Ska'drin

**Ska'drin** are a race in the Realm. They're generally humanoid creatures with tails and thick horns on their heads. However, many shave off their horns and either tuck or bind their tails away to try and blend in. While generally peaceful, the ska'drins have a lot of magic, with many rune based spells and magic originating from them. Despite their history, no one bothered recording their history in an accessible way, at least until Torvald began working with their technology, with Torvald currently being the leading Magistrate expert on these ancient runes. The ska'drins also greatly care about nature and have connections to the Thousand Hands Guild. They also have several of their own deities.

Most ska'drins originate from the south and largely used to live on the remote Temple Isles (and possibly still do to an extent) that were once protected by Makoa but after he was summoned to the mainland by an unknown individual or force during the Crystal War, the island is now unprotected. Many ska'drins are currently in hiding or on the run, with some of them being in Crosswind Hold. Almost all of them hide the fact they're ska'drin or at the very least don't go around announcing it to everyone.

This habit of hiding away comes from the discrimination they receive from almost every other race in the Realm. This has also caused them to have almost been wiped out twice, resulting in their fearful lifestyle. Talus himself once almost lost his family to an angry mob for this reason, as stated in his bio.

The root of their discrimination is a combination of the fact they didn't help fight off the Goblin Scourges due to living away from the danger on their islands, as well as the fact their horns and tails make them a more easily identifiable target, explaining their habit of hiding these features.

## Known Ska'drin

* Talus
* Mal'Damba
* Vatu

## Possible Ska'drin

**Maeve Cards**

* Knife Ska'drin (from Cut and Run)

* Cloaked Ska'drin (from On Edge)

* Wild Ska'drin (from Savagery)

**Octavia Cards**

* Mother and Baby Ska'drin (from Entrenched)

**Saati Cards**

* Defeated Ska'drin (from Costly Physics)

**Talus Cards**

* Cloaked Ska'drin (from Carry Through)

* Fleeing Ska'drin (from Daredevil)

* Rune Ska'drin (from Evanescent)

* Patterned Ska'drin (from Guts)

* Mother and Child Ska'drin (from Perseverance)

* Blue Ska'drin (from Relic Affinity)

* Mage Ska'drin (from Revitalize)

* Red Headed Ska'drin (from Spirited)

**Vatu Cards**

* Child Ska'drin (from Memento Vivere)

**Other**

* Hurt Ska'drins (from A Conflict Reignited lore video)

## Trivia

* What appears to be a ska'drin mother and child can be seen on Bazaar in Octavia's card Entrenched, though despite this, the ska'drin and Followers of Io don't have a super explicit connection.
* The ska'drin may have a connection with Io herself, based on the "Runic Fire" that surrounds the Shattered Desert map.
* Though the ska'drin are widely hated, the only instances of explicit discrimination against them being shown are one of Khan's jokes and a brief scene from the *A Conflict Reignited* lore cinematic.

**Directions**Anti-Abyss  •  Anti-Darkness  •  Nature Protectors  •  Neutral
**Groups** Bomb Kingdom  •  Deepwerks  •  Eternal Pyre  •  Followers of Io  •  House Aico  •  House Arturos  •  Outer Tribunal  •  Paladins (Former)  •  Red River Orcs  •  Sentinels  •  Shadow Tribunal  •  Summer Court  •  Tau-Kor Monastery  •  Thousand Hands Guild  •  Warders  •  Unknown Groups
**Noteworthy Items / Forces**Crystals  •  Magic  •  Souls  •  Warder's Key  •  Warder's Relic
**Notable Positions**Abyssal Lord  •  Border Lord  •  Grand Magister  •  Pyre Lord
**The Realm**Abyss  •  Aico Tundra  •  Crosswind Hold  •  The Eight Oceans  •  Enchanted Forest  •  Greenwood  •  Lunar Coast  •  Seris (Village)  •  Temple Isles  •  Trade Row  •  Warder's Watch
**Races**Abyssal Creature  •  Animal  •  Construct  •  Darkness  •  Dragon  •  Deities  •  Dwarf  •  Elemental  •  Elf  •  Faerie  •  Goblin  •  Human  •  Leipori  •  Orc  •  Pyre Creature  •  **Ska'drin**  •  Spirit  •  Stagalla  •  Tigron  •  Transformed  •  Undead  •  Vulpin  •  Wyrin
**Complete Timeline**Complete Timeline  •  Paladins Chronicles
**Story Arcs**Crystal Arc  •  Darkness Arc  •  Ska'drin Arc
**Time Periods**The Ancient Age  •  The Age of the Paladins  •  The Golden Age  •  The Age of Resistance  •  The Lost Future
**Notable Events**Dragon Scourge  •  Goblin Scourges  •  Golden Age  •  Crystal War  •  Koga's Revenge  •  Destruction of Seris  •  Battle of Ascension Peak  •  Warders Return  •  The Fight of the Shattered Desert  •  Shattered Goddess' Return  •  The Summoning of Raum  •  The Darkness Released  •  Shift of Power
**Other**NPCs  •  Updated Bios  •  Alternate Realities  •  Canon Skins  •  Statues  •  Legends  •  Misconceptions  •  Retcons  •  Character Feats  •  Alpha Lore

1. ↑ File:Tip Ska'drin Hiding.png
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Patch Preview Open Beta 59, YouTube
3. ↑ File:Tip Torvald Expertise.png
4. ↑ File:Torvald Info.png
5. ↑ Evil Mojo Podcast: Exploring the Lore (Hi-Rez Showcase 2022), YouTube
6. ↑ File:Skadrin and Nature.png
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Lore of Paladins (Hi-Rez Showcase 2020 Panel), YouTube
8. ↑ Evil Mojo Podcast: Exploring the Lore (Hi-Rez Showcase 2022), YouTube
9. ↑ The Lore of Paladins (Hi-Rez Showcase 2020 Panel), YouTube
10. ↑ File:Temple Isles and Ska'drin.png
11. ↑ The Lore of Paladins (Hi-Rez Showcase 2020 Panel), YouTube
12. ↑ File:Vatu's Race.png
13. ↑ Patch Preview Open Beta 59, YouTube
14. ↑ File:Why the Ska'drin are Hated.png
15. ↑ HiRezRomanova on Twitter
16. ↑ File:Skadrin and Io Followers.png
17. ↑ End Times Update Show, YouTube
18. ↑ End Times Update Show, YouTube
19. ↑ Khan's first joke
20. ↑ *A Conflict Reignited* Lore Cinematic, YouTube