Phil didn't show up, Sal had to leave early, Bibart's power went out causing him to miss the end.
The party decided to check out the guards' room in the guest quarters, and there they found a staircase which led down into the dungeon. In the dungeon they found survivors of Orcbane Keep, including a familiar face (Steve, the lone survivor of the soldiers outside with the adventurers), being tortured by a pair of chain devils and a wrath devil interrogator. The party surprise-attacked, which drew the jailer, a hideous, deformed hill giant known as the Keeper, and his pets, a pair of displacer beasts named "Stalka" and "Gnasha", but managed to prevail in the end.
Afterward, they learned that Steve and the others had been brought here and interrogated for answers the giants didn't seem to care about - they were being tortured for the sake of torture, it seemed. They convinced Steve not to take bloody vengeance on the giants, retrieved his gear, and helped escort the prisoners from the steading. After that, they did a little bit of exploring, and decided they needed to find the hill giant chief - Steve was able to tell them that the chief spends most of his time in the great hall, the large room in the center of the steading. They opened the door, and did indeed find Chief Nosnra, along with emissaries from the frost giants and the fire giants, as well as an unexpected guest who may complicate things severely...
