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The situation only becomes worse when Hamcrusher, a ''grag'' (a sort of dwarven preacher and lorekeeper, a "deep-down" dwarf fundamentalist) who vehemently speaks out against trolls, is found murdered beside a troll club. Vimes visits the scene, butting heads with Hamcrusher's right-hand man Ardent and a nervous servant named Helmclever, and finding an expansive tunnel system filled with doorways stretching underneath the streets of Ankh-Morpork. While there, he catches his hand on one of the sealed doorways, and it begins to itch...

 

* [[Adult Fear]]: Vimes' nightmares about his son, which involve empty cots and darkness.

* [[All Trolls Are Different]]: Trolls in [[Discworld]] are made out of metamorphorical rock (a pune, or play on words, upon the terms metaphor and metamorphic). Once in a while a special {{spoiler|diamond}} troll will turn up; these trolls tend to be the {{spoiler|kings and leaders}} of the troll race. {{spoiler|This is because diamond trolls are capable of regulating their internal body temperature; troll brains, being silicon-based, work better and faster the colder they get, so diamond trolls are naturally the smartest trolls around, as well as being (literally) the hardest.}}

* [[Beyond the Impossible]]: A temperance [[Blatant Lies|definitely-not-a-vampire]] has learned how to roll his w's.

* [[Brainless Beauty]]: Tawneee Mobil. Thicker than a yard of lard, but it doesn't really matter.

** Additionally, during Vimes' '''[[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|THAT IS NOT MY COW]]''' battlecry he goes [[Maskerade|up by one exclamation-mark]] each word.

* [[Calling Card]]: Supernatural variant, as scattered objects near the Dark-inhabited Vimes keep arranging themselves into the Summoning Dark symbol.

* [[Cerebus Retcon]]: Vimes' previous joke that he used to be "blackboard monitor" in ''[[The Fifth Elephant]]'' suddenly isn't so funny any more when he ends up dealing with some ''very'' fundamental dwarves, who attach the same stigma to someone wiping out words as, say, a human would to someone who [[Eats Babies]].

** Also, the revelation of what actually happened at Koom Valley. What was once a humorous [[Noodle Incident]] (both sides somehow ambushed each other) is now {{spoiler|a tragic mistake and conspiracy that led to centuries of needless deaths.}}

** Also, paralleling the way computer technology has gone from a gimmick to mainstream use in police work, he finally learns how to use one of his Dis-organizers and puts it to good use. Granted, he finds a person to do the same work for him, but he seems quite fond of Gooseberry.

** More likely, Gooseberry will read whatever Pessimal deems important and give a summarized account to Vimes.

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