The adventurers are pretty sure they should try to defend the Townmaster's Hall, because it's probably Leosin in there, and he's in trouble. They talk for a bit about a plan; Bilbo is concerned that however many bad guys there might be surrounding the hall, they could easily summon more. They talk it through for a couple of minutes and don't really come up with any coherent plan, but they are concerned that time is short, so they decide just to attack and see how it goes. Karat casts a Prayer of Healing and pumps up the health of Black Barry, Hooflepoof, Elfo, Bilbo, and Gourbain. Once they are all feeling strong, they charge toward the Townmaster's Hall, taking many of the enemies by surprise.

They find four ambush drakes guarding the front door (on the west side of the building), along with a couple of cultists and one dragonclaw, a cluster of kobolds attempting to break through a window on the south side, and a few more scattered around, surrounding the building. Elfo runs up near the northwest corner of the building, where he can get a good straight line through all the drakes and several cultists and kobolds, and throws his Lightning spell. It mows down one of the drakes, two cultists, and one kobold, and almost before they know what hit them, Karat summons her Spirit Guardians, and makes a sweep along the went and south sides of the hall, taking out another of the ambush drakes and three more kobolds. Hooflepoof also kills an ambush drake, and with so many weapons flying, it's hard to tell who brought down the dragonclaw. That leaves just two cultists, one drake, and four kobolds.