Zora Blackwood

Zora Blackwood
Appearances	The Outer Worlds
Related quests	Canid's Cradle The Commuter Pay for the Printer Sucker Bait
Voice actor	Sumalee Montano
Personal information
Gender	Female
Species	Human
Former Employer	Rizzo
Affiliation	Iconoclasts
Occupation	Medic
Location	Triage Center, Amber Heights

“

If it weren't for her, I'd wager the Iconoclasts would've died off a while ago.

„

—Nyoka

Zora Blackwood is a member of the Iconoclasts and, alongside Graham Bryant, is one of the group's de facto leaders. After brokering peace with MSI, she moves to Stellar Bay where she can be found outside the third building to the left after entering from the Stellar Bay Ruins' south gate.

Background

Before joining the Iconoclasts, Zora lived in Cascadia and worked for Rizzo's in the bottling plant as a doctor. She was an excellent employee and described as a "top-notch sawbones with a good head for working under pressure". Following the enactment of the Hazard Clause, Zora became suspicious that Rizzo's management was not telling their staff the entire truth. When the final evacuation procedures went south and the pterorarys which were being transported off-world broke out of their cages, Zora and many other Rizzo employees were left behind.

Zora and those left behind survived in Cascadia for a time until the town was threatened by marauders and they had to flee the town. Zora was the only survivor of this escape, forced to climb a chasm to escape from the marauders, after her companions including Cecil McClure were killed.

She joined Graham Bryant and helped start the Iconoclasts, patching up those who got wounded while fighting for their cause. Nearly every member of the Iconoclasts owes her their life in some way. However, her methods of operation including her desire to impose some form of scheduling on the faction, has ruffled some feathers. This has led to conflicts between herself and Graham Bryant, the latter being more focused on spreading the message of Philosophism, considering Zora's concerns about food and medicine to be a distracting attachment to corporate materialism.

Player interactions

Available interactions with Zora Blackwood
Companion	Conversation
✓	✓
Quests	Merchant
✓	✘

Companion interactions
Ellie	Felix	Nyoka
✘	✘	✘
Max	Parvati	SAM
✘	✓	✘

Related quests

• The Commuter: Zora asks the Stranger to buy extra supplies from Carlotta, instead of the high-capacity data cartridges requested by Graham Bryant.
• Pay for the Printer: Zora asks the Stranger to bring the Van Noys back to Amber Heights alive.
• Sucker Bait: Zora asks the Stranger to investigate the Abandoned Relay Station to find information on the Amber Heights massacre.
• Canid's Cradle: The Stranger can back Zora in taking over as leader of the Iconoclasts and either brokering peace with Stellar Bay or defeating MSI.

Notes

• If Zora was killed prior to Canid's Cradle and the player completed this quest with MSI, Zora will still send Graham's Patch.

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