Julie of Season 7 Team 6 was assigned a task by Grimaldine to retrieve the pieces of the 'Arken' shield during her travels through Level 3. The shield was split into 3 seperate pieces in 3 different rooms.
The first was in the dripping water room which they needed to spell cast GROWME to retrieve. This made Julie large enough to reach the piece.

The second piece was obtained at the end of play your cards right next to the portal at the end of the challenge.

The third piece was found on the floor in a chamber in which the team encountered the Brollachan.

Upon completion the image upon the shield was revealed to be a 3 legged triskelion.
After this Julie proceeded into the next chamber that contained the sword which was the item of their quest. Upon acquiring it Lord Fear made an appearance in the room. In order to defeat him they could make use of the spell ARKEN which caused the shield to go spinning towards him and engulf him thus ensuring the teams victory. The effect itself was rather poor in appearance.

Despite sounding good the word "Arken" has no actual meaning in the current English language, it could however be derived from the word "Ark" which does hold the meaning of "shelter" or "refuge". Another explanation offered can be found at this Tolkien forum in which it is described to mean "special, out of the ordinary" and would be in keeping with the context. It may hold more relevant meaning in other languages current or deprecated.

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