Chapter 3:
After discussing his plans with Crowley, Gilian set off for Highcliff. Upon arrival at the gate in the castle wall, Gilian was met by a sergeant. The sergeant looked doubtfully at Gilian's weaponry, an armament containing a sword, since swords were not usually carried by Rangers, but eventually let him through. When Gilian entered the castle, he asked to see the seneschal. After talking to the seneschal for a while, Gilian asked him if he knew about Foldar. The seneschal replied that he knew Foldar and Morgarath at Castle Gorlan. Now, Gilian was intrigued as he had never met someone who knew both Foldar and Morgarath. Then, Gilian requested to see the baron, but he was out hunting, so Gilian went to his quarters to ponder the recent events and his plan for the next few days.
Chapter 4:
Gilian traveled to the local inn, as innkeepers were well-informed about the recent gossip. He asked the inkeeper, Maeve, about what she knew about the seneschal, Philip. Maeve replied that Philip was a good administrator, if he can keep away from the dice. He ran up an immense debt with the other gamblers at the Swan tavern. Although Philip does not come to Maeve's business, she has seen him a couple of times late at night, heading toward Ambrose's house. Ambrose was a man who gambled against Philip. Gilian had a lot of information to digest after this lengthy conversation, so Gilian said good-bye, and left. On the ride back to the castle, Gilian was attacked by two assassins. Gilian's horse, Blaze, "panicked" to provide as a distraction for Gilian to roll out from the horse and hide underneath his camouflaged cloak. The two assassins, thinking that they had killed Gilian, used their leader's true name when he arrived to confirm that they had killed their man. Lord Foldar knew that Gilian was here in Highcliff tracking him, and there were only two people who knew Gilian's true mission.
Chapter 5:
Gilian watched as Philip, one of the two people who knew his mission, clumsily walked past Gilian hidden in the shadows underneath his cloak. Philip was carrying a large white sack, presumably filled with money, and a lot of it. Gilian had spied on Philip earlier and watched him depart from a secret entrance to the castle, with the same sack, only it was empty. Since Philip was moving slowly, Gilian had ample time to beat Philip back to the castle and choose an unobserved spot to watch what Philip does with the money. Gilian noticed that when Philip returned from the strong room, the place where the castle's money is kept, he was not carrying the sack of money.
Gilian then proceeded to the Baron's quarters, to reveal his plan for capturing and defeating Foldar. He plans to put the money in a small cart, defended only by himself, and send it off approximately ten minutes before the usual one. But, Foldar will be watching the castle, so he will see the first cart leave. He will follow the cart and secure the money. But, Gilian proposes a double bluff. He plans to put the money in its usual convoy to trick Foldar into attacking the small one.
Then, Gilian went to the archery commander to secure six archers for his purpose of defending the convoy.
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