The Mouth of Gluttony

Bearhugger, sat outside the guild hall playing chess with a tree is the first to notice. A wolf, seemingly appearing from the shadows makes it's way to the front door, and with a gentle huff opens the way. It walks straight up to the reception and deposits a letter. Seeing this Bearhugger follows and picks up the letter before the clerk has a chance.

The letter is written in flowing elvish script which quickly rearranges into giant , Bearhugger's native tongue. It was a request from Littany Aerkerym, once again asking for the guilds' help retrieving another of the sin artifacts. The clerk informed Bearhugger the guild had received several messages in this manner and that this wasn't particularly unusual now. Lessbell, noticing the wolf attempted to talk to it, told it that "postman" might not be the best job for it. It responded that this was only one of its tasks, and in it's spare time it was actually a rather accomplished abstract painter. Kirisus initially declined the call to adventure, until the clerk came and told him that yes, this was a paying job.

They followed the wolf, in a now expected manner for some of the party, where it opened a portal to Ürs. Stepping though they found the Nibbles, for once prepared for visitors. A deep red carpet trailed a line up to the library with an honor guard of Nibbles to either side. The cats, rats and mice that make up the Nibbles collective consciousness clad in gleaming white enameled armor. After being announced buy one of the Nibbles dressed in a wonderfully embroidered tabard and a little brass horn, they were greeted by Nibbles the Grey, as well as a white female mouse dressed in white robes called (of course) Nibbles the White. On her robes the symbol of Ürs was embroidered as well as a symbol of three open eyes. Turning around she cast Hero's Feast, and invited them to partake before meeting with Littany.

Whilst eating they saw a cat running though the forest wearing a dragon costume, with little Nibbles knights chasing after it. One of the Nibbles whispers conspiratorially that today they were playing castles. Upon hearing this Lessbelle conjured an ape from her bag of tricks and painted its face to look like a mouse to join in the fun. Kirisus asked if they still ran the bistro, and the group were invited back for tea.

Eventually making their way to the Library, they were greeted by Nok the Nothic who was rather polite this time and didn't attempt to forage though their minds for secrets. On etering they found Littany descending the stairs, upon seeing Kandy her smile turned into a grimace and she prepared the spell Hold Person. Seeing Tas however brought the smile back to her face and they had a short discussion on Littany's child Asta. Kandy then decided it would be a good idea to "throw down" with the powerful wizard. Hold Person was cast. Littany explained she had tracked the location of the Mouth of Gluttony, and teleported them to a faraway port town to retrieve it, releasing the Hold Person on Kandy.

Arriving on a beach, with the town in sight, the team approached. Upon getting closer they saw the pastel-colored buildings were on the precipitous of being unkempt. Salt had started to accumulate over the paint, and grime had begun to creep upon the buildings. Entering the town they found the streets deserted. Wandering towards the docks they eventually encountered a shuffling woman making her way across the street. Her body was almost skeletal, emaciated from lack of food. Kandy advised the rest of the group not to trust her, as she might turn into a muffin and eat their souls. The rest of the party looked at her oddly, and disregarded the strange statement.

On talking to the woman the team found out that the Mayor of the town had stockpiled all the food, destroyed the fishing boats and summoned monsters to guard the fields. Cutting the population off from food. On hearing this Lessbelle leapt to their aid with... mayonnaise. The others offered ration packs while Kirisus flew overhead dropping good berries. Out of the nearby houses a horde of shambling people came, skeletally thin. They fell upon the feast provided mayonnaise dripping from their bony jaws. The woman they had been talking to pointed to a manor on a nearby bluff, past the docks, telling them they could find the mayor there.

Deciding to be sneaky the team slunk through the docs, spotting both the ruined fishing boats and a number of these monstrous guards. They appeared as flesh golems, only instead of being made from human remains they appeared to be constructed of rotting food stuffs. Stealthing past them they heard sounds of a muffled combat. Peaking round the corner they saw some of these golems in a desperate battle to protect a warehouse. Their opponents, fleshy floating orbs swathed in vicious mouths. Tentacles extended from each, terminating in hooked teeth, grasping at the golems and attempting to consume them. Although the team did not figure it out, these creatures had not been summoned, but rather drawn to the aura the Mouth of Gluttony was emanating. The group decided to not interfere with this battle and snuck on by.

Reaching the manor by climbing a steep staircase, which Lessbelle was furious about, they found the building surrounded by a wall. Golems patrolled the outside, while two stood stationary by large metal gates. Again the party slipped by them, climbing a wall and avoiding conflict. Entering the manor through a servants entrance in the back they found themselves in a pantry. Sounds of cooking and clanking pans could be heard through the door on the far side. Again voting for subterfuge Lessbelle cast invisibility on her self, while Tas, Bearhugger and Kandy cast disguise self taking on the appearance of golems. Kirisus snuck in, hiding in their shadows. Entering the kitchen they found a many armed automation cooking several dishes at once. It paid them little notice as they walked straight though and into the main hall of the manor. Their disguises again fooled the guards in this room as they climbed the stairs to the second floor. After a brief tete-a-tete in an unused study they decided to follow a procession of food bearing constructs into the main dining room.

Entering they found the mayor seated at a long table groaning under the weight of food. Her mouth dripped with molten gold, running down her chin but never quite falling to the table below. She sat, dainty taking small bites out of each offering on the table, throwing aside the food after only a single mouthful. The refuse of the food rotting to each side of the room, a build-up of glutinous waste. She instantly recognized the intruders, shouting they they weren't hers. Her glistening maw opened to inhuman proportions as she attempted to inhale the party. A few of their number failed to resist and were pulled towards her gaping mouth, but thankfully were not swallowed. Battle began and with a few well timed moves the team shutdown her ability to regenerate, as well as limit her actions with a combination of slow and mind-whip. She was defeated quite handily, and the team retrieved the solidifying golden mouth from her body, placing it in a box to contain it's power.

Cracking a teleportation tablet the group was whisked back to Ürs and the library to enjoy a meal at the Nibbles bistro.