The trapped dawn echo wants the ritual stopped and its will restored, but fears that release will scatter what remains of its identity.

The party can offer release, invoke the echo's duty to the dawn, or threaten to shatter the crystal and destroy the fragment with the ritual.

• Prepare Counterspell or another dispelling spell near the First Glyph.
• Use brute force or Athletics to reach the pressure conduit in the magnetic field.
• Use Insight DC 15 to understand the echo's plea before attempting Persuasion.
• Choose whether to free the echo or bind its will by sacrificing 10 hit points.

• Cast Dispel Magic on the First Glyph; spellcasting ability check DC 18.
• Reach and smash the Pressure Conduit: AC 14, HP 20; Athletics or Strength DC 16 to enter the field safely.
• Question the echo about Azkhar, the ritual, or the dawn deity before making the final appeal.
• Persuade the echo to accept release with a DC 17 Persuasion check.
• If binding the echo, sacrifice 10 hit points; the final glyph severs immediately.

• If treated as a person, the echo speaks plainly and grants advantage on the next Persuasion check.
• If threatened with destruction, the echo turns HOSTILE and reveals only that the ritual is nearly complete.
• If promised release, the echo asks for the character's name and repeats it with reverence.
• If the party hesitates, the echo cries, 'Do not make me shine for him again.'