Here Be Monsters! An Adventure Involving Magic, Trolls, and Other Creatures; The Ratbridge Chronicles Volume 1 Chapter 6

The Ceremony

• Meanwhile, at the Cheese Hall, the huntsmen and their "horses" congregate around the Fondue Pit. 
• Snatcher makes a speech about how it's time to feed the Great One, and soon they'll be able to take their revenge on the town.
• They lower the captured cheeses in one by one, melting and silencing them.