OK I check with Hawkwind to make sure I can go and meditate at the shrines of Valor and Sacrifice and when I do the shrine tells me I am unable to focus. Would it do this if I cheated like buying 99 magic chain for 2784. If that is the case or some other thing am I going to have to start over? Hell I hope not. This one has me stumped.

You have the runes for the Shrines you attempted and made sure you did not have any typos in the mantras (I can’t remember for sure, but believe I had this happen last time I played due to a mantra typo)?

Ya I figured it out. I was hitting enter or some other key when I first entered the shrine. It didn't like that. After reentry and typing in the virtue first it worked ok. Really dumb of me.