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
thief
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.
squeak sqeak! Certainly there must be some treasure among these rats! Squeak! Curses! take the thing I am just here for treasure. Squeak! Scree! This rat is almost as bad as me with the pilfering of things! YOU HAVE DISRESPECTED THE GOD OF THE RATS, BEGONE FROM THIS REALM MORTAL. WHAT IS IT THAT YOU WANT!? THIS POTATO HAS SATIATED MY HUNGER FOR HUMAN FLESH. YOU MAY TAKE ONE ITEM FROM MY TREASURE HOARD. THE TREASURE HOARD CONTAINS MEAT AND COAL. What a strange rat...you steal my things and then offer me the same... NOT MANY ADVENTURERS COME HERE, THEREFORE THE TREASURE HOARD OF THE RAT GOD IS SMALL. CHOOSE. I suppose I will take coal, it may prove useful for making a fire once I get back to my tent.