Skiorh is an Osskilian man Ged meets on a longship bound for the north. Skiorh, a rough-spoken and imposing man, gives Ged a bad feeling after Ged senses a strange blurring of Skiorh’s features during their sea journey. Nevertheless, when the ship makes port in Osskil, Ged reluctantly agrees to follow Skiorh to the Court of the Terrenon—only to realize halfway there that he has been duped. Skiorh has become a puppet, or gebbeth, of the shadow. Out on the wintry moors, Skiorh slowly disappears and reveals to Ged that he has all along been possessed by Ged’s shadow. The two fight until Ged pulls himself into the Court’s enchanted gate and escapes.