Ratcatchers' Guild - Revision history

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	A guild of serious men with grubby coats, hats with candle stubs on, and sacks in which things are struggling. Highest honor to guild members: the Golden Mallet. The Guild charges a high rate for pest termination, and Guild enforcers try to make sure that only Guild members are allowed to work on ratcatching. [[Wee Mad Arthur]], a [[gnomes\|gnome]] and an independent ratcatcher, often has to fight with the enforcers (see ''[[Book:Feet of Clay\|Feet of Clay]]'').		A guild of serious men with grubby coats, hats with candle stubs on, and sacks in which things are struggling. Highest honor to guild members: the Golden Mallet. The Guild charges a high rate for pest termination, and Guild enforcers try to make sure that only Guild members are allowed to work on ratcatching. [[Wee Mad Arthur]], a [[gnomes\|gnome]] and an independent ratcatcher, often has to fight with the enforcers (see ''[[Book:Feet of Clay\|Feet of Clay]]'').

	~~Notable member~~(s): [[~~Mr Pounder~~]] (~~died~~ in ~~{{M!!!}})~~.		The Inner Circle of the Guild passes on secret lore, such as the possibility that rats have their own parliament. (Rats do indded have a parliament, albeit one locally shared with humans. This is established at the climax of {{TAM}} where Rats and Humans agree to democratic co-rule in the aptly named ''Rathaus''). It is also whispered that there is such an entity as the [[Death of Rats]] who may manifest Himself to His earthly helpers (ie, very good rat-catchers) in thanks for their labours on His behalf. The requirement for getting into the Inner Circle of the Guild is to make a [[Rat King]], which is to say, take several live [[Rats\|rats]] and tie their tails into a knot. This latter proposition is almost entirely correct and almost entirely misleading, for as Mr Pounder discovers, the Death of Rats does indeed manifest to ratcatchers in certain precisely defined circumstances: ie, to collect their souls when they are dead, and to usher them through the revolving door that says REINCARNATE AS RAT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

	~~Requirement for getting into the Inner Circle of~~ the ~~Guild: make a~~ [[~~Rat King~~]]~~, which is to say, take several live~~ [[~~Rats~~\|~~rats~~]] ~~and tie their tails into~~ a ~~knot~~.		The nearest thing to a Guild House would appear to be the [[Long Bones]] [[Pubs\|pub]] on [[Marrowbone High Street]], close to Ewer Place. Quite possibly members might feel the urge to attempt a Rat King after eight pints of bravado.

	~~The Inner Circle of the Guild passes on secret lore, such as the possibility that rats have their own parliament, and that there is such an entity as the~~ [[~~Death of Rats~~]] ~~who may manifest Himself to His earthly helpers~~ (~~ie, very good rat-catchers)~~ in ~~thanks for their labours on His behalf.~~		'''Notable member(s)''':
			* [[Mr Pounder]] (died in {{M!!!}}).
	This latter proposition is almost entirely correct and almost entirely misleading, for as Mr Pounder discovers, the Death of Rats does indeed manifest to ratcatchers in certain precisely defined circumstances: ie, to collect their souls when they are dead, and to usher them through the revolving door that says REINCARNATE AS RAT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

	~~As for rats having a parliament, this has been proven correct too, at the climax of~~ {{~~TAM~~}} ~~where Rats and Humans agree to democratic co-rule in the aptly named Rathaus.~~

	~~The nearest thing to a Guild House would appear to be the [[Long Bones]] [[Pubs\|pub]] on [[Marrowbone High Street]], close to Ewer Place.~~

	~~Quite possibly members might feel the urge to attempt a Rat King out of eight pints of bravado~~.

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	~~Guild~~ of serious men with grubby coats, hats with candle stubs on, and sacks in which things are struggling. Highest honor to guild members: the Golden Mallet. The Guild charges a high rate for pest termination, and Guild enforcers try to make sure that only Guild members are allowed to work on ratcatching. [[Wee Mad Arthur]], a [[gnomes\|gnome]] and an independent ratcatcher, often has to fight with the enforcers (see ''[[Book:Feet of Clay\|Feet of Clay]]'').		A guild of serious men with grubby coats, hats with candle stubs on, and sacks in which things are struggling. Highest honor to guild members: the Golden Mallet. The Guild charges a high rate for pest termination, and Guild enforcers try to make sure that only Guild members are allowed to work on ratcatching. [[Wee Mad Arthur]], a [[gnomes\|gnome]] and an independent ratcatcher, often has to fight with the enforcers (see ''[[Book:Feet of Clay\|Feet of Clay]]'').

	Notable member(s): [[Mr Pounder]] (died in ~~''[[Book:Maskerade\|Maskerade]]''~~).		Notable member(s): [[Mr Pounder]] (died in {{M!!!}}).

	Requirement for getting into the Inner Circle of the Guild: make a [[Rat King]], which is to say, take several live [[Rats\|rats]] and tie their tails into a knot.		Requirement for getting into the Inner Circle of the Guild: make a [[Rat King]], which is to say, take several live [[Rats\|rats]] and tie their tails into a knot.

	The Inner Circle of the Guild passes on secret lore, such as the possibility that rats have their own parliament, and that there is such an entity as the [[Death of Rats]] who may manifest Himself to His earthly helpers (ie, very good rat-catchers)in thanks for their labours on His behalf.		The Inner Circle of the Guild passes on secret lore, such as the possibility that rats have their own parliament, and that there is such an entity as the [[Death of Rats]] who may manifest Himself to His earthly helpers (ie, very good rat-catchers) in thanks for their labours on His behalf.

	This latter proposition is almost entirely correct and almost entirely misleading, for as Mr Pounder discovers, the Death of Rats does indeed manifest to ratcatchers in certain precisely defined circumstances - ie, to collect their souls when they are dead, and to usher them through the revolving door that says REINCARNATE AS RAT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.		This latter proposition is almost entirely correct and almost entirely misleading, for as Mr Pounder discovers, the Death of Rats does indeed manifest to ratcatchers in certain precisely defined circumstances: ie, to collect their souls when they are dead, and to usher them through the revolving door that says REINCARNATE AS RAT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

	As for rats having a parliament - this has been proven correct too, at the climax of {{TAM}}, where Rats and Humans agree to democratic co-rule in the aptly named Rathaus.		As for rats having a parliament, this has been proven correct too, at the climax of {{TAM}} where Rats and Humans agree to democratic co-rule in the aptly named Rathaus.

	The nearest thing to a Guild House would appear to be the [[Long Bones]] [[Pubs\|pub]] on [[Marrowbone High Street]], close to Ewer Place.		The nearest thing to a Guild House would appear to be the [[Long Bones]] [[Pubs\|pub]] on [[Marrowbone High Street]], close to Ewer Place.

	~~quite~~ possibly members might feel the urge to attempt a Rat King out of eight pints of bravado.		Quite possibly members might feel the urge to attempt a Rat King out of eight pints of bravado.


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	As for rats having a parliament - this has been proven correct too, at the climax of {{TAM}}, where Rats and Humans agree to democratic co-rule in the aptly named Rathaus.		As for rats having a parliament - this has been proven correct too, at the climax of {{TAM}}, where Rats and Humans agree to democratic co-rule in the aptly named Rathaus.

			The nearest thing to a Guild House would appear to be the [[Long Bones]] [[Pubs\|pub]] on [[Marrowbone High Street]], close to Ewer Place.

			quite possibly members might feel the urge to attempt a Rat King out of eight pints of bravado.

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Guild of serious men with grubby coats, hats with candle stubs on, and sacks in which things are struggling. Highest honor to guild members: the Golden Mallet. The Guild charges a high rate for pest termination, and Guild enforcers try to make sure that only Guild members are allowed to work on ratcatching. [[Wee Mad Arthur]], a [[gnomes|gnome]] and an independent ratcatcher, often has to fight with the enforcers (see ''[[Book:Feet of Clay|Feet of Clay]]'').

Notable member(s): [[Mr Pounder]] (died in ''[[Book:Maskerade|Maskerade]]'').

Requirement for getting into the Inner Circle of the Guild: make a [[Rat King]], which is to say, take several live [[Rats|rats]] and tie their tails into a knot.

The Inner Circle of the Guild passes on secret lore, such as the possibility that rats have their own parliament, and that there is such an entity as the [[Death of Rats]] who may manifest Himself to His earthly helpers (ie, very good rat-catchers)in thanks for their labours on His behalf.

This latter proposition is almost entirely correct and almost entirely misleading, for as Mr Pounder discovers, the Death of Rats does indeed manifest to ratcatchers in certain precisely defined circumstances - ie, to collect their souls when they are dead, and to usher them through the revolving door that says REINCARNATE AS RAT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

As for rats having a parliament - this has been proven correct too, at the climax of {{TAM}}, where Rats and Humans agree to democratic co-rule in the aptly named Rathaus.

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