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{{Location infobox
| within = Bjora Marches
| waypoints = 1
| points-of-interest = 2
| type = area
| sector id = 1787
| levels = 80
| gallery2 = Whisper in the Dark 03.jpg 
| connections = [[Fallen Mountains]] (N)<br>[[Frozen Pass]] (W)<br>[[Southern Mountains]] (S)
| requires = lws5
}}

[[Jora's Keep]] is the local [[Vigil]] stronghold in [[Bjora Marches]]. It stands where the [[gww:Jora's homestead|homestead]] of [[Jora]] herself once was.

== Locations and objectives ==
;Waypoints
: {{map objective|waypoint|Jora's Keep Waypoint|id=3111}}

;Points of Interest
: {{map objective|point of interest|General's Quarters}}
: {{map objective|point of interest|Vigil Gate}}

;Events
{{area events}}

== NPCs ==
=== Allies ===
;[[Asura]]
* [[Priory Scholar]]
* [[Relief Crew Scholar]]
* [[Researcher Yarixx]]
* [[Vigil Marksman]]

;[[Charr]]
* [[Captain Igenna Jawspire]] <small>(Prior to the [[Escort the relief crew to the Aberrant Forest]] event)</small>

;[[Dolyak]]
* [[Aja]] <small>(When the [[Search for evidence of the massacre at Jora's Keep|search for evidence]] events are not running)</small>

;[[Human]]s
* [[Investigator Eleni]] <small>(When the [[Search for evidence of the massacre at Jora's Keep|search for evidence]] events are not running)</small>
* [[Marjory Delaqua]]
* [[Relief Crew Agent]]

;[[Norn]]
* [[Havroun Weibe]]
* [[Priory Explorer]]
* [[Vigil Tactician]]
* [[Jhavi Jorasdottir|Warmaster Jhavi Jorasdottir]]

;Various
* [[Vigil Crusader]]
* [[Vigil Recruit]]
* [[Vigil Relief Crew]]
* [[Vigil Relief Soldier]]
* [[Vigil Survivor]]
* [[Vigil Warmaster]]

==== Services ====
: {{vendor|karma}} [[Anette Eymundrdottir]]
: {{vendor|merchant}} [[Flannan]]

=== Foes ===
;[[Ambient creature]]s
* [[Deer]]
* [[Eagle]]
* [[Rabbit]]
* [[Rat]]
* [[Raven (ambient creature)|Raven]]
* [[Snow Owl]]

;[[Animal]]s
* [[Moose]]

;[[Canine]]s
* [[Veteran Wolf]]
* [[Wolf]]

;[[Treant]]s
* [[Veteran Pineshade]]

;[[Wurm]]s
* [[Ice Wurm]]
* [[Veteran Ice Wurm]]

== Ambient dialogue ==
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;In the General's Quarters <small>(only present after completing [[The Invitation]])</small>
:'''Warmaster Jhavi Jorasdottir:''' ''She was the only one who saw me as Jhavi. Not Jhavi Jorasdottir. Just Jhavi.''
:'''Marjory Delaqua:''' ''You trusted [[General Almorra Soulkeeper|Almorra]], right?''
:'''Warmaster Jhavi Jorasdottir:''' ''With all my heart.''
:'''Marjory Delaqua:''' ''Then you know she made the right call when she chose you.''

:'''Marjory Delaqua:''' ''You're looking grim.''
:'''Warmaster Jhavi Jorasdottir:''' ''"The [[Vigil]] needs you." That was the last thing I said to her.''
:'''Marjory Delaqua:''' ''I know what it's like. Losing [[Seraph Belinda Delaqua|someone you love]].''
:'''Marjory Delaqua:''' ''The wound heals with time, sure. But the scar? That's forever.''
:'''Marjory Delaqua:''' ''It still hurts sometimes...and there's nothing you can do—''
:'''Warmaster Jhavi Jorasdottir:''' ''But...move forward.''
:'''Marjory Delaqua:''' ''We move forward.''

:'''Warmaster Jhavi Jorasdottir:''' ''I don't know [[Kasmeer Meade|Kasmeer]] well. But I do know she's lucky to have you.''
:'''Marjory Delaqua:''' ''All right, boss. What's next?''
:'''Warmaster Jhavi Jorasdottir:''' ''Like I said. We move forward.''

;Inside the keep <small>(only present after completing [[What's Left Behind]])</small>
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''So many.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''Should have seen it coming. The way the [[Sons of Svanir|Svanir]] talk about their [[Jormag|dragon]].''
:'''Relief Crew Agent:''' ''There's no way you could have seen...this.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''They were protecting their god. Was only a matter of time before they came for us.''

:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''Have you...found General Soulkeeper?''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''Almorra can handle herself. I'm sure she's okay.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''You checked the bodies? All of them?''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''She'll be back soon. Jhavi and the other missing people, too. They'll know what to do.''

:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''It's not over.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''Without Almorra, it is. How many more of our friends' bodies do you need to burn to get that into your skull?''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''They did their job. We've still got ours. Long as we're breathing.''

:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''If the others turned on us...''
:'''Relief Crew Agent:''' ''You have to trust them. Not all norn follow Jormag.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''Just the males.''
:'''Relief Crew Agent:''' ''They follow the [[Raven (Spirit of the Wild)|Raven]], the [[Snow Leopard (Spirit of the Wild)|Snow Leopard]], the [[Wolf (Spirit of the Wild)|Wolf]]—''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''Look around you. It's gonna happen again if somebody doesn't do something about it!''
:'''Relief Crew Agent:''' ''We need them.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''Do we?''

;Inside the keep <small>(only present after completing [[The Wind and Nothing More]])</small>
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''You're right. The general wouldn't want us to wallow.''
:'''Relief Crew Agent:''' ''She was a warrior. The best we can honor her—''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''—Is to keep fighting.''
:'''Relief Crew Agent:''' ''Can you imagine how upset she would be if she knew we had a ceremony for her?''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''Yeah. I can.''

:'''Vigil Relief Crew:''' ''No. No...''
:'''Relief Crew Agent:''' ''She's...gone.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew:''' ''Where is she? Show me. I wanna see her.''
:'''Relief Crew Agent:''' ''She went down fighting the Svanir. Dragon worshippers. It's what she would have wanted.''
:'''Relief Crew Agent:''' ''She was...is a legend.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew:''' ''I'm going to kill every last one of those bastards.''

;In the courtyard <small>(only present after completing The Wind and Nothing More)</small>
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''We're in good hands now that Jhavi's back—''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''—Without General Soulkeeper.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''Jhavi's here, and she's ready to lead. We need to act.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''Almorra's still out there.''

:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''The general is dead.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''I'm not following orders from Jhavi. She's one of them. Norn.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''What happened here wasn't Jhavi's fault. The Svanir don't even accept women.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''Dragon. Raven. Wolf. [[Spirits of the Wild]]—they're all false gods. What's the difference?''

:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''You knew this day would come. She's charr. You live to die on the battlefield.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''Is that what they taught you?''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''Almorra was prepared. And she chose Jhavi to take her place. It's our duty to respect that.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''Don't lecture me about duty, mouse.''

:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''Been...seeing things out there. Doesn't make sense.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''The light on the ice. It does that.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''The soldiers... They were sleeping in the snow.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''Tried to wake them. They looked so peaceful. They were...smiling.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''Your eyes are just playing tricks. You need to rest.''

:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''My sire died a long time ago... but I swear I could hear his voice in the pass.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''I heard someone singing. A lullaby from when I was little. Exactly how I remembered it.''

;Near the [[Vigil Gate]] {{verify|Not present before completing Silence, verify if Silence is the required story step or a later one is.}}
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''Jora's Keep was home. A refuge for the lost... And now, I don't know where to go—''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''Even after [[Mordremoth]] died, my own friends didn't trust me anymore...''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''So I came here. Almorra... She saw something in me. She saw it in you too.''

:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''The others... They won't look at me. Won't talk to me.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''Your people turned. Joined the Svanir and pledged themselves to Jormag. How did you expect the others to react?''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''What's it gonna take for them to see that I'm no traitor?''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''They'll come around. Or they won't.''

:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''I felt so tired... I couldn't move. My eyes shut and–''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''–And then you heard it.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''The voice of a friend.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''"Everything will be all right."''

:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''I fought alongside him for years...since we were children. Took on [[Kralkatorrik]] together...and we won.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (2):''' ''Jormag's influence runs deep.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew (1):''' ''I wouldn't have turned. If I'da been here...I'd have died fighting with the rest.''

;Inside the storehouse
:'''Relief Crew Scholar:''' ''My—my detection console, my scanners... All destroyed. It's like they knew exactly where to hit us.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew:''' ''They had eyes on the inside.''
:'''Relief Crew Scholar:''' ''How many of our reinforcements are norn?''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew:''' ''Didn't get a good count.''
:'''Relief Crew Scholar:''' ''I'll do it. Somebody needs to...to get an accurate inventory of Vigil personnel.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew:''' ''Right. An "inventory."''

:'''Relief Crew Scholar:''' ''Slaughtered our people. Destroyed my equipment. Took Almorra hostage. Flux it all.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew:''' ''What would the Svanir need her for?''
:'''Relief Crew Scholar:''' ''If only I'd put a tracker on her, we could find out. Rescue her.''

:'''Relief Crew Scholar:''' ''I suppose I can start over from scratch.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew:''' ''We're Vigil. We move forward, always.''
:'''Relief Crew Scholar:''' ''Yes, three dragons down, three to go.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew:''' ''Three to go.''

:'''Vigil Relief Crew:''' ''Someone was following me out there.''
:'''Relief Crew Scholar:''' ''You're in shock. It's common after something—''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew:''' ''No! I heard...voices...''

:'''Relief Crew Scholar:''' ''Do you think Jhavi's authorized to approve replacements for my scanners?''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew:''' ''I'd wait. She's been through a lot.''
:'''Relief Crew Scholar:''' ''Oh, uh–of course. Maybe she'll allow for some upgrades to the detection console. Won't cost...much.''
:'''Vigil Relief Crew:''' ''(sigh)''

;Outside the keep, a trio of Vigil members arrive from the west and resume their patrol back to [[Spirits' Refuge]]
:'''Vigil Marksman:''' ''Jhavi's been keeping Drakkar busy. To be that close to the source of the whispers... I don't know how she does it.''
:'''Vigil Recruit:''' ''Rage. She desires revenge. You know what [[Drakkar]] did to [[Svanir]].''
:'''Vigil Crusader:''' ''Yes, the legends of Svanir have only grown more relevant these past weeks.''
:'''Vigil Marksman:''' ''They're not legends. They are a history we cannot repeat.''
:'''Vigil Crusader:''' ''Well, I know one thing at least: Jhavi's the last norn I'd want as a blood enemy.''
:'''Vigil Recruit:''' ''Ha! Yeah, never thought I'd say this, but I almost feel bad for Drakkar.''
:'''Vigil Marksman:''' ''Almost. Come on, let's stay focused.''

== Objects ==
* [[Almorra's Sword]] <small>(Only after [[The Wind and Nothing More]] story step)</small>
* [[Anvil]]
* [[Bouncing Mushroom]]
* [[Pylon of Resilience]]
* [[Pylon of Valor]]
* [[Pylon of Vigilance]]
* [[Raven Barrier Shrine]]
* [[Training Chest of Valor]] <small>(Only after completing [[Researcher Yarixx|Yarixx's]] [[essence manipulation]] tutorial)</small>
* [[Updraft (object)|Updraft]]
* [[Vigil Chopper]]

;[[Book]]s
* [[A Burden (object)|A Burden]] <small>(Only after finding it in [[Asgeir's Legacy]])</small>
* [[Manuscript: Svan Song by Snargle Goldclaw]] <small>(On the bed in [[General's Quarters]])</small>
* [[Research Notes: Ancient Raven Lens (object)|Research Notes: Ancient Raven Lens]] <small>(Only after finding it in [[Raven Sanctum]])</small>
* [[What's Happening? (object)|What's Happening?]] <small>(Only after finding it during [[The Hunger]])</small>

== Crafting resources ==
{{gww|Jora's homestead}}
;Resource nodes
: {{gathering node|Eternal Ice}}
: {{gathering node|Mithril Ore (node)}}
: {{gathering node|Cypress Sapling}}
: {{gathering node|Verdant Herbs}}
: {{gathering node|Winter Root Vegetables}}

== Notes ==
* The [[Non-player character|NPCs]] and dialogue at Jora's Keep is altered throughout the story:
** Additional Vigil Relief Crew get added throughout the keep as the story progresses, with dialogue about Jhavi and Almorra's fates added after [[What's Left Behind]] and [[The Wind and Nothing More]].
** After completing [[Silence (story)|Silence]] and before completing [[The Invitation]], Vigil crew will be burning bodies on pyres outside the eastern gate.
** Jhavi and Marjory will be in the General's Quarters after completing The Invitation. Before then, it will be generic Vigil NPCs.

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