Picking up directly from the previous session's cliffhanger, the party finds themselves in a small room facing a terrifying half-man, half-wolf creature.

• Combat: Captain Barnaby Harrier attempts to fire his double-barrel shotgun but suffers a critical failure. Khalid intervenes by successfully casting Hold Person, paralyzing the creature.
• Execution: With the werewolf frozen in place, Bludarious De'Tempoon steps forward and executes it with his ornate revolver and silver bullets, delivering a devastating shot that tears through the beast’s brow and chest.
• The Reversion: Upon death, the creature reverts to its original form: a shaggy-haired, naked human man unknown to the party.
• The Infection Scare: While attempting to carve a tooth from the corpse as a trophy, Nebish accidentally cuts his finger. A failed medicine check leads to the grim suspicion that he may have contracted lycanthropy.

The party explores a northern corridor and discovers a small prison area containing two locked cells.

• The Prisoner: One cell contains a haggard, filthy middle-aged man who identifies himself as Professor Clank. To ensure he is not infected with lycanthropy, the party pricks his skin with a normal dagger and confirms he bleeds normally.
• The Kennel Room: A nearby chamber contains tapestries depicting wolves and several large crates of “Havana” brand dog kibble.
• The Trapped Box: Khalid attempts to open a wooden box resting on a desk but triggers a lightning trap, suffering nine points of damage and becoming temporarily paralyzed.
• The Severed Hand Solution: After Mage Hand fails to open the box safely, the party uses a severed werewolf hand to bypass the touch-sensitive mechanism. Inside they discover an iron key, which is used to free Professor Clank and recover his belongings.

As the party regroups, Clank and Mickle Cobblelob—both artificers—enhance several weapons using Repeating Shot infusions. While examining the corpse of a slain troll, a hidden section of wall grinds open, revealing a staircase descending deeper into the mountain.

• Discovery of Treasure: In the frozen chambers below, the party discovers a gold-and-brass gas mask mounted on a mannequin. In a nearby alcove they find a marble bust of a woman wearing a tiara set with a massive blue sapphire estimated to be worth approximately two hundred and fifty gold.

Descending further into an echoing chamber filled with skeletal remains, the party opens a set of heavy timber doors and inadvertently alerts two more werewolves.

• The Battle: Mickle creates a slick zone of Grease to control the doorway. One werewolf lands a brutal critical bite on Vladimir Vladislav, nearly killing him and snapping his collarbone.
• The Turret: Professor Clank deploys a mechanical flamethrower turret that spews burning fuel across the chamber.
• Victory: Nebish uses Hunter's Mark and his silver rapier to deliver a devastating critical strike, impaling one of the beasts. Bludarious and Clank finish the second creature with concentrated firearm fire.
• Body Disposal: The party discovers a rotating brass platform suspended above a pit of bubbling acid and uses it to dissolve the werewolf corpses.

The session culminates in a confrontation within a massive, pitch-black circular chamber.

• The Beast: The party discovers a colossal Winter Wolf, standing roughly six feet tall at the shoulder, sleeping in the darkness. It awakens when Khalid and Mickle cast Cure Wounds on themselves.
• The Breath Weapon: The creature exhales a freezing cone of frost that deals significant damage to the party.
• The Retreat: Realizing the creature’s strength, the group retreats up a sixty-foot staircase. Clank deploys a turret behind them as a distraction, which the wolf quickly smashes.
• The Explosion: Clank remotely detonates the turret, dealing force damage and creating a concussive blast that temporarily deafens several party members.
• The Final Kill: As the wounded wolf charges up the staircase toward Clank, Nebish lunges forward, drives his bayonet into the creature’s neck, and fires. The shot destroys the wolf’s head and sends the massive carcass tumbling down the stairs.

The session ends with the party battered, exhausted, and victorious. With the final guardian slain, they prepare to search and loot the last chamber of the dungeon.