The last of the paladin party falls. There is a moment of eerie silence after the recent violence, then the violence resumes as the fiends surrender their base desire that has been mounting all this time, they fall upon the recently fallen, consuming flesh bone and in some cases spirit, before promptly falling into an insensate stupor. While Creed is simply unconscious, the other more fiendish fiends actually pupate, their outer skin hardening into a crystalline substance as they step into their next evolution.
An unknown time later, the group arouse from their slumber, with most cracking thin shells to emerge. They find themselves in a large, clearly underground, stone room.
The rough hewn rock is warm to the touch, suggesting a large heat source somewhere near by. The only obvious exit is barred by a metal bound, sturdy oak door.
The fiends rise to awareness one at a time, taking in their new surrounds.