Melee-Magthere

Melee-Magthere was the warrior school for the drow of Menzoberranzan. It was part of the Tier Breche Academy. Notably, Drizzt Do'Urden spent time here in training.
==Structure==
Melee-Magthere was a pyramidal structure in the eastern part of the Tier Breche cavern, and nicknamed the "Pyramid". 
==Schooling==
Melee-Magthere was one of the three schools that noble male children of the drow were expected to attend. Their education usually began at 20 years old and continued on for another ten more years.
One of the events of training there was the Grand Melee, in which Drizzt Do'Urden was the victor seven years running after his third year, competing against students three years ahead of him and still ending up the top in his class.
The students of Melee-Magthere spent their first fifty days listening to tales that were mostly lies regarding how the elves of the surface world mistreated the drow, then about four years in one-on-one combat. A notable training exercise to develop concentration and self-control involved students sitting naked with their eyes closed as masters dropped poisonous, biting centipedes on them. A student's first break in concentration earned them a disciplinary hit; a second break in concentration earned a more forceful hit; and third failure resulted in the student's expulsion. A deep meditative state afforded healing capabilities and heightened martial prowess. The final year rounded out their education by spending the first six months at Sorcere and the last six months at Arach-Tinilith.
The Ceremony of Graduation was regarded as very holy by the followers of Lolth, and it took place in the hall of Arach-Tinilith. The soon to be graduated would don a ceremonial robe and would sit in circles against the wall of the hall, while circles of priestesses sat and chanted around a large brazier. The matron mistress of the clerical school awarded the highest honor to the best female student that was going to graduate in the same year. After the matron mistress coaxed a narcotic red smoke from the flames, the student would strip naked and summon a glabrezu from the flames. Other priestesses would start selecting males from the outer benches to engage in sexual activities, which would be enhanced by the narcotic smoke. It is implied that the glabrezu also engaged in sexual intercourse with the student that summoned it. It may be that this is how draegloths were actually begotten.
Older students from Melee-Magthere trained priestesses at Arach-Tinilith in the art of swordcraft.
Languages such as Common were taught here.
==Organization==
In 1372 DR, Malaggar Faen Tlabbar served as the First Sword of Melee-Magthere.
==Inhabitants==
Masters of Melee-Magthere all had rings with dragons on them to mark them as masters. These rings made the bearer's skin as tough as a dragon's. Non-nobles were permitted to become lesser masters and were also given emblems of Melee-Magthere to act as a house emblem, allowing them to levitate.
===Masters===
* Zaknafein Do'Urden
* Ryld Argith (?-1372 DR).
===Students===
* Drizzt Do'Urden
* Berg'inyon Baenre
* Dargathan Srune'Lett, Liriel Baenre's combat tutor in 1361 DR.
* Houndaer Tuin'Tarl, trained (and killed) by Ryld.
* Tathlyn Godeep, trained by Ryld. 
* Urlryn, trained by Ryld.
==Appendix==
===See Also===
* Tier Breche
* Sorcere
* Arach-Tinilith
===Appearances===
===References===
de:Melee-Magthere
Category:Schools
Category:Martial arts schools
Category:Locations
Category:Locations in Menzoberranzan
Category:Locations in the Upperdark
Category:Locations in the Northdark
Category:Locations in the Underdark
Category:Locations in Faerûn
Category:Locations on Toril
Category:Organizations in Tier Breche
Category:Organizations in Menzoberranzan
Category:Organizations
Category:Organizations in the Underdark
Category:Organizations in the Upperdark
Category:Organizations in the Northdark