House Melarn was a drow house in Ched Nasad that fell with the destruction of Ched Nasad during the Silence of Lolth in the Year of Wild Magic, 1372 DR.[5]
House[]
House Melarn's compound was a huge cyst-like bulge on the second-highest level of the city.[6][1]
The waiting room at House Melarn was covered in statues and frescos with motifs of spiders, webs, drow, and musical instruments.[7] There was a broken bust of Mathira Melarn in House Melarn's great hall.[8]
Activities[]
House Melarn and House Baenre of Menzoberranzan owned the Black Claw Mercantile Company, whose storehouses were operated by House Zauvirr.[9]
House Melarn had a secret family tradition: chosen females studied bae'qeshel bardic magic to become "dark minstrels."[10]
History[]
Prior to its fall, House Melarn had stood for twenty centuries or more.[11]
In 1372 DR, Matron Mother Ssipriina Zauvirr hired the duergar mercenary band Clan Xornbane to assist in an attempt to destroy House Melarn.[9] Ssipriina took over the Black Claw storehouses, killing Matron Mother Drisinil Melarn.[9] Unfortunately, Clan Xornbane was given the direction to attack House Melarn prematurely, destroying the house with stonefire bombs and causing it to collapse into the city cavern.[3] This contributed to overall chaos in the city, which (as part of a Jaezred Chaulssin plot directed by Zammzt) rapidly destroyed itself.[5]
Sometime in 1366 or 1377 DR, Q'arlynd Melarn discovered that the sigil of House Melarn, which resembled a dancing stick figure, was in fact a crude depiction of Eilistraee, and showed that some of the drow that remained were free from the Taint of Wendonai and still had in them a speck of good.[12]
Members[]
- Drisinil Melarn: The last matron mother of the house, who was murdered by Clan Xornbane in 1372 DR just before the fall of Ched Nasad.[9]
- Jawil Melarn: Halisstra's sister. At one point, Halisstra's sister Jawil pushed her off a ledge after Halisstra won a race.[13] Halisstra later killed after Jawil made an attempt on her life.[14]
- Halisstra Melarn: First Daughter of House Melarn, who escaped the destruction with Ched Nasad and joined with Quenthel Baenre to investigate the Silence of Lolth.[15][16] She eventually became Lolth's Lady Penitent.[17]
- Mathira Melarn: Sword Dancer of Eilistraee. She wielded the Crescent Blade until her death on the Cold Field, where she remained as a ghost until she passed the blade on to Halisstra in 1372 DR.[8][18]
- Norendia Melarn: Halisstra's sister, who killed Halisstra's bard tutor and whom Halisstra killed.[14]
- Tellik Melarn: A male of House Melarn in the years immediately before the city fell, who was sacrificed for worshiping Vhaeraun.[19]
- Q'arlynd Melarn: The last house wizard.[20] He survived the fall of Ched Nasad[21] and eventually redeemed himself and was freed of the taint of Wendonai and became a dark elf.[22]
- Danifae Yauntyrr: A battle-captive from Eryndlyn. She was not truly a member of the house, but she served Halisstra.[23]
Appendix[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thomas M. Reid (December 2003). Insurrection. (Wizards of the Coast), p. Map. ISBN 0-7869-3033-0.
- ↑ Thomas M. Reid (December 2003). Insurrection. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 72. ISBN 0-7869-3033-0.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Thomas M. Reid (December 2003). Insurrection. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 260. ISBN 0-7869-3033-0.
- ↑ Thomas M. Reid (December 2003). Insurrection. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 27–28. ISBN 0-7869-3033-0.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Thomas M. Reid (December 2003). Insurrection. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0-7869-3033-0.
- ↑ Thomas M. Reid (December 2003). Insurrection. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 161. ISBN 0-7869-3033-0.
- ↑ Thomas M. Reid (December 2003). Insurrection. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 179. ISBN 0-7869-3033-0.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Lisa Smedman (February 2005). Extinction. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 284–286. ISBN 0-7869-3596-0.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Thomas M. Reid (December 2003). Insurrection. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 125. ISBN 0-7869-3033-0.
- ↑ Richard Baker (May 2003). Condemnation. (Wizards of the Coast), chaps. 2, 3, pp. 34, 45. ISBN 0786932023.
- ↑ Richard Baker (May 2003). Condemnation. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 8, p. 146. ISBN 0786932023.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (September 2007). Storm of the Dead. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 13, p. ?. ISBN 978-0-7869-4701-0.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (February 2005). Extinction. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 264. ISBN 0-7869-3596-0.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Lisa Smedman (February 2005). Extinction. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 105. ISBN 0-7869-3596-0.
- ↑ Thomas M. Reid (December 2003). Insurrection. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 153. ISBN 0-7869-3033-0.
- ↑ Richard Baker (May 2003). Condemnation. (Wizards of the Coast), chaps. 3, 10, 18, pp. 44, 191, 321, 335. ISBN 0786932023.
- ↑ Paul S. Kemp (February 2006). Resurrection. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 360–361. ISBN 0-7869-3981-8.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (February 2005). Extinction. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 309. ISBN 0-7869-3596-0.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (January 2007). Sacrifice of the Widow. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 8, pp. 189–191. ISBN 0-7869-4250-9.
- ↑ Thomas M. Reid (December 2003). Insurrection. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 333–335. ISBN 0-7869-3033-0.
- ↑ Thomas M. Reid (December 2003). Insurrection. (Wizards of the Coast), p. ?. ISBN 0-7869-3033-0.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (September 2007). Storm of the Dead. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 310. ISBN 978-0-7869-4701-0.
- ↑ Thomas M. Reid (December 2003). Insurrection. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-7869-3033-0.