And Into the Fire

We rush straight into a wall of fire. The Watchmen were still wary of an attack on the forge. Everything is roaring flame, and suddenly silent. I see Bim sprint away and explode into sunlight. I follow him out of them flames, my tattoos glowing and glistening with the heat. We separate, I get Held in a spell. Keshyk also activates his tattoos. Bim and Beau take turns slinging bolts and controlling the battlefield, plus supporting. Zagarus is barely being damaged, with his intimidating presence. He summoned a fire elemental to take a lot of the "heat". Speaking of , Beau got targeted by Heat Metal and took quite a bit of damage.
Meanwhile, people are trying to break into the southern doors. Beau teleports down there and stops the doors from fully opening. A few get through, but he jams his immovable rod into the mechanism to stop it.
The people who made it through were both Watchmen and MountainFists, who are now fighting.
While stopping the flood of new enemies, Bim and Beau go down out in the middle. The enemies line up and a front and back line.
A potion and some healing magic later, and the party is up and fighting. Zagarus, Keshyk and I alternate attacking the front and back lines to finish the fight off.
 
Once done, Bim and Beau look rough, and Keshyk looks spent. Zagarus promises to watch over the Forge while we rest briefly to the east of the main stairway, since the Forge feels like a sauna.
He also appears interested in the rod, being an item with dense magical runes.
We watch it and see no Cogart reinforcements while we rest.
We hear Zagarus shout for us, and as we reenter, he claims "Thulgrin told me (motions to earpiece he wears) that Gwen did not return within the expected period." We believe him, and now have to decide how to proceed.