Skatval the Brisk

Skatval the Brisk is a Haloga chieftain during the reign of Stavrakios. His tribe lives along the Lygra Fjord. When a group of four priests led by Tzoumas arrive on a mission, Skatval almost immediately recognizes that Kveldulf, an Haloga who was captured as a slave twenty years earlier and is now returned as a priest of Phos is the most dangerous of the lot.

As Kveldulf preaches to the Halogai, he earns Skatval's grudging respect, although not enough that Skatval is willing to accept the scripture Kveldulf preaches. That Skatval's daughter, Skjaldvor, is enamored by the Haloga priest only makes matters worse.

Once it becomes apparent that Kveldulf is gaining adherents, which Skatval seeks as threatening to the Haloga way of life, he calls on Grimke Grankel’s son to use the power of the Halogai gods to destroy the Videssian priests. Although this successfully kills the three Videssians, Kveldulf survives the attack. Skatval gives him the chance to flee Halogaland, but when Kveldulf refuses, Skatval kills the priest himself, later honoring Kveldulf's last request to have his severed and preserved head sent back to Videssos.

Skatval's father was Raud. His wife is Ulvhild.