Bah, the most important thing is that the portal could not open - Cauldron be damned! The party chose the wrong strategy by not focusing on Dyr'Ryd. Had they all concentrated on the fiend, they should have been able to defeat him fairly quickly!!!
Kiko and Gunther are dead, then? A shame - Kiko was responsible for a lot of the party's recent success...
And what of Househang? I had expected that his fate ended here with this episode, but now, I guess, the wizard will die elsewhere.
Great updates, JollyDoc. Looks like the heros left several dangerous Cagewrights alive to haunt them another day, making us all look very much forward to Strike on Shatterhorn. Of course, I'm curious as well, what effects the ending of this episode will have.