The Shadow Lord spoke to Lief through the crystal on the night of the Full Moon Meeting. It tormented him and threatened to spread its sinister voice to the minds of his citizens as well. After the meeting, Lief had a battalion of guards carry the crystal to Adin's Forge, where Doom was busy stoking the fires, in a last ditch effort to destroy it.
Before it could be tossed into the fire, the crystal become unbearably heavy for the guards, Lief, Barda, Jasmine, and Doom to lift. However, through the power of the Topaz, Lief called upon the spirits of the people of Del, who added their strength to his. With this, they succeeded in tipping the crystal onto the forge, where it cracked and burned. As it died, the crystal released a liquid that played back every conversation spoken through it, particularly King Endon's coronation, and the Shadow Lord's discussion with Drumm about the Four Sisters.