Vendes Baenre, a vicious drow priestess popular in Gracklstugh for her "sculpted" ebony statues transmuted from living beings, is killed by Drizzt Do'Urden when he is rescued from House Baenre's estate.
Menzoberranzan
The history of the grand city of Menzoberranzan.
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1357 DR
Vendes Baenre dies.
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1357 DR
16
Mithral Hall defends against House Baenre.
Military action• Lady Alustriel forges an alliance with Bruenor Battlehammer of Mithral Hall and helps defend the dwarf halls against the drow of House Baenre, leading an army drow, goblins, and kobolds of Menzoberranzan in an attack against Mithril Hall. The dwarves are joined by local barbarian tribes, svirfneblin, the forces of Nesmé and Silverymoon, and the Harpells of Longsaddle. Together, they defeat the drow and force them back underground.
• In the Battle of Keeper's Dale, many good folk are killed when the drow horde attacks Mithral Hall, including Knight in Silver Besnell, the svirfneblin Firble, and the Harpell wizard Regweld Harpell. -
1357 DR
18
Artemis Entreri attempts to assassinate Drizzt Do'Urden.
Criminal ActivityIn the guise of the halfling Regis, the assassin Artemis Entreri comes to Mithral Hall. He battles Drizzt Do'Urden, but is defeated and left for dead. However, he is later rescued by Jarlaxle and the Bregan D'aerthe, who take him to Menzoberranzan. Later this year, while Drizzt and Catti-brie escape the city, he joins them.
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1358 DR
15 /8 17:00
The Time of Troubles begins when Lord AO casts out the gods.
Celestial / CosmicThe Time of Troubles is precipated when the gods Bane and Myrkul try to steal the Tablets of Fate from the overdeity, AO. Fed up with the gods for their habitual pursuit of power and negligence toward their mortal faithful, Lord AO relegates every god (except for the guardian god Helm, selected to protect the gates to the heavens) to walk among their followers on Toril.
Additional timelines
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1358 DR
15 /9
House Oblodra attempts a coup in Menzoberranzan.
Political eventHouse Oblodra (with its psionic powers unaffected by the Time of Troubles) plots to seize power over the drow city of Menzoberranzan. However, as the Troubles end, they are defeated and destroyed by House Baenre.
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1361 DR
Lolth declares truce in Menzoberranzan.
Cultural eventLolth sends a yochlol to Menzoberranzan during a sacrifice of a drow male. The handmaiden decrees the new laws of the Spider Queen. There should be peace among all houses, no drow must be sacrificed, even males and children should be treated well. All this is to strengthen the city after the turmoil and losses of the recent past. Until Lolth declares the end of this peace, every house that breaks these rules will be punished by her. The yochlol also named the new twenty strongest houses of the city.