I'm glad you have so much confidence in me. ;) I know what you mean about complex characters being more likeable, even if we don't really LIKE them. I just don't think that my Drizzt is very complex. He's whiny, naive, annoying,and self-centred, because that is how I see Drizzt. My Drizzt is not even really angsty because I'm not interested enough in him to give him proper angst. But maybe that's why you think I'm good at writing him - because I insist so much on his flaws, unlike RAS who writes about the same annoying brat and prenteds he's cool. At least that's the only explanation I can think of. And CB ... you'd have to reinvent her character to make her at least halfway bearable. I think I'll push her out of the story as soon as I can. I'm sure Artemis and Zak can't wait to get rid of her (once Zak has met her, obviously). Anyway, you just cheered me up a lot. :D