Great Skull Migration

The **Great Skull Migration** was an event that occurred in the wake of the Wyrsian Invasion of Great Skull. With the Great Skull clan conquered, those who remained began to flee. However, due to a lack of central leadership, different factions began to form, and the Great Skull clan splintered into smaller movements, each with its own goals and purposes. The Great Skull Migration caused significant changes in the North, Eastland, and even Wintersong's Wasteland.

## Red Skull

*Main Article: Red Skull*

The first of the splinter groups, Red Skull, didn't view the conquest of Great Skull as the end of an era. Led by Can Cille, this group moved back into their homeland, becoming Wyrsian citizens. Initially facing harsh criticism from the other Great Skull remnants and being treated relatively poorly by the Wyrsians, the Red Skull would assimilate themselves into Wyrsian society over the coming centuries, mostly centred around the former Great Skull capital of Cnoc Cain. One incident occurred in the form of the Red Skull Rebellion led by Count Mochan I, though this was a war fueled by Mochan's personal ambition, not disgruntlement from the Red Skull as a whole.

In modern times, the Red Skull have become largely indistinguishable from other Wyrsian ethnicities, with little of their ancient culture remaining. However, the mistreatment of their people has long ended, with many Red Skull descendants fighting for the kingdom in times of war, solidifying their position as loyalists to the crown.

## Orange Skull

*Main Article: Orange Skull*

Great Skull lacked an organised navy, with only a handful of disunited ships being part of their "fleet." The Orange Skull, led by Captain Dangil Jaghd, took to the seas as pirates, capturing multiple merchant vessels. Ultimately, the Orange Skull tried to settle in the Nytalyrian Islands but were driven out by the locals. Instead, they sailed further north, eventually settling on the shores of Wintersong's Wasteland.

The Orange Skull still live in the Wasteland today, mainly on the coastlines. They have continued their naval traditions, with their people primarily sustaining themselves by fishing and whaling the local waters. The Frozen Horde has left the Orange Skull largely alone, partially because they pose no threat to the Timeless Empire but also for fear of crossing Eiroff the Frozen.

## Yellow Skull

*Main Article: Yellow Skull*

Yellow Skull was a group of Great Skull hardliners that continued their resistance against Wyrsian forces, conducting guerilla warfare from the Wyrsian borderlands and sometimes entering the Green Grove to evade pursuing troops.

When the Yellow Skull leader, former Great Skull General Firoar Cnaivagh, was ultimately defeated and killed, what remained of the rebel army fled to the Freehold of Hykkfjord. Upon entering the Freehold, the local garrisons immediately attacked the tribal migrants, utterly slaughtering what remained of the Yellow Skull.

## Green Skull

*Main Article: Green Skull*

Green Skull was by far the largest of the Great Skull remnant groups. Led by Eynon Annuhin — the son of the last Great Skull king, Astos II — the Green Skull opted to migrate east into the relatively unprotected lands in the northeastern corner of the continent, an area already ruled by Human clans similar to Great Skull.

Green Skull splintered twice, losing the Black Skull in modern-day Gurtrenn and later losing the Blue Skull after having settled in their new homeland amongst the other tribes and clans.

The Green Skull integrated well with their new allies and joined many of the tribal alliances in the area. In modern times, the current King of the Green Skull, Enyon VI, is also the ruler over the larger Third Union of Clans, though the two entities are still separate.

## Blue Skull

*Main Article: Blue Skull*

Of all the Great Skull remnant groups, Blue Skull is undeniably the one that came out on top. Initially a part of the larger Green Skull, the Blue Skull eventually split off after deeming the Green Skull too passive. The Blue Skull took some of the Green Skull territories for themselves. As the two clans bordered each other and had a rivalry, skirmishing between the two soon became the norm.

When the Kingdom of Gurtrenn attacked the declining Golden Empire of Toscov in the Eastland and saw some successes, Blue Skull was quick to join the action. They abandoned their lands to Green Skull and embarked on a massive naval invasion, becoming part of the Five Kings' Invasion of Toscov. Ultimately, the Blue Skull carved out the Kingdom of Avateaux around the ancient city of Arkhalesk, which they later renamed Lamondes.

Somewhat ironically, the Blue Skull fought alongside Wyrsia in the Five Kings' Invasion. Their country later bordered the new Wyrsian colonies in the Eastland, similar to the border between the Wyrsian mainland and Great Skull in the past.

## Black Skull

*Main Article: Black Skull*

Before Green Skull settled into their new homeland, the group had a split upon exiting the Green Grove in modern-day Gurtrenn. Great Skull and the latter Green Skull were both heavy worshippers of the Goddess of Life, Nyara, due to the former close proximity to the Green Grove. However, after Great Skull's defeat, some began to question whether or not the Goddess deserved to be worshipped.

Led by a former priest, Carodh Vigdan, a sizeable group splintered away and marched north instead, where they erected the first temples to Ihyll in the area. Black Skull ultimately settled on the Frozen Ocean's coastline, east of the Freehold of Hykkfjord. Black Skull would eventually reform itself into Clan Vigdan, one of the major Five Clans of the Kingdom of Gurtrenn.