Skeith

Skeith, also known as The Terror of Death, is a character from .hack// series.
== Charactah Account ==
Skeith is the 1st Phase of the Cursed Wave and was referred to as "The Terror of Death".
Skeith is first seen by Orca and Kite in the dungeon of Δ Bursting Passed Over Aqua Field. He is busy chasing Aura and ignores them at first, but when Aura tries to give the Book of Twilight to Orca, Skeith appears and challenges the two. Orca tries to fight against him, but as a normal player, his attacks are useless. Skeith data drains Orca and places him into a coma, but before he can attack Kite, Helba appears and drives him away.
Over the course of Infection, Skeith continues chasing Aura, attacking any players that get in his way, including Alph, Sieg, and Mai Minase. Eventually he manages to catch up with Aura at the field Θ Chosen Hopeless Nothingness. Kite and BlackRose arrive just as he begins to data drain Aura, segmenting her data into three parts and sending them to various places inside the system. Skeith attacks Kite and his party but is eventually data drained himself and defeated. Though he is destroyed, his death results in the birth of Cubia, the shadow of Kite's bracelet.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* .hack//Liminality
* .hack//SIGN
=== Light Novels ===
* .hack//Another Birth
* .hack//Epitaph of Twilight
* .hack//ZERO
=== Manga ===
* .hack//XXXX
=== Video Games ===
* .hack//G.U. Last Recode
* .hack//G.U. Volume 1: Rebirth
* .hack//G.U. Volume 2: Reminisce
* .hack//G.U. Volume 3: Redemption
* .hack//INFECTION - Part 1
* .hack//Link
* .hack//QUARANTINE - Part 4
* .hack//Versus
* Project X Zone
== Trivia ==
* According to .hack//Another Birth, .hack//XXXX, and a concept art in CyberConnect2's website, the party that defeated Skeith was Kite, BlackRose, and Mistral.
* According to the Liminality Easter Eggs, as well as information from Archives 03 Skeith was originally program designed to collect data on human emotions and reactions to death for the ultimate AI.
* Skeith's Red Wand is the item where Sora was sealed into for betraying Morganna during the end of SIGN, causing Sora's player to fall into a coma.
* In the original Japanese version of Infection, Skeith's wand, which appears in the English version as a large, red staff with a "Q" shape at the tip, is actually represented by a Celtic cross. This was censored for the American release in favor of the Q-shaped version from .hack//SIGN, though it is still seen as the cross in some American media.
* "Skeith" means "Shadow" in Old Scottish. The spelling of Skeith seems to have changed through the ages, being found as Skeith, Skuth, Skeycht and Skyith.
* Skeith may owe its name to the Skeith Stone, an artifact found in Kilrenny, Scottland. Inscribed in the stone is a circular cross, outlined by eight leaf or eye shapes and a squigle that identifies it as a Chi Rho Cross (the one that looks like a P and a X combined, those being the Greek letters used to spell Christ).
* Skeith is physically the smallest of all phases, and the only one with a weapon (during .hack// Project).
* In .hack//G.U. Vol 4//Reconnection, Skeith gets another new form.
== Gallery ==
File:Skeith Render 01.png
File:Skeith Render 02.png
File:Skeith Render 03.png
File:Skeith 01.png
File:Skeith 02.png
== External Links ==
* Skeith at .hack//Wiki
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