Midnight Maze

The Midnight Maze is the Temple to Achaekek, one of The Unseen gods of Assassins, located on Holy Street in the Temple District of Old Vashton. The above ground temple is a single story, grey-stone building, which looks rather unimpressive and unimportant surrounded by a yard of unkempt lawn. However, there are manacles on the outer wall, and signs which bear the warning: "Danger. Do Not Enter. This temple has the protected right to worship their god within the temple grounds, this extends to right to kill a person inline with their beliefs. If you enter this temple, you may die and House Phiarlan will not hold the killer responsible for your death, under the laws of Old Vashton. It is Illegal to force anyone to enter this temple against their will." This sign has the crest of House Phiarlan on the bottom. A multitude of signs in various languages repeat the warning "Danger. Do Not Enter." spaced along the fence in different positions.

While it is illegal to force someone onto the grounds of the temple, if one enters willingly, they can legally be killed, it is known that people are forced into the Midnight Maze but House Phairlan would need a very good reason to storm the place to stop them/ retrieve the hostage. This at least means that it is less frequent that a person will be forced here so that it doesn't become too problematic for the authorities. The Midnight Maze operates as a place for the worship of Achaekek and also an office you can come to to hire their services but its third purpose is as a torture centre for the target of those willing to pay fro more than just the death of their target. If someone wants an assassination victim to suffer first, the victim might be taken to the Midnight Maze, where they will be given hope all while slowly being killed. All such abductees are given the chance to escape with their life, but no one has ever escaped. Once they have died, their body is strung up by the manacles on the outer wall.