The Rat King of Zilverbrug

Above ground the trade city of Zilverbrug flourishes: rich guilds, prosperous nobility, bustling markets. But beneath the streets a second city teems in the sewers, and it is getting ready to take over the first.

There reigns the Rattenkoning: a horror of a dozen fat rats whose tails are knotted together forever and who share one cunning, single mind. Around him gathers a growing nest of wererats, and they have disguised themselves among the citizens above, infiltrating the guilds, the watch, and the noble houses. At his signal, the whole city tips over.

You follow the trail of disappearances and bite wounds downward: unmask an infected councilor, tell the infiltrators apart from their victims, and find a way through the maze of sewers to the throne room of filth. Wererats and informers lurk everywhere.

The twist: the coup is already underway, and if you strike too soon, the wererats above make their move at once. You must reach the Rattenkoning and behead him before the signal is given; kill him, and the swarm falls apart without a mind to guide it. In the climax you fight the knot-king, spinning the downfall of the whole city, and his interwoven horde in the dripping vaults, with the clock ticking above your heads.