After taking a short rest from our last battle and interrogating one of the cultists who told us that a package of bones was sent to the castle and that the local boss was a fellow named Crow, we ventured further into their underground hideout and found them in the final stages of trying to raise an undead dragon to create chaos in the city. Presumably to mask their actual plans. We attempted to break the concentration of the casters but failed, and then had to fight an undead dragon while the cultists unsuccessfully tried to gain magical control of it. In the fight, Syntra, Sirk, and Tael went down, and Ines was in the dragon's mouth when it smashed through to the street above!
What can I do against that? I tried, but after being caught in its breath weapon, I knew I had to get out of there, so I retreated back to search the other room. I found some magic scrolls and a box of healing potions. I grabbed a few for myself and ran back to the battle, only to find that somehow everyone was still alive. As Syndra revivified Sirk, only for him to jump into the magic fountain that the cult was using and then run to attack the dragon, which bit him and released all of the residual magic in a large explosion that killed both Sirk (again) and the dragon! What a sacrifice.
After the battle, I gave the healing potions to the others, and they gave the hand of Orcus that Sirk had to an angel that was summoned to the battle to take back and secure in a divine realm. We then returned to our room at the Beached Leviathan for a meal, a bath, and some rest. Even though it was only 2 in the afternoon, we were all exhausted.
When I woke around 10 p.m., I snuck off to the docks to find the dock master and record a list of every ship that was scheduled to depart for the next 4 days. Just in case. Since the other will most likely be resting until morning, I figured I would do some recon work and see if I could find where that secret passage from the tomb lets out.
