Last week we'd gotten Vael down to 7%, we knew we were close and had a good idea that we could kill him later in the week if we could get 35-40 people on. The weekend was slow for us and we never really had more than 32 or 33 attuned people online at a time though. Monday night, Onyxia.. 38 on, looking good. We strolled back into Blackwing Lair and killed Vael on our 3rd attempt.
But indeed, the night was still young, still time for more killings! After a clear through the rather interesting trash leading up to the Broodlord, we wiped promptly due to a dodgy pull. Thirty minutes, and another batch of trash, later we pulled him again and killed him pretty cleanly. Making this kill particularly significant we looted the Broodlord's head, making our first Agent of Nozdormu, an essential prerequisite to opening the gates of Ahn'Qiraj.
Since it was the last day of our clear we decided to run the raid late and play with Firemaw, the next boss on the hit list. It was 2:00 AM and we were all pretty tired but our first attempt brought him down to 55%. An attempt or two more at the next lock should bring him down. The other drakes are similar fights so we expect to be on Chromaggus, if not Nefarian, by the end of the week.