Beyond the door is a large room, chill and damp with the smell of river water. Light comes from a single sputtering lantern at the far end of the room. Across the centre of the room is a wood-sided pit of water, with a large and scarred looking alligator swimming in it. Narrow walkways lead across to either side of the pit, next to the walls. The pit is surrounded by four wooden pillars that hold up the ceiling, each fitted with a rusty pair of manacles.
On the far side of the room, on the right hand side, is a large pile of junk - broken crockery, rusty shields, dented brass and pewter homeware, all piled high on three tables on the verge of collapse.
To the left of this is a wooden partition wall with an open door. At this door, lit by candlelight, is a wizened, bow-legged old man, jaundiced and pinched, with a sneer on his face and hate in his eyes. He is dressed in grey rags and a broad-brimmed hat, and holds a hand crossbow.
"Who the hell are you people?" he says aggressively. "I'll rip out yer gizzards and feed 'em to Gobbleguts for this." He raises his crossbow and fires at... the alligator, which goes into a mad frenzy, leaping up the sides of its pit and snapping its fearsome jaws.
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Initiative order:
Lamm (already acted)
Tristan
Bael
Khadmeade
Maya
Alligator
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