Skellige



Skellige, or the Skellige Islands, is an archipelago and one of the Northern Kingdoms. The group of six islands is situated in the North Sea, off the coast of Cidaris and Verden, and northwest of Cintra.

Heraldry


The coat of arms for the Skellige islands is never actually described in the books. The first coat of arms is from The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt and the second particular coat of arms was designed by our resident heraldry and Witcher expert Mboro. For a different take on the coat of arms, we have the Czech concept

Main article: Clans of Skellige
Skellige Islands are divided between seven clans (after fall of Tordarroch clan six). Each one is ruled by jarl. Most powerful is Clan an Craite second and (also very prestige clan known in entire Northern Kingdoms) is Tuirseach.
 * Clan an Craite (jarl Crach)
 * Clan Tuirseach (jarl Svanrige)
 * Clan Brokvar (jarl Udalryk)
 * Clan Heymaey (jarl Donar an Hindar)
 * Clan Dimun (jarl Holger Black Hand)
 * Clan Drummond (jarl Madman Lugos)
 * Clan Tordarroch (jarl Harald Houndsnout)

Known Skelligans
Monarchs and royal family:
 * King Erlend Craite (known as the Stone Fist)

Others:
 * King Harald Craite (known as the Cripple)
 * King Bran Tuirseach
 * King Eist Tuirseach
 * King Svanrige Tuirseach (default,if you did not meddle during Kings Gambit)
 * Hjalmar an Craite (King if you sided with him during Kings Gambit)
 * Cerys an Craite (Queen if you sided with her during Kings Gambit)
 * Crach an Craite
 * Loki an Craite
 * Ragnar an Craite
 * Birna Bran
 * Mousesack
 * Draig Bon-Dhu
 * Sigrdrifa
 * Lytta Neyd

Islands

 * Ard Skellig
 * An Skellig
 * Faroe
 * Hindarsfjall
 * Spikeroog
 * Undvik

Major cities and keeps

 * Kaer Trolde (capital)
 * Kaer Gelen
 * Kaer Almhult (suposed capital)
 * Kaer Muire (seat of Clan Drummond)

Other locations

 * Allenker sound
 * Hindar
 * Kaer Hemdall
 * Temple of Freya

Trivia

 * In the book Wieża Jaskółki (English: The Tower of the Swallow), the residents and the belief of Skellige largely resembles a mix between the real-world "Vikings" and Norse mythology and that of the ancient Irish and Scottish Cultures, with the residents of Skellige largely having Irish and Northern Irish accents. In this way the Skellige people almost certainly resemble the real historical people known as the Norse-Gaels who were a hybrid culture of the Irish and Norsemen
 * Indeed in The Witcher 3, despite being largely influenced by the Vikings, they use armbands made of clothes similar to Scottish tartans to identify clans.
 * The Name of Skellige is most likely inspired by the Irish Island Skellig Michael.

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