Menzoberranzan

Location from Icewind Dale by R.A. Salvatore / Wizards of the Coast / Black Isle Studios

The great drow city in the Underdark, ruled by matron mothers and Lolth's priestesses — a place of breathtaking beauty and unspeakable cruelty where Drizzt Do'Urden was born.

Also known as: Menzoberranzan, The City of Spiders, Menzoberranyr

What They Know

• Menzoberranzan is ruled by the Council of Eight, composed of the matron mothers of the eight most powerful noble houses.
• House Baenre, led by Matron Mother Baenre, has held the First House position for millennia.
• House Do'Urden was Drizzt's birth house, destroyed in a power play by rival houses.
• Bregan D'aerthe, Jarlaxle's mercenary company, operates from the city's shadows as a power broker.
• Arach-Tinilith, the academy's clerical school, and Melee-Magthere, the warrior school, train the city's elite.
• Male drow are second-class citizens — their worth measured by their usefulness to the matron mothers.
• Lolth's will is absolute, and her priestesses wield divine power to enforce obedience.
• The city periodically launches raids against the surface and neighboring Underdark settlements to capture slaves.

Connections

• part_of — underdark_north
• ruled_by — matron_baenre
• home_of — drizzt
• home_of — zaknafein
• home_of — jarlaxle
• home_of — matron_malice
• home_of — vierna
• home_of — dinin
• home_of — briza

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