'When hope was lowest, a red ray of the sun fell on the smooth rock face....'

You stand at Erebor's secret entrance on the very hour of Durin's Day that Bilbo Baggins and Thorin's company did, long ago. The secret door has long been removed, but of late a seemingly plain slab of stone has been placed before it.

Step forward and see what becomes of it when the dying sun lights its face.

The sun is about to shine on a dwarf-wrought stone, which stands before the old secret door up on the side of Mount Erebor.

You should step forward and see what becomes of the stone when the dying sun lights its face.

Objectives

• Examine the stone

You have read the runes inscribed on the stone by Erebor's old side door.

Objectives

• Examine the stone