Warrior ( Book ) Summary . Series . This book is part of a four - volume series named " The Adventures of Eslaf Erol " : Content . This is the third book in a four - book series . If you have not read the first two books , ' Beggar ' and ' Thief ' , you would be well advised to do so . Suoibud Erol did not know much of his past , nor did he care to . As a child , he had lived in Erolgard , but the kingdom was very poor and taxes were as a result very high . He was too young to manage his abundant inheritance , but his servants , fearing that their master would be ruined , moved him to Jallenheim . No one knew why that location was picked . Some old maid , long dead now , had thought it was a good place to raise a child . No one else had a better idea . There may have been children with a more pampered , more spoiled existence than young Suoibud , but that is doubtful . As he grew , he understood that he was rich , but he had nothing else . No family , no social position , no security at all . Loyalty , he found out on more than one occasion , cannot truly be bought . Knowing that he had but one asset , a vast fortune , he was determined to protect it , and , if possible , increase it . Some otherwise perfectly nice people are greedy , but Suoibud was that rare accident of nature or breeding who has no other interest but acquiring and hoarding gold . He was willing to do anything to increase his fortune . Most recently , he had begun secretly hiring mercenaries to attack desirable properties , and then buying them when no one wanted to live there any more . The attacks would then , of course , cease , and Suoibud would have profitable land which he had purchased for a song . It had begun small with a few farms , but recently he had begun a more ambitious campaign . In north - central Skyrim , there is an area called The Aalto , which is of unique geographical interest . It is a dormant volcanic valley surrounded on all sides by glaciers , so the earth is hot from the volcano , but the constant water drizzle and air is frigid . A grape called Jazbay grows there comfortably , and everywhere else in Tamriel it withers and dies . The strange vineyard is a privately owned , and the wine produced from it is thus rare and extremely expensive . It is said that the Emperor needs the permission of the Imperial Council to have a glass of it once a year . In order to harass the owner of The Aalto into selling his land cheap , Suoibud had to hire more than a few mercenaries . He had to hire the finest private army in Skyrim . Suoibud did not like spending money , but he had agreed to pay the general of the army , a woman called Laicifitra , a gem the size of an apple . He had not given it to her yet — payment was to be delivered on the success of the mission — but he had trouble sleeping knowing that he was going to giving up such a prize . He always slept during the day so he could watch his storehouse by night , when he knew thieves were about . That brings us up to this moment when , after a fitful sleep , Suoibud woke up at about noon , and surprised a thief in his bedroom . The thief was Eslaf . Eslaf had been contemplating a leap from the window , a hundred feet down , into the branches of a tree beyond the walls of the fortified palace , and a tumble into a stack of hay . Anyone who has ever attempted such a feat will testify that it takes some concentration and nerve to do such a thing . When he saw that the rich man sleeping in the room had awakened , both left him , and Eslaf slipped behind a tall ornamental shield on display to wait for Suoibud to go back to sleep . Suoibud did not go back to sleep . He had heard nothing , but could feel someone in the room with him . He stood up and began pacing the room . Suoibud paced and paced , and gradually decided that he was imagining things . No one was there . His fortune was safe and secure . He was returning to his bed when he heard a clunk . Turning around , he saw the gem , the one he was to give to Laicifitra on the floor by the Atmoran cavalry shield . A hand reached out from behind the shield and grabbed it up . ' Thief ! ' Suoibud cried out , grabbing a jeweled Akaviri katana from the wall and lunging at the shield . The ' fight ' between Eslaf and Suoibud will not go down in the annals of great duels . Suoibud did not know how to use a sword , and Eslaf was no expert at blocking with a shield . It was clumsy , it was awkward . Suoibud was furious , but was psychologically incapable of using the sword in any way that could damage its fine filligree , reducing its market value . Eslaf kept moving , dragging the shield with him , trying to keep it between him and the blade , which is , after all , the most essential part of any block . Suoibud screamed in frustration as he struck at the shield , bumping its way across the room . He even tried negotiating with the thief , explaining that the gem was promised to a great warrior named Laicifitra , and if he would give it back , Suoibud would happily give him something else in return . Eslaf was not a genius , but he did not believe that . By the time Suoibud ' s guards came to the bedroom in response to their master ' s calls , he had succeeded in backing the shield into a window . They fell on the shield , having considerable more expertise with their swords than Suoibud did , but they discovered that there was no one behind it . Eslaf had leapt out the window and escaped . As he ran heavily through the streets of Jallenheim , making jingling noises from the gold coins in his pockets , and feeling the huge gem chafe where he had hidden it , Eslaf did not know where he should go next . He knew only that he could never go back to that town , and he must avoid this warrior named Laicifitra who had claims on the jewel . Eslaf Erol ' s story is continued in the book King