Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-3125844-20150807211614/@comment-26655494-20150811145753

The omen thing keeps coming back to me. What if the Reinigen isn't the viillian... but rather the victim? Possibly a Reinigen hunter, or less specifically a bigger wesen? The omen could be for Nick even, perhaps someone other than the Royals who want the key. (They did say they were going to explain it more.)

So I looked up rat predators and here's what I found.

"Domestic cats prove a menace to rats. More commonly mouse predators, domesticated felines are likely to pursue and attack rodents when they are discovered within the home.

Outdoors, rats face a variety of predators. In these environments, large birds of prey — including hawks, falcons and owls — feed regularly on rodents. Owls are particularly formidable predators, as their nocturnal behavior ensures that they are most active when rats go out in search of food. Various snake species also prey upon rats."

- This article

Cats. Klaustreichs, who seem to have a grudge on Nick. Even despite them being jerks.

Hawks, falcons, owls. (Steinadlers, Geiers, and Scharfblickes...Accipitrid and Strigiform wesen)

Snakes? Serpent wesen. (Lausenschlange, Varme Tyv, and Königschlange.)

Primary species like Blutbad could be involved but I found it more likely that rat predators would be the villians (Given the bad omen).