Forming a criminal group known as "The New Firm" (pg. 50), Pin and Tulip are hired by a group of concerned citizens to frame the Patrician of Ankh-Morpork, Lord Vetinari, and put a new man in his place. Vetinari is not to be harmed. Pin and Tulip do not see themselves as thugs, thieves, or assassins, but rather as facilitators. They have no rules, which sets them apart from the inefficient guilds.