the "portal" above the fountain that the journal mentions either can't be seen during combat or is bugged, because all of my characters are now standing in the consulate (very far away from the citizens vs skeletons bloodbath occurring in the streets) and on one hand i don't know how i can progress this quest without fleeing combat but on the other hand as far as i can tell fleeing combat will just exacerbate the problem and make me run into combat again if i want to get back into the consulate. i like the idea of this sort of sequence just fine, but at this point it seems to be actively preventing me from completing this quest, which is upsetting