$N, our first step will be to devise a method to speak with Eranikus through the gem.  He lies in a precarious state between sleep and death now, twisted within a weave of nightmares.  Though the essence you have given me is badly tainted, there is a chance we can reach him.$B$BTravel far to the icy lands of eastern Winterspring and seek one of our mortal allies, Umbranse the Spiritspeaker.  He is a human medium who speaks for the dead.  Though Eranikus is not truly dead, he may be of aid to us still.