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Start: 6th of Venusta, night. In the throne room of Castle Darkstone engaging with the 4 crystal golems inside.
Busting through the large doors into the throne room of Castle Darkstone, Bill's Bimbos engaged with 4 Crystal Golems who activated and grew hostile upon the party entering the chamber. The party also felt a charm effect emanating from the throne, which was covered in dark black and purple crystals. Aoife Sweeney suppressed the effects with a Calm Emotion spell, and the party continued to fight the golems. After 2 of the golems were destroyed, the ceiling blasted open, and a Roc carrying the Skallywag Squad (Daxar Darkstone, Brax Bonebrute, and Fozias Frightforge) crashed into the ground, scattering all of them around the throne room. They fought the Roc and joined the fight, quickly assisting with destroying the remaining golems. Bill's Bimbos and the Skallywag Squad defeated the enemies, and barricaded the throne room doors before the alerted hordes of Draconians rushed to their position. Nesdin fireballed the first wave, killing ~30 of them, before the group all ran down the left stairs into the dungeon level.
Below the throne room, the group entered the war room: furniture pushed aside, bookshelves somewhat disheveled but mostly filled, and armor and weapon stands and racks devoid of their armaments. Needing a place to rest, Daxar Darkstone suggested a hidden panic room Fozias Frightforge had created for him - a 20 x 20 room behind a hidden bookshelf which contained long expired rations and several barrels of still water. The group took a short rest, Brax Bonebrute drank from the water (after Fozias Frightforge boiled some for him), and everyone took a moment to recover.
After the short rest, most of Bill's Bimbos heard Morgo the Maleficent communicating with them. She welcomed them, and inquired as to why Bill's Bimbos were here. She offered them an escape - leave the Skallywag Squad and exit Castle Darkstone with their lives, or die with Daxar Darkstone and his brethren. In response, Nesdin cast Nondetection on the unwarded party members, and Morgo the Maleficent was cut off. At this stage, Calliope and Daxar Darkstone jointly realized she was scrying on the group from the opened water barrel within the room.
Exiting the panic room, ready for an ambush, the party engaged with 4 Dreadnoughts, 4 Mages, and over 2 dozen Draconian Foot Soldiers. A somewhat taxing, but altogether manageable encounter passed, and the party persevered. Feeling they had to move quickly, they exited the war room. The group heard booms and draconic cries down the hall ahead of them, towards the dungeons (the Tremor Chasers fighting off their own hordes of Draconians) and saw the stairs leading down towards the vault ahead of them
End: 6th of Venusta, late night. Exiting the war room beneath the throne room, running deeper into the dungeon depths towards either the vault down the stairs (straight to Morgo the Maleficent) or the dungeons down the halls (Tremor Chasers and their rescuees in the large simulacrum-creation room).