I know that you've been thinking about it. And if not, you should have.
Members of the Revealing Light hate secrets. I mean they LOATHE them. If there is little to no information on a certain subject, most Shiners would jump at the chance to do everything in their power to shed some light on it and share their findings with the multiverse. Their devotion to the pursuit of truth at times can go way beyond fanatical. So, I always wondered. How would they go about shedding light on one of the greatest secrets of all?
Sigil's very own Lady of Pain.
Thoughts? Ideas? Unfortunate stories to tell?
For some time I've had a method for gathering information about the Lady without any possibility of detection (provided that She is subject to the rules).
1) Acquire a Helm of Mindblank, with a minor curse that keeps it from being removed. Only once this is firmly on your character's head may he begin to pursue his goal.
2) Acquire three other magical items: a ring of +30 to Gather Information, glasses of true seeing, and an amulet of alter self.
3) When contacting those with information/theories/screed about the Lady, never let on that it's your actual objective to learn about it (this requires a Gather Information check at -20 as stipulated by the ELH). In addition, alter self when there are no dabus around (checking first with the magic specs) to keep it from being clear that it's all the same person.
Result: You are invisible to all divinations and mind-reading, so you are shielded from discovery in that regard. You never appear as the same questioner twice, so you are shielded from discover in that regard. While none of this gurantees that the information you recieve is ACCURATE, it at least means that you CAN gather the information without winning an endless vacation on your own personal demiplane.