too much of his power is being used to keep them under controlnow is the time to strike this was their only chance to end the dark lords reign of tyranny and make their escapethey took the dark lord completely by surprise when the attack came he did not know elverdor had three mindstones and his brother and sister had two each elgor and elzora lashed out first using their powers to momentarily blind their adversary and distract him enough for elverdor to strike the fatal blow .