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“They made fun of my sword,” Drizzt muttered. “I mean, I guess ‘Twinkle’ isn’t the scariest name in the world, but look at it.” He twirled the scimitar around in his hand, marveling at the balance–the beauty–of the blade.
“And once more I have to ask you to take blood.”
He stood on an island that had more in common with a rock jutting from a puddle than a piece of land where things could grow and live. He had been deposited there by some unseen hand, firmly admonishing him for constantly bringing his companions to the Cage Matches. Even Guenhwyvar was told to stay put, and Drizzt’s heart almost broke in two when he was told that news.
But he was a hero–and heroes were constantly made to do things they had no desire to do. It’s what made them heroic.
As the sun set in front of him, the silhouette of the robed figure did little to put him at ease. Though the man on the other side of the island looked harmless, Drizzt was assured by others that this was no pushover. This was Ged, a wizard of Earthsea, and he had destroyed not only one of the most powerful succubi in existence, but also one of the greatest warriors to ever hold a sword.
I bet Elminster could scrape him, Drizzt thought.
“Hallo, good elf!” Ged called out to him.
“Hey,” Drizzt responded.
“So it would seem we are to do battle on this day,” the wizard said, walking closer. As he did, Drizzt noticed a slight frown on his reddish-brown face “That is, if you so desire it. I give you this chance to leave–I have no reason to destroy you.”
“Aren’t you getting a little ahead of yourself, mage?”
“Only time is ahead of me–time and shadows. Everything else is irrelevant.”
“Riiiight.”
“Fine,” Ged said. “I won’t get all mystic on you. The fact is, I don’t just go around fighting people–it’s just not who I am. But if you make me do this, I’m going to have to set you on fire, or something, and that’s just going to haunt me. So why don’t you just leave, I move on to the next round, and we call it a day?”
“Because…that’s ridiculous?”
“Good point,” Ged nodded. Raising his hands, he called up a magewind to blow the elf down. But if Drizzt had one thing going for him, it was nimbleness, and although the wind buffetted away at him, he danced about and kept his feet.
“Impressive,” the wizard said.
Drizzt didn’t say anything, but instead spun on his left foot, using his long limbs to close the distance between himself and the wizard while utilizing the wind to propel him closer. Not only Twinkle but Iciningdeath flashed out, turning him into a drow dradel of death. As he approached Ged, he couldn’t help think that no matter what kind of mage this was, his body couldn’t be prepared for scimitars cutting through his torso.
Which is why Ged let the wind stop, catching Drizzt off guard. The elf stumbled just a bit, and that momentary gaff was enough for Ged to run over to the other side of the small island.
Drizzt, once again gaining his footing, looked at the wizard.
“You’re clever–I’ll give you that. But there’s nowhere to run, mage. I’m sorry, but at some point I’m going to have your blood.”
“Or…” Ged said, holding his hand above his head. The sky–clear only moments ago–grew dark, thick clouds plunging the island into darkness.
“Are you kidding? I’m a drow–I was born in the dark!”
“Were you born in lightning?”
“Wha–”
***
Boom goes the dynamite.
Predicted Winner: Ged
(Ged is a character from Ursula Le Guin’s A Wizard of Earthsea series; Drizzt Do’Urden is a character from Wizard of the Coast’s Forgotten Realms series, as written by R.A. Salvatore)
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I suppose that’s true. I don’t know much about the Shrike, but I was big into R.A. Salvatore in high school. Judging from what I’ve seen/heard however, I think Drizzt would have an easier time beating Ged than the Shrike. I couldn’t really have complained if Drizzt lost to a robot porcupine, but I have to say that Ged would fall to Drizzt in this one. I don’t think that Drizzt should get aid from his companions, but he should get Guenhwyvar. And if we put all neutrality issues aside, the fight would consist of Drizzt running toward Ged, thinking a globe of darkness into existence (they are impenetrable, only extinguished by the caster or death of the caster) and simultaneously summoning Guenhwyvar. Depending on the distance between the two fighters, Drizzt could be on him in half a second from one side, Guenhwyvar the other. Ged would have to get a spell off in that time that hits him, kills him, and stops Guenhwyvar as well.
So, Ged fans….how fast is your boy?
LOL @ “drow dradel of death”
As soon as I read that, I remembered South Park and the dradel song, which made me laugh all the harder
Well, if you remember in the first 3 books, all the training his sisters gave him, or when Drizzt was facing an underdark battle mage to get Guen’s onyx figurine back. He got so close to the wizard before he even had the chance to cast a spell. And Guen would be pressing this wizard just as much as Drizzt would. Plus Drizzt fought the Ghost King, and not even the combination of a dracolich and the Crystal Shard could hit him squarely. GED has almost NO chance in even hitting Drizzt. Even if this GED is such a great magician, Drizzt is much faster, smarter, and much more seasoned by time, experience, and training. So my vote is 100% on Drizzt all the way. GED will soon feel Drizzt’s scimitars biting into his flesh, and Guen’s claws and teeth sinking in and he will be dead. There’s no question, Drizzt will kill GED, that’s the end of it.
Well, if you remember in the first 3 books, all the training his sisters gave him, or when Drizzt was facing an underdark battle mage to get Guen’s onyx figurine back. He got so close to the wizard before he even had the chance to cast a spell. And Guen would be pressing this wizard just as much as Drizzt would. Plus Drizzt fought the Ghost King, and not even the combination of a dracolich and the Crystal Shard could hit him squarely. GED has almost NO chance in even hitting Drizzt. Even if this GED is such a great magician, Drizzt is much faster, smarter, and much more seasoned by time, experience, and training. So my vote is 100% on Drizzt all the way. GED will soon feel Drizzt’s scimitars biting into his flesh, and Guen’s claws and teeth sinking in and he will be dead. There’s no question, Drizzt will kill GED, that’s the end of it.
I know this may be anathema to some, but it’s not always exactly how fast you are (if you do want an argument about who is faster though, go to the other round two match currently in progress). In this match it’s whether the quintessential master namer, who will know the name of (and consequently can control reasonably quickly) the very ground beneath Drizzt’s feet and the air he breathes, might also happen to know his adversary’s true name (yes, even if they aren’t aware of it themselves Dorothy) and consequently have complete control over them (ask Yevaud about that).
Clearly Drizzt, the sound of a mosquito being swatted, is itself far too silly to be a true name but that alone might not be enough to save him. Hell, Drizzt may never have even been given his true name, leaving him in naming terms as a child waiting to be issued one by (you guessed it) a master namer.
What about Drizzt’s weapons, and possessions, are any of them named items or is there any reason Ged couldn’t destroy Twinkle and IcingDeath in an instant by naming them as the very rock they were forged from?
Another thing to worry about, Guenhwyvar sounds very much like it should be a true name (compared to Drizzt anyway) and I suspect that uttering it would be part of the summoning process. If so, Ged simply wrests control of Guenhwyfar from Drizzt. Or maybe Guenhwyfar (geez that’s hard to type) is just Drizzt’s name for a particular panther and panthers don’t possess individual true names – in which case in order to take control of Guenhwyfar you merely need to know the true name of panther. You think that a master namer might know that?
Did I mention that illusions are literally child’s play for magicians in Earthsea? Rendering himself invisible and popping up a simulacrum of himself for misdirective purposes would be another fine strategy for Ged.
Any way you slice it, it looks grim for Drizzt.
And following on from the above note, since illusion is child’s play for Ged that globe of darkness of Drizzt’s will have absolutely no effect other than to surprise Drizzt by its uselessness.
And following on from my last point, that globe of darkness of Drizzt’s would have no effect other than to surprise Drizzt by its uselessness.
Apologies for the double post. I really thought the first reply hadn’t arrived. However in my defence I might point out that I have to post every comment at least twice for it to make it in…
Case in point, this is my second attempt to post this (Movable Type An error occurred close No entry_id)
Er, lightning travels at 186,000 miles per second. Jus’ saying! Not that it changes your basic argument any!
The “true name” argument you give seems valid, but it begs the question, do the opponents have time to prepare before the battle? And surely they are given some information about who they’re fighting, but how much? And how much is enough for Ged to determine a true name. It would seem to me that it’s not something one can just “stumble” upon, and it would take a fair amount of preparation. So, yes, maybe if Ged has an ample amount of time to prepare, then he can pull a fast one on Drizzt (and Guen too [Guen is her nickname, even Salvatore substitutes that for her actual name]), but if he doesn’t, then my previous argument stands.
And on the globe of darkness bit…well, it seems those two things would cancel each other out. If Ged makes an illusion, and Drizzt makes impenetrable darkness, then Drizzt can’t see the illusion to be baffled by it (even Drizzt can’t see through the dark globes; he just uses them because he’s used to fighting blind). So those two items off-set.
Oh, and one thing I forgot to mention. Guenhwyvar’s true name could very well be Guenhwyvar (it would make sense to me). But if Ged could utilize this, then that would mean he had time to do research on Drizzt and learn about Guen. In that case, Drizzt would have also had research time in which to learn about the “true name” business, and then he probably wouldn’t summon Guen. And as for his weapons…well, I think Drizzt would be wise enough to bring unnamed weapons if he new Ged could destroy named items.
But to some things up, I’m not so sure if Ged can use the “true name” of Drizzt or his things. He’d half to do research to learn them, in which case Drizzt would also be allotted research time of his own.
P.S. I always have to submit things twice to for some reason.
…which is one billionth as fast as the shrike travels. Did you vote for him?
I quit the one bracket, due to dumblefarce winning, but I’m still in this one. I’m voting against Drizzt on principal since he beat the shrike, which is inane and defeats the whole purpose of this cage match.
I meant to say that impenetrable darkness sounds like illusion to me, and hence would have no effect on Ged. I take your point about Drizzt fighting blind though, so illusions sound like they would be equally ineffective against Drizzt.
If Guenhwyvar is a true name, I envisage the fight going something like:
Drizzt (frantically rubbing his girdle of panther summoning or whatever it is): Guenhwyvar, I summon thee, kill Ged!
Ged: Oh, “Guenhwyvar” was it? As you were, kill that elf thing.
Drizzt: Hey, stop, um, crap…
As for Drizzt’s possessions, I ask again, are Drizzt’s items Named items? Because if they’re not, a word from Ged will crumble those scimitars to dirt before they can hit anything – no exotic name learning should be needed.
(Doh, and did I really just describe a master namer calling a drow “elf thing”?)
He has named items, as well as access to unnamed items, it would just be up to him and whatever he decided he needed. As for the Guenhwyvar part, he doesn’t need to say her name, he just throws the figurine on the ground (it’s hard to argue these things when neither of us know the specifics isn’t it?…Guen exists in a small obsidian figurine, and Drizzt just commands her with his mind to come out…now, the figurine would have to have room to let a panther out, but as far as I know, there’s no talking that needs to be involved).
And then there’s the tricky bit of knowledge regarding the figurine. It’s supposed to be that whoever possesses the figuring has complete control over the creature, so in that theory, Ged could only take control over Guen if he had held the figurine and he had summoned her.
But, there is one occasion, (actually, it’s how Drizzt obtained Guen) where this rule was broken. Drizzt had been around Guen before, and they had formed a bond, so when the guy that controlled her tried to order her to kill Drizzt, she didn’t. This defies the rule of command mentioned before, and is incredibly cliche, but it still happened.
And, those two are inseparable. If the whole rule of command was broken by Guen when she barely knew Drizzt (in ratio to how close they are now), then I’m not sure anything could get her to harm him. Even if a powerful mage did order her to.
There’s a tendency for that to happen in Salvatore’s work. Drizzt’s father was possessed and ordered to kill Drizzt, but when it came down to it, his father’s conscience broke through and he threw himself off a cliff.
But I digress. I don’t think that Guen would turn on Drizzt so easily. I personally don’t think she’d attack him at all, but at the very least her mind would put up a fight (she’s a super-smart, magical panther, remember) which would still grant Drizzt enough time to make it to Ged.
So here’s the fight in my eyes….exactly what you said, up to this point:
Ged: Oh, “Guenhwyvar” was it? As you were, kill that elf thing.
Guenhwyvar stops in her tracks, but doesn’t move in any direction. It is clear that she is being compelled to follow Ged’s order, but her love for her decades-long partner prevent her from harming Drizzt.
While she is caught up in her internal struggle, Drizzt keeps running. Ged’s eyebrows furrow. “Why didn’t she attack him?” he has time to ask.
Unfortunately, an answer never popped into his mind. But Icingdeath did.
I did vote for the Shrike, mainly because I have read Hyperion (not yet done the sequels though!) and couldn’t think of a plausible way Drizzt could take him down. Maybe Gandalf, maybe Rand. Not Drizzt.
Still, it’s only a game so was not unduly worried when several of my choices went West (Dent, the Shrike, Aragorn, Gandalf, Vlad, Aslan so far….) I can still hope for Jaime and Rand (and Ged, if he lives through this sudden surge of voters drizztling on his parade!) At the very least, I’ve picked up several characters I must find out more about (Name of the Wind, here I come!)
[Guenhwyvar stops in her tracks, but doesn't move in any direction. It is clear that she is being compelled to follow Ged's order, but her love for her decades-long partner prevent her from harming Drizzt.]
How… convenient. I still think Ged has a thousand and one ways to win. But you have exhausted me. Obviously I’m not doing Ged any favours because now the elf-thing is in front (and the votes seem to have suddenly doubled, what’s up with that?!). Anyway, I’ll leave it to better writers than myself to continue the verbal sparring.
lakesidey, based on your comments to date, NoTW will not disappoint you. Worth both your money and your time.
Beastly, you’ve been doing yeoman service in Ged’s defense, and I salute you for it. I think that part of the problem is that most of the people who are familiar with Leguin’s work read the books years ago, and have sort of forgotten just how powerful Ged was as Archmage. Not only was he a master Namer, but also a master Patterner, the most difficult of the disciplines, and perhaps the most central to Leguin’s Taoist approach. Plus, he learned his lessons about when and where to use magic via very hard experience. The dude can shape the fabric of existence, but he is mature enough to be very careful in so doing, and to do so only when absolutely necessary. So, he would totally evoke an earthquake to create a gap that negated Drizzt’s martial advantages, but would only kill him as an absolute last resort.
Along these lines, Ged would not be out to harm Drizzt at the outset. Rather, he would try and convince Drizzt that he (Ged) has a better chance against Rand, and that Drizzt would better serve his own causes by returning to his own universe. Someone else posted along these lines from Drizzt’s standpoint some pages ago. Failing that, Ged is sufficiently powerful, and ruthless in the clutch, to literally move heaven and earth sufficiently to negate Drizzt’s martial advantages. Sure, Drizzt has magic resistance, but eventually something would get through, and Ged would emerge the pyrrhic victor.
Really better if Drizzt follows the scenario posted early, and concedes, because both of these contestants are on the side of good.
Let me also add that Leguin implicitly “got” the notion that magic is bounded by reality long before we started demanding realistic magical systems from genre writers. She’s moved on since then, and probably wouldn’t like the whole cage match idea, so it’s left to those of us that enjoyed her earlier works to defend her characters.
I have nothing against Drizzt, but if you haven’t read the Earthsea triology and follow-on works recently, you’re probably underestimating Ged. Although he was very cautious about using his powers as an adult, when he chose to do so, dragons trembled. Do not underrate this chief, especially because he has real options against Rand, the likely next round contestant.
I never read the FR books as a kid, so maybe I don’t get DD’s appeal.
I WAS given Crystal Shard when I was 20ish, and well, it sucked.
I then read the Earthsea books, and, well, they’re awesome.
Ged FTW
I’m just stoked that the end of the scenario was
Boom goes the dynamite.
I just about fell out of my chair laughing.
The globe of darkness covers the small island, except for the small mote of light from the end of the archmage’s staff. For one who has walked the darkness of the Tombs of Atuan, and shone light in the face of the Gods of Eternal Darkness themselves, a mere illusion is nothing to penetrate.
“Twinkle. Iciningdeath”
Ged speaks the True Names of the weapons set against him, which his opponent has never tried to conceal. They turn in Drizzt’s hands, tearing the drow to pieces.
Winner: Sparrowhawk.
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I’m convinced! After that “tame way” dialogue….I need to read that guy!!
Only problem is, it is hard to get relatively unknown SF&F in India (which is where I stay). Will have to hunt a fair bit….or just take the easy illegal route online
Conceivable. Whats to stop Shrike from coming back after he was disqualified and taking Drizzt to the Shrike tree. Or if Drizzt can call a panther why can’t Shrike just call upon more Shikes.
Nothing at all. But the first scenario you give still wouldn’t count as a win, the Shrike would still be out, he’d just have taken Drizzt with him. And yes, I suppose the Shrike could call upon more Shrikes, since that is one of his abilities.
But, the match between Drizzt and the Shrike is over, so there’s no use arguing about it now. Drizzt was declared the winner, and Beastly wanted some explanation that made sense. Therefore, I provided mine. And I guess since Drizzt won the match, he must’ve been able to take the Shrike out of the arena before the Shrike called in more Shrikes.
That is of course, Amen-Ra, if you want an explanation as to why the Shrike lost. I suppose you don’t have to accept that explanation for why Drizzt won or any explanation, but to me, there’s no point in dwelling on the past.
What you have to remember is that there’s many different ways each character could win his or her fights (well, fewer in cases such as Drizzt vs. Shrike, but the ways still exist). It’s up to the fan base to pick which story they want told. Do they want Chthulu (sp) to remain asleep so that Jaime can advance? Do they want Roland to get off a shot before Rand can magic it up? That’s up to the voters. So let’s not get hung up on fictional characters not winning their respective bouts. There are ways they can win and ways they can lose. Pick your preferred way, sit back, and watch what other people decide.
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“Were you born in lightning?” haha, nice ending.
Since it seems discussion might once again be fruitful, I’d like to point out re: magic resistance (and I apologise if this has been mentioned before) that Ged’s magic is hardly constrained to acting on his opponent. It is rather difficult to fight if your swords crumble into dust.
Additionally, when talking of speed, it doesn’t take particularly long to speak a word or two.
I think that’s Drizzt’s major advantages neutralised. And I don’t think anyone here would honestly argue that a mage would go down to a simple warrior, assuming the latter holds no special advantage.
Also, if anyone is unfamiliar with Ged, let me briefly describe one of his achievements: closing the hole between the world of the living and the world of the dead. He has power over the fabric of reality (which is more than you can say for most other magic users – and also the reason he’d beat Rand). I am having a very hard time figuring out who could actually beat him in a straight fight (maybe the Shrike, seeing as he too has power over reality (in a sense)).
To say nothing of the dragons.
Drizzt could summon Guenhwyvar, would would then beat the snot out of Ged. Drizzt also could summon a globe of darkness around him to prevent him from figuring out what the hell just happened. Then, before Ged recovered, Drizzt could stab him.
But the same strategy could work for any of his non-giant-monster fights, so I don’t feel very creative right now.
Drizzt has two swords he uses (and I don’t one of his scimitars would matter much), and his bracer’s of speed (he has on his ankles) he would most likely be able to close the gap between him and Ged. Ged would probably have a chance for one spell and it couldn’t be fire at all due to Icingdeath which has near immunity (when I say near, I mean he gets a light sunborn from a fireball.) and drizzt has also been hit by numerous spells of the lightning type.
Not to mention Globe of Darkness
So basicly they both stand an even chance against each other.
But if Drizzt had Taulmaril… It would be different.
I’d disagree with at least how it would end. Drizzt has dealt with lightning by using his scimitars in conjunction to first absorb the electricity, then have it shoot through his body and out his other sword back at the spellcaster. Drizzt was trained Melee-Magthere, if you want to ignore the more chronologically recent exploits, and undoubtedly the drow (expert spellcasters) would teach their meat shields what to do against someone with magic. His speed and innate drow abilities aside, I think his training would more than compensate for a simple lightning bolt.
Also, he’d probably accept the chance to walk away.
that is quite true… i go for Drizzt. mostly cause FourHorseMan is my brother….
i do like Ged though. his name sucks,but he did kick Edward Cullen’s ass. for that i will be forever grateful. but not grateful enough to vote for him against Drizzt.
well instead of Taulmaril, what about the oil of impact crossbow bolts he used in the hunters blades trilogy against obould? thats pretty effective too
Drizzt has defeated archmages before, in his books. He was trained to fight mages. I don’t see how this would be much different. It’d be a tough fight, but magic doesn’t always win.
I think one way to make people understand what Drizzt is up against in this fight is to compare Ged to a wizard in Drizzt’s world:
Ged is the Elminster of Earthsea.
Could Drizzt beat Elminster (which would be an awesome fight, too)? I don’t think he could.
“He’s fought mages before, and he’s competent enough to dodge a few lightning bolts.”
Earthsea mages don’t shoot lightning bolts. It’s a very different kind of magic. If a hostile Earthsea wizard knows your true name and has time to speak it, you’re history. No amount of agility or even Heroic Willpower can save you; the wizard has the very essence of your being in his grasp and can do any danged thing he wants with it.
Ged has an advantage in all these contests because his brand of magic is so unusual. In Earthsea, everybody goes by a nickname. True names are carefully concealed except from close friends and relatives; revealing your true name is a gesture of absolute trust and not taken lightly. A large part of wizardry is learning how to divine or discover a hidden name.
In most other worlds, people hand out their names like candy. Discovering a name is child’s play. Hence Ged has often won the fight before it starts.
So it all really comes down to, is Drizzt able to get to Ged before Ged can speak his name? It could go either way, but I tend to favor Ged, who is after all a pretty savvy combatant himself.
if you’re going to extend one type of magic to both worlds it should go both ways, drow have magic resistance to any kind of magic.
Then the question becomes, is it 2E-style magic resistance (flat 50% chance to fail) or 3E-style magic resistance (wizard level versus target number)? And what levels are Drizzt and Ged, anyway?
If it’s 3E-style, whoever is higher level likely wins. If it’s 2E-style, it’s a coin flip. There’s also the possibility that Drizzt has been updated to 4E, in which case his magic resistance is gone altogether.
Of course, all that assumes Drizzt is able to get to Ged and kill him in one round – i.e., Ged gets only one chance to use his magic. And it assumes he uses his magic on Drizzt directly. As another poster pointed out, Drizzt’s weapons have names too, and so does his magic pet.
“drow dradel of death”
Why would Ged know Drizzt’s name? If all he has to say is Drizzt, then sure Drizzt is beat. But if he has to say Drizzt Daermon Na’shezbaernon (which not a lot of people know I suspect, much less can pronounce it) then he might not win.
And Drizzt himself named Twinkle and Icingdeath. Why do those have to be their true names?
Ged takes this one no problem.
For anyone not familiar with the books, Ged (I’m assuming we’re talking elder Ged) combines amazingly powerful wizardry, with a profoundly vast wisdom, and few in this entire tournament are his equal in either category.
(Hint: Drizzt isn’t one of them.)
I actually do like Drizzt, but Ged is simply on another level.
I’ll try not to be hung up on it……. OH COME ON!!! THE GUYS NAME IS DRIZZT. HE HAS A SWORD NAME TINKLE OR TWINKLE OR SOME CRAP, AND THE FANS PICK HIM, OVER THE SHRIKE. NOT R2D2, OR ROBOCOP OR EVEN THE TERMINATOR. THIS IS THE SHRIKE. WALKING DEATH. DRIZZT IS GOING DOWN!!! I don’t know Ged. He could be a department store Magician but I would pick him over Drizzt. Its the Principle of the thing…..by the way don’t get me wrong I did like your scenario, and I do understand that their are infinate possible scenarios in which each character can win. Some more plausible than others. Yours being the most plausible if you add those rules.
You might not be able to pronounce his name but Ged could. Ged knows his name because he is the only elf walking around with a sword name tinkle and icingdeath. He does not even need to know his name to kick his behind because he knows the name of the grass and the trees and the air around Drizzt. that’s all he will need to kick Drizzts lucky charms up and down the arena.
I go with the scenario where Drizzt wins IF he comes straight out the gate with the Globe of Darkness. He also had the advantage of accessing the Hunter his alter ego. Ged seems to have to do many an involved ritual to start. If the match can be kept short it’s a win for Drizzt.
The above written scenario wasn’t in character. Drizzt wou;ldn’t waste his time with WWF style taunting. Like characters in other matches, Jaime Lannister comes to mind, he would be smart enough to go the Sun Tzu route and know his enemy to prepare.
I think the PTB at Suvudu did not expect the cage match to go this way. For some reason they want to get rid of Drizzt. Maybe it’s because RA Salvatore hasn’t contributed a scenario like GRRM.
Of course the winner of this match will go against Rand. This character seems to have a bigger fan base than Drizzt or Ged. I have voted for Roland.
Of course Ged could win and seems to have a slight edge. This Cage Match is reminiscent of RA Salvatore’s “Exile”. In this novel Drizzt and his friends were enslaved by Mind Flayers to provide entertainment. Drizzt may even have a slight resntment of this Cage Match format because of that event in his past. Since he and Ged are of like alignment, he could walk away.
The loser of this match will be popped into the spectator stands with Aragorn, Hermoine Grainger, Elric, Conan, Aslan, and Gandalf. This is not bad company at all.
I want to point out that I LOVE Drizzt. I still enjoy the Legacy of the Drow series, and I’m a big fan of RA Salvatore.
That said–obviously I know Drizzt wouldn’t say anything like this, just like I know Dumbledore wouldn’t eat the heart of his opponent. I just think it’s funnier to think that they would: Drizzt Do’Urden, as played by Ric Flair.
WOOOO!
Ok, I can’t resist adding just one more pro-Ged comment.
A lot of the pro-Drizzt crowd seem to think Drizzt can win by getting on top of Ged before Ged has time to properly react. But I think it’s reasonable to assume that the contestants don’t start right on top of each other and that Ged will get an opportunity to perform at least one act unmolested.
Suppose Ged’s first reaction was to elevate himself on a pillar of rock out of Drizzt’s reach? Or forget the rock, what about making the air lift himself out of Drizzt’s scimitar range?
Those were reasons 764 and 782 as to why Ged wins this bout. Just saying.
erm… what’s up with the new poll system?? i have to vote every time i reload or revisit this page… O.o that never happened before.