Heart of Umgor Azkhron

Found in the halls of Nel Kuldohr, upon defeating the behemoth elemental. The rocks parted with splitting of cavernous flesh, the heart fell upon the stone floors of the Dwarven citadel at the feet of adventurers to take for their own and research its potential power.

The relic radiates elemental power to the point where some essence of life exists within, enough to give life to powerful beings and expand their innate abilities beyond human comprehension. The jittering of arcane and oscillating tendrils akin to that of plasma and veins seem to swim within into a dark spiral.

### Research Completed by Vyodros

Upon closer inspection and time experimenting with how the relic reacts to spells of identification and detection, the Heart of Umgor Azkhron is as suspected upon first inspection, that the heart itself is alive and sentient in nature. And the manner of its power does not seem akin to the creature that was fought in Nel Kuldohr. It would seem that the entity the party fought was merely a vessel for the power that resides within the heart.

Upon further investigation, with more focused application of detection magic, it seems clear that the most powerful magic radiating from the heart is that of transmutation magic, a magic that could indeed by harnessed if it were attuned to it. Upon holding the heart with bare hands, the force of nature attempts to possess the wielder and is flooded with a crackling stone voice and the visions of a great entity.

Vyodros's mind was gone, transported through the ether until he looked upon the expanse of a new domain, a world of rock split with fissures and pockets of tunnels and mud. Tectonic plates broke and shattered beneath his feet in an ever ending earthquake as elementals of rock and stone moved around him unimpeded. Shards and slabs of crud and stone flew from the skies above and pierced the earth before splitting the ground into new fissures. A land of natural destruction that seemed to almost heal and close the open wounds within as quickly as they were created.

*Do you see it? The power and beauty in the chaos of elemental power. The gifts born from the earth that could be yours. I see the threat that you fear. I see the impending doom of your world... I see the terror that is to come. Through chaos, you can bring order. Through my liberation, we can destroy those seek your own destruction. I am only the beginning... a seed of the power to be harnessed against our enemy. Let... me... in...*

The coalition of sentiency was hard fought as Vyodros found himself back in his Temple. His eyes looked down to hands that scaled in cracked mud and cavernous hide. Struggling for the breath as his organs hardened within, and his fleshy exterior turned to stone. As the fight with the entity came to its end, Vyodros collapsed to the ground clutching his chest as stone hands crashed into a rocky chest.

It was impossible then on to hear his thoughts as madness overtook him, screaming indistinguishable words that seemed impossible to decipher but the meaning of them and intent was clear. A purpose was born into Vyodros... a simple instruction that could not be mistaken.

***Break the chains.***

Whilst possessed, the wearer gains the following benefits.

1. *Increase your Strength score by 5, to a maximum of 25.*
2. *You learn to understand, read, and write Terran.*
3. *You gain darkvision upto 60ft.*
4. *You gain resistance to non-magical piercing, bludgeoning and slashing.*
5. *You learn the following spells which can be cast at base level 1/day.*
	1. *Meld into Stone*
	2. *Stone Shape*
	3. *Wall of Stone*

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