# King Firkked of Skilk — Uller Uprising character guide

> King Firkked of Skilk in Uller Uprising by H. Beam Piper.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Firkked, Skilk

**First appearance:** 0006-ii-rakkeed-stalin-and-the-rev-keeluk

## Snapshot

King of Skilk, four-armed and defiant, whose head becomes a propaganda exhibit before the rebellion is even over.

## Who they are

Firkked rules Skilk and throws his weight behind the anti-Terran uprising, making his court a node of resistance. Von Schlichten kills him personally in single combat — a calculated risk that, by local custom, makes the general King of Skilk. Firkked's death is then filmed and screened for other kings, turning his corpse into a tool of nervenkrieg.

## In the story

### [IV: If You Read It in Stanley-Browne](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uller_uprising_se/chapters/iv-if-you-read-it-in-stanley-browne)

Described as pro-Rakkeed and anti-Terran, currying favor with urban merchants.

### [XI: Of Princedoms Which Have Been Won by Conquest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/uller_uprising_se/chapters/xi-of-princedoms-which-have-been-won-by-conquest)

Killed by von Schlichten in personal combat; his head is impaled on his own Spear of State.

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