the adventurers are each assigned the name of the individual target of the high command that they are to assassinate: napoleon boot, the suspicious and cynical borrible; chalotte, the tough and brave girl borrible; vulgarian (vulge), frail-looking, but "tough as nails"; bingo, always cheerful; sydney, another female and an animal-lover; stonks, strong and kind-hearted; torreycanyon, light-hearted with a knack for mechanics; orococco, the jovial, black borrible. napoleon, chalotte, sydney, vulge, bingo, stonks, torreycanyon, and orococco set out to squash the rumble threat – but other borribles have secret agendas and personal vendettas of their own which create an even greater threat than the rumbles ever were. the supposedly straightforward adventure dominoes into a desperate fight for the very existence of borrible life.