Disgraced Rattus Faber Chief is a pet that gives +2 Dangerous and -1 Persuasive. His flavour text reads: “He still limps from his last fierce duel. Best not to remind him.”

        So anyway I had the option to duel the chief after reaching Dangerous 39, which means that in theory I could have eliminated the rats without even seeing this storylet. The straightforward option was to simply kill him, while capturing him alive was a chancy option. I figured, hell, why not catch him alive?

        So I did. And I think I may have scared those damn rats off FOREVER.

        In the mean time, Watchmaker’s Hill has been missing out on my Dangerous self. There are plenty of wonderful things unlocked, but I have to wonder… what did I miss? While I was busy cleaning up my house, what wonderful things were going on over there?

        Brb selling 1600x rats-on-a-string. I just need 200x Surface Currency in order to unlock the Wolfstack Docks, because I already got the Glim. I have to find somewhere to farm that, though. And somewhere to get an in with the Bohemians.

        Oh, I also have some opportunities to take care of. There’s a burning house with people to save, and an aunt I need to invite to the ‘Neath…

        edit: oh man I just did the burning house thing and it was AWESOME but I don’t want to spoil anything - I’ll upload the picture to the Echo Bazaar folder on uninotes and you can check it out if you want to not be surprised.

        But the surprise is great. It really is.