"Archmage" highlights the politics of Menzoberranzan with a focus on the Archmage Gromph Baenre. The events of the book setup the "Dungeons & Dragons" "Rage of Demons" storyline and the adventure "Out of the Abyss" (2015) as at the end of the novel, Archmage Gromph Baenre accidentally summons Demogorgon, the Prince of Demons, to Menzoberranzan. The second book, "Maestro", deals with the fallout of the "Rage of Demons" storyline in Menzoberranzan with a particular focus on Drizzt Do'Urden returning to the city and the story concludes in "Hero" (2016).