The Shattered Tribunal and the Titan's Heart

The defeated Earth Elemental collapses into a mound of warm, fractured stone while the gargoyles crumble around the remains of the Obsidian Tribunal's ritual chamber. The two surviving acolytes carried practical supplies, communication stones, healing draughts, and a portable hoard, but the chamber held the greater prizes. Titan-marked garnets, a cracked Tribunal seal, and the elemental's condensed heartstone suggest that the enemies were not merely guarding treasure. They were preparing to awaken or control a fragment of the Titans' Legacy. The seal may become especially important if Cindreth survives, since its shifting cracks seem to react to the same ancient power the acolytes were attempting to harness.