Thror's Key reads:
Response: After a location is added to the staging area, attach Thror's Key to that location. While attached to a location, Thror's Key gains: "Treat attached location's printed text box as blank, except for traits."
How about effects like this one, on Lone-Lands:
Forced: After placing 1 or more progress tokens on Lone-Lands, each player removes 1 resource token from one of his hero's resource pools, if able.
Response: After Lone-Lands leaves play as an explored location, Bilbo Baggins gains 1 resource.
The Forced text is clearly inactive while Thror's Key is attached. The Response, however, is triggered after Lone-Lands leaves play -- if it has left play, that means the Key is no longer attached, right?