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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...
Not to be confused with [[Thud and Blunder]].
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* [[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.}}
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* [[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.
* [[Brick Joke]]: Koom Valley was mentioned back in ''[[Men at Arms]]'' as the only battle in history where both armies ambushed each other. {{spoiler|It turns out that was a misunderstanding.}}
** 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.}}
* [[Character Development]]: Vimes is forced to compromise on two of his most strongly held principles, which go back to ''[[Men
** 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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