Locksmith Square is home to the city’s most upscale, discreet, and profitable brothel, Shadows. Only those who know a password can even find out where Shadows is located, and then they need a second password to get inside. On a successful DC 20 Gather Information check, a PC can locate someone who knows the first password and who the brothel’s contact person is (how much this information costs varies from contact to contact). This contact will then ask, “What do shadows seek?” The correct reply: “Illumination.” If the correct answer is given, and the contact thinks the answerer would be a suitable customer, the contact reveals the brothel’s location and the second password, which changes regularly.
It is common knowledge among the wealthy elite that Shadows is backed by House Thuranni. The house maintains no enclave in the city and takes great pains to stay neutral in dealings between the Storm Lords and the other dragonmarked houses. Shadows is a legitimate and prosperous business, and the Thuranni elves seem content in their role as purveyors of pleasure in the city. The disappearance of someone with powerful enemies occasionally ends up being credited to the house, but most residents know better than to discuss this for long.