Catti-brie

Catti-brie is a female human and a friend of Drizzt Do'Urden. She is a member of the Companions of the Hall.

Appearance
Catti-brie has thick auburn hair and blue eyes.

Equipment
Catti-brie is armed with the bow Taulmaril and the sentient sword Khazid'hea. She possesses a magical cat's-eye circlet that allows her to see in the dark, thanks to Alustriel Silverhand of Silverymoon. The circlet allows her vision in the absolute darkness, and gives a moon/starlit light when she normally cannot see.

As of 1372 DR, Drizzt uses Taulmaril more often than Catti-Brie does and Khazid'hea has been sent to the Moonwood for study. After she begins her training as a wizard she wears the robes of Jack the Gnome and adorns herself with other magical trinkets.

Friends and Family
Drizzt Do'Urden, Bruenor Battlehammer (adopted father and King of Mithril Hall), Wulfgar (man she was bethrothed to before his soul went to the Abyss), Regis, Guenhwyvar (Magical six-hundred pound panther called from the panther statuette), Danica Maupoissant (living at the Spirit Soaring), Captain Deudermont (Captain of the Sea Sprite)

Relationship with Bruenor
Catti-brie was orphaned at a young age, her mother died during child birth and her father lived successfully with her until a goblin horde attacked and killed him. She is now the adopted daughter of the king of the Battlehammer dwarf clan, Bruenor Battlehammer. She regards Bruenor as her father, and she even speaks in the distinctive dialect common amongst dwarves having lived with them for many years. She is tough and has strength, she is as hardy as most dwarves and can wield a smithing hammer as well as any of them.

Relationship with Drizzt
Catti-brie was torn between her romantic feelings for Drizzt as an extension of the companionship they had developed, and the thought of any potential children they might have turning into outcasts because of their drow characteristics. Their differing lifespans, the short-lived nature of humans compared to the long lives of elves, was also of concern to her. Later, the two married (though unofficially).

Relationship with Wulfgar
Catti-brie and Wulfgar have previously been romantically involved through The Legacy of the Drow collection where she and Wulfar were due to be married, but when Wulfgar initially fell to the yochlol that Drizzt's sister Vierna Do'Urden called upon, he was thought dead after collapsing the cavern with his mighty warhammer Aegis-fang, though was actually later held by Errtu in the Abyss. At the end of Passage to Dawn, he returns with Errtu, who was in search of Crenshinibon. Catti-brie meets Wulfgar again six years after the time they were due to wed in Mithril Hall, but she had managed to recover from his loss during the adventure with Drizzt on the Sea Sprite and though she was uncertain of her feelings, she merely helped him to recover from his suffering at the hands of Errtu.

Catti-brie had been doubtful about the marriage before Wulfgar was ultimately thought dead, as his pride and protectiveness over Catti-brie was beginning to take it's toll on their relationship, and her adventuring spirit was not ready for his barbarian like life where wives are not held in high regard and were not permitted to go on adventures, stifling her free will.

Relationship with Khazid'hea
After aquiring the weapon from the corpse of Dantrag Baenre, Cattie-brie spent some time trying to control its rebellious conciousness. She emerged from the battle of wills weary, but totally in command of the sword. She never allowed it to control her movements and could could block out the weapon's telepathy with nary a thought.

Artemis Entreri
After Regis went off with Bruenor, Drizzt and Wulfgar having discovered that the assassin, Artemis Entreri, was in Icewind Dale seeking Regis and the ruby he had stolen from Pasha Pook; the group went off in search of Mithral Hall. Catti-brie was at Regis' house in Bryn Shander with two dwarves after the original owner had told her that Regis was to have his posessions removed. She and the dwarves were there to undertake the task but she was taken hostage by Entreri who was pursuing the halfling. He killed both the dwarves and tied her to a chair, interrogating her and then setting off after Regis with her in tow.

She was so frightened by him that she feared she would never be able to stand against the assassin. Even when she wasn't bound by him, she was so apprehensive that she did exactly as he told her. After travelling as his captive she does manage to free herself of her fear of him over a long period and succeeds in freeing herself from him, taking a tumble down a rocky outcropping and running to Bruenor just outside Mithril Hall which the group had only recently rediscovered.

Orc ambush
In 1370 DR Catti-brie snuck up on a pair of orcs at a campfire east of Shallows before realising it was an ambush. She was outnumbered heavily and succumbed to the stones, spears and other weapons used against her, but not before slaying a number of the orcs. She thought that she was going to die, but was rescued by Wulfgar who single-handedly eliminated most of the rest of the orcs, causing the remainder to flee.

Injury
Her leg was badly injured after a giant-thrown boulder crushed it and clerics found it difficult to fully heal the injury. Cattie-brie never fully recovered from the wounds her leg suffered and her combat performance was hampered by it. in 1372 DR she was inspired by her friend Alustriel's use of magic and the power she felt after using some spell-empowered trinkets on loan to her. With her leg hampering her warrior training and Khazid'hea being studied by the elves of the Moonwood, Cattie-brie decided to take Alustriel up on her offer of training as a wizard. When Alustriel is busy, Cattie-brie studies under Nanfoodle.

Spelling
There is some debate as to the spelling of Catti-brie's name (the most common alternative being Cattie-brie). Most of R.A. Salvatore's works use the spelling found at the beginning of this article, but the alternative is printed several times.