The Arwich Grinder

Upstairs
Kari, Tiny, Beladil, Mother Breadwife, Slim

The room is empty and from the first glance everybody should realize that it was occupied by the woman alone. Since there is no crib or any other clue of a baby living here, the group decides to check out the attic.When the trapdoor is opened, a loud, rushed stomping noise, as of some huge animal, rushes away from the trapdoor to the other side of the room. Once Kari climbs the ladder, everybody can hear a loud cry of alarm, like that of a frightened infant.

The attic space is nearly empty and the windows have been boarded over from within, covering the whole room in darkness. Kari's darkvision now comes into play, as she finally sees the baby that the woman was talking about.

There is a 10 feet (3 metres) tall... Toddler?... covering in the corner of the room. The baby has two pairs of arms and legs, large pointed ears and double pupils - like a goat's. Right now, the child remains in the corner, hiding behind a barrel too small to provide any real cover to the giant.

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The Grinder Below
To'mas, Jasen, Josen, Duri

Allen tilts his head confused.
"What do you mean 'once'? There more of you?"

Slim draws his sword. The pigmen were one thing and then the crazy lady but this monstrous abomination had the hairs on his neck standing up. Attempting to put himself between the others and this creature the young man speaks softly, trying not to further startle the situation. "What... should I do?" He didn't know, but as long as the 'baby' was going to stay in the corner, Slim Jim wasn't planning to get closer.

Victoria, Hekem and Lorna were downstairs still, awaiting the group to return or call down from above, but seeing Ruffin will the them, Lorna urges them to seek out the Door to the Tunnel beneath the house.

We should not leave our people split up for so long down there. Let’s call down to them and see if they found anything." Victoria starts to the hidden butcher’s room.

Upstairs
Kari, Tiny, Beladil, Mother Breadwife, Slim, Vyncent, Adric, Odric

Seeing the sword, the demonic infant screeches and sends one of the barrels at Slim Jim's direction. The wood splinters as the barrel flies past the man and hits a wall behind him.

Torches and lanterns seem to dim in the attic, making the baby look like a giant mass of demonic arms and legs with two huge glowing eyes - Kari is the only one able to figure out the details. As she tries to get closer to the Thing, it appears as if she was closing to a demonic beast.

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Entrance to the Grinder Below
Victoria, Hekem, Lorna, Wyna
The group descends into the tunnels below, meeting with Wyna who stayed to keep watch. The woman is apparently on edge and regrets leaving the safety of Hillkant.
"Others went through that door and then to the right. It feels like an eternity," she points at the north exit, "I'm glad somebody finally came. How do things look up there?"

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Downstairs
Riffin, Walt, Cynwe, Dewane, Gauwalt

Upstairs
Kari, Tiny, Beladil, Mother Breadwife, Slim, Vyncent, Adric, Odric

The demonic infant screeches at Kari and sends another barrel flying, almost hitting his target. This time though, the barrel turned out to be full of what seems to be bits and slices of cured meat, drowned in congealed blood.

Some of the members of the group realize that the walls are lined with barrels such as this one - the "little one" probably has to eat a lot.

Hearing Kari, Slim shakes himself free of his hesitation. She was right. No matter what this is, it should not be. He was there beside the dwarf in step, the clean blade ready to spill the blood of some abomination. [Slim is also Lawful - roll initiative?]

Victoria sighs. "This family is seriously messed up. We need to get our people back together." She wasn’t sure these were best people to take into the next group but they needed to establish communication. "Wyna, right? You stay here. Lorna I want you at the bottom of the ladder. Hekem and I will try to find the ones who went down."

Hekem cusses under his breath, but doesn’t rebuke her assumed command for now.

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Upstairs
Kari, Tiny, Beladil, Mother Breadwife, Slim, Vyncent, Adric, Odric

Seeing unsheathed blades, or perhaps sensing malicious intent, the demonic mass starts screeching and screeching, showing two rows of sharp teeth in its mouth.

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The Grinder Below
To'mas, Jasen, Josen, Duri

A dark expression passes through Allen's face.
"Then we will have to deal with you one by one. Let's go boy!"
With that, Allen Merritt lunges forward, his meat cleaver flailing menacingly, running at the group! He is followed by Wilbur, who is holding a wooden staff and apparently waited just next to the entrance.

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Entrance to the Grinder Below
Victoria, Hekem, Lorna, Wyna

The Grinder BelowEsidrix: To'mas, Jasen, Josen
Untaken: Duri

The Grinder BelowEsidrix: To'mas, Jasen, Josen
Untaken: Duri

One of the arrows whizzes past Allen, while another one hits the wall next to him and ricochets harmlessly. The attacker swiftly dodges To'Mas' swing, replying with a hefty slash of his own.

The Grinder BelowEsidrix: To'mas, Jasen, Josen
Untaken: Duri

The meat cleaver finds it target, burrowing deeply into To'Mas' clavicle. The sound of bones snapping is accompanied by the sight of blood splattering both men. What are the last moments of To'Mas like?