Prostitution in Thedas is legal and prostitutes and patrons come from numerous races and strata of society. So long as sexual indulgence is not done indiscreetly or taken to unseemly excess it is tolerated. According to Sanga, proprietor of The Pearl, brothels are crafthalls afforded protection by a guild. Guild rules appear to require that brothels have guards to protect the prostitutes and to make certain patrons pay the fees. Both women and men may act as prostitutes and patrons. It is notable, however, that in all depictions of brothels Qunari appear neither as prostitutes nor patrons.