Menzoberranzan appears prominently in the Companions Codex series by R.A. Salvatore, particularly in the first novel in the series "Night of the Hunter" (2014). The Drow of Menzoberranzan and Q'Xorlarrin, a settlement in Gauntylgyrm founded by the Menzoberranzan Drow from House Xorlarrin, are plotting war against the surface world because Menzoberranzan is on the brink of civil war and the Drow goddess Lolth is angry at the city. This leads to a conflict called the War of the Silver Marches which continues throughout the rest of the series, "Rise of the King" (2014) and "Vengeance of the Iron Dwarf" (2015).