Tellurian Fragment

The Tellurian Fragment was an artifact discovered at Totem of the Tellurian.

It was destroyed by Elinor in 136 WD, Onteer-Greencrown using Dayspring.

## Description

Shaped from a dense metamorphic rock, the Tellurian Fragment appeared at first glance to be an offcut of stone about six inches in length - although the magical essence charged throughout its structure was immediately obvious upon closer inspection. Cracks through the somewhat vitrified surface formed the Primordial rune most commonly associated with Nuldomul, the Stoneheart Despoiler.

## History

While travelling through the Bristlebacks, the Genie Warlock Ashewan Norvegicus felt a presence calling out to him, eventually drawing him to discover the Fragment at the Totem of the Tellurian. Reluctantly embracing the power afforded by the relic, he subsequently schemed, primarily at the behest of Raakooz, a herald of his patron, to find a way to destroy the Fragment - positing that only an artifact of greater scope would be able to achieve such a result.

## Research

### Completed by Ashewan Norvegicus

Upon examination, and following on from previous attempts to damage the artifact with use of both mundane enactment of brute force and magical detonation, the Fragment seems immeasurably impervious to conventional destruction. Beyond being formed of an unusual dense stone similar in outward appearance to those drawn deep from beneath the surface and formed under great weight and pressure, it also features veins of crystalline material that are equally dense and damage resistant, comparable to diamond. Nonetheless, it has been clearly manipulated in some manner - given that it bears a carved rune in Primordial script. Curiously, the weight of the object does not seem to have a constant measure, in that sometimes it weighs much as a stone of that size would be, just shy of five pounds. However, the longer it is held - and not attuned to - the weight seems to grow, until not moveable by all but the strongest individuals.

Despite this, after some time you find yourself noticing the weight less and less, and after a short while longer, find yourself attuned to the Fragment. A pressing weight squeezes at your temples, your eyes grow heavy, forced to close by a heavy-handed grasp, before being opened once more to reveal caverns of twisting stone, the mass of soil and stone immediately present above and below, left and right, forward and behind. Your material surroundings return to you with the name "Nuldomul" upon your dust-coated tongue, flesh covered in a fine layer of sand.

While attuned to the Tellurian Fragment, you gain the following benefits:

* You gain a +1 bonus to spell attack rolls and the saving throw DC of your spells.
* When you make a Strength-based ability check or a Strength saving throw, you gain a bonus equal to your Charisma modifier (minimum of 1).
* You know how to cast the *Magic Stone* and *Mold Earth* cantrips.
* The Tellurian Fragment has six charges. While attuned to it, you can use an action to expend 1 or more of its charges to cast one of the following spells from it, using your spell save DC: *Earth Tremor* (1 charge), *Feldspike* (1 charge), *Tremorsense* (2 charges), *Erupting Earth* (3 charges), *Shudder* (3 charges), or *Metamorphic Mantle* (4 charges). The Tellurian Fragment regains 1d4+2 charges at dawn.

## Destruction

Using the weapon Dayspring within the cloud giant bastion of Ulding's Keep in 134WD, Glede-Amberlight, Ellie seemingly managed to destroy the Tellurian Fragment, confirming the party's suspicions that the glaive was a dormant Remnant Weapon, presumably of Aita. Upon swinging down to deliver the final blow, the Tellurian Fragment vanished into naught, a sudden earthquake subsequently tearing the bastion apart. Although initially delighted, it quickly proved to Ashewan's dismay when he awoke the following morning, Fragment in hand, seemingly unharmed.

Nearly two years later in 136 WD, Onteer-Greencrown, the pair would travel to the Totem of the Tellurian with the Fragment, seeking to destroy it definitively. Having deepened her connection to the Remnant Weapon Dayspring, Ellie struck the fragment thrice, shattering it with the final strike. The resulting breakage caused an earthquake as before that would destroy the Totem and much of the surrounding region in a radius of just over a mile, but would also release the soul tethered within - that of an Ice Devil that would nearly slay both Ashewan and Elinor as they floundered blind from the intense burst of light. In the end however, the pair would sunder the fiend, and escape from the resulting destruction. Subsequently, Ashewan would find deep approval from his patron, Jessiz al-Sila, who granted Ashewan a number of gifts in response.