Day 16 — Skjoeld
One of the Waisen in the terrorist cell “Saemmling”, in which he’s been operating along with Aske and Skygge. Saemmling is a larger group than just a few people, but its members usually meet in small clusters, with only one amongst them knowing people in the other sub-cells, to prevent the Watchers from getting information about them too easily through torture or mind scanning.
Skjoeld never uses his real name. He’s originally from Valburg in the north of Varsa, where he lived with his little sister Gerda. The local Watch suspected him of being a Waise, and tried to smoke him out (literally), only he was out on that night, and Gerda, who was alone in their flat, died in the fire. Skjoeld fled to Karm after that, determined to join one of the terrorist cells and wreak havoc as much as he could before being caught.
He actually somewhat likes Aske, as much as he resents him for his antics—the younger Waise is the one who taught him to use the roofs efficiently (in other words, Aske taught him Parkour XD), thus allowing him to save himself more than once.
Skjoeld very rarely takes an active part in his cell’s meetings: his role there is to actively shield them from any Watcher’s area scan, so he’s much more focus on what happens outside their mental channel than inside it.