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.