His sword flashed, impaling a giant rat creature.
It is revealed that Briar is Balsaad's new master and the one who led the rat creatures to the valley.
Four of the rat creatures worked desperately to keep them off the rocks.
Following it, he meets two rat creatures who attempt to eat him.
The kids get away from him while playing, and he chases after them to find they have been caught by the two rat creatures from earlier.
Fone saves the kids and tells them to run away while he leads that rat creatures off of their trail.
The sinister rat creatures are always on their tails but the enigmatic Red Dragon keeps them at bay.
In Rock Jaw, the two rat creatures talk about Ghost Circles as well, which did not happen in the original issues and black-and-white paperbacks.
In a running gag throughout the series, the brown rat creature often suggests cooking Fone Bone in a quiche.
The story culminates in this final scene where, outside the chalets, Larsen begins seeing more than one double of himself and eventually some sort of rat creature.