# NPC: Grom A simple, ogre-like baker at **The Ample Bakehouse** who unknowingly guarded access to a hidden demonic laboratory. ## Role & Background - **Role:** Baker at [[Shop - The Ample Bakehouse]] in [[District - Mud Shores]] - Large, ogre-like individual working at the bakery - Had knowledge of the bakery's magically locked bins and secret access to underground laboratory - Unclear if he was complicit, coerced, or simply following orders regarding the "sensitive stuff" ## Appearance - **Ogre-like** physique - [Additional details to be added based on future sessions] ## Personality & Motivations - **Simple-minded** nature made him susceptible to magical manipulation - **Agitated** when concerned about the "sensitive stuff" being in danger - Frequented a clandestine back-alley bar - Appears to have been following someone's orders regarding the hidden laboratory ## Powers/Abilities - Physical strength (ogre-like build) - Knowledge of bakery's secrets: - Magic bin combination: 2, 10, 8, 10, 2 - Location of secret hatch in kitchen ## Relationships - **Employer:** [[Shop - The Ample Bakehouse]] - **Investigated by:** [[Party - Elvensong]] - **Manipulated by:** [[PC - Mannfred Huem]] (suggestion magic) ## Session Appearances ### Session 1-3 - Worked at [[Shop - The Ample Bakehouse]], where [[Party - Elvensong]] investigated disappearances in [[District - Mud Shores]] - The party learned the bakery's magically locked bin combination through magical probing: 2, 10, 8, 10, 2 - [[PC - Mannfred Huem]], posing as a "special investigator," used magic to probe Grom's simple mind - Followed by the party to a clandestine back-alley bar - A disguised [[PC - Mannfred Huem]] convinced the agitated Grom that their "sensitive stuff" was in danger - Rushed back to [[Shop - The Ample Bakehouse]] in a panic - Revealed a secret hatch in the kitchen floor leading to the hidden laboratory - The party descended into the demonic laboratory where they found ghouls, bubbling tubes, sulphur, rot, death, and infernal runes - His current status and involvement level in the conspiracy remains unclear