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.

Structure
Melee-Magthere was a pyramidal structure in the eastern part of the Tier Breche cavern. It was in fact nicknamed the "Pyramid."

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 10 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.

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.

Languages such as Common were taught here.

Organization
In 1372 DR, Malaggar Faen Tlabbar served as the First Sword of Melee-Magthere.

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

Masters of Melee-Magthere all had rings with dragons on them to mark them as masters. These rings made the bearer's skin as tough as a dragon's. Non-nobles were permitted to become lesser masters and were given emblems of Melee-Magthere that acted as a house emblem, allowing them to levitate.

Masters

 * Dantrag Baenre.
 * Ryld Argith (?-1372 DR).

Students

 * Zaknafein Do'Urden.
 * Drizzt Do'Urden.
 * Berg'inyon Baenre.
 * Dargathan Srune'Lett, Liriel Baenre's combat tutor in 1361 DR.
 * Houndaer Tuin'Tarl, trained (and killed )by Ryld.
 * Tathlyn Godeep, trained by Ryld.
 * Urlryn, trained by Ryld.

Novels

 * Homeland