Skjall is a young Skellige warrior from the village of Lofoten on Hindarsfjall, where he lives with his mother and his sister Astrid.

Meeting Ciri

One day, while gathering food on the shore, he sees Ciri and a mysterious elf fall out of thin air into the sea. The elf carries the wounded girl to him, and Skjall takes them to Lofoten and watches over Ciri while she sleeps. When the Wild Hunt attacks the village, he chooses to get Ciri safely to the elf’s boat before returning to fight. He watches the elf knock her out with a spell and sail away, and is struck down from behind before he can reach them. Coming to, he glimpses a strange creature later known as Uma.

In The Witcher 3

By the time Geralt and Yennefer trace Ciri to Lofoten, the village elders have branded Skjall a coward for leaving the battle. To win back his name, he went after the cursed Morkvarg and died of his wounds. Geralt finds his body, and in Nameless Yennefer uses necromancy to make him speak one last time about Ciri.

Once Ciri is found, she asks to return to Skellige to give Skjall the honorable burial he deserves, in the quest Skjall’s Grave.