i now view my long road as a search for truth--truth in my own heart, in the world around me, and in the larger questions of purpose and of existence. how does one define good and evil?



i carried an internal code of morals with me on my trek, though whether i was born with it or it was imparted to me by zaknafein--or whether it simply developed from my perceptions--i cannot ever know. this code forced me to leave menzoberranzan, for though i was not certain of what those truths might have been, i knew beyond doubt that they would not be found in the domain of lloth. after many years in the underdark outside of menzoberranzan and after my first awful experiences on the surface, i came to doubt the existence of any universal truth, came to wonder if there was, after all, any purpose to life. in the world of drow, ambition was the only purpose, the seeking of material gains that came with increased rank. even then, that seemed a little thing to me, hardly a reason to exist.



i thank you, montolio debrouchee, for confirming my suspicions. i have learned that the ambition of those who follow selfish precepts is no more than a chaotic waste, a finite gain that must be followed by infiinite loss. for there is indeed a harmony in the universe, a concordant singing of the common weal. to join that song, one must find inner harmony, must find the notes that ring true. there is one other point to be made about that truth: evil creatures cannot sing.

-drizzt do'urden-