The glamor of the 'immortals' and their world soon vanishes, as Thor is frequently away from home on new adventures, leaving Tjalvi and Røskva with all the hard work. As a regular friend of the house, one day Loki shows up with a small nonverbal jötunn boy named Quark, who almost immediately causes havoc in the thunder god's home. At first Loki claims that Quark 'followed him' home, but finally professes he 'won' Quark when he lost a bet with Útgarða-Loki and now has to keep the boy until he behaves properly. Sif is so upset when she finds out Quark has to stay at Bilskirnir, that she leaves the home with the two infants in distress, which in turn, makes Thor go crazy and destroy everything around him, until he finally storms out, leaving Loki, Quark, Röskva and Tjalvi behind.