Hlukiny

Hlukiny was an irlgaunt, one of a family, living in the depths of the mines of Ishkaril. It fed on dwarves who were clumsy enough to fall into inaccessible ravines or stupid enough to wander away from main shafts into solitude. When the dwarves were imprisoned, Hlukiny and its brood moved much closer to Ishkaril, but were unable to enter it due to the ethereal monstrosities within. They blocked off the entrance to the mines, and waited.

The party attempted to force their way through, which was ineffective as Hlukiny kept reinforcing every opening they would make. In the end, they reached a trade, with the party bringing it meat in exchange for safe passage. After the town was returned to normal, it did not retreat, planning on killing and feasting upon as many dwarves as it could before it was forced back into the mines. The party, along with Paharedara, smashed down its wall and managed to render it helpless. Orion then talked to Hlukiny, attempting to convince the irlgaunt to renounce eating the flesh of intelligent creatures and to do good. It did not understand many of the concepts Orion thought simple - such as empathy, family, trust, and community - so he killed it, as Silvy suggested from the beginning.