Oblivion:Jorundr

Jorundr (RefID: 00052229)
Home City	Bruma
House	Castle Bruma Dungeon
Race	Nord	Gender	Male
Level	PC+1	Class	Thief
RefID	00052229	BaseID	00036244
Other Information
Health	50 + (4+0.6)x(PC+0), PC=4-83
Magicka	75 + 1.5x(PC+0) (max=250)
Responsibility	80	Aggression	5
Faction(s)	Prisoners

Jorundr in Castle Bruma Dungeon

Jorundr is a Nord thief from Bruma, who has recently been arrested for armed robbery, and is now reluctantly staying in Castle Bruma's Dungeon. He may tell you the story behind it during Two Sides of the Coin, which differs from the story you hear from his girlfriend, Arnora Auria.

As a prisoner, he will only wear sack cloth pants and carry a bread loaf. He won't be very talkative before you heard Arnora's story during the related quest: "Go away." If the quest hasn't been finished, he will just stand in front of the cell door all day long.

After having finished the quest, he will be moved to another cell at the opposite side of the room, after which he will continue his usual routine of simply standing around, due to a bug.

Related Quests

• Two Sides of the Coin: Arnora wants you to speak with Jorundr to find out where their stolen gold is hidden.

Quest-Related Events

Two Sides of the Coin

The people of Bruma may be talking about what happened to Jorundr:

"You hear about Jorundr? He was caught stealing gold, and now he's in jail! I bet Arnora's beside herself with grief."

"Poor Arnora. Seems her boyfriend, Jorundr, has stolen some gold from her and left her penniless. Now he's in jail, and she's destitute."

When you ask about this, they will provide further details:

"Arnora and Jorundr were once a happy couple, but that's over now. I hear that he took all of their money and stashed it after he committed a robbery. He was going to skip town on Arnora, but got arrested before making good on his escape. Now she has no money left at all. Poor thing."

This will start Two Sides of the Coin, and once you visit him after Arnora has revealed more details about the whole ordeal, he will be slightly more talkative:

"I don't know who you are, nor do I care. All I know is that I want you to leave."

Stolen gold

"I'm not talking to you about anything. You're an outsider. I bet you're trying to trick me into telling something and the guards put you up to it. That fetcher of a guard Tyrellius is always trying to be sneaky. Well, you can forget it. Tell him it isn't going to work."

When you get yourself thrown in prison, you will end up in his cell. At this point Tyrellius will walk up to him and unsuccessfully try to make Jorundr talk:

Tyrellius: "You've got nothing to lose. So why not just tell me and save us both a heap of trouble?"

Jorundr: "Yeah, sure. And I suppose I just end up rotting while you spend it all? Forget it."

Tyrellius: "You're gonna end up rotting here anyway, you idiot."

Jorundr: "Look, you horse's ass. I've never trusted city guardsmen. Never. So I'm definitely not going to start trusting you, Tyrellius."

Tyrellius: "Suit yourself. Enjoy your stay."

Jorundr will trust you at this point:

"By the way the guards tossed you in here, I can see you're no friend of theirs."

Stolen gold

"I suppose I can trust you. In fact, maybe you can help me with a bit of a problem, and make some money for yourself in the process. I'm in here for the long haul. They got me for murder, even though I didn't do it, and once the Count [sic] makes a ruling, there's no way it's changing. I owe all of this to that heartless treacherous witch, Arnora."

What did Arnora do to you?

"You want to know what happened? I'll tell you. I was betrayed. Stabbed in the back. I'm in here, and Arnora's out there living in my house. We were doing petty crimes all over Cyrodiil. Small scores; 10 gold here, 25 there. Nothing big enough to have them investigate you. Then along comes Arnora with a "plan" to waylay a tax shipment headed for the Imperial City. We're talking serious gold, complete with armed escorts. I told her she was crazy, but she insisted. Women have a way of getting men to do what they want. So we did it. We ambushed the shipment. In the process, Arnora killed a guard. I told her to be careful, and just knock them out but she didn't listen. We then buried the gold in the woods. Then she disappears to get "supplies." Suddenly the campsite gets raided by the Bruma City Guard. There's no way they could have found us. There's no doubt she tipped 'em off. But I was one step ahead. I had moved the loot while she was away. Hahaha. My final revenge. Or was it?"

What are you getting at?

"I'll tell you. I want Arnora dead. That's right, I said dead. She took my life away, now I want hers taken as well. You do this for me, and you get the gold. All of it. All I need as proof is that damn amulet she always wears. Show that to me and the money's yours."

Stolen Gold

"You want the gold? You bring me Arnora's amulet... after she's dead."

When exiting conversation he will be delighted: "Finally, a chance for revenge."

Speaking to him after this will only net you:

"Until you get out of here and I see an amulet, we have nothing more to say to each other."

When you've killed Arnora, depending on which amulet you have in your possession, Jorundr will have different comments when you return to him:

"Show me the proof."

Stolen Gold

"Haha! She fooled you but good. This isn't her real amulet, but a clever fake. The true amulet has a red stone. Clever girl, I taught her everything I knew. Too bad she's turned that knowledge against me. Come back when you have the real thing." (if you only have the fake amulet)

"Two amulets? One of them must be a fake. Clever girl, taught her everything I know. Good thing you saw through her ruse." (if you have both amulets)

Either way, when you show him the real amulet he'll go on:

Arnora's dead, so it doesn't matter.

"So, she's dead eh? Hahaha. Finally! Finally someone has wiped that stupid smug grin off her face. Good, good. Well, you did your part of the bargain, now I'll do mine. The gold is buried outside the walls of Bruma, near the North Gate. Goodbye, I don't expect to be seeing you anytime soon. If I were you, I'd get out of Bruma fast before the guards catch on that she's dead."

After that, he won't enter conversation again:

"Sorry, I'm too busy counting the number of rat droppings in my cell."

"Maybe I'll never see the sun again, but neither will Arnora!"

If you agreed to help Arnora, after having killed Tyrellius, Jorundr will greet you as his usual self:

"I'm not interested in speaking with you!"

Stolen Gold

"So, you both tricked me, and now you're here to mock me. Fine, fine. I hope you were happy working with that deceitful wench. I'm sure she tried to con you out of half the money. Can't say I'm sad to hear about Tyrellius either. Good work, good work."

He will end the conversation by spitting: "She was an evil, evil woman."

In either case, when the quest is finished, the people of Bruma may say:

"Arnora was killed. Such a shame. I wonder if Jorundr had something to do with it? I wouldn't put it past him."

Notes

• Jorundr has a number of dialogue lines he would have used if Arnora was already dead once you were sent to jail with him. However, you will never hear these as she is marked as essential at this stage:

Greeting: "We have nothing to discuss."

Stolen Gold: "So, she's dead, eh? Hahaha. Finally! Finally someone has wiped that stupid smug grin off her face. Good, good. I suppose you expect some sort of a reward? I don't think so. I have some gold tucked away, but we never struck a bargain. If I were you, after you're released, I'd get out of Bruma fast before the guards catch on that they let a murderer free."

• He also had another line to use after he'd revealed the location of his stash, but you will never hear this as his "rat droppings" greeting will always cause him to exit conversation.

Stolen Gold: "I've told you the location of the gold. You did your part, so have at it. As far as the amulets are concerned... keep 'em. They won't do me any good in here."

Bugs

• Jorundr was meant to have a slightly more lively schedule after the quest: sleeping from midnight to 7am and then having a two-hour breakfast. However, his wandering package always takes precedence, so these are never used. ^?
• Jorundr refers to a Count sentencing him to jail, even though Bruma is ruled by Countess Narina Carvain.
  • The Unofficial Oblivion Patch, version 3.5.0, fixes this bug.