Elior takes the lead in Llorkh, where he accepts a job from Gunther Strojny of the Miners Cooperative to recover a magical goliath skull from the Zhents. This involves a young Zhent wizard, Skylar Nazariel, who knows where the skull is held and wants to get out of town. With the help of Kain, Zim, and Neville, Elior plans the heist and also colludes with the local goliath street gang to smuggle some gems out of town. Nazariel is rescued (and her death is faked), the skull is stolen from the basement of Vince Mustachio's house, and the crew gets the gems to the fence at Oleg's trading post, returning with a cargo of copper ore (and paying hefty bribes both directions).