They had rules in the maze.
The first rule was they didn't get visitors in the maze.
To be more specific, it was strictly prohibited that anyone from the outside be allowed into the maze, and if they ever did, they were to be killed on the spot. No one questioned the rule. After all, things were terrible on the outside- war, bloodshed, death, and worse- and even though it wasn't perfect inside the maze, which thrived on gambling and prostitution, they didn't kill anyone- well, without a good excuse of course. It was much better to live in the maze, then the terrible outside world.
The second rule was: they didn't openly talk to one another outside of school and the market place.
It was better this way. You kept with your gang. Rarely, if ever, did you abandon your gang, and if you ever did, you were considered an outsider in the society.
You stuck together no matter what.
The third rule of the maze was pick your fights carefully.
More than once had idiotic Kings of the clans picked fights with one another over petty things and had caused some of their people to die.
The fourth rule of the maze.
Don't die.
That one was pretty self-explanatory.
The final rule of the maze, the most important one, was:
Don't talk about the maze.
For the Shakespeare inspiration, using Shakespeare!AU for Richard lll (oh how I loved that tale) and any other things I enter it in.
I don't own Harry Potter.