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lolife67 posted...

You are aware Jarlaxle is also an exception to the rule, right? And he's charming but hardly altruistic like Drizzt. Drizzt is the only one who's actually good and is seen as an aberration from the rest of his race. They literally are evil by birth/race. Not choice.

Zaknafein was good. Drizzt inherited his good nature. Zak just didn't have a strong enough will to leave the Menzoberranzan. Drizzt also had a sister who had a good heart and was grateful when she died to be free of Lolth.

I'd argue that Jarlaxle may not be fully altruistic, but he genuinely cares about Artemis and Athrogate. He was also a good friend of Zak and looked out for Drizzt because of that. Hardly someone evil by birth or race.

There are others as well, they just tend to get sacrificed to Lolth when their nature is discovered. It is cannon in the Forgotten Realms setting that there was a colony of Drow living on the surface who broke free of the oppresive regimes of their city and worshipped non evil deities.

Early on, Drizzt assumes that every other drow besides his father and himself were evil, but he was proven wrong over time.