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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}}

** {{spoiler|Turns into a [[Mugging the Monster]] moment...}}

* [[Determinator]]: It's Vimes. Always. {{spoiler|Even if he's fighting [[Unstoppable Rage]] itself.}}

** Although really, it could just as easily apply to extremist versus moderate Christians. Or Jews. Or probably just about any other major religion you'd care to name. It even works for the different varieties of ''atheism'' (gain acceptance vs. wipe out religion).

** Once again, female dwarfs admitting they're female reminds one of homosexuality. Especially when Carrot implies that the deep-downers (very religious, set-in-their-ways dwarfs) are very hostile towards them.