position of weapon master with pride. When Drizzt learned of his father's demise, he confronted Matron Malice. She told him, cruelly and with much delight, that Zaknafein had been sacrificed to Lolth in order to regain the Spider Queen's favor. She told Drizzt that he was to serve as the house's new weapon master. Drizzt refused outright and, using one of Zaknafein's weapons - an exploding ball of light - escaped into the Underdark. Characters Drizzt Do'Urden, male drow Dinin Do'Urden, Drizzt's brother Malice Do'Urden, Drizzt's mother Zaknafein Do'Urden, weaponsmaster of the House Do'Urden Nalfein Do'Urden, Drizzt's brother Belwar Dissengulp, Svirfneblin burrow warden Reception Homeland received a positive review from critic Cindy Speer. She stated the novel was an impressive start to the characterization of Drizzt. Pornokitsch, in their review of Homeland, wrote that "Mr. Salvatore displays tiny fragments of being able to write the drow as a compelling race, but abandons these efforts and indulges himself in making them as evil as possible instead. The result does no favors to either Drizzt's character or the book as a whole." The comics adaption of Homeland, volume 1, received a positive review from George Galuschak of Kliatt magazine, who said, "I am not a big sword & sorcery buff, but I enjoyed this graphic novel. The plot is easy to follow: you don't need a Forgotten Realms encyclopedia at your side to understand what's going on." Homeland was #7 on CBR's 2020 "10 Of The Best DnD Stories To Start Off With" list — the article states that "The reason that this novel is a great starting point for those interested in D & D beyond featuring Drizzt's origin, is that it greatly fleshed out Drow's society. The novel's worldbuilding does not only provides insight to those wanting to play as a Drow but provides great ideas for background for characters from races traditionally portrayed as evil like Orcs and Kobolds." In the Io9 series revisiting older Dungeons & Dragons novels, Rob Bricken commented that "It was unlike any other Dungeons & Dragons novel I'd read at the time, and I'm pretty sure it still is—and that includes the other book in the Dark Elf trilogy, Exile and Sojourn. I have no idea if that will change as I start getting into the novels I didn't read as a kid, but for now, I say Homeland rolls a critical hit—a natural