Thuranni’s answer to the Entertainers and Artisans Guild is the Shadow Network, a single organization that encompasses both the house’s public and private services. Unlike House Phiarlan, which operates the Serpentine Table as a separate branch of the house, Thuranni’s Shadow Network is an integrated guild. As such, virtually all Thuranni’s artists are involved to some degree in espionage activities, even if only by being aware that their business helps obscure them.
Agents of the Shadow Network must be loyal to a fault, for they are entrusted with secrets and tasks of critical importance to both the house and its clients. In particular, the Shadow Network accepts assassination work more readily than the Serpentine Table, and this secret is one that network members protect with their lives. Low-level agents of the Shadow Network are typically better informed as to the details of their assignments than their counterparts in the Serpentine Table.