Yes actually, Pretty sure Logann's squad, Tinna, Roggo and Minrah have no relations to the Thundershields.
A dozen guys in ornate armor guarding a meeting nobody expects to matter does not qualify as "an elite army ont eh defense", nor does a bunch of priest expecting yet another quiet night of skygazing and being ambushed.
Also High Priestess Rubyrock did pretty good and she's no Thundershield either.
Wait, did Brewmaster Blackore join the fight too?
Yeah, the rule of law is for wimps! All that matters is who is best at meeting unclear and arbitrary requirement for competency
No, they're not, they need to kill by level draining and drinking blood and wait three days unless they use a spell and therefore to have had sacrificed a slot for that.
No they can't because when they spend a round trying to Dominate one person there are two more hitting them with weapons. Not gonna help their concentration check. Seriously, show us even one vampire attempting to Dominate the little army that got them. They didn,'t even try because it'd be stupid to.