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Romaal
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Germany
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Posted - 20 Jan 2007 :  21:37:31  Show Profile Send Romaal a Private Message  Reply with Quote  Delete Topic
Can someone tell me the recent order of the house-ranks? At least I would want to know the place of house Vandree.

The Sage
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Posted - 20 Jan 2007 :  23:29:39  Show Profile Send The Sage a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I don't think there's actually been a listing published that covers the recent order of Drow Houses in Menzoberranzan.

You may want to look over Zanan's collection of Drow-related material, in case there's anything there you can use. See here:- http://games.dnd-gate.de/viewtopic.php?t=257

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Lady Kazandra
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Posted - 21 Jan 2007 :  00:44:18  Show Profile  Visit Lady Kazandra's Homepage Send Lady Kazandra a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I don't think there's anything like that on Zanan's site. The NPC list may help.

Romaal, you might actually have more luck asking this over on the WOTC message boards. There are plenty of drow-fans over there.

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Ergdusch
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Posted - 21 Jan 2007 :  12:07:22  Show Profile Send Ergdusch a Private Message  Reply with Quote
I know that the WotSQ-series shook things up a little bit, but the exact order? Sorry, can't help you here.

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Tyr
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Posted - 21 Jan 2007 :  20:49:59  Show Profile  Visit Tyr's Homepage Send Tyr a Private Message  Reply with Quote
http://199.222.161.231/menzoberranzan/vandree.html lists it as Sixteenth house, but i'm not sure how up to date it is.
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Zanan
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Posted - 21 Jan 2007 :  22:09:54  Show Profile  Visit Zanan's Homepage Send Zanan a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Well, I try to keep my list pretty up to date with events ... and given House Dyrr's recent change in status, Vandree has moved up to 15th.

http://www.dnd-gate.de/gate3/page/index.php?id=420

While we are at it, Romaal ... what about Tarinyon?

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The Arcanamach
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Posted - 25 Nov 2014 :  11:01:23  Show Profile Send The Arcanamach a Private Message  Reply with Quote
*Casts Resurrect Scroll*

Anyone know where I can find a fairly accurate list of house ranks prior to the events in the Dark Elf trilogy?

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Brian R. James
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Posted - 25 Nov 2014 :  16:19:49  Show Profile  Visit Brian R. James's Homepage Send Brian R. James a Private Message  Reply with Quote
@Arcanamach: On page 31 of Menzoberranzan: City of Intrigue you find a table with house ranks covering 5 different time periods, the first being from the year of Drizzt's birth.

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Eilserus
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Posted - 25 Nov 2014 :  16:38:20  Show Profile Send Eilserus a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Per the latest Menzoberranzan book, page 31:

The Sable Years, dated 1297 DR (Birth of Drizt)

1. Baenre
2. Barrison Del'Armgo
3. Oblodra
4. Devir
5. Hrost Ulu'ar
6. Hun'ett
7. Faen Tlabbar
8. Xorlarrin
9. Agrach Dyrr
10. Do'Urden
11. Fey-Branche
12. Freth
13. Mizzrym
14. Tuin'Tarl
15. Duskryn
16. Kenafin
17. Teken'duis
18. Symryvvin
19. Srune'Lett
20. Horlbar

The only issue I take with this list is the ranks of Teken'duis and Freth. They were supposedly "minor" houses when depicted in Homeland. Now to me, that would put them in the 20-30 rank, possible even lower.
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BEAST
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Posted - 25 Nov 2014 :  18:58:26  Show Profile  Visit BEAST's Homepage Send BEAST a Private Message  Reply with Quote
"Minor houses" according to Briza Do'Urden, of House Do'Urden. That means those houses could have had any ranking less than 9th (in 1318 DR), as far as she was concerned.

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The Arcanamach
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Posted - 26 Nov 2014 :  13:19:38  Show Profile Send The Arcanamach a Private Message  Reply with Quote
Thanks for the responses. I found a list that worked relatively well for me with a few minor tweaks. It's located at the FR Wiki here: http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_drow_houses

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