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 heat spectrum.

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.

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 by the king of the Battlehammer dwarf clan, Bruenor Battlehammer. She regards Bruenor as her father, and she even speaks in the dinstinctive 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 Wulfar 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.

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.

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.