The Unbroken Stone
Group: Lord of the Rings · Tag: pc_dwarvendefender · Priority: Lowest
| ID | Journal text | Awarded by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halmir the Grey, keeper of the rolls of the old orders, has named the Dwarven Defenders' trial. In Moria, in Balin's Tomb, lies Balin son of Fundin under a stone that was not broken. I am to stand at his grave as his guard stood -- clad in the war-weight of Khazad, heavy armor, splint or plate -- and lay my hand on the stone. Come in traveler's leathers or a wizard's cloth and the stone will not know me. The shard the stone gives up must go back to Halmir at the Well of Eru. | q_dwd_start | |
| 2 | At Balin's Tomb my stand was kept rightly -- heavy iron on my shoulders, my hand on the unbroken stone -- and the tomb gave up a single clean-edged shard, heavier than stone has any right to be: the Shard of the Unbroken Stone. It goes back to Halmir at the Well of Eru. | q_dwd_stone | |
| 3 | final | Halmir set the shard on his roll, and it sat there like a mountain on a map. The Dwarven Defenders count me among them now -- the last hold of Khazad, the feet that are not moved. He gave me the Warhelm of Durin's Watch, and Balin's stone keeps its rest. | q_dwd_finish |