The Light Within

The Light Within is a grandmaster elf quest. It was previously proposed to be released on 17 August, but was eventually pushed back to 24 August 2015. It was developed by Mod Ollie and Mod Raven, and was released alongside Seren-themed prayers and spells, and the discovery of Tarddiad.

The central focus of the quest is the return of the crystalline goddess of the elves, Seren, by helping the elven elders find and reunite her component shards.

Earthquake in Prifddinas
To start the quest, talk to Eluned in the Ithell district of Prifddinas, north of the player-owned house portal. The screen will start shaking as she questions Seren's arrival, worrying that the city will collapse. She requires your help in forming Seren.

Go upstairs in the Tower of Voices and all the clan leaders will be there, along with Seren in the middle. They will debate whether they should reform Seren or not, and they will give you the option whether to reform Seren or not. It doesn't matter which you choose, either option will result in Seren's reformation.

After choosing, they will wonder as to how they will reform Seren. Lady Trahaearn will suggest using the Enchanted key. Give her the key and she will attune it to moments in time relating to Seren.

Return to the past
Now you must follow the path which the Enchanted key takes you. This can be found by feeling the key, but the position is the same for everyone. It will lead you to Guthix's Cave at Guthix's corpse, easily accessible through the Sixth-Age circuit. Upon arrival, walk towards Guthix's corpse, stand on the platform before him and rub the key and you will be transported back in time.

Guthix will be there. Talk to him and pick any dialogue options. He will talk about the Enchanted key's origins and how to restore Seren. He suggests reconstructing her major shards through elven magic and replacement crystal. However, Guthix also notes that they are being spied on. He asks you to find out who it is.

Go up the steps and find Haluned to the north-west. She will recognise the player from Meeting History, and you may talk to her to find out that she is the twin of Eluned. While trying to talk to her further, she will teleport away, and Guthix will summon you again.

Guthix believes that Eluned is her twin, and because of that, the player will need to make a difficult choice later in the quest because they are both shards of Seren. After talking to Guthix, you will teleport back into the present.

Finding the major Shards of Seren
Return to the top of the Tower of Voices, where each leader will mention that two clans hold one major shard of Seren. Amlodd and Hefin, known as the Spiritualists, hold one shard. Crwys and Meilyr, known as the Naturalists, hold another. Cadarn and Iorwerth, the Military, hold a third, and Ithell and Trahaearn, the Artisans, hold the final one.

Talk to the clan leaders in the respective groups to find out where the shard may be hidden. Some of the leaders will redirect you to their elders due to an issue (age, trust, etc.), so you should talk to the elder clan leaders to save time. The shards can be collected in any order.
 * Lady Trahaearn tells you that they hid the shard under the watchful gaze of Lady Ithell, with some sort of defence system. Lady Ithell will tell you that the shard is hidden deep beneath the earth and the entrance is watched over by clan Ithell.
 * Lord Iorwerth recommends you talk to Arianwyn, who will give you Baxtorian's journal. The journal includes a riddle to find the shard. You must read the journal for Arianwyn to appear later.
 * Lord Amlodd and Lady Hefin tell you that the shard was recovered from the Poison Waste and is trying to be purified. Amlodd tells you that a ritual must be done to completely purify it, which requires three light cores. This ritual is completed in the Hefin Cathedral.
 * Lady Meilyr and Lord Crwys tell you that she buried the shard and it grew into a crystal tree. However, to regain the shard, you will need a potion, formed by mixing a grand defence potion with a rare ingredent from Isafdar and another item that is a closely guarded secret of the treants.

Meilyr and Crwys shard


The Elixir of Revealment potion is obtained from mixing a grand defence potion with a wintercup mushroom and a bloodcap mushroom.

Talk to Coeden in the Crwys district. He will tell you that you need the wintercup mushroom, which he will give you after you listen to his story. To stay awake, click on the elven clan icons that appear on the screen as he is narrating you the story. The bloodcap mushroom can be found just west of the Tirannwn mushroom farming patch. Once the eyelid screen has gone black you can move Coeden's chat screen to see the icons better.

Use both mushrooms on the potion to create the Elixir of Revealment. The potion must then be used on an active Crystal tree to reveal a cave entrance. If you have access to the Max Guild with 94 Woodcutting, you can attune one of the portals to take you to the active crystal tree. Once you find it, use the potion on the tree and a hole will burst from the ground. Climb down and take the shard from the roots.

Trahaearn and Ithell shard
Travel to Lletya (teleporting with a crystal teleport seed or by a similar method) and wear the Trahaearn exoskeleton set. Investigate the well in front of the Ithell Statue, then climb into the well. You will encounter Trahaearn automaton mk V, which will not let you pass. However, wearing the Trahaearn exoskeleton set will make it confuse you for Lady Trahaearn, but it will ask you some questions to make sure you are not an imposter.


 * Question 1: What is the exoskeleton set made out of?
 * Answer: The set is made out of runite.
 * Question 2: Who is your husband?
 * Answer 2: Lady Trahaearn's husband is Cynog.
 * Question 3: How many seren stones are being managed?
 * Answer 3: Five seren stones are being managed.
 * Question 4: Our children are our future
 * Answer 4: "The future is doomed"

Once the questions are successfully answered, the automaton will go into a passive observation mode in a corner of the room. Take the shard from the singing bowl in the room.

Amlodd and Hefin shard
Three of the same light cores are required, which are obtained from cleansing shadow cores in the Amlodd district. Shadow cores are an uncommon drop from all types of shadow creatures, and thus it can take up to 20 minutes to get 3 light cores.

Walk up to the Hefin Cathedral and there will be a chatbox option to purify the corrupted seren stone upon entry. Lady Hefin will start the ritual by using poses found from the Serenity posts, then say an incantation which must be followed. If you mess up the incantation, you must start back from the poses. Three poses then incantations are used and will increase to four and five respectively as you progress through the ritual. If you have difficulty memorizing the incantation, you can write down the first letter on a piece of paper to help you through the process.

After completing the incantation, you will be given a seren shard (wisdom).

Iorwerth and Cadarn shard
Travel to Baxtorian Falls with Glarial's amulet, and enter the dungeon under the falls by boarding the raft followed by using the rope on the rock then use the rope again on the dead tree to get onto a clif, finally enter the dungeon. Go into the eastern room and search the northern crates for A key (Waterfall Dungeon). If you previously had the key in your bank, and attempt to use it, the door will not open, you must search the crates. Read Baxtorian's journal if you haven't already, and then go into the northwestern room and use the key on the door and Arianwyn will appear.

Investigate the statue of Baxtorian. Arianwyn will chant an incantation which will make Baxtorian come back to life. Baxtorian explains that four pieces of the Song of Restoration must be found in order to revive Seren, and gives you one piece. You will gather the other pieces throughout the rest of the quest. After asking him where the shard is, he will turn the statue of Glarial into the shard you are looking for.

Take the seren shard (integrity).

Haluned, the Dark Lord
Return to the Tower of Voices with the four shards. A cutscene will occur where Seren needs your help, and you will obtain the second piece of the song.

Go back into the Tower of Voices and return the shards to each leader. However, Lord Iorwerth will mention that the shard of the Dark Lord (Haluned) and Eluned need to be used as well.

Go to Morvran and ask to be taken to the Grand Library. Go west through the door to enter the Grand Library. In the very south-west corner, take the shard. You will be given a choice to include the dark Seren shard in the restoration of Seren. If you include it, you will take the shard. If you don't include it, you will kick it into the abyss. After making your decision, return to the Tower of Voices. All the main crystals are collected, but the elders cannot recreate Seren without filler crystals, and tell you that Tarddiad may have what they need, although it may be dangerous since it has been thousands of years since they were there.

Tarddiad
Teleport to the World Gate with the Sixth-Age circuit. Rotate the dials until a number "1" is presented on the Gate. This is the portal to Tarddiad. Step through it and a cutscene will occur where Seren regrets going to Gielinor. The third piece of the Song of Restoration is remembered here. Upon entering, after stepping a little further from the portal a Crystal Shapeshifter will attack you.

50 Tarddian crystals need to be collected. Crystal fragments can be obtained from mining solid crystal, chopping branching crystal or fishing floating crystals, which can be exchanged with Angof for Tarddian crystals at a rate of 3 to 1. Alternatively, you can kill Crystal Shapeshifters around Tarddiad, who drop 2 crystals upon death. However, the shapeshifters are more challenging than their combat level suggests and it may be better to collect fragments instead of killing them. You can speak with Angof to increase the amount of shapeshifters around Tarddiad; it can always be reset to normal by asking her to send them back.

Speak to Angof to get the final piece of the Song of Restoration.

In the house behind Angof, there is a crate which can be searched for her diary. Although you cannot take it, you can read it.

In a building to the far north west, there is a rock that can be searched. Beneath is the Ancient Tarddian Journal. Beware of the crystalline shapeshifter. In a bush north east of this building to the far north west, there is a bush that can be searched. Beneath is the Weathered Tarddian Journal. A crystal formation abutting the southernmost bridge can be searched for the Dusty Tarddian Journal.

Return to Freneskae
Once 50 crystals have been collected, the restoration ceremony will begin. You have the option to sacrifice Eluned as she is a part of Seren, although you can decide not to. Regardless of your decision, Seren will appear, but because she lacks a soul she will collapse in front of the elders. After the elders discuss that she needs to be taken to Freneskae, you can go now or prepare. Once ready, talk to Lord Crwys to progress further.

A cutscene will ensue once you are teleported, taking Seren through Freneskae. As you reach The Cradle, a Force muspah will attack you. Since you are carrying Seren you cannot fight it and will need to avoid their attacks. After a while, Zaros will appear and banish the muspahs, and will say that it wasn't the right idea to bring her here. He will take you to the Elder Halls as long as you promise not to tell Seren of his appearance.

Light puzzle
The light puzzle contains 3 different rings. The outer ring, middle ring and core ring. It can be hard to see but if you make the compass point north you can see it clearer and can guess which mirrors belong to which ring. Rotating each ring has an effect on the other 2 rings. If you mess up, you can click on Seren to reset the puzzle.

After completing each puzzle, a cutscene will occur.

Puzzle 1: Puzzle 2: Puzzle 3: Puzzle 4:
 * Outside ring: +2 (2x clockwise)
 * Middle ring: -2 (2x anti-clockwise)
 * Core ring: -1 (1x anti-clockwise)
 * Outside ring: +2 (2x clockwise)
 * Middle ring: +1 (1x clockwise)
 * Core ring: -2 (2x anti-clockwise)
 * Outside ring: 0 (no movement)
 * Middle ring: -2 (2x anti-clockwise)
 * Core ring: -3 (3x anti-clockwise)
 * Outside ring: -2 (2x anti-clockwise)
 * Middle ring: +2 (2x clockwise)
 * Core ring: -2 (2x anti-clockwise)

Seren's return
After the Light puzzles are completed, more dialogue between Seren and the player will ensue in which more insight to Seren and Zaros's relationship is given.

The player will eventually be given the option to teleport to the Tower of Voices or to the World Gate. Regardless of your decision, return to the Tower of Voices where Seren will tell the elders that they are now the rightful rulers of Prifddinas, and appoints the player as their champion.

'''Congratulations! Quest complete!'''

Rewards
Upon completing the quest, the player will receive:
 * 2 quest points
 * 90,000 experience lamps in Agility, Crafting, Herblore, Prayer, Slayer, Woodcutting, and Divination
 * Access to Seren spells in the Ancient Magicks spellbook
 * Access to Seren prayers in the Ancient Curses prayerbook
 * Access to Tarddiad, containing the Crystal Shapeshifters Slayer creatures, Solid crystal Mining locations, Branching crystal Woodcutting locations, and Floating crystal Fishing locations
 * Access to Crystalline armour which can be bought in Tardiadd for crystals from mining, woodcutting, fishing and combat in the area

Music unlocked

 * Worlds Apart

Trivia

 * The quest's name is a reference to Within the Light, one of the previous instalments in the elf quest series.
 * The quest was originally suggested on RuneLabs.
 * 80 Slayer was stated as a requirement in the podcast and Behind the Scenes video from 14 August 2015, however this was later noted to be a mistake. Yet when the quest was released, 80 Slayer was indeed one of the requirements.
 * There is a platform in Tarddiad which will be struck by lightning if stood on, after which a raven called Bran will appear. This raven can be spotted like a Ravensworn raven, and will fly away after. The name Bran is a Welsh name meaning raven. The Ravensworn title must be unlocked for Bran to spawn. When spotted, the Raven says "Mae hyn yn unig y dechrau", which translates from Welsh to "This is just the beginning".
 * There is a crate in Angof's house that when searched, produces the message "This crate is sealed; you cannot open it currently.". This crate can later be opened by returning the Ancient Elven Wedding Ring to Angof, yielding a journal entry as its contents.
 * While Lady Trahaearn is attuning the key, the player mentions a smell of fudge. This is a reference to U.S. television series,, in which the smell of fudge is an indicator of the presence of a magical object.
 * Upon completion of the quest, the adventurer's log states "I helped return the light of Seren to the world by reforging her body and soul."
 * When asked about a rare ingredient for the Elixir of Revealment, Coeden responds, "Now... that... is... something... I... haven't... heard... in... a... long... time." This slow manner of speaking is likely a reference to  from  trilogy.