It was the home of Drizzt Do'Urden , and many of his early adventures dealt with the political intrigue and characters of the city. It was located in the Upper Northdark , about 3. The deep gnome city Blingdenstone was located about 45 miles to the west of Menzoberranzan.
Menzoberranzan was located in a huge arrowhead-shaped cavern, some two miles wide and a thousand feet high. The drow called the cavern, Araurilcaurak. Buildings were often covered with the city's main motif: the spider, in honor of Lolth. Some homes were 1, feet above the floor. Ceiling houses had to have great magic to prevent them from falling, and many were empty. There were a fixed number of buildings in Menzoberrazan, meaning that the poorer areas were extremely crowded.
Narbondel and Gromph Baenre , the Archmage of Menzoberranzan. The city had around a hundred gates, all guarded. These gates led into the myriad tunnels surrounding the city collectively called the Bauthwaf. One of the most distinct structures in the city was the pillar-clock called Narbondel. It was enchanted each morning by the Archmage of Menzoberranzan with a glow that slowly dissipated as the day wore on.
Narbondel could be seen from throughout the entire city. When the pillar was completely dark, it was called Narbondel's Black Death effectively midnight. The surviving drow took up residence in this cave, naming it after their leader. The original seven drow families, having no immediate external enemy, fell to attacking and undermining one another——exactly what they had hoped to escape—to the greater glory of their evil goddess, who loved chaos.
This battle led to the collapse of a cavern wall that destroyed four houses and killed Menzoberra. House Nasadra were banished from the cave on the orders of Lolth, who ordered them to establish a second city in her name which would come, a few decades later, to be called Ched Nasad , and House Nasadra was still the First House there until the city's destruction and for the two cities to maintain an amicable relationship. House Baenre then rose as the First House of Menzoberranzan.
