![]() ![]() Some attribute the destruction of Hardhome to cannibals from Skagos. The smaller isle has reportedly been uninhabited since the Feast of Skane. HistoryĪccording to The Edge of the World by Maester Balder, in ancient days men of Skagos sailed to the nearby island Skane, seizing all the women, killing all the men, and feasting on their flesh for a fortnight. According to Lord Roose Bolton, the inhabitants of Skagos still continue the banned tradition of the first night. When they trade with outsiders, Skagosi offer pelts, obsidian blades and arrowheads, and unicorn horns. They are considered a backward folk, rumored to still perform human sacrifices to weirwoods, lure passing ships to destruction with false lights, and engage in cannibalism during winter. ![]() They regard Skagosi as little more than tribes of raiders and savages, not dissimilar to wildlings. The people of Skagos are generally despised by the rest of the northmen, who derisively call them "Skaggs". Traders claim the lords of stoneborn clans ride shaggy unicorns. The Skagosi are said to live in caves or mountain fastnesses. Because of their size and smell, some maesters believe the hairy Skagosi have a strong admixture of Ibbenese blood, whereas others suggest they may be partially descended from giants. They are an isolated people descended from the First Men. The Skagosi or Skagossons call themselves the stoneborn, as Skagos means stone in the Old Tongue. The nearby waters have rich fishing grounds. Sailing is hazardous, especially during the autumn storms when the cold can freeze ropes and sails. Skagos is mountainous and forbidding with rough and treacherous currents around the isle. Nearby is the isle Skane and beyond it is the Shivering Sea. The large island is located in the mouth of the Bay of Seals, off the northeastern coast of Westeros. ![]()
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