Rats
The rats of Sapience can be found in five of the six city-states - Ashtan, Shallam, Mhaldor, Hashan and Cyrene. The forestal village of Eleusis is lucky enough to be free of the vermin, but is instead inhabited by many types of butterfly.
Rats have limited, yet very important purposes. They can come as a reliable source of income for anyone out to make some easy gold, or as food for falcons of Knights. The process of hunting and slaying rats is known as ratting.
Types
There are five types of commonly seen and sought-after rats. Each of these are accepted by the various rat collectors around the cities, in return for a gold reward.
- Baby rat - 7 gp
- An infant rat, barely growing hair yet. Almost pet worthy.
- Young rat - 14 gp
- Not an infant, not an adult. A teenager in human years, if you will.
- Rat - 21gp
- An adult grey rat. Enjoys scamping through the sewers and garbage. Dislikes: newbies.
- Old rat - 28gp
- The battle-scarred old man of the rat world.
- Black rat - 35gp
- Black furred and red-eyed. The thug of all rats.
Locations
Rats can be found in the streets, shops, stockrooms, subdivisions and sewers of every city-state, barring Eleusis.
Rat Collectors
Each city-state with rats also has one rat collector to take care of the vermin. Simply approach one of these collectors, and they will take your offerings without any qualms, paying you in return.
- The Ratman - Dockhand Square, Ashtan
- An unsavoury character, but probably the most popular rat collector there is.
- Liirup - Junction of Moon street and Old road, Hashan
- A bearded dwarf woman with an appetite for vermin.
- Hakhim - Entrance to the Medina, Shallam
- A crazy man being plotted against by the vermin underworld.
- Jorj - Entrance hall of the courthouse, Cyrene
- The city caretaker with a hunched-back, who instead of doing his job, asks you to do it for him.
- Maric - Pestilent way, Mhaldor.
- A filthy man with oozing scabs and lice.