Tuiwen’s light presses into the heartstone, and for a breath the violet pulse falters. The scar in the stone opens like a wound, showing old black veins beneath the surface.
Radagast the Brown
There, hold it. The stain is anchored deeper than the shell.
The chamber shudders. Roots whip across the floor, then recoil from the elven light as the heartstone answers with a heavier beat.
Saruman
Hurry. The fortress is listening.
Tuiwen
The pulse is feeding something below it.
Tuiwen drives her cleansing power deeper. The violet flare thins, and the black veins split along a hidden seam, as if the stone is beginning to yield.
Radagast the Brown
Yes. Break that seam, and the corruption in Mirkwood loses its heart.
✓ Quest Accepted
Break the heartstone's seam
“Elves are children of the stars. She calls on them to lend her strength. “A Elbereth Gilthoniel silivren penna míriel o menel aglar elenath! Na-chaered palan-díriel o galadhremmin ennorath,””
SUCCESS (Legendary Magic, rolled -2)
Tuiwen’s voice rises in clear elven song, and the chamber seems to draw in around it. White-gold light gathers at the heartstone’s split seam, pressing past the violet stain.
The black veins shiver, then blanch at the edges. Dust slips from the ceiling in a thin veil as the stone answers her call with a sick, grinding groan.
Radagast the Brown
Good, Tuiwen. Keep the strain on it. The wound is showing.
Saruman
Careful. If it wakes fully, the whole stair may answer.
Her light bites deeper. The seam runs from top to base in a pale crack, and a pulse of bitter shadow leaks out before the glow clamps it back.
The cost lands at once, sharp and physical, her forearm burning where the magic runs through her. The chamber holds, but something far below stirs in reply.
Quest Complete
Break the heartstone's seam