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'''Menzoberranzan''' is the 2nd most famous city of [[drow]] in the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] [[multiverse]] - well, technically, it's the most famous, because Menzoberranzan was invented by [[R.A. Salvatore]] for his [[Drizzt]] novels, which normies are aware of, and [[Erelhei-Cinlu]] is a [[Greyhawk]] original that was then recreated in the [[Nentir Vale]], so only actual gamers know about it, but it still was created second. | '''Menzoberranzan''' is the 2nd most famous city of [[drow]] in the [[Dungeons & Dragons]] [[multiverse]] - well, technically, it's the most famous, because Menzoberranzan was invented by [[R.A. Salvatore]] for his [[Drizzt]] novels, which normies are aware of, and [[Erelhei-Cinlu]] is a [[Greyhawk]] original that was then recreated in the [[Nentir Vale]], so only actual gamers know about it, but it still was created second. | ||
Menzoberranzan sketches what a drow city is like when the cult of [[Lolth]] [[theocracy|runs the show]]. Erelhei-Cinlu and the Vault didn't quite count since, in the [[Drow | Menzoberranzan sketches what a drow city is like when the cult of [[Lolth]] [[theocracy|runs the show]]. Erelhei-Cinlu and the Vault didn't quite count since, in the [[Drow Trilogy]], we only saw it when Lolth's hold was contested (with the "Elder Elemental God"). And that city was a demon-infested slum where no decisions were made or, for that matter, enforced. | ||
One interesting fact about Menzoberranzan: there was originally a House devoted to [[psionics]] who almost conquered the city and drove out the Lolthite priests during the [[Time of Troubles]]. | One interesting fact about Menzoberranzan: there was originally a House devoted to [[psionics]] who almost conquered the city and drove out the Lolthite priests during the [[Time of Troubles]]. | ||
Revision as of 16:03, 17 February 2021
Menzoberranzan is the 2nd most famous city of drow in the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse - well, technically, it's the most famous, because Menzoberranzan was invented by R.A. Salvatore for his Drizzt novels, which normies are aware of, and Erelhei-Cinlu is a Greyhawk original that was then recreated in the Nentir Vale, so only actual gamers know about it, but it still was created second.
Menzoberranzan sketches what a drow city is like when the cult of Lolth runs the show. Erelhei-Cinlu and the Vault didn't quite count since, in the Drow Trilogy, we only saw it when Lolth's hold was contested (with the "Elder Elemental God"). And that city was a demon-infested slum where no decisions were made or, for that matter, enforced.
One interesting fact about Menzoberranzan: there was originally a House devoted to psionics who almost conquered the city and drove out the Lolthite priests during the Time of Troubles.
Menzoberranzan (as a Realms site) got its own dedicated box set in 2e. Towards the end of the Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition era, it got a splatbook as well - again, under Toril. This went from its founding through to the then-present of 100 years post-Spellplague.