Melee-Magthere

Melee Magthere is the warrior school for the drow of Menzoberranzan. Notably, Drizzt Do'Urden spent time here in training.

Melee Magthere is the college of fighters in Menzoberranzan. It is one of the three schools that noble children of the Drow are expected to attend. Their education usually begins at 20 years old and continues on for another 10 more years. Graduates of the academy do not hold as high a prestige as those who graduate from the wizard or clerics school but still hold a greater distinction than those who are normal citizenry. One of the events of training there is the Grand Melee, in which Zaknafein Do'Urden was the victor seven years running, 3 times against older more advanced students. Drizzt Do'Urden it seems would follow his father by doing the same and every year after his third he would go against student 3 years ahead of him and he still would beat them all and be the top in his class. It is a relatively plain compound when compared to the other schools of The Drow Academy. It is basically a pyramid shaped structure that consists of the utensils and fighting arenas needed to learn the art of melee combat. The students of Melee Magthere spend their first fifty days listening to tales that are mostly lies regarding how the elves of the surface world mistreated the Drow, then about 9 years in combat tactics, followed by a year of rounding out their education by spending the first 6 months at the Sorcere and the last 6 months at the Arach-Tinilith.