Matrix opens his eyes and takes a page from his serpentine foe and tries to wriggle free

acrobatics 12

if he succeeds he will step of the wind as far back the way we came as he can

Flint moves forward, putting himself directly in front of Matrix. 

"Careful now! This one's hotter than most forges I've worked."

Flint casts a sacred flame, which the salamander... 3 narrowly avoids. But his spiritual hammer hits hard!

The fiery snake creature lashes out at the nearest opponent, now Dontontion, grabbing with its tail.

Tail Attack: 8 Damage: 14 plus 5 fire, and on a hit, you are grappled & restrained.

Don is indeed grappled now, and the Salamander attempts the same tactic it had just employed against Matrix, slashing with its twin scimitars.

Blade attack 1: 12 Damage: 13 slashing plus 4 fire

Blade attack 2: 21 Damage: 8 slashing plus 5 fire

 // Players up! Dontontion is grappled & restrained, escape DC 14 // 

(Forgot Flint's bonus action spectral hammer, Attack: 11 Damage: 7 force) 

Hellish Rebuke: 14 (Reaction)
Dragon's Breath on himself Ice (Bonus Action)

Dontontion breathes ice on the Salamander, "Drop me!"

Damage: 9 Dex Save for 1/2 DC of 15

The fire damage only seems to make the Salamander stronger. It surges with the flames from Don's spell, though the freezing breath certainly seems effective!

Dex Save 14

Crownsguard plants... I need a name for this thing... uhhh...

Anyway, he plants his flaming sword into the ground and levels his giant slayer toward the salamander, “You have been deemed guilty by association. Please leave.”

 Attack: 14 Damage: 12 magic slashing damage

Attack: 24 Damage: 14 magic slashing damage

(it is called a Flame Tongue, but you can call it whatever you like!)

The salamander parries the first blow, but the second connects, spilling blood-like magma from the creature. 

Crownsguard takes 8 fire damage

(Oh I know, but I want my cool sword to have a cool name! It’s gotta be personal!)

Crownsguard lightly catches flame, “Stop. That.”

keeping back 20 feet and making sure Crownsguard is between him and sally, Matrix throws 2 darts, with kensei shot

toss 1 19 for 8

toss 2 14 for 11

he then retreats to ensure he wont get entangled again 

Matrix' weapons seem to have about the same effect as Ink's arrows. The salamander, hurt as it is by the weapons, surges with fiery power and burns away the darts even as they strike.

// Ink and Flint are up! //

Ink concentrates and a ball of ice begins to form in front of him....

// Ink is concentrating on a 1st level Ice Knife.... If Don breaks free, he'll let it loose (I'm assuming that if he doesn't by my next turn I decide whether or not to continue holding it, letting it burn out or unleashing it?)

// Ice Knife Attack: 25 Piercing Damage: 6, plus 7 cold damage on everyone within 5' of the target, target included, DEX Save 15 for half.

Flint moves up further, trying to use his magic to end the creature before it can end Dontontion.

Attack: 22 Damage: 5 force

Sacred Flame: DC 14 DEX or 12 radiant damage

Save: 19

The salamander withers under the assault, and melts into a pile of rapidly cooling magma. 

The dwarves all peek out from behind the pillar, obviously impressed. These slaves look haggard and malnourished, and very grateful to see you. However, they remain silent for the time being, waiting to see what you do.

Crownsguard waves, “Hello. We are the Nameless Hero Coordination, we are here to disassemble this organization and release you all from bondage. Please form an orderly line.”

The dwarves try to obey. Their chains rattle and clink as they drag on the ground, still shackled to their ankles as the slaves shuffle into some semblance of a line. 

Don sighs and walks over to unlock the dwarves.

Dex: 5

Ink lets his spell go, releasing the energy harmlessly away. He sets up a watch and uses a moment (action) to recall Quill from her pocket dimension.

"Quill - patrol. Be wary of fire giants.... And, generally, anything that seems like a walking fire." 

"i don't have many of those darts left" Matrix lets out a sigh "i hate this place"

The dwarves thank you for their freedom and abandon their loading task. When they were overseen by the Salamander, they had been loading iron ore from mine carts into buckets on a chain. This chain is still moving slowly but constantly from west to east (straight through the middle of this room and out into another room), and the buckets are dangling from the chain at almost floor level.

The dwarves offer to lead you to the “slave pens and slave wheel,” explaining that there are many more human, dwarf, and gnome prisoners in those areas. They indicate that the path there is through the room to the west, from where you can see the glow of the hot forges emanating.

"And how many more of the creatures are there? And how much time do we have before they come looking for their missing slaves?"

//Wondering if we have safely enough time to do a short rest//

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"And how many more of the creatures are there? And how much time do we have before they come looking for their missing slaves?"

//Wondering if we have safely enough time to do a short rest//

 "If you mean the salamander that was guarding us, damned if I know," says one of the dwarves. "The things were here when we arrived. Two to guard the mines, and one to oversee the loading here. Didn't talk, and ignored anything we said."

The dwarves look ambivalent to the idea of just waiting around. They wish to move, either forward to rescue the other prisoners, or to escape through the mines. They aren't interested in waiting around to be recaptured.