The moment Rune gets anywhere within range of the 'stools', Lorelei ceases her entrancing melody once more. There is a brief moment wherein she turns to make direct eye contact with Rune. ...She smiles, and the smile is every bit as gentle and lovely as the music drifting from her harp.

In that brief moment, the picturesque image of the maiden in the woods flickers into... something else. The trees are dead and barren. The ground lies bare. And the 'stools'... skulls and bones. Whether they are human or not is difficult to discern as Lorelei once again allows her fingers to drift over the harp, and the scene returns to normality.