Bazaar ( Menzoberranzan ) The Bazaar was the permanent market of Menzoberranzan located in the district of Duthcloim ( also known as " Manyfolk " ) . Some considered the Bazaar the heart of Menzoberranzan . Description . The Bazaar of Menzoberranzan attracted merchants and buyers from across the multiverse . Most races were welcome ( with the exception of beholder s , neogi and githyanki ) , and as long as the peace was kept and proper respect was shown to matron mother s , someone ( or something ) could buy whatever they might have desired here ( including cadavers ) , though non - drow were often spied upon . Many surface - dwelling merchants and trade goods passed through or remained in Menzoberranzan . All people of Menzoberranzan shopped at the Bazaar , even some matron mother s . In the Bazaar were cobblers , riding lizards , duergar , kuo - toa , and ogre mages . Slaves included orcs , gnolls , bugbears , goblins , and kobolds . There was also at least one barber stall , a game tent , and a portrait painter . One could obtain surgery or send messages to the surface from the Bazaar . There were also performers on its busy streets . The Bazaar smelled of surface produce , mulled wine , leather , frying oil , rothe dung , and blood . Organization . No permanent structures were allowed within the accepted limits of the Bazaar by order of the council . Places of business were to move at least every 66 days , so as to prevent monopolies on space and promote browsing , often making finding a particular stall very difficult . Trainee wizards , clerics , and warriors , in groups of 8 - 12 from Tier Breche , patrolled the Bazaar , providing firm , yet unobtrusive law enforcement . Prices were always fluctuating due to supply and demand . Despite ( or perhaps because of ) the patrols , the Bazaar was home to many unlicensed and illicit activities . History . During the great spell battle between Gromph Baenre and the Lichdrow Dyrr in 1373 DR , a great part of the Bazaar was destroyed . A number of merchants , returning to check the security of the goods , were killed and some were petrified . However , a short time later , the Bazaar was once again thriving . Located in a stall made of fungus , the proprieter , Blundyth , had an arbalest and a toad familiar . He was killed in 1372 DR by Pharaun Mizzrym , who also set fire to and ransacked his shop . A shop in the Bazaar selling wine , liquor , potions , and poisons . The business of Dhode Lu ' orz , a tailor making " piwafwi s . " Technically located just outside the borders of the Bazaar , this tavern epitomized the character of the area . It had no sign ; customers had to knock on the door and be observed through a peephole . ( Pharaun Mizzrym believed this added to its appeal . ) Inside the main room played male drow musicians . The Jewel Box employed goblin slaves and held female prisoners in the brothel in the cellar . < / ref > The bartender of the Jewel Box in 1372 DR was Nym , an old battle mage with only one leg . Quild sold miscellaneous trinkets on a bench in a cart , but his most valuable resource was his knowledge of the city and rumors of its plots . Run by Rauva Zoldyth , this shop sold incense , oils , and candles for rituals and other purposes . Provider of pack and riding lizard s , as well as their tack . It was heavily guarded by drow and gnoll s . The proprietor , Vhurn , sold riding lizards harnessed and ready to go , as well as assistance in evading pursuit , for an astronomical fee . He also sold prepared " Underdark packs " and was knowledgable of where to obtain other supplies . Set up in the Spellplague era by the human wizard Fethlorn Kelapanch , this shop featured drow commoner orphans who were paid to run messages around the city . Fethlorn also had spells at his disposal to contact nearly anyone in the World Above .