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Their islander nature and experience in navigating their shores have made the Skagosi into skilled sailors and navigators who frequently terrorise any of the eastern shores of the north and Beyond the Wall. Summer is fleeting, and winter has honed the Skagosi into fearsome and brutal peoples with customs to match. They are said to be cannibalistic and are riders of the shaggy unicorns native to the islands. There are three main clans on the islands of Skagos: Magnar, Crowl and Stane. Meanwhile, the islands in the north of the archipelago are even more remote and unknown to outsiders – Skane and Riis Du. <ref>Martin, ''World of Ice and Fire'', pp. 139-140.</ref> | Their islander nature and experience in navigating their shores have made the Skagosi into skilled sailors and navigators who frequently terrorise any of the eastern shores of the north and Beyond the Wall. Summer is fleeting, and winter has honed the Skagosi into fearsome and brutal peoples with customs to match. They are said to be cannibalistic and are riders of the shaggy unicorns native to the islands. There are three main clans on the islands of Skagos: Magnar, Crowl and Stane. Meanwhile, the islands in the north of the archipelago are even more remote and unknown to outsiders – Skane and Riis Du. <ref>Martin, ''World of Ice and Fire'', pp. 139-140.</ref> | ||
According to their own legends, the Skagosi are true autochthons, quite literally shaped and born from the ice and stone of their frigid home. | |||