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Answer 31
There are numerous places in Newbridge where a delver may practice their craft. Beneath the streets there is the labyrinthine maze of the old sewer system. This is dotted here and there with old cellars, basements and larger spaces. All kinds of folk interested in secrecy operate out of the old sewers, cultists, the ratcatcher's guild, fugitives, Demonologists and those who for whatever reason want to hide from the people above.
The structure of the earth changes as one goes further down. It is in the denser limestone rich layers beneath the old sewers that the races who favour the underground lifestyle or prefer to avoid the sunlight choose to make their homes. The influx of these races led to the construction of the new sewer system further below.
The new sewer system runs deep beneath the city and here and there makes use of the limestone tunnels that the first miners discovered when they got this deep. A complex pumping tower exists at one end of the new sewers to hygienicly dispose of the sewer's contents into the river.
These caves have recently caused some contention as elven scholars have found reference to several historic instances where these deep caves were used by the elves of the first age. One such use was a resting place for the Elf Lord's and ladies who waited, sleeping, for a great challenge yet to come. Of course the soldiers, clay kickers and miners of the Huss Magpie Legion have created numerous tunnels around and through all the previously mentioned levels and somewhere they have a Dwarven road running to the distant halls of the Piebald Jarl.

There are many locations for delvers to explore that are above ground to. Included in these places are the elsewards mansions. During a conflict between the wizard's guild and a cult that had completely taken over the church of the Nightfather massive magics and divine forces clashed throughout the city. Now some twenty years later the collateral damage is still evident. Throughout what was one of the wealthiest districts of Newbridge random blasts of wyld magic and divine energy moved many of the mansions and palaces somewhere else. Still visible the mansions and palaces are difficult to access as they are not quite there. Strange noises are heard from time to time from who knows what kind of strange creatures.

The mage's guild operates the most important water supply in the city. With the crowded subterranean environment wells are almost pointless and the river is far from a healthy source of drinking water, the wizard's guild stepped in to fill the void and created a portal to a distant glacier fed river. Recently word has been leaking out of the guild that something is amiss with the portal.

Question 32)
How do the ratcatcher's guild operate? Who is in charge?