The group unites a meeting of the minds of Rend when it comes to Dragon knowledge, and get advice on how to deal with Corazo, deciding it would be best to attempt an ambush inside of his lair while he sleeps; Dean sends a horrendous paranoid dream to Corazo and the group returns to Nar Fangjian to begin their hunt. Anku is confronted in her chambers by Zorado, who task her with locating the spice hoard of Corazo and allowing him to hand it over to the empire. He modifies her memories of these events with a subtle spell and makes her beleive the task is coming from Taeadoro himself. The group maneuvers through the jungle and discovers plant and wildlife of The Elder's Hand, inching closer to the Villa Corazo's lair masquerade's as. The group meet a Jadite clan warrior named Leaf Kaisho, his partner Leaf Tatsu has been trapped in Corazo's prison and he seeks a way inside the prison beneath the lair. The group enter the village of Tel Naris Kahn and pose as "Weird gem sellers" provided a distraction for an ambush on a spice runner shipment that arrived in the harbor of the little village; There mora and Anku killed Rafee, the Middle son of Corazo the black and his spice runners; they take the boat back up the steady river until it becomes too treachourous to navigate and approach the villa on foot, in the distance they see drake rider patrols closing in on them.