Like Albert, the Death of Rats and his raven can be assumed to be somewhere in the background when the story focuses on Death's house.

The Death of Rats (occasionally using Quoth as transport) is often responsible for dragging Susan from her 'normal' life into the realm of her grandfather, Death, to assist him in saving the world and other such irritating family duties. This can only be understood by certain people, Susan Sto Helit in particular for those occasions when he needs to communicate with others, he employs the help of Quoth, a raven who used to belong to a wizard and has therefore absorbed enough magic to be able to speak. , with the occasional emphasis of an eek-eek Like the Librarian, the Death of Rats can communicate everything in a one-syllable sound: squeak

The Death of Rats was once merely a part of Death himself, but after the events of Reaper Man, Death decided to keep him on as an independent entity - possibly for sentimental reasons. The Death of Rats (AKA 'The Grim Squeaker') appears throughout the series from Reaper Man onwards, whenever a newly deceased rat (and other rodents-he handles a lot of hamsters after Hogswatch) needs guidance to the next world. Guiding deceased rodents towards their final destinyĪ rat skeleton wearing a black robe, wielding a very small scythe Ageless, but in existence since Reaper Man

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