Invisible Chains

Brace yourself, people! Aithne's actually writing something more than a short story! Okay, yes, I love Drizzt with an undying passion-as do you all, of course. We all worship R.A. Salvatore, but what about those other characters that we love and adore? Hint, hint: Jarlaxle.

Ah, my favorite master of lies, ruler of the drow underworld. Jarlaxle kicks some major booty and his tricks are always coming.

.So, at any rate, here's the beginning of my Jarlaxle piece. It started out as a little thing to get out of some writer's block and evolved from that.

As any fan of the drow world knows, very little is known about Jarlaxle's past. Many have come up with their own theories about the thrilling past of our favorite little mercenary. In my personal opinion, the best fanfic- writer who completely mastered the character of Jarlaxle is David Pontier. He rules the Drizzt Fanfiction world.

In his fanfiction "A Rainbow in the Dark" we see Zaknafien and Jarlaxle as friends, hinted by the mercenary in the Drizzt books. In the fanfiction, they attend Melee-Magthere together and we watch as the two characters, so loved by Salvatore's readers, come to be friends and enter the drow society.

While you don't actually have to read "A Rainbow in the Dark" to understand my dear story-in-the-making, I just wanted to give proper credit to David Pontier, whose idea for Jarlaxle's past will be used in my fanfiction.

Ah, and of course, the unforgettable commentary. Few of the characters mentioned in this fanfiction are mine. Nevina, her family, Lea'Veril, and Maelent are mine, as well as a few others that you can recognize as non- Salvatore characters. Jarlaxle, Malice, and Zaknafein were created by R. A. Salvatore and are not mine. There, this disclaimer has been stated.

Enjoy. More will be posted soon, but enjoy the first few chapters.

~Aithne, TheBladedancer

PS- Dave Ponteir's works can be found here.