Menzoberranzan

Menzoberranzan
Forgotten Realms location
Art from the development of the animated short Sleep Sound (2021)
First appearanceThe Crystal Shard (1988)
Last appearanceLolth's Warrior (2023)
Created byR. A. Salvatore
GenreDungeons & Dragons
In-universe information
TypeCity-state
Race(s)Drow, goblins, kobolds, duergar
LocationUpper Northdark
Character(s)Drizzt Do'Urden, Jarlaxle, Gromph Baenre, Liriel Baenre, Minthara Baenre
GovernmentRuling Council of Menzoberranzan
ReligionWorship of Lolth

Menzoberranzan, the "City of Spiders", is a fictional city-state in the world of the Forgotten Realms, a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. The city is located in the Upper Northdark, about two miles below the Surbrin Vale, between the Moonwood and the Frost Hills (north of the Evermoors and under the River Surbin). It is famed as the birthplace of Drizzt Do'Urden, the protagonist of several series of best-selling novels by noted fantasy author R. A. Salvatore. Menzoberranzan has been developed into a video game (of the same name) and a tabletop RPG setting.