Round 9

After deciphering the cryptic message in the tome, you delve deeper into the labyrinthine shelves of the Grand Library. Your fingers trace along dusty spines until they stop at a bookshelf that seems to quiver at your touch. Gently pulling on a tome titled "Arcana of the Ages," the shelf creaks open, revealing a narrow, spiral staircase leading down into darkness.

You descend cautiously, a small lantern in hand, illuminating a hidden chamber below. This chamber, bathed in a soft, ethereal glow, houses numerous crystals, each pulsing with an inner light.

Approaching the largest crystal, you extend your hand. Upon contact, a surge of knowledge floods your mind — visions of the Broken Lands' history, the wars, the peace, and the fragments of power scattered across the realm. This crystal, you realize, holds the key to locating these fragments.