The rat den is a disgusting, musty room deep inside the tower sewers. This is the area that the rats pull the bones of the treasure seekers, so they are able to get full access to all of the decomposing meat on the bones. Around the room are empty crates, that are broken and falling to pieces. Scattered glass litters the floor, broken ale bottles where some of the poor have tried to stay in the den, before the rat's had over taken it. There are torches on the wall, but dim now, as no soul wants to see the what the light would show. There are rat's nests in the corner, bits of straw, cloth and other odds and ends the rats have dug up.
rat den, Inside Tower
band member
rat
I am a large gray rat that scurries around in the castle walls. I like visiting the kitchen to snack on the bread crumbs. I carry diseases, so don’t touch me.
You are in the rat den! A very smelly, disgusting place to be...but alas, it is my home.  Why do you live here? It's dreadful! Because I am but a lowly rat. I am not welcomed anywhere else... That is awful. I think I will write a song about your life to play in all the villages. Tell me more.  That would be lovely! Well...we rats mean nobody any harm. We just seek to live, eat, and survive. Just as you humans do.  I'm going to sit down awhile and take notes. Please tell me more. You really have no bad intent? Well, I do tend to carry diseases...so you cannot touch me. But otherwise, I am harmless! I will avoid petting you then. Here, have a piece of the cheese from my lunch. Do you only stay in this rat den? Thank you so much, kind sir! This is where I live, but it is oft short on food...this requires me to scout other places in the castle, such as the kitchen for crumbs and other leftover foods. Oh my! That must not go over very well with the king.  It does not, indeed...it is a very short and dangerous life for we rats here in the castle. Do you sing, rat? You could accompany me on my trip from village to village. 