in indentured servitude for five years, by the end of that time Wulfgar is essentially his adopted son, to the point that Bruenor makes Wulfgar a super-badass magic battle hammer that returns to his hand when thrown (so at least Salvatore is doing Thor instead of LotR)." Bricken also noted that "Drizzt and Wulfgar are so preternaturally badass they beat 25 giants by themselves"." According to Aidan-Paul Canavan, Wulfgar is one of the characters that "exemplify the strong, honest, hot-headed young warrior hero type common to adventure stories and similar to Howard’s creation Conan"." Tanja Monique Bruske-Guth analyzes Wulfgar's development in relation to the use of violence: After his up-bringing as a barbarian the character simply takes the use of violence for granted. His actions are graphically described and also link his presentation in the novel to the role-playing game: Wulfgar counts the enemies he has killed, which has parallels in mythology, as well as to receiving experience points for vanquished foes in the game. She noted that his years of indentured service with the dwarves, and specifically Bruenor, shape Wulfgar physically and allow him to reflect on his earlier behavior and change his outlook: He will still fight, but decides to use violence "against evil", changing from a morally bad to a good character. This character development is facilitated by Wulfgar getting the named weapon Aegisfang. He thus follows a typical trope in fantasy described by Susanne van Clewe: The hero, here Wulfgar, receives a magical item that grants him sovereign power. At the same time it presents a test of character whether he can bear the responsibility that comes with it. References Fictional hammer fighters Forgotten Realms characters Literary characters introduced in 1988 pl:Lista postaci ze świata Forgotten Realms#Wulfgar