Duke Modeset wasn't a particularly popular ruler before the rats arrived in Dullitch, now he's positively loathed. To make matters worse, the nice young man he'd hired to rid the city of its plague has run off with its children and Modeset's had to resort to mercenaries to track him down. These include Groan Teethgrit (a man mountain with more fingers than brain cells), Gordo Goldaxe (a dwarf who takes offence at people looking down on him) and Jimmy Quickstint (the only thief in history to go into a house with more than he came out with). It's not looking good...