Cereborn made his entrance. Nijel the Destroyer had Nightthorn out for everyone to see, and got struck by a poisonous arrow.
Moments later, The Hog's Head got barraged by arrows.
Silaqui removed the arrow from Nijel the Destroyer. Nova Amaril and Maloc took the fight outside, striking down quite a few assassins, before Cereborn turned invisible and fled.
Yanzu Jormop and Brixom Malpa arrived moments later, and defeated the last assassins together with The Raven Shield.
Nijel was unresponsive, and Gasha Ugdug was put in charge of taking care of him.
The Raven Shield passed through the elven portal, ending up in an underwater base submerged somewhere in the ocean near Heaton.
Whilst clearing the base, they defeated the last of the assassins and an angry mage. Maloc found an encrypted book.
Finally, the party found a stash of magic items in the elven armory, and took possession of this new gear.