Locals say the thrikeen founders struck a pact with an old desert spirit: in exchange for guiding caravans safely for seven seasons, the town would guard a small relic called the Moon-Shell (a pearlescent horn). The Moon-Shell hasn't been seen in public for years; some claim it's hidden beneath the tavern's eastern stone. Old maps sometimes mark the area with thrikeen glyphs that glow faintly at moonrise — and the same glyphs are carved into the tavern's oldest beam.