Skade

''Yet, they all shared something in common: they resembled her. They all had the same skin tone, eye, and hair colour, but they weren’t exact replicas as we all had different facial features. The children were all wearing different periods of clothing, from the late medieval ages to the seventeenth century.''

-The un-named Skades from Elisia's dream

The Skades (or the Snow Kings and Queens) are semi-humans or humans born with the magic to command ice and snow to their will. Little is known about them, only that they are the absolute rulers or warlords of the Hidden Folk clans.

=Nature=

Skades are described to have pale skin, light blue eyes, and white-blond hair. They are the absolute rulers of the Hidden Folk and can unite the twenty clans under their rule in times of need.

Skades have their own special magic that does not require a wand, they can conjure, control, and manipulate ice, snow, and wind to their will. This magic seems to be resistance to magic produced by wands.

=Prejudice from the North=

Due to a series of war between the Skades and their Hidden Folk armies with Wizard-kind of the North, Scandinavian (or nationalities near Scandinavia) witches and wizards hate the Skades so much that they have hunted down the Hidden Folk, wiping them out to a near extinction. Without their soldiers, the Skade would only have their magic at their disposal. One known clan remains in the Forbidden Forest at Hogwarts.

=Cross Breeding=

Not much is known about their biology, it is now known if they are semi-human or that they are human and that their magic affects their apperacne. It is known, that all Skades have come from Muggle bloodlines, either from Hilda Fawcett or another Skade, and that the Skade gene (like the wizard gene) can appear in a person down many generations. It is unknown if a Skade mates with a witch or wizard, if the offspring will bear the traits of both parents or only one. However, =Known Skades=


 * Hilda Fawcett
 * King Jeneth
 * Six unnamed figures
 * Elisia Arendal (half-witch)

=Trivia=


 * The word Skade is the anglicized spelling of the snow goddess Skaði, a jötunn or known as a giant, from Norse Mythology.
 * This page is speculation, the author of For Love or Fear has mentioned the word Skade twice when referring to the main character Elisia Arendal.
 * It is assumed that the first Skade, Hilda Fawcett (assumed), either was a descendant of Skaði or made a deal for her powers with some Spirit of Winter. It is unknown if all Skades are descended from her.