After getting cut-off from his moonshine, the Harbinger is forced to look for a Shell. By mere chance, he had inhabited the body of one of Merrick's fallen companion, Proxima the Broodseeker.

Merrick's plans changes after Lavender returned with Proxima's body. Originally, he meant to sell the son of the Mether maps of lost rare weapons but now he handed locations (or rumors) of Proxima's weapon. He remembers the woman's goal of hunting down a creature known as the Hexapod. He now has to convince the Harbinger to do the same in her stead. Unfortunately for him, the Harbinger takes things slow and it doesn't help that he's developed a hobby of 'having' his way with the Broodseeker. After all, Merrick realized, they were one and the same thanks to fate.