Crash and Burn
A long fight behind them, the heroes look back to find themselves victorious. Esteban and his Goliaths have successfully copied the design notes, and history of the Starstone engines used to make metal walk, and everyone has kept life and limb. Clockwork from all over the old Dwarven workshop streamed towards the central room, as if being called towards the battle they fought long ago, which left the Enginseers slaughtered.
In this room a diary was found, teaching much of the reason the clockwork were created and how they were twisted and corrupted through forbidden knowledge. A war under the peaks, ended with this clash of titans, an echo of the past. They fought of Hammerers and Arbalesters, soldiers and as the ground shook, the mighty Mechanicore, a huge amalgamation of flesh, starstone and Brass, marching ever so slowly towards the exposed adventurers.
Just in time, as resources and will to fight were running low, did they all manage to escape, with new quests before them: Find a way to disable the clockwork, placate Jhanna, and escort the Kobold they had found home…