Korumonerk said he had also lost some Pauldrons, and asked you to return to the Kaidan Headquarters and fetch them as well. When you disposed of the Krall and returned with what he had asked for, Korumonerk confessed the astonishing truth. The shoes, gloves and pauldrons were in fact the three great treasures of the Changanerk Traders, and he couldn't tell the truth for fear you would take them for yourself.