Menzoberra was a drow high priestess of Lolth, who founded the city of Menzoberranzan.[4]
History[]
After decades of infighting among the drow of Golothaer, and at the behest of the Spider Queen, who gave her the title Yor'thae (the Chosen)[2], Menzoberra the Kinless led seven drow families from their southern holdings of Great Bhaerynden into the Northdark.[3]
When escorting the refugees through the caverns, she came across dwarven mines, inhabited by the iron mining Clan Black Axe. The two groups fought in a fierce battle, but eventually Menzoberra's forces prevailed. They, however, took significant losses, and their numbers were halved.[6] As the last dwarf, Dorn Black Axe, fell to the ground, he cursed her invaders and wished upon them "the doom of many eyes".[2]
By −3917 DR[7], after several years in the dark deeps of the Underdark, the refugees came to a giant cavern inhabited by a swarm of spiders and the legendary beholder, Many Eyes.[8] After a long battle with many losses for the drow, Menzoberra laid the final blow on the beholder.[9] When the battle was over, a yochlol appeared in front of the surviving drow proclaiming the cavern was to be their new home: "Menzoberranzan" in recognition of Menzoberra's service to Lolth.[9]
References[]
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (November 1999). Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark. Edited by Jeff Quick. (TSR, Inc.), p. 54. ISBN 0-7869-1509-9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Brian R. James, Eric Menge (August 2012). Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 10. ISBN 978-0786960361.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Bruce R. Cordell, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, Jeff Quick (October 2003). Underdark. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 162. ISBN 0-7869-3053-5.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Eric L. Boyd (November 1999). Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark. Edited by Jeff Quick. (TSR, Inc.), p. 65. ISBN 0-7869-1509-9.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ed Greenwood (1992). Menzoberranzan (The City). Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc), p. 22. ISBN 1-5607-6460-0.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (November 1999). Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark. Edited by Jeff Quick. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 0-7869-1509-9.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 27. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood (1992). Menzoberranzan (The City). Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc), p. 23. ISBN 1-5607-6460-0.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Ed Greenwood (1992). Menzoberranzan (The City). Edited by Karen S. Boomgarden. (TSR, Inc), p. 24. ISBN 1-5607-6460-0.