With three drakes down we had nearly two thirds of our raid dead, and it was basically a slow motion train wreck from there, but we did get to that point, so I hope to be reporting soon about a complete victory.
Rather than walk away from a week of raiding without anything, at midnight we killed Shadaron and took it with two drakes up. It’s amazing how much easier things are with Shadaron gone. I’m sure we’ll be at a point sometime this summer and wonder what was so hard about three drakes, but this is where we are now and its pretty fun.