Through his participation, the Nadir hordes of Ulric are turned back and the Drenai are saved. He decides to help the Drenai and ultimately falls in the defence of the fourth wall of Dros Delnoch. Appearing as a sixty year old man who fears his growing weakness with age, Druss is given a choice by Death to assist the Drenai in the defence of their nation at the cost of his own life, or to live for another twenty years and descend into dotage and senility before dying of old age. While this is the first book Druss appears in, it is also the last chronologically where he appears alive. He wears the armour and weapons of his Grandfather, Bardan the Slayer, which includes a black leather jerkin with silver steel pauldrons, black leather gauntlets with reinforced steel plates covering the knuckles and forearms, black leather boots and a black pot helmet with a silver axe motif on the brow flanked by small silver skulls.
Despite his initial lack of formal combat training, he becomes known as a fearsome warrior who has never been bested in single combat. He has a hard, flat face, black hair and a thick, black beard and pale blue eyes.
Druss is the grandson of Bardan the Slayer, a psychotic madman driven insane by the demon residing within his cursed axe, Snaga the Sender.ĭruss is described as a physically imposing man, immensely strong but also possessing great speed and dexterity. First appearing in the David Gemmell novel " Legend" in 1984, Druss the Legend is a fictional hero embodying virtue, courage, honour, chivalry and strength of character.ĭruss has also appeared in the novels The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend, The Legend of Deathwalker, White Wolf and The Swords of Night and Day.
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