they, as Bruenor had come to believe in the early yearsof his second life, cruel puppeteers and we their playthings?
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