YMMV / The Croning

• Complete Monster:
  • "Bronson Ford" is one of the Children of the Old Leech, a cult dedicated to a monstrous Dark One. Having been on Earth for centuries, including as Rumpelstiltskin, Ford sows devastation, chaos, and murder simply because he savors the taste of human pain and anguish. When hero Donald "Don" Miller is on his trail, Ford makes clear that there is nothing Don can do and forces a horrific choice on him: to become one of the Children with his wife Michelle forever, or Ford will kill and torture his entire family. The pact is to be sealed with Don's baby grandson, as Ford and the Children find children to be a delicacy. Ford admits he could take whatever he wants, but he enjoys the suffering of humans too much not to make the bargain.
  • Connor Wolverton is the "grand Poo-Bah" of The Conspiracy revolving around the Dark Ones and Bronson Ford, serving as Ford's chief human agent amidst mankind. For years, Wolverton has overseen the routine sacrificing of hundreds, if not thousands, of small children to the Children of Old Leech in exchange for power, and it is Wolverton who is helping Michelle with the corruption of her family. Fully enabling the Dark Ones to infiltrate the planet, Wolverton has sold out his world to one day by decimated, simply so he can rule alongside its conquerors.

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