House of Whispers (Faction)

The House of Whispers is a mysterious group of information brokers housed within the building of the same name in the Diamond District of Surket. The tellers who operate as the face of the business sell information to anyone willing to pay the price. They have info on the latest gossip, scandalous affairs, dirty habits, and deep dark secrets. They often even have information that seems impossible to know, like closely guarded trade secrets, though they rarely sell these without significant compensation.

Aside from selling secrets, they also can be paid to keep them. It is a common practice for the rich and powerful to counter-offer the House of Whispers to keep a secret hidden. The Phoenix family, for instance, has kept the exact nature of Arcade Phoenix's health issues under wraps by paying the House a healthy sum to keep quiet. Still, paying them off is always a wager, since they will always take the highest bidder.

Nobody is exactly sure how they get all their secrets. Many of them are acquired through trades; secrets for secrets. It is unknown if they actually have a spy network, or if people simply sell secrets often enough for them to accrue them as much as they do. Nobody knows how they acquire some of their deeper knowledge either. Some have speculated that they have some sort of serious divination magic, while others have suggested that they employ oracles. The tellers within all have pupils that take up most of their eyes, so there is clearly some level of magic involved, but the exact nature is unknown. What is known is that they are aware of most everything that happens within Surket, and are willing to sell any of it for the right price.