The Unlit Deep
Group: Lord of the Rings · Tag: pc_shadowdancer · Priority: Lowest
| ID | Journal text | Awarded by | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Halmir the Grey, keeper of the rolls of the old orders, has named the Shadowdancers' trial: under the mountains in Moria, beside Balin's tomb, stands a Deep Well no plumb-line ever fathomed. I am to go down through the dark and stand at the well's lip bearing no light at all -- no torch, no glowing blade, no conjured flame -- and carry back to Halmir whatever the unlit deep leaves in my hand. If I come to the well carrying light, the dark will give me nothing. | q_shd_start | |
| 2 | At the Deep Well beside Balin's tomb, in darkness unbroken by any light of mine, something wound itself about my fingers -- a skein of the unlit deep, like black thread spun on nothing. I should carry it back to Halmir at the Well of Eru. | q_shd_well | |
| 3 | final | Halmir took the skein and entered my name on the dim page of his roll. He gave me the Boots of the Unlit Road, and the Shadowdancers now count me among those who have crossed the dark unaided. | q_shd_finish |