Hakon swings at the yeti with both axes.
The clerics, while having the advantage of flying, find that many of this group are able to get at them anyway. Thaddeus skewers one with his spear, taking him down. Sereniti's attack is enough to cause the other to lose consciousness and drop from his height.
Between the wounds and the falls, they are both dead.
Hakon, meanwhile, continues to hack apart the fallen yeti.
Each cleric had a potion of cure light wounds on his person.
You quickly work to close the portal using the notes you found from Aram Zey. While he lies dead on the table, he still has provided to be useful!
It takes about 10 minutes, at the end of which you hear the voice of the Master of Scrolls Kreighton Shaine travels down the halls, carried by a magical breeze. “Pathfinders, we have determined that objectives in Skyreach are now secure and most Aspis Consortium forces within have been neutralized. There have been further developments of which you may or may not already be aware. Aspis agents have made off with the Sky Key and seem to be holding out in the tower floating above our lodge. Our early experiments with teleporting in or flying to it have met with no success, so I am gathering our forces to enter through Arliss Hall, which has a permanent gateway to one of the tower’s rooms.
“The gateway is finicky, though. Our Master of Spells Aram Zey would be better able to explain it than I, but he is currently—”
The elf trails off as though searching for the right word before continuing, “—indisposed due to the Consortium’s attack. Finish your business and gather outside Arliss Hall for the final assault. I shall guide you from there.”
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Now back to his normal size, Thaddeus Wipes his spearpoint on one of the fallen cleric’s robes. “We should go to the tower, then. Of course, the Aspis will defend that gateway heavily. We should be prepared for a bloodbath.” Poking around his bandolier, he identifies a particular vial, and withdraws it.
Hakon fusses with his stuff and pulls out a rather beaten up looking wand, and uses it an interminably long time. He stashes an axe and pulls out two vials.
"Well, fellow heroes, let us go see who shall be Master of the Flying Fortress," he says with a broad Ulfen grin. "The Aspis may find themselves defenestrated."
You heal up and head for Arliss Hall.
Kreighton Shaine finishes giving instructions to one team before sending them into Arliss Hall and turning to greet the new arrivals. “Ah, you received my message?” he asks eagerly while pulling out a small notepad and making a single tally mark.
“Excellent, I was uncertain whether recent events might block communication as well. We have a theory that the northwest tower’s new floating status may be the result of the Sky Key and Hao Jin Tapestry coming too close to one another, much like two extradimensional spaces placed inside one another. Thus far, all of our more conventional attempts to reach the tower have been repelled, and admittedly the whole thing could just rocket into the Irorium any minute.” He squints to the north before adding, “That would be unfortunate, as there’s a rather big match over there today. Best we take control of the tower before it misbehaves further.
“The good news is that we have a permanent portal to that section of the tower. Since the link is between two objects—a pair of full-length mirrors—it should be stable and safe to use. The only catch is that one of the mirrors is inside Arliss Hall. The hall has several extradimensional properties, and with so many visitors, it’s been changing its internal layout constantly. Rather than waste time sending you to figure out a puzzle, I’ll lead you to the portal myself. We venture-captains are fairly used to it.”
Kreighton Shaine opens the door for the you and follows you inside. After you enter, though, you notice he is no longer with you.
“Of all the luck,” the Master of Scrolls voice echoes from thin air. “We must have exceeded some capacity limit for this version of the hall and it moved me over to another… iteration of itself. I’ll try to find my way over to you, but look for the mirror! It is in a private room that is reserved. We call it the Lost Room. The chamber will be hidden in plain sight but there’s always some sort of trick to find it. Hurry and I’ll try to join you soon! One last thing—rarely can anyone find the Lost Room alone, so work together!”
This entrance room is very much like a hotel lobby, complete with waiting chairs, tasteful decor, and a registration desk.
You begin searching the rooms, one by one, and find nothing. It is taking longer than you would like, but you don't see any full length mirrors.
"We need to find out room reservations for this 'Lost Room'. Or as Mors suggests, a pattern of door opening."
The registration information doesn't show much of use, except that you notice an odd thing. There are rooms numbered 1-8, and then also an 8a.
"Well then. Perhaps it's near Room 8."
The rooms are numbered 1 thru 8 (no 8A).
Number 8 is the southwest (lower-left on the map).
The rooms are actually on the second floor (which is nearly impossible to intuit from the map). They each have an outside window. The entrance to the spires must be on the main floor - but you don't think they are part of the puzzle).
Thaddeus does notice that inside of room 8, there is a key in the lock of the door (on the in-side, so you can lock the door behind you). The other rooms do not have this.
"Or close the door and open it again," says Hakon.
Hakon pops into Room 6.
So far, none of you notice anything different.