Malice Do ' Urden Malice Do ' Urden was matron mother of House Do ' Urden of Menzoberranzan until her death . She was a strong high priestess of Lolth , although her fall was in losing the favor of Lolth . Description . Malice was slender and deceptively small , around 5 ft ( 1 . 5 m ) , but she was very strong . Her eyes appeared red in the infrared spectrum , like most drow ' s , but appeared deep green in the light . Personality . Malice ' s amorous exploits with the males of House Do ' Urden ( and many others ) was legendary in Menzoberranzan . History . Malice was the daughter of Vartha Do ' Urden , the former matron mother of House Do ' Urden . Vartha died unexpectedly when Malice was about 100 years old ( around the eleventh century DR ) and Malice ascended to the head of House Do ' Urden , where she ruled successfully for four centuries . In 1297 DR , Malice used the agony of childbirth to increase her clerical power in an attack against House DeVir , which was destroyed . The babe , Drizzt Do ' Urden , was to be sacrificed as the third living son , but Dinin Do ' Urden ' s assassination of elderboy Nalfein Do ' Urden fulfilled that sacrifice and Drizzt was permitted to live . In 1338 DR , House Do ' Urden and Matron Malice first fell out of the favor of Lolth when a member of her house displeased Lolth . Malice scried a scene between Drizzt and his father Zaknafein Do ' Urden and discovered that Drizzt refused to kill ( and indeed saved ) an elven child during a surface raid , thus drawing Lolth ' s wrath . Malice planned to sacrifice Drizzt , but Zaknafein offered himself up instead . Drizzt subsequently killed Masoj Hun ' ett and Alton DeVir , triggering a decade war between House Do ' Urden and House Hun ' ett , and departed the city altogether . Malice never regained Lolth ' s favor after Drizzt ' s actions . Ten years later , in 1338 DR , the two houses finally ended their covert war when House Hun ' ett attacked and were defeated by House Do ' Urden . Yvonnel Baenre forced Malice to " adopt " SiNafay Hun ' ett as Shi ' nayne Do ' Urden , her eldest " daughter " recently returned home . Malice detested her and at the last moment sacrificed her instead of Rizzen to Lolth as an offering for Zin - carla , a " spirit - wraith " which was normally allowed only under Lolth ' s highest favor but was granted to Malice as a last - ditch effort to find and kill Drizzt . When Zin - carla ( which was Zaknafein Do ' Urden resurrected and controlled by Malice ) found Drizzt , Malice lost control of it for a moment , which was enough time for Zaknafein to kill himself instead of allowing his body to kill Drizzt . This caused Malice to forever lose the favor of Lolth and to be killed by Briza , in one last desperate — and futile — attempt to regain Lolth ' s favor for House Do ' Urden . The house was defeated by House Baenre in 1339 DR . Skills . Malice was very good at making salves and unguents . She provided Gelroos Hun ' ett ( the Faceless One ) with a healing unguent for his scarred face as payment for his killing Alton DeVir ( although in fact Alton was not killed and instead took over the identity of Gelroos ) . Relationships . Children . Malice was the mother of Briza , Nalfein , Dinin , Vierna , Maya , and Drizzt . Briza was born when Malice was about 100 years old . ; Nalfein was born soon before or after her . The father of Vierna and Drizzt was Zaknafein Do ' Urden , Malice ' s on - and - off lover , while the father of Dinin and Maya was Rizzen Do ' Urden , the patron of House Do ' Urden . Zaknafein Do ' Urden . Malice hated Zaknafein as much as she desired him . She permitted him to live despite his express disregard for Lolth .