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You're not a slave, yet you are not entirely important. You as a male are to 
be subservient to female priestesses of Lloth. Your lot in life is to help 
your house gain power, yet you are also more important than the simple male 
fighter due to having studied wizardly arts at Sorcere. A useful drow mage 
is an alive drow mage after all. Even though you are a step above the normal 
male however, you are to treat all female priestesses of Lloth the same as 
every other male, with fear and respect.

Famous people you should know:

Triel Baerne - Matron Mother of House Baenre and Sister to the Archmage 
Gromph, Matron Triel is the undeclared ruler of Menzoberranzan.

Mez'barris Armgo - This hulking matron mother rules the second house that 
prides itself on having the best warriors in Menzoberranzan, male fighters 
recieve better treatment than most in this house.

Ghenni'tiroth Tlabbar - Matron Mother of the third house, slender and calm 
she seems to one of the nicest Matron Mothers and hardly ever throws violent 
screeching tantrums.

Zeerith Xorlarrin - Matron mother of the fourth house, house Xorlarrin 
prides itself on having the best  wizards in Menzoberranzan. Male wizards 
get better treatment in this house.

Gromph Baenre - Archmage of Menzoberranzan, even some Matron Mothers fear 
just what Gromph can get away with. Gromph is the Elderboy of House Baenre 
even though he is not the son, but the brother of Triel Baenre.

Jarlaxle - Flamboyant and mysterious, this male drow leads a society of 
mercenaries in Menzoberranzan (Bregan De'Arthe) that work for the highest 
paymaster (Usually Baenre). If a male is dissatisfied with his lot in life 
and wants some way of escape he can turn towards Bregan De'Arthe.

Establishing what you do as a male wizard.

The main goal of most wizards in Menzoberranzan is to get the esteemed 
position of Archmage. Gromph Baenre has held the position for over 700 years 
however and now that he has more clout within the house than ever it is just 
a hopeless dream for many.

Drow wizards are just like human wizards but for a few different aspects. 
Foremost they live longer, this allows a drow wizard to acquire much more 
power than many others over his (and in rare cases, her) lifetime. The bad 
part however is that drow wizards have a higher mortality rate than most 
human wizards due to reckless behavior in order to garner power and 
treachery from their fellow wizards that wish to steal that power.

The startings of any wizard are with Sorcere. Sorcere is the compound in the 
elevated area of Tier Breche where Wizards train. The spired structure 
contains the Masters of Sorcere, a cadre of instructors who regularly murder 
one another, and of course Gromph Baenre who heads it. Sorcere itself is 
devoid of females and one of the havens where a male can escape from the 
matriarchy for a brief period of time.

Commoner Wizards are rare but not unheard of, but the majority of drow male 
wizards in Menzoberranzan are nobility. This means that most drow after 
graduation from sorcere work directly for the Matron Mother of the house 
they belong to. Other drow leave to travel the underdark and escape to other 
drow cities or join established merchant clans in order to break away from 
the matriarchy yet still remain in control by the Matrons.