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The Sellswords

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The Sellswords	comment	The Sellswords is a book trilogy by R.A. Salvatore that focuses on the stoic human assassin Artemis Entreri and the opportunistic dark elf mercenary Jarlaxle. A spin-off of Salvatore's Drizzt novels, these novels are different from Salvatore's usual Forgotten Realms novels in that it stars a duo of Villain Protagonists.The books in the series are: Servant Of The Shard (2000)note Servant of the Shard was first written as a part of the Paths of Darkness series, but since it got two sequels later, it is now counted as book one of The Sellswords. Promise of the Witch King (2005) Road of the Patriarch (2006)Servant of the Shard takes place in the southern city of Calimport, where Jarlaxle's mercenary band Bregan' D'aerthe seeks to expand their influence to the surface. They kill one of the most influential Pashas of the city and install Artemis Entreri as their new front. However, since Jarlaxle got his hands on the Crystal Shard Crenshinibon in Paths of Darkness, it has been influencing his thoughts, leading him to make some questionable decisions that draw the ire of his lieutenants.In Promise of the Witch King Entreri and Jarlaxle venture north to the Bloodstone Lands of Vaasa, where they plan to work and live for a while. While head-hunting for goblin ears, Jarlaxle, newly endeared to the surface world and always driven by the chance of acquiring more wealth, finds out about an old magical castle in the northern wastelands. The two of them join an adventuring party that plans to loot the castle and destroy the lingering presence of the lich known as the Witch King.Still in the Bloodstone Lands, Road of the Patriarch has Jarlaxle planning to set up beneficial trading connections for Bregan D'earthe in the northern land. Curiously, he plans to do this by establishing his own kingdom from within the old castle of the Witch King, setting up Entreri as the new King and thus aggravating the nearby reigning Paladin King Gareth Dragonsbane of Bloodstone.Chronologically the books take place somewhere between Paths of Darkness and Transitions, as Jarlaxle is out of the focus of the main Drizzt novels for that time period, before returning in The Pirate King. Entreri is not seen again until The Neverwinter Saga but then returns as a main character.
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The Sellswords / int_14beeefd	type	Darker and Edgier
The Sellswords / int_14beeefd	comment	Darker and Edgier: This is a considerably more morally gray book than the main series.
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The Sellswords / int_19d1c1ae	type	Always Someone Better
The Sellswords / int_19d1c1ae	comment	Always Someone Better: Artemis used to be unable to stand the fact he wasn't the strongest swordsman alive. However, his experiences in Menzoberrazan taught him much-needed humility. As a result, he doesn't take it personally when he gauges the fact the Royal Family of Bloodstone could kick his ass every which way from Sunday.
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The Sellswords / int_1edfa2c7	type	Royals Who Actually Do Something
The Sellswords / int_1edfa2c7	comment	Royals Who Actually Do Something: The Paladin King of Bloodstone and his court are a bunch of epic-level adventurers who carved their land out of something approximating Hell on Earth.
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The Sellswords / int_3b113b7	type	Character Development
The Sellswords / int_3b113b7	comment	Character Development: Artemis slowly starts to regain a bit of his humanity, including the ability to love and feel affection for other individuals. He's still a bastard but he's no longer a psychopath.
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The Sellswords / int_3b5fcbb7	type	Artifact of Doom
The Sellswords / int_3b5fcbb7	comment	Artifact of Doom: Much of the first book deals with Jarlaxle's attempt to find a magical fortress he can use to build his own kingdom.
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The Sellswords / int_401d4116	type	Broken Aesop
The Sellswords / int_401d4116	comment	Broken Aesop: The fact a Paladin King authorizes the genocide of the local humanoids, including buying their ears. Many readers decided he'd crossed the Moral Event Horizon.
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The Sellswords / int_49fb5ccb	type	Combat Pragmatist
The Sellswords / int_49fb5ccb	comment	Combat Pragmatist: Artemis Entreri is very skilled at using his surroundings and nearby objects against his foes and doesn't hesitate to use any kind of skullduggery if it will help him win.
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The Sellswords / int_4e7c4536	type	Wham Line
The Sellswords / int_4e7c4536	comment	Wham Line: The very end of Servant of the Shard:
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The Sellswords / int_50f66629	type	Crazy-Prepared
The Sellswords / int_50f66629	comment	Crazy-Prepared: Jarlaxle! A complete list of all the magical items and weapons he carries around with him would double or triple the length of this entry. Lots of them come in handy during his travels with Entreri.
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The Sellswords / int_57b80b45	type	Fantastic Racism
The Sellswords / int_57b80b45	comment	Fantastic Racism: Played with as Bloodstone is such a hellhole that a Drow like Jarlaxle doesn't draw much interest. However, they offer bounties for the ears of goblins or other humanoids. Jarlaxle exploits the fact of this to rouse the locals against the Paladin King of the region.
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The Sellswords / int_5989e3b6	type	Enemy Mine
The Sellswords / int_5989e3b6	comment	Enemy Mine: Cadderly (from The Cleric Quintet) joins forces with Artemis and Jarlaxle to destroy the Crystal Shard.
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The Sellswords / int_658f7193	type	Lack of Empathy
The Sellswords / int_658f7193	comment	Lack of Empathy: Artemis has always possessed this but Jarlaxle, of all people, gradually coaxes him out of it.
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The Sellswords / int_780a078e	type	Self-Made Orphan
The Sellswords / int_780a078e	comment	Self-Made Orphan: Artemis gets some much, much needed revenge on his father.
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The Sellswords / int_7c862b8a	type	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
The Sellswords / int_7c862b8a	comment	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Servant of the Shard is about various criminal organizations trying to gain control of a powerful magical artifact. Naturally, there are backstabbings and betrayals galore.
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The Sellswords / int_898ff050	type	Villain Protagonist
The Sellswords / int_898ff050	comment	Villain Protagonist: Artemis and Jarlaxle are pretty horrible people, objectively, though both have mellowed considerably from their earlier appearances in the series.
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The Sellswords / int_a6c69bd	type	MacGuffin
The Sellswords / int_a6c69bd	comment	MacGuffin: The Shard in Servant of the Shard.
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The Sellswords / int_aa2bd65c	type	Mordor
The Sellswords / int_aa2bd65c	comment	Mordor: Bloodstone and its surrounding territories are this due to centuries of misrule by Zhengyi the Lich King.
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The Sellswords / int_abbe5875	type	Evil Weapon
The Sellswords / int_abbe5875	comment	Evil Weapon: Charon's Claw, an evil sentient sword. But Artemis has such a high degree of mental discipline and willpower that he is able to dominate the weapon and force it to serve him.
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The Sellswords / int_bec82f41	type	Anti-Hero
The Sellswords / int_bec82f41	comment	Antihero: Jarlaxle and Artemis are brilliant examples thereof.
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The Sellswords / int_bf110089	type	Break Them by Talking
The Sellswords / int_bf110089	comment	Break Them by Talking: Used brilliantly by Jarlaxle to get Entreri a royal pardon after Entreri declares himself king of Vaasa and is taken down after his army is utterly destroyed.
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The Sellswords / int_c696f3ba	type	Heroic Willpower
The Sellswords / int_c696f3ba	comment	Heroic Willpower: Artemis is able to bend Charon's Claw to his will though sheer mental strength. His iron willpower also makes him immune to the lure of the Crystal Shard.
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The Sellswords / int_c868a42a	type	Freudian Excuse
The Sellswords / int_c868a42a	comment	Freudian Excuse: We finally find out why Artemis is the way he was. His mother was raped and/or used as a prostitute by a corrupt branch of the Selune clergy, which resulted in his conception. He was thus raised in horrific poverty beside their immense wealth as his mother died in destitution like so many other girls misused by them. There is also the fact that he was physically and sexually abused by the men who took his mother in, who he thought to be his Father and Uncle, and was, later on, sold by his mother to a paedophile.
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The Sellswords / int_d45c0b86	type	Refuge in Audacity
The Sellswords / int_d45c0b86	comment	Refuge in Audacity: Jarlaxle introduces himself as Drizzt Do'Urden, legendary Defector from Decadence amongst the Drow. Also, in actuality, his often-enemy. Jarlaxle's plan to make Artemis Entreri, King of Vaasa.
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The Sellswords / int_e16cd24e	type	Know When to Fold 'Em
The Sellswords / int_e16cd24e	comment	Know When to Fold 'Em: Once the Royal Family of Bloodstone get wind of the pair's plot, it's more or less over as they're Epic Level Heroes who can squash the leads like bugs.
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The Sellswords / int_e398be11	type	Chaotic Neutral
The Sellswords / int_e398be11	comment	Chaotic Neutral/Neutral Evil: invoked Jarlaxle's canonical alignment varies between the two. He acts NE during the main Drizzt series (as a mercenary who only gets involved in drow power struggles when he's getting paid), but is closer to CN in The Sellswords.
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