Skeith

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The '''Skeith''' is a [[Wikipedia:Gargoyle|gargoyle]]- or [[Wikipedia:Dragon|dragon]]-like [[Neopet]], and one of the original 14 when [[Neopets]] began on November 15, 1999. As one of the largest Neopets of [[Neopia]], they are quite strong but also lazy, preferring to get smaller creatures to do things for them. As is the case with several myths about dragons ([[Wikipedia:Fafnir|Fafnir]] or [[Wikipedia:The Dragon (Beowulf)|the dragon in Beowulf]]), Skeiths often hoard or guard treasure - for example, tax collector [[Gordos]], the [[National Neopian]] [[bank manager]], or [[Meridell]] treasurer [[Snargan]].

Skeiths are capable of eating anything, including [[furniture]], [[Petpet]]s, [[Petpetpet]]s, [[codestone]]s, [[dubloon]]s and [[Paint Brush]]es, an ability which only Skeiths and [[Grarrl]]s have. This makes it very easy to keep your Skeith well fed, as users can simple feed their Skeith items they wish to get rid of. Some Skeith have even [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=2&id=71 threatened] to eat other Neopets.

Although Skeiths are typically depicted as greedy, they don't require their owner to feed them any more regularly than any other Neopet. However, when a Skeith is hungry and its owner visits the [[Quick Ref]] page, it may snatch and consume an item from the user's [[inventory]]. When it does this, it becomes bloated. While they can eat anything, Skeiths come down with [[Disease|Neezles]] when fed anything with the word ''cheese'' in the name.

The Skeith is adorned with spikes and wings, and while these wings can support a Skeith's weight, Skeiths do not appear particularly aerodynamic. In the [[Neopets Trading Card Game]], they are typically associated with the element of Dark.

==Battledome==
In the [[Battledome]], Skeiths are naturally resistant to earth, fire, and physical attacks, receiving 10% less damage from each. They can learn four species [[abilities]]:

{|style="width: 600px; margin: 0 auto; {{border-radius|20px}}" class="battledome"
|align="center" colspan="3"|'''<big><u>Skeith Abilities</u></big>'''
|-
||'''Skeith Squash'''||Attack: {{icon|1 - 2|Physical}}||Available from Level 1
|-
||'''Skeith Glare'''||Attack: {{icon|2|Darkness}} {{icon|2|Fire}}||Available from Level 10
|-
||'''Skeith Bite'''||Attack: {{icon|2 - 3|Earth}} {{icon|2 - 3|Darkness}}||Available from Level 20
|-
||'''Skeith Kick'''||Attack: {{icon|3|Light}} {{icon|1 - 2|Physical}}||Available on Skeith Day only
|-
|}

There are also seventeen pieces of [[battledome equipment|equipment]] that can only be used by a Skeith.

==Colours==
As of September 2011, Skeiths can be painted in 48 different [[colour]]s:

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*[[Baby]] - ''May 16, 2002''
*[[Blue]] - ''Natural''
*[[Brown]] - ''July 20, 2001''
*[[Checkered]] - ''September 24, 2004''
*[[Chocolate]] - ''September 15, 2005''
*[[Cloud]] - ''August 14, 2002''
*[[Darigan]] - ''April 11, 2003''
*[[Disco]] - ''September 24, 2004''
*[[Electric]] - ''September 27, 2011''
*[[Faerie (colour)|Faeire]] - ''June 2, 2010''
*[[Fire]] - ''September 10, 2001''
*[[Ghost]] - ''September 25, 2003''
*[[Gold]] - ''November 14, 2003''
*[[Glowing]] - ''September 26, 2009''
*[[Green]] - ''Natural''
*[[Grey]] - ''September 26, 2006''
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*[[Invisible]] - ''September 25, 2003''
*[[Halloween]] - ''September 26, 2009''
*[[Jelly (colour)|Jelly]] - ''September 25, 2007''
*[[Island]] - ''March 4, 2004''
*[[Magma]] - ''December 15, 2009''
*[[Maraquan]] - ''August 16, 2005''
*[[Mutant]] - ''October 7, 2005''
*[[Orange]] - ''September 25, 2002''
*[[Pink]] - ''September 26, 2006''
*[[Pirate]] - ''September 26, 2005''
*[[Plushie (colour)|Plushie]] - ''November 26, 2002''
*[[Purple]] - ''September 25, 2001''
*[[Rainbow]] - ''September 25, 2002''
*[[Red]] - ''Natural''
*[[Robot]] - ''September 25, 2002''
*[[Royal]] - ''September 25, 2008''
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*[[Shadow]] - ''?''
*[[Silver]] - ''September 25, 2003''
*[[Sketch]] - ''?''
*[[Skunk]] - ''September 7, 2001''
*[[Snow]] - ''December 23, 2006''
*[[Speckled]] - ''September 25, 2007''
*[[Split]] - ''September 26, 2005''
*[[Spotted]] - ''April 20, 2004''
*[[Starry]] - ''September 24, 2001''
*[[Strawberry]] - ''September 25, 2010''
*[[Striped]] - ''?''
*[[Tyrannian]] - ''?''
*[[Transparent]] - ''September 25, 2010''
*[[White]] - ''?''
*[[Woodland]] - ''September 27, 2011''
*[[Yellow]] - ''Natural''
|}

==Trivia==
*As of November 2010, over 2.9 million Skeith's have been created, ranking them 34th in popularity among Neopets. They are also featured in 177 different [[item]]s.
*Some Skeiths say the [[Scado]], a [[Tyrannian Petpet]] which resembles a [[Wikipedia:Coconut|coconut]], tastes like a coconut too.
*The [[Gnar]] is said to have an appetite to match the Skeith.
*The ''Dried Bamboo Chair'', a piece of furniture, is said to even support the weight of the Skeith.
*Magma Skeiths don't have wings.

==See also==
*'''Famous Skeiths:''' [[Archos]], [[Draconus Maximus]], [[Edmund]], [[Gordos]], [[Haskol]], [[Kayn Hireck]], [[King Skarl]], [[King Hagan]], [[Malkus Vile]], [[Mungo Lifler]], [[Portolio]], [[Quiggle Warlord]], [[Siliclast]], [[Slychi]], [[Snargan]], [[The Three]]
*'''Games:''' [[Biscuit Brigade: Hagan's Last Stand]], [[Caption Competition]], [[Castle Battles]], [[Cellblock]], [[Double or Nothing]], [[Grumpy Old King]], [[Hungry Skeith]], [[Invasion of Meridell]], [[NeoQuest]], [[NeoQuest II]], [[Plushie Tycoon]], [[Skarl's Scramble]], [[Stamp Collector]], [[Sorcerers' Skirmish]]
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==External links==
*'''NeoDeck:''' [http://www.neopets.com/games/neodeck/colcardlookup.phtml?colcard_id=9 Lord Luparn], [http://neopets.com/games/neodeck/colcardlookup.phtml?colcard_id=190 Draconus Maximus], [http://neopets.com/games/neodeck/colcardlookup.phtml?colcard_id=228 Slychi the Skeith Invader]
*'''Neopets TCG:''' [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=2&id=61 Blue Skeith], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=2&id=71 Darigan Skeith] [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=2&id=96 Skarl's Personal Guard], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=2&id=107 Green Skeith], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=3&id=51 Green Seven], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=6&id=76 Hagan the Wise], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=6&id=87 Skarls Orders], [http://www.neopets.com/tcg/displayCard.phtml?edid=9&id=53 Skeith Bandit]
*'''Caption Competition:''' [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=3 #3], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=14 #14], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=28 #28], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=128 #128], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=145 #145], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=147 #147], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=152 #152], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=186 #186], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=188 #188], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=192 #192], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=211 #211], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=219 #219], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=224 #224], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=254 #254], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=270 #270], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=279 #279], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=317 #317], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=322 #322], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=337 #337], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=367 #367], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=370 #370], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=445 #445], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=451 #451], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=468 #468], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=489 #489], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=515 #515], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=523 #523], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=549 #549], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=565 #565], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=568 #568], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=575 #575], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=577 #577], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=578 #578], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=596 #596], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=616 #616], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=620 #620], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=623 #623], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=641 #641], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=669 #669], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=696 #696], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=706 #706], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=712 #712], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=732 #732], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=742 #742], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=749 #749], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=757 #757], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=801 #801], [http://www.neopets.com/games/caption/caption_archive.phtml?place=819 #819]
*'''Help File:''' [http://www.neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=30 Why are my items disappearing?], [http://www.neopets.com/help_search.phtml?help_id=319 Can you really feed toys and dubloons to pets?]
*'''Editorial:''' [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=11 11], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=19 19], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=27 27], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=37 37], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=40 40], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=45 45], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=49 49], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=65 65], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=74 74], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=77 77], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=89 89], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=98 98], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=103 103], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=104 104], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=110 110], [http://www.neopets.com/newnt/index.phtml?section=editorial&week=133 133], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=160 160], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=190 190], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=204 204], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=209 209], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=211 211], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=213 213], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=222 222], [http://www.neopets.com/ntimes/index.phtml?section=editorial&issue=232 232]

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