Skaaric
Skaaric is the language group of the Scylvendi peoples. Derived from Thoti-Eännorean . One of the Scylvendi languages .

Languages derived from Skaaric

- Old Scylvendi : Language of ancient Scylvendi pastoralists.

Skafra
Skafra was one of the principle Wracu , or Dragons, of the Apocalypse , finally slain by Seswatha at Mengedda in 2155. He is described as "ancient."

Appearance

Skafra was massive, with wings that were the size of war-galley sails. He had golden horns and iridescent black scales that were scarred from a thousand battles. He wore a necklace of human heads.

Skafra

Aliases: Tyrant of Cloud and Mountain
Lived: ? - 2155
Race: Wracu
Gender: Male
Books: The Warrior-Prophet (flashbacks only) The Judging Eye (flashbacks only)

Skafra

Aliases: Tyrant of Cloud and Mountain
Lived: ? - 2155
Race: Wracu
Gender: Male
Books: The Warrior-Prophet (flashbacks only) The Judging Eye (flashbacks only)

Skagwa
Skagwa is a fiefdom on the Thunyeri Sranc Marches. The Earl of Skagwa is Saweor Inskarra .

Skaiwarra
Skaiwarra is a Thunyeri chieftain.

Appearance

Skaiwarra is stout and blond-haired.

What Came Before

Skaiwarra was originally a pirate before joining the Holy War as a Man of the Tusk .

The Thousandfold Thought

Skaiwarra reinforces Cnaiür urs Skiötha at Joktha with a force of 300 Thunyeri Men-of-the-Tusk. He dies in battle against forces loyal to Ikurei Conphas .

Skaiwarra

Title(s): Chieftain
Lived: ? - 4112
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Thunyeri
Gender: Male
Occupation: Chieftain
Books: The Thousandfold Thought

Skaiwarra

Title(s): Chieftain
Lived: ? - 4112
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Thunyeri
Gender: Male
Occupation: Chieftain
Books: The Thousandfold Thought

Skaiyelt
"Hringa Skaiyelt" Hringa Skaiyelt is the eldest son of King Hringa Rauschang of Thunyerus and leader of the Thunyeri contingent of the Holy War . He is claimed by disease at Caraskand .

Appearance

Skaiyelt has a wiry beard and long corn-silk hair. His face is uniformly scarred, as though by pox.

Hringa Skaiyelt

Title(s): Prince of Thunyerus
Lived: 4073 - 4111
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Thunyeri
Gender: Male
Occupation: Prince of Thunyerus
Relatives: Hringa Rauschang (father) Hringa Hulwarga (brother) Hringa Narradha (brother)
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before The Warrior-Prophet

Hringa Skaiyelt

Skala
Skala is Gaenkelti ’s successor as Exalt-Captain of the Palatial Eöthic Guard .

Appearance

Skala has blond hair. His face seems ugly or handsome by turns of shadow or light.

The Thousandfold Thought

Skala is appointed head of the Eöthic Guard following the death of his predecessor at the hands of a skin-spy impersonating Skeaös . However, he is unable to prevent the assassination of Ikurei Xerius III by a skin-spy impersonating Ikurei Istriya .

Skala

Title(s): Exalt-Captain of the Eöthic Guard
Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Cepaloran
Gender: Male
Occupation: Exalt-Captain of the Eöthic Guard
Books: The Thousandfold Thought

Skala

Skalateas
Skalateas is a member of the Mysunsai School , murdered in the Ansercan countryside by the Scarlet Spires .

The Darkness That Comes Before

Skalateas is present at the interrogation of Skeaös , to verify that he doesn’t bear the Mark , and sees him revealed as a skin-spy . Like all those present save Drusas Achamian , he mistakenly assumes that skin-spies are a creation of the Cishaurim rather than the Consult .

The Warrior-Prophet

Skalateas is sent to the Scarlet Spires to sell the information about the skin-spies’ existence to Hanamanu Eleäzaras . However, Eleäzaras intimidates him into revealing the information without payment and insists that he stay as a prisoner of the Scarlet Spires for further questioning. Skalateas refuses and attacks the Grandmaster; after a short battle, Eleäzaras slays him.

Skalateas

Lived: 4069 - 4111
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: Mysunsai Sorcerer
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before The Warrior-Prophet

Skalateas

Lived: 4069 - 4111
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: Mysunsai Sorcerer
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before The Warrior-Prophet

Skauras
"Skauras ab Nalajan" Skauras ab Nalajan is the Sapatishah-Governor of Shigek and the first principal antagonist of the First Holy War , slain at Anwurat . A veteran of many wars, he was deeply respected by both his allies and his enemies. The Nansur called him Sutis Sutadra, the “Southern Jackal,” because of his Black Jackal standard.

Appearance

Skauras’s hair is white, but still thick. He has a distinguished face with a long mustache and thin braided beard.

Personality

Skauras is fearless. He is a severe disciplinarian, possesses a gift for organization, and commands the respect of even those who otherwise outrank him. He also has a mischievous streak, often drugging his guest’s wine with narcotics and chanv . He likes to trick, to deceive, to show, and to prove.

Skauras ab Nalajan

Title(s): Sapatishah-Governor of Shigek
Aliases: Sutis Sutadra Southern Jackal
Lived: 4052 - 4111
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Ketyai
Nationality: Kianene
Gender: Male
Occupation: Sapatishah-Governor of Shigek
Relatives: Hasjinnet ab Skauras (son)
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before The Warrior-Prophet

Skauras ab Nalajan

Skauras ab Nalajan
Skauras ab Nalajan is the Sapatishah-Governor of Shigek and the first principal antagonist of the First Holy War , slain at Anwurat . A veteran of many wars, he was deeply respected by both his allies and his enemies. The Nansur called him Sutis Sutadra, the “Southern Jackal,” because of his Black Jackal standard.

Appearance

Skauras’s hair is white, but still thick. He has a distinguished face with a long mustache and thin braided beard.

Personality

Skauras ab Nalajan

Skeaös
Skeaös is the Prime Counsel to Ikurei Xerius III , having served in that capacity for thirty years. At some point, Skeaös was killed and replaced by a skin-spy .

Appearance and Personality

Skeaös is extremely old, with a shriveled and prune-like appearance, sunken cheeks and white hair. He has a cringing, obsequious manner around his superiors in contrast to his bold administrative tactics.

The Darkness That Comes Before

Skeaös counsels Xerius's plans to seize control of the Holy War, and several others suspect that much of Xerius's daring plan was authored by Skeaös. During Xerius's meeting with Skauras, old rivals Skeaös and Cememketri get into an argument, which Xerius sees as a colossal embarrassment. While walking up to the Andiamine Heights, Conphas notes that Skeaös has the endurance of a monkey for all his age. During their conversation, Skeaös claims that Xerius wanted to exclude Conphas from a meeting with the Scarlet Spires, which Conphas identifies as a lie. After some pressing, Skeaös admits that he sees the extermination of the Vulgar Holy War as a sin and fears for his soul. Conphas suspects that the lie was meant to put Conphas at odds with Xerius and rein the emperor in. When Anasûrimbor Kellhus comes for an audience with Xerius, he notices that Skeaös's face is false. Xerius, who is intensely paranoid, notices Kellhus's scrutiny of Skeaös and has him detained as a possible spy. Skeaös demonstrates superhuman ability in killing several of the men who attempt to apprehend him. Xerius has Cememketri of the Imperial Saik and Skalateas of the Mysunsai to check Skeaös for the Mark of sorcery. Although Skeaös demonstrates superhuman immunity to pain under torture, the two grandmasters insist that they see no mark. Distrusting the Imperial Saik and doubting the Mysunsai's skill, Xerius asks Drusas Achamian for his opinion. Upon seeing the Mandate Schoolman, Skeaös taunts him about the Consult , referring to him as " Chigra ." With superhuman strength, he breaks free, kills several people in the attendance and reveals himself to be a skin-spy . The Imperial Saik sorcerer blasts him, over Achamian's protests, but the skin-spy is still alive. He attempts to crush the skull of Achamian with his face limbs, but Conphas chops his head off.

Skeaös

Title(s): Prime Counsel
Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: Prime Counsel
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before

Skeaös

Title(s): Prime Counsel
Lived: ? - ?
Race: Men
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: Prime Counsel
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before

Skettic
The language group of ancient pastoralists of the Far Istyuli Plains . Derived from Nirsodic . One of the Norsirai languages .

Languages derived from Skettic

- High Sakarpean : Language of ancient Sakarpus .

Skilura
"Surmante Skilura II" Surmante Skilura II , also called "the Mad", was the most cruel of the Surmante Emperors of Nansur , whose deranged antics led to the Granary Revolts of 3668 and the accension of Surmante Xatantius I to the Mantle. Skilura is said to have kept a bowl of molten gold at his side, to fling into the faces of those who displeased him.

Surmante Skilura II

Title(s): Emperor
Aliases: The Mad
Lived: 3619 - 3668
Race: Men
Nationality: Nansur
Gender: Male
Occupation: Emperor of Nansur
Relatives: Surmante Xatantius I Surmante Caphrianus I
Books: mentioned only

Surmante Skilura II

Skin
"Skin Eaters" The Skin Eaters are a group of mercenaries who hunt Sranc for the Holy Bounty placed on their scalps. The group is significant for having a reputation as the fiercest and most successful group of scalpers in Marrow , and for including a Nonman Quya as a member. Though the group begins The Judging Eye nearly thirty strong, by the end of The White-Luck Warrior only Sarl is left alive. The group's leader is Kosoter .

Known Members

- Asward
- Cleric
- Conger
- Galian
- Hameron
- Kiampas
- Kosoter
- Moraubon
- Oxwora
- Pokwas
- Rainon
- Sarl
- Somandutta ( Tsuör )
- Sutadra
- Wonard
- Xonghis

Skin Eater
The Skin Eaters are a group of mercenaries who hunt Sranc for the Holy Bounty placed on their scalps. The group is significant for having a reputation as the fiercest and most successful group of scalpers in Marrow , and for including a Nonman Quya as a member. Though the group begins The Judging Eye nearly thirty strong, by the end of The White-Luck Warrior only Sarl is left alive. The group's leader is Kosoter .

Known Members

- Asward
- Cleric
- Conger
- Galian
- Hameron
- Kiampas
- Kosoter
- Moraubon
- Oxwora
- Pokwas
- Rainon
- Sarl
- Somandutta ( Tsuör )
- Sutadra
- Wonard
- Xonghis

Skin Eaters
The Skin Eaters are a group of mercenaries who hunt Sranc for the Holy Bounty placed on their scalps. The group is significant for having a reputation as the fiercest and most successful group of scalpers in Marrow , and for including a Nonman Quya as a member. Though the group begins The Judging Eye nearly thirty strong, by the end of The White-Luck Warrior only Sarl is left alive. The group's leader is Kosoter .

Known Members

- Asward
- Cleric
- Conger
- Galian
- Hameron
- Kiampas
- Kosoter
- Moraubon
- Oxwora
- Pokwas
- Rainon
- Sarl
- Somandutta ( Tsuör )
- Sutadra
- Wonard
- Xonghis

Skin-spies

Origin

Skin-spies are creations of the Consult , produced using Inchoroi Tekne . They call themselves the “Last Children of the Inchoroi” and the “Keepers of the Inverse Fire ,” though they themselves do not appear to know what this means.

Physiology

Skin-spies have bones composed of cartilage, which they can reshape at will; this allows them to take on the body shape of their target. However, regardless of gender, they seem to possess only phalluses. This seems also be the case with their Inchoroi masters. Their heads are surrounded by dextrous webbed fingers which they use to simulate the nuances of facial expression. Physically, they are both faster and stronger than ordinary humans, defeating experienced swordsmen with ease and requiring multiple veteran soldiers to take down.

Psychology

Like Sranc , skin-spies are base beings driven by the basic instincts of fear and lust. They gain pleasure only from inflicting fear and violence; however, they can control these urges well enough to impersonate those they kill and replace. Special methods are required to torture skin-spies, as they are aroused by pain. Skin-spies are limited in their capacity for deep thought; for instance, they are unable to comprehend paradoxes.

Spirituality

Skin-spies do not have souls. This renders them immune to sorcery which affects the soul, such as the Cants of Compulsion . They are also mostly incapable of performing sorcery themselves; the skin-spy which impersonated Polchias Simas is the only known exception.

Behaviour

When seeking to kill and replace a target, skin-spies will typically first take the form of a menial or slave who is close to them. Those of high-rank typically do not pay close enough attention to their servants to notice the substitution, while the skin-spy will have time to observe their true target’s mannerisms, and character. Skin-spies are able to track people by scent. However, they find the scent of pregnant women to be sickening, and will not attack them; apparently due to the need to comply with a prophecy.

Known Skin-spies

- Gaörta
- Maëngi
- Maörta
- Tsuör
- Ûssirta

Characters Impersonated by Skin-spies

Impersonated after death: - Chepheramunni
- Cutias Sarcellus
- Fanashila
- Ikurei Istriya
- Koll
- Mujonish
- Polchias Simas
- Serwë
- Skeaös
- Somandutta
Impersonated while still alive: - Anasûrimbor Kellhus
- Biaxi Sompas
- Esmenet
- Mimara
- Sainhail Werjau

Skin-Spy

Origin

Physiology

Psychology

Spirituality

Behaviour

Known Skin-spies

- Gaörta
- Maëngi
- Maörta
- Tsuör
- Ûssirta

Characters Impersonated by Skin-spies

Skin-spy

Origin

Physiology

Psychology

Spirituality

Behaviour

Known Skin-spies

- Gaörta
- Maëngi
- Maörta
- Tsuör
- Ûssirta

Characters Impersonated by Skin-spies

Skinede
"Skinede Anmergal" Skinede Anmergal is a Tydonni thane, slain at the Battle of Tertae Fields .

Skinede Anmergal

Lived: 4078 - 4112
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Tydonni
Gender: Male
Occupation: Thane
Books: The Warrior-Prophet

Skinede Anmergal

Lived: 4078 - 4112
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Tydonni
Gender: Male
Occupation: Thane
Books: The Warrior-Prophet

Skinede Anmergal
Skinede Anmergal is a Tydonni thane, slain at the Battle of Tertae Fields .

Skinede Anmergal

Lived: 4078 - 4112
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Tydonni
Gender: Male
Occupation: Thane
Books: The Warrior-Prophet

Skinede Anmergal

Lived: 4078 - 4112
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Norsirai
Nationality: Tydonni
Gender: Male
Occupation: Thane
Books: The Warrior-Prophet

Skiotha
"Cnaiur urs Skiotha" Cnaiür urs Skiötha is a Chieftain of the Utemot , a tribe of Scylvendi , who are feared across the Three Seas for their skill and ferocity in war. Because of the events surrounding the death of his father, Skiötha urs Hannut , some thirty years previously, Cnaiür is despised by his own people, though none dare challenge him because of his savage strength and his cunning in war.

Appearance

Cnaiür is tall and powerfully built, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist. He has long black hair and intensely blue eyes. His forearms are covered in over two hundred swazond , more than any other warrior.

Personality

Cnaiür is known as the Most Violent of All Men. True to his moniker, he is a man filled with rage and capable of extreme violence. He is considered by many (including himself) to be insane. It seems that most of all he hates himself, as he thinks he cannot live up to the Scylvendi ideal of manhood and thinks himself as a "weeper" when facing self doubt or considering the "unmanly acts" he has performed in the past, such as engaging in acts of homosexuality (a taboo in Scylvendi culture). Thus, he lashes out against the world, murdering, raping and hating with passion.

Skills

Cnaiür is an exceptionally accomplished Scylvendi warrior. He is over 45 years old. He owns eight wives, twenty-three slaves, and more than three hundred cattle. He has fathered thirty-seven sons, nineteen pure-blooded.

What Came Before

Thirty years prior to the events of The Darkness That Comes Before , when Cnaiür was little more than a stripling, a man called Anasûrimbor Moënghus had been captured, and given to Cnaiür’s father, Skiötha urs Hannut, as a slave. He claimed to be Dûnyain , a people possessed of an extraordinary wisdom, and Cnaiür spent many hours with him, speaking of things forbidden to Scylvendi warriors. At one point Moënghus, the slave, challenges Skiötha and with Cnaiür as his ally they force Skiötha’s hand. In the end, Moënghus is free and Skiötha is dead. Cnaiür has been tormented by this ever since. Though he once loved the man, he now hates him with a deranged intensity. If only he could kill Moënghus, he believes, his heart could be made whole.

The Darkness That Comes Before

Word arrives that Ikurei Conphas has invaded the Jiünati Steppe , and Cnaiür rides with the Utemot to join the Scylvendi horde on the distant Imperial frontier. Cnaiür senses a trap, but his warnings go unheeded by Xunnurit . The horde is destroyed but Cnaiür escapes and returns to the pastures of the Utemot more anguished than ever. He rides to the graves of his ancestors, where he finds the grievously wounded Anasûrimbor Kellhus surrounded by circles of dead Sranc. Realizing the stranger could help him find Anasûrimbor Moënghus, Cnaiür takes him captive and later agrees to accompany him on his quest. The two strike out across the Steppe. Near the Imperial frontier they encounter a party of hostile Scylvendi raiders. A battle ensues and in its aftermath they find a captive concubine called Serwë . Cnaiür takes her as his prize. Through her he realizes that the only possible way they can reach Shimeh is to join the Holy War , which according to Serwë, gathers about the city of Momemn in the heart of the Nansur Empire —the one place he cannot go. Cnaiür is convinced Kellhus will kill him. He confronts Kellhus, who claims he has use of him still. The two men battle on the mountainous heights but Kellhus easily overpowers him. To prove his intent to keep their bargain, he spares Cnaiür’s life. After a desperate journey and pursuit through the heart of the Empire, they at last find their way to Momemn and the Holy War, where they are taken before the Conriyan Prince Nersei Proyas . Cnaiür claims to be the last of the Utemot, travelling with Anasûrimbor Kellhus, a Prince of the northern city of Atrithau , who has dreamt of the Holy War from afar. Proyas, however, is far more interested in Cnaiür’s knowledge of the Fanim and their way of battle. Proyas takes Cnaiür and Kellhus to a meeting of the Holy War’s leaders and the Emperor, where the fate of the Holy War is to be decided. The Emperor offers his brilliant nephew, Ikurei Conphas, flush from his spectacular victory over the Scylvendi at Kiyuth , but only if the leaders of the Holy War pledge to surrender their future conquests. Proyas offers Cnaiür in Conphas’s stead. A vicious war of words ensues as Cnaiür spars with the Imperial nephew, but neither side gains an advantage. Kellhus finally manages to sway the crowd to side with Cnaiur. The Shriah’s representative orders the Emperor to provision the Men of the Tusk . The Holy War will march. In a mere matter of days, Cnaiür has gone from a fugitive to a leader of the greatest host ever assembled in the Three Seas.

The Warrior-Prophet

As the Holy War marches deeper into Fanim territory, Cnaiür tries to teach Prince Proyas the rudiments of war as practised by the Kianene . Assigned by Proyas to command a cohort of Conriyan outriders, he returns to the camp he shares with Anasûrimbor Kellhus, Drusas Achamian , and the others. He knows that Kellhus now possesses Serwë’s body and soul and decides he can tolerate no more. He refuses to share Kellhus’s fire, and demands that Serwë come with him. Kellhus denies him and Cnaiür relinquishes her, though she continues to tyrannize his thoughts. His madness burns brighter. Some nights he roams the countryside, raping and murdering indiscriminately. After the Holy War seizes the north bank of the River Sempis , the Lords of the Holy War assign Cnaiür the task of planning the assault on southern Shigek and acclaim him their general for the impending battle. Kellhus comes to him, offering Serwë in exchange for the secrets of battle. Though cinflicted, Cnaiür agrees. He teaches Kellhus the principles of war. Something breaks within Cnaiür. He leaves Kellhus and the others, abandons his command to collect his prize. But when he finds Serwë, another Kellhus is beating her, demanding information, a skin-spy . He stabs him in the shoulder. The man flees, but not before Cnaiür glimpses his face crack open … Cnaiür seizes Serwë, begins dragging her to his camp. She rages at him, tells him that he beats her because she lies with Kellhus the way he had lain with Kellhus’s father. She tries to cut her own throat. Bewildered and undone, Cnaiür wanders aimlessly through the camp. Later that night Kellhus finds him at the edge of the Meneanor . Thinking he is Moënghus, Cnaiür begs him to end his misery. The Dûnyain refuses. Thinking the Holy War doomed, Cnaiür decides to take what compensation he can. He names Kellhus a “prince of nothing.” Only when Serwë is murdered by Cutias Sarcellus does he realize the consequences of his betrayal. Cnaiür flees, and in a moment of resurgent madness cuts a swazond across his own throat. When Achamian confronts the Lords of the Holy War with the severed head of a Consult skin-spy, he finally grasps their meaning. He follows Sarcellus, who hastens from the assembly to the temple-complex where his brothers Shrial Knights guards Kellhus upon the Circumfix. Knowing he intends to kill the Dûnyain, Cnaiür intercepts him, and they duel before the starving masses gathered about the dying Warrior-Prophet. But the skin-spy is too fast, too skilled. Cnaiür is saved only when Incheiri Gotian demands to know how Sarcellus learned to fight so. Exhausted, bloodied, Cnaiür beheads the counterfeit Shrial Knight. Raising its severed head to the sky, he shows the Holy War the true face of the Warrior-Prophet’s adversary. The hunt for Moënghus need not end.

The Great Ordeal

As Mimara and Achamian follow the path from Ishual in the wake of the Great Ordeal, they are surrounded and captured by Scylvendi tribesmen, led by Cnaiür himself, who has returned from Shimeh to retake control of the People of War and become King-of-Tribes. He has spent twenty years nursing his grudge toward Kellhus, and now rides with his army to take the Great Ordeal in the rear. He is accompanied by a skin-spy taking the form of Serwë, symbolising his allegiance with the Consult. He mocks and beats Achamian, but is interrupted by Mimara opening the Judging Eye and perceiving him with the eye of God: as a damned soul so steeped in sin and murder that he is almost more Ciphrang than man. Hearing of their intention to find Kellhus and subject him to the same judgement, he elects to let them go rather than murder them as accomplices of his enemy.

The Unholy Consult

Cnaiür leads the Scylvedi the Occlusion, observing the Great Ordeal laying siege to Golgotterath. The skin-spy tries to convince him to attack the Ordeal, as per his agreement with the Consult. Cnaiür brutally murders the skin-spy in response, claiming he was always disgusted by the thing and simply waited for an opportunity to kill it. His hate was for Kellhus alone, not for the Consult. Later, when talking to his son, he notes that the Scylvendi would have been betrayed as well, fed to the Horde of Sranc below when the fight was done . When the No-God appears on the field, Cnaiür declares Moënghus as the new King-of-Tribes and descends towards the Whirlwind, declaring his hate for Kellhus as his flesh is disintegrated by the lashing Whirlwind.

Cnaiür urs Skiötha

Title(s): Chieftain King-of-Tribes
Aliases: Breaker-of-horses-and-men Most Violent of All Men Man-killer Nayu Wrencûx
Lived: 4065 or 4066 - 4132
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Scylvendi
Nationality: Utemot
Gender: Male
Occupation: Chieftain of the Utemot
Relatives: Hannut (grandfather) Skiötha (father) Unnamed mother Bannut (uncle) Unnamed uncle Several unnamed brothers Okyati (cousin) Seven unnamed cousins Anissi (wife) Seven unnamed wives Balait (brother-in-law) Thirty-seven unnamed sons Sanathi (daughter) Moënghus (son) Maluti (nephew)
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before The Warrior-Prophet The Thousandfold Thought The Judging Eye (mentioned) The White-Luck Warrior (mentioned) The Great Ordeal The Unholy Consult

Cnaiür urs Skiötha

Skiötha
"Cnaiür urs Skiötha" Cnaiür urs Skiötha is a Chieftain of the Utemot , a tribe of Scylvendi , who are feared across the Three Seas for their skill and ferocity in war. Because of the events surrounding the death of his father, Skiötha urs Hannut , some thirty years previously, Cnaiür is despised by his own people, though none dare challenge him because of his savage strength and his cunning in war.

Appearance

Personality

Skills

What Came Before

The Darkness That Comes Before

The Warrior-Prophet

The Great Ordeal

The Unholy Consult

Cnaiür urs Skiötha

Skiötha urs Hannut
Skiötha urs Hannut was the father of Cnaiür urs Skiötha , and former Chieftain of the Utemot . His tribe took Anasûrimbor Moënghus captive and made him a slave . Cnaiur and Moenghus colluded to get him killed by Moenghus in a challenge.

Skiötha urs Hannut

Title(s): Chieftain
Lived: 4038 - 4079
Race: Men
Ethnicity: Scylvendi
Nationality: Utemot
Gender: Male
Occupation: Chieftain of the Utemot
Relatives: Hannut (father) Bannut (brother) Unnamed first wife Cnaiür (son) Several unnamed sons Thirty-seven unnamed grandsons Maluti (grandson) Sanathi (granddaughter) Moënghus (grandson)
Books: The Darkness That Comes Before (flashbacks/mentioned) The Warrior-Prophet (mentioned) The Thousandfold Thought (mentioned) The Unholy Consult (mentioned)

Skiötha urs Hannut

Skiötha's
"Cnaiür urs Skiötha's mother" The unnamed first wife of Skiötha urs Hannut and mother of Cnaiür.

Skogma
Skogma is an ancient Wracu thought destroyed during the Cûno-Inchoroi Wars .

Skogma

Lived: ? - ?
Race: Wracu
Gender: Male
Books: mentioned only

Skogma

Lived: ? - ?
Race: Wracu
Gender: Male
Books: mentioned only

Skunxa
Ordealman, Scylvendi scout, one of Coithus Saubon's Knights of the Desert Lion.

Skuthula
Skuthula the Black was an ancient Wracu spawned during the Cûno-Inchoroi Wars , one of the few Dragons known to have survived the Apocalypse . He is described as "magnificent."

Description

The most serpentine of the Wracu, Skuthula's monstrous body consists mainly of spine and ribs with dozens of spindly legs along his underside. His legs move like that of a centipede. He is skinned in black scales that are about the size of Norsirai shields which reflect and shatter light like mirrors. Spear-long quills form a mane along the back of his neck, and a crest of white spines form a thicket about his crown.

In The Unholy Consult

He is found during the battle for Golgotterath guarding the Intrinsic Gate where he battles the Witch Anasûrimbor Serwa . Although he is buried under tons of rubble, his fate is ultimately uncertain.

Skuthula

Aliases: The Black, Scourge of Ages
Lived: ? - present
Race: Wracu
Gender: Male
Books: The Unholy Consult

Skuthula

Aliases: The Black, Scourge of Ages
Lived: ? - present
Race: Wracu
Gender: Male
Books: The Unholy Consult

Skûtsa
"Skûtsa Elder" Girgallic Priest from Sorweel's childhood.

Skûtsa Elder
Girgallic Priest from Sorweel's childhood.

skaddle
-hurt; damage.
-hurtful.

skaddon
-the larva of a bee.

skag
-an additional piece fastened to the keel of a boat to prevent lateral motion. see skeg.

skain
-see skein.
-see skean.

skainsmate
-a messmate; a companion.

skaith
-see scatch.

skald
-see 5th scald.

skaldic
-see scaldic.

skaling
-of seal

skall
-to scale; to mount.

skar
-alt. of skare

skare
-wild; timid; shy.

skart
-the shag.

skate
-a metallic runner with a frame shaped to fit the sole of a shoe,
-- made to be fastened under the foot, and used for moving rapidly on ice.
-to move on skates.
-any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. the pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. the skin is more or less spinose.

skated
-of skate

skater
-one who skates.
-any one of numerous species of hemipterous insects belonging to gerris, pyrrhocoris, prostemma, and allied genera. they have long legs, and run rapidly over the surface of the water, as if skating.

skating
-of skate

skatol
-a constituent of human faeces formed in the small intestines as a product of the putrefaction of albuminous matter. it is also found in reduced indigo. chemically it is methyl indol, c9h9n.

skayles
-[ã159.] skittles.

skean
-a knife or short dagger, esp. that in use among the highlanders of scotland. [variously spelt.]

skedaddle
-to betake one's self to flight, as if in a panic; to flee; to run away.

skedaddled
-of skedaddle

skedaddling
-of skedaddle

skee
-a long strip of wood, curved upwards in front, used on the foot for sliding.

skeed
-see skid.

skeel
-a shallow wooden vessel for holding milk or cream.

skeelduck
-alt. of skeelgoose

skeelgoose
-the common european sheldrake.

skeet
-a scoop with a long handle, used to wash the sides of a vessel, and formerly to wet the sails or deck.

skeg
-a sort of wild plum.
-a kind of oats.
-the after part of the keel of a vessel, to which the rudder is attached.

skegger
-the parr.

skein
-a quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel,
-- usually tied in a sort of knot.
-a metallic strengthening band or thimble on the wooden arm of an axle.
-a flight of wild fowl (wild geese or the like).

skeine
-see skean.

skelder
-to deceive; to cheat; to trick.
-a vagrant; a cheat.

skeldrake
-alt. of skieldrake

skelet
-a skeleton. see scelet.

skeletal
-pertaining to the skeleton.

skeletogenous
-forming or producing parts of the skeleton.

skeletology
-that part of anatomy which treats of the skeleton; also, a treatise on the skeleton.

skeleton
-the bony and cartilaginous framework which supports the soft parts of a vertebrate animal.
-the more or less firm or hardened framework of an invertebrate animal.
-a very thin or lean person.
-the framework of anything; the principal parts that support the rest, but without the appendages.
-the heads and outline of a literary production, especially of a sermon.
-consisting of, or resembling, a skeleton; consisting merely of the framework or outlines; having only certain leading features of anything; as, a skeleton sermon; a skeleton crystal.

skeletonize
-to prepare a skeleton of; also, to reduce, as a leaf, to its skeleton.

skeletonized
-of skeletonize

skeletonizer
-any small moth whose larva eats the parenchyma of leaves, leaving the skeleton; as, the apple
-leaf skeletonizer.

skeletonizing
-of skeletonize

skellum
-a scoundrel.

skelly
-to squint.
-a squint.

skelp
-a blow; a smart stroke.
-a squall; also, a heavy fall of rain.
-to strike; to slap.
-a wrought
-iron plate from which a gun barrel or pipe is made by bending and welding the edges together, and drawing the thick tube thus formed.

skelter
-to run off helter
-skelter; to hurry; to scurry;
-- with away or off.

sken
-to squint.

skene
-see skean.

skep
-a coarse round farm basket.
-a beehive.

skeptic
-one who is yet undecided as to what is true; one who is looking or inquiring for what is true; an inquirer after facts or reasons.
-a doubter as to whether any fact or truth can be certainly known; a universal doubter; a pyrrhonist; hence, in modern usage, occasionally, a person who questions whether any truth or fact can be established on philosophical grounds; sometimes, a critical inquirer, in opposition to a dogmatist.
-a person who doubts the existence and perfections of god, or the truth of revelation; one who disbelieves the divine origin of the christian religion.
-alt. of skeptical

skeptical
-of or pertaining to a sceptic or skepticism; characterized by skepticism; hesitating to admit the certainly of doctrines or principles; doubting of everything.
-doubting or denying the truth of revelation, or the sacred scriptures.

skepticism
-an undecided, inquiring state of mind; doubt; uncertainty.
-the doctrine that no fact or principle can be certainly known; the tenet that all knowledge is uncertain; pyrrohonism; universal doubt; the position that no fact or truth, however worthy of confidence, can be established on philosophical grounds; critical investigation or inquiry, as opposed to the positive assumption or assertion of certain principles.
-a doubting of the truth of revelation, or a denial of the divine origin of the christian religion, or of the being, perfections, or truth of god.

skepticize
-to doubt; to pretend to doubt of everything.

skerries
-of skerry

skerry
-a rocky isle; an insulated rock.

sketch
-an outline or general delineation of anything; a first rough or incomplete draught or plan of any design; especially, in the fine arts, such a representation of an object or scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work.
-to draw the outline or chief features of; to make a rought of.
-to plan or describe by giving the principal points or ideas of.
-to make sketches, as of landscapes.

sketchbook
-a book of sketches or for sketches.

sketched
-of sketch

sketcher
-one who sketches.

sketchily
-in a sketchy or incomplete manner.

sketchiness
-the quality or state of being sketchy; lack of finish; incompleteness.

sketching
-of sketch

sketchy
-containing only an outline or rough form; being in the manner of a sketch; incomplete.

skew
-awry; obliquely; askew.
-turned or twisted to one side; situated obliquely; skewed;
-- chiefly used in technical phrases.
-a stone at the foot of the slope of a gable, the offset of a buttress, or the like, cut with a sloping surface and with a check to receive the coping stones and retain them in place.
-to walk obliquely; to go sidling; to lie or move obliquely.
-to start aside; to shy, as a horse.
-to look obliquely; to squint; hence, to look slightingly or suspiciously.
-to shape or form in an oblique way; to cause to take an oblique position.
-to throw or hurl obliquely.

skewbald
-marked with spots and patches of white and some color other than black;
-- usually distinguished from piebald, in which the colors are properly white and black. said of horses.

skewed
-of skew

skewer
-a pin of wood or metal for fastening meat to a spit, or for keeping it in form while roasting.
-to fasten with skewers.

skewered
-of skewer

skewering
-of skewer

skewing
-of skew

skid
-a shoe or clog, as of iron, attached to a chain, and placed under the wheel of a wagon to prevent its turning when descending a steep hill; a drag; a skidpan; also, by extension, a hook attached to a chain, and used for the same purpose.
-a piece of timber used as a support, or to receive pressure.
-large fenders hung over a vessel's side to protect it in handling a cargo.
-one of a pair of timbers or bars, usually arranged so as to form an inclined plane, as form a wagon to a door, along which anything is moved by sliding or rolling.
-one of a pair of horizontal rails or timbers for supporting anything, as a boat, a barrel, etc.
-to protect or support with a skid or skids; also, to cause to move on skids.
-to check with a skid, as wagon wheels.

skiddaw
-the black guillemot.

skidded
-of skid

skidding
-of skid

skidpan
-see skid, n., 1.

skied
-imp. & p. p. of sky, v. t.
-of sky

skieldrake
-the common european sheldrake.
-the oyster catcher.

skies
-of sky

skiey
-see skyey.

skiff
-a small, light boat.
-to navigate in a skiff.

skiffed
-of skiff

skiffing
-of skiff

skiffling
-rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections; knobbing.

skilder
-to beg; to pilfer; to skelder.

skilful
-see skilful.

skill
-discrimination; judgment; propriety; reason; cause.
-knowledge; understanding.
-the familiar knowledge of any art or science, united with readiness and dexterity in execution or performance, or in the application of the art or science to practical purposes; power to discern and execute; ability to perceive and perform; expertness; aptitude; as, the skill of a mathematician, physician, surgeon, mechanic, etc.
-display of art; exercise of ability; contrivance; address.
-any particular art.
-to know; to understand.
-to be knowing; to have understanding; to be dexterous in performance.
-to make a difference; to signify; to matter;
-- used impersonally.

skill
-less
-wanting skill.

skilled
-having familiar knowledge united with readiness and dexterity in its application; familiarly acquainted with; expert; skillful;
-- often followed by in; as, a person skilled in drawing or geometry.

skillet
-a small vessel of iron, copper, or other metal, with a handle, used for culinary purpose, as for stewing meat.

skillful
-discerning; reasonable; judicious; cunning.
-possessed of, or displaying, skill; knowing and ready; expert; well
-versed; able in management; as, a skillful mechanic;
-- often followed by at, in, or of; as, skillful at the organ; skillful in drawing.

skilligalee
-a kind of thin, weak broth or oatmeal porridge, served out to prisoners and paupers in england; also, a drink made of oatmeal, sugar, and water, sometimes used in the english navy or army.

skilling
-a bay of a barn; also, a slight addition to a cottage.
-a money od account in sweden, norwey, denmark, and north germany, and also a coin. it had various values, from three fourths of a cent in norway to more than two cents in lubeck.

skilts
-a kind of large, coarse, short trousers formerly worn.

skilty
-the water rail.

skim
-to clear (a liquid) from scum or substance floating or lying thereon, by means of a utensil that passes just beneath the surface; as, to skim milk; to skim broth.
-to take off by skimming; as, to skim cream.
-to pass near the surface of; to brush the surface of; to glide swiftly along the surface of.
-fig.: to read or examine superficially and rapidly, in order to cull the principal facts or thoughts; as, to skim a book or a newspaper.
-to pass lightly; to glide along in an even, smooth course; to glide along near the surface.
-to hasten along with superficial attention.
-to put on the finishing coat of plaster.
-contraction of skimming and skimmed.

skimback
-the quillback.

skimble
-scamble
-rambling; disorderly; unconnected.

skimitry
-see skimmington.

skimmed
-of skim

skimmer
-one who, or that which, skims; esp., a utensil with which liquids are skimmed.
-any species of longwinged marine birds of the genus rhynchops, allied to the terns, but having the lower mandible compressed and much longer than the upper one. these birds fly rapidly along the surface of the water, with the lower mandible immersed, thus skimming out small fishes. the american species (r. nigra) is common on the southern coasts of the united states. called also scissorbill, and shearbill.
-any one of several large bivalve shells, sometimes used for skimming milk, as the sea clams, and large scallops.

skimmerton
-see skimmington.

skimming
-of skim
-the act of one who skims.
-that which is skimmed from the surface of a liquid;
-- chiefly used in the plural; as, the skimmings of broth.

skimmingly
-in a skimming manner.

skimmington
-a word employed in the phrase, to ride skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. the custom was in vogue in parts of england.

skimp
-to slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
-to make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
-to save; to be parsimonious or niggardly.
-scanty.

skimped
-of skimp

skimping
-of skimp

skin
-the external membranous integument of an animal.
-the hide of an animal, separated from the body, whether green, dry, or tanned; especially, that of a small animal, as a calf, sheep, or goat.
-a vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids. see bottle, 1.
-the bark or husk of a plant or fruit; the exterior coat of fruits and plants.
-that part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
-the covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
-to strip off the skin or hide of; to flay; to peel; as, to skin an animal.
-to cover with skin, or as with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
-to strip of money or property; to cheat.
-to become covered with skin; as, a wound skins over.
-to produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use in such exercise cribs, memeoranda, etc., which are prohibited.

skin
-deep
-not deeper than the skin; hence, superficial.

skinbound
-having the skin adhering closely and rigidly to the flesh; hidebound.

skinch
-to give scant measure; to squeeze or pinch in order to effect a saving.

skinched
-of skinch

skinching
-of skinch

skinflint
-a penurious person; a miser; a niggard.

skinful
-as much as a skin can hold.

skinfuls
-of skinful

skink
-any one of numerous species of regularly scaled harmless lizards of the family scincidae, common in the warmer parts of all the continents.
-to draw or serve, as drink.
-to serve or draw liquor.
-drink; also, pottage.

skinked
-of skink

skinker
-one who serves liquor; a tapster.

skinking
-of skink

skinless
-having no skin, or a very thin skin; as, skinless fruit.

skinned
-of skin

skinner
-one who skins.
-one who deals in skins, pelts, or hides.

skinniness
-quality of being skinny.

skinning
-of skin

skinny
-consisting, or chiefly consisting, of skin; wanting flesh.

skip
-a basket. see skep.
-a basket on wheels, used in cotton factories.
-an iron bucket, which slides between guides, for hoisting mineral and rock.
-a charge of sirup in the pans.
-a beehive; a skep.
-to leap lightly; to move in leaps and hounds;
-- commonly implying a sportive spirit.
-fig.: to leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing;
-- often followed by over.
-to leap lightly over; as, to skip the rope.
-to pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.
-to cause to skip; as, to skip a stone.
-a light leap or bound.
-the act of passing over an interval from one thing to another; an omission of a part.
-a passage from one sound to another by more than a degree at once.

skipjack
-an upstart.
-an elater; a snap bug, or snapping beetle.
-a name given to several kinds of a fish, as the common bluefish, the alewife, the bonito, the butterfish, the cutlass fish, the jurel, the leather jacket, the runner, the saurel, the saury, the threadfish, etc.
-a shallow sailboat with a rectilinear or v
-shaped cross section.

skipped
-of skip

skipper
-one who, or that which, skips.
-a young, thoughtless person.
-the saury (scomberesox saurus).
-the cheese maggot. see cheese fly, under cheese.
-any one of numerous species of small butterflies of the family hesperiadae;
-- so called from their peculiar short, jerking flight.
-the master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel.
-a ship boy.

skippet
-a small boat; a skiff.
-a small round box for keeping records.

skipping
-of skip

skippingly
-in a skipping manner; by skips, or light leaps.

skirl
-to utter in a shrill tone; to scream.
-a shrill cry or sound.

skirlcock
-the missel thrush;
-- so called from its harsh alarm note.

skirlcrake
-the turnstone.

skirling
-a shrill cry or sound; a crying shrilly; a skirl.
-a small trout or salmon;
-- a name used loosely.

skirmish
-to fight slightly or in small parties; to engage in a skirmish or skirmishes; to act as skirmishers.
-a slight fight in war; a light or desultory combat between detachments from armies, or between detached and small bodies of troops.
-a slight contest.

skirmished
-of skirmish

skirmisher
-one who skirmishes.
-soldiers deployed in loose order, to cover the front or flanks of an advancing army or a marching column.

skirmishing
-of skirmish

skirr
-to ramble over in order to clear; to scour.
-to scour; to scud; to run.
-a tern.

skirret
-an umbelliferous plant (sium, / pimpinella, sisarum). it is a native of asia, but has been long cultivated in europe for its edible clustered tuberous roots, which are very sweet.

skirrhus
-see scirrhus.

skirt
-the lower and loose part of a coat, dress, or other like garment; the part below the waist; as, the skirt of a coat, a dress, or a mantle.
-a loose edging to any part of a dress.
-border; edge; margin; extreme part of anything
-a petticoat.
-the diaphragm, or midriff, in animals.
-to cover with a skirt; to surround.
-to border; to form the border or edge of; to run along the edge of; as, the plain was skirted by rows of trees.
-to be on the border; to live near the border, or extremity.

skirted
-of skirt

skirting
-of skirt
-a skirting board.
-skirts, taken collectivelly; material for skirts.

skit
-to cast reflections on; to asperse.
-a reflection; a jeer or gibe; a sally; a brief satire; a squib.
-a wanton girl; a light wench.

skittish
-easily frightened; timorous; shy; untrustworthy; as, a skittish colt.
-wanton; restive; freakish; volatile; changeable; fickle.

skittle
-pertaining to the game of skittles.

skittle
-dog
-the piked dogfish.

skittles
-an english game resembling ninepins, but played by throwing wooden disks, instead of rolling balls, at the pins.

skitty
-a rail; as, the water rail (called also skitty cock, and skitty coot); the spotted crake (porzana maruetta), and the moor hen.

skive
-the iron lap used by diamond polishers in finishing the facets of the gem.
-to pare or shave off the rough or thick parts of (hides or leather).

skiver
-an inferior quality of leather, made of split sheepskin, tanned by immersion in sumac, and dyed. it is used for hat linings, pocketbooks, bookbinding, etc.
-the cutting tool or machine used in splitting leather or skins, as sheepskins.

skiving
-the act of paring or splitting leather or skins.
-a piece made in paring or splitting leather; specifically, the part from the inner, or flesh, side.

sklayre
-a vell.

sklere
-to shelter; to cover.

skolecite
-alt. of skolezite

skolezite
-see scolecite.

skonce
-see sconce.

skorodite
-see scorodite.

skout
-a guillemot.

skowitz
-the silver salmon.

skreen
-see screen.

skrike
-to shriek.
-the missel thrush.

skrim
-scum; refuse.

skrimmage
-see scrimmage.

skrimp
-see scrimp.

skringe
-see scringe.

skrite
-the skrike.

skrupling
-of scruple

skua
-any jager gull; especially, the megalestris skua;
-- called also boatswain.

skue
-see skew.

skulk
-to hide, or get out of the way, in a sneaking manner; to lie close, or to move in a furtive way; to lurk.
-a number of foxes together.
-alt. of skulker

skulked
-of skulk

skulker
-one who, or that which, skulks.

skulking
-of skulk

skulkingly
-in a skulking manner.

skull
-a school, company, or shoal.
-the skeleton of the head of a vertebrate animal, including the brain case, or cranium, and the bones and cartilages of the face and mouth. see illusts. of carnivora, of facial angles under facial, and of skeleton, in appendix.
-the head or brain; the seat of intelligence; mind.
-a covering for the head; a skullcap.
-a sort of oar. see scull.

skullcap
-a cap which fits the head closely; also, formerly, a headpiece of iron sewed inside of a cap for protection.
-any plant of the labiate genus scutellaria, the calyx of whose flower appears, when inverted, like a helmet with the visor raised.
-the lophiomys.

skullfish
-a whaler's name for a whale more than two years old.

skulpin
-see sculpin.

skun
-see scum.

skunk
-any one of several species of american musteline carnivores of the genus mephitis and allied genera. they have two glands near the anus, secreting an extremely fetid liquid, which the animal ejects at pleasure as a means of defense.
-in games of chance and skill: to defeat (an opponent) (as in cards) so that he fails to gain a point, or (in checkers) to get a king.

skunkball
-the surf duck.

skunkhead
-the surf duck.
-a duck (camptolaimus labradorus) which formerly inhabited the atlantic coast of new england. it is now supposed to be extinct. called also labrador duck, and pied duck.

skunkish
-like the skunk, especially in odor.

skunktop
-the surf duck.

skunkweed
-skunk cabbage.

skurry
-see scurry.

skute
-a boat; a small vessel.

skutterudite
-a mineral of a bright metallic luster and tin
-white to pale lead
-gray color. it consists of arsenic and cobalt.

sky
-a cloud.
-hence, a shadow.
-the apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament;
-- sometimes in the plural.
-the wheather; the climate.
-to hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen.
-to throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket.

sky
-blue
-having the blue color of the sky; azure; as, a sky
-blue stone.

sky
-high
-very high.

skye terrier
-see terrier.

skyed
-of sky
-surrounded by sky.

skyey
-like the sky; ethereal; being in the sky.

skying
-of sky

skyish
-like the sky, or approaching the sky; lofty; ethereal.

skylark
-a lark that mounts and sings as it files, especially the common species (alauda arvensis) found in europe and in some parts of asia, and celebrated for its melodious song;
-- called also sky laverock. see under lark.

skylarking
-the act of running about the rigging of a vessel in sport; hence, frolicking; scuffing; sporting; carousing.

skylight
-a window placed in the roof of a building, in the ceiling of a room, or in the deck of a ship, for the admission of light from above.

skyrocket
-a rocket that ascends high and burns as it flies; a species of fireworks.

skysail
-the sail set next above the royal. see illust. under sail.

skyward
-toward the sky.