The Keeper Who Hid the Truth

Loken’s fall began within a relationship the keepers should have been able to trust. He grew close to Sif, the wife of his brother Thorim. When she ended their affair, he killed her. The crime left him terrified of what his brother would discover.

An apparent vision of Sif offered a way to conceal the truth. Behind it was Yogg-Saron, turning grief and fear into instructions. Loken blamed the frost giants, and Thorim’s revenge deepened the divisions the lie had created.

Thorim eventually withdrew in despair. Loken had escaped immediate exposure, but the price was dependence on the prisoner beneath Ulduar. Protecting his secret became more important to him than protecting the world.