Days turned into weeks as ideas were proposed and discarded.
Some plans relied too heavily on cutting, which they knew would be time consuming and difficult. Others required shaping the husk beyond what they believed was currently possible. Each approach was analyzed, debated, and refined.
A full month went by in this manner.
Finally, a solution emerged.
It was simple and elegant, though a bit unconventional.
The elders realized that the husk itself already provided the components they needed. The legs varied in length and thickness, each one possessing a slightly different structure. Instead of reshaping a single piece into the entire spear, they could combine multiple legs, inserting them into one another to create a composite structure.
"The husk is hollow," the Rune Dwarf elder pointed out. "If we align them correctly, they can be fitted together."
"Stacked," another added.
"Reinforced through their own structure," said the Fireforge elder.
