Melee-Magthere

Melee-Magthere was the warrior school for the drow of Menzoberranzan. It was part of the Tier Breche academy. Notably, Drizzt Do'Urden spent time here in training.

Schooling
Melee-Magthere was one of the three schools that noble male children of the drow were expected to attend. Their education usually began at 20 years old and continued on for another 10 more years. Graduates of warrior's academy did not hold as high a prestige as those who graduated from the wizard or clerics school, but still held a greater distinction than those who were normal citizenry.

One of the events of training there was the Grand Melee, in which Zaknafein Do'Urden was the victor seven years running, three times against older more advanced students. Drizzt Do'Urden followed in his father's footsteps by doing the same and every year after his third year, competing against students three years ahead of him and still ending up the top in his class.

Structure
It was a relatively plain compound compared to the other schools of Tier Breche. It was basically a pyramid-shaped structure that consisted of the utensils and fighting arenas needed to learn the art of melee combat. It was nicknamed the Pyramid.

The students of Melee Magthere spent their first fifty days listening to tales that were mostly lies regarding how the elves of the surface world mistreated the drow, then about nine years in combat tactics, followed by a year of rounding out their education by spending the first six months at Sorcere and the last six months at Arach-Tinilith.

Older students from Melee-Magthere trained priestesses at Arach-Tinilith in the art of swordcraft.

Inhabitants
All of the masters and students of Melee-Magthere were male.

Masters

 * Ryld Argith (?-1372 DR).

Students

 * Drizzt Do'Urden.
 * Berg'inyon Baenre.
 * Dargathan Srune'Lett, Liriel Baenre's combat tutor in 1361 DR.

Novels

 * Homeland