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The butler spills the tea and it seems the family in question has been whispered about for years. Lurid tales of demonic blood and whispers of slave trading drift about the Noble Quarter. A bit of reconnaissance is carried out and a plan is carefully concocted, discussed, rehashed, deliberated, refined and recapped. Of course, it promptly goes out the window once they actually gain access to the estate. It seems the ground are protected by guards (noted), dogs (planned for) and werewolves (totally did not see that coming).

This precipitates a running battle through the ground floor of the mansion...

They follow the tunnel, noting that it has been clawed through stone and soil. It is six feet wide and about twice as tall, pointing to a creature of some size having churned through the earth to make a passage that stretches eastward, under Oldtown and towards the Spire. At one point, the passage splits but the group continues straight ahead. The passage splits again – and the group presses onward. Eventually they find themselves in a dead end, so they set about looking for hidden areas…but none are found.

While they search, noises tell of another group coming up behind them, but they head down the nearest side passage and are lost from sight. The dwarves tell of a lamia, a minotaur and a pack of goblins so the decision is made to tail them and attack with surprise, which they do...