Dubh Sìth
Names: Dubh Sìththe Black FairyKilnave Fiendthe wicked dwarf
First appears in Book 3: Diamond Mask, chapter 4 (INNER HEBRIDES, SCOTLAND, EARTH, 25–26 MAY 2062)
Appearances
B1
B2
B3
B4
What you know
Book 3: Diamond Mask
- Ch 4The Dubh Sìth, a dwarf and unerring bowman, joined the Macdonalds and killed Big Lachlan MacLean and many MacLeans at Gruinart in 1598.
- Ch 4In the legend, the dwarf shot flaming seal-oil arrows into the church roof, burning many fleeing MacLeans to death, and demanded his weight in gold.
- Ch 4The Macdonalds, disgusted by his murder in a holy church, hurled him into the blazing church, where he vanished into the flames.
- Ch 4Legend says his ghost, called the Kilnave Fiend, haunts northern Islay, and people who see it often disappear and are found burnt to a cinder.
- Ch 4He uses secret underground tunnels and caves that only he knows.
Connections
- related toSir James Macdonaldhired him as archer
- related toMacLeanshired fighter who killed MacLeans
Key moments
- Book 3 · Ch 4Burning of St. Nave's church
After the MacLeans' defeat, the Dubh Sìth set fire to the church where they sheltered, killing them; the Macdonalds then threw him into the flames.