Isle of Sgàil

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Isle of Sgàil
In-Game Information
Location:	North Atlantic (Orkney Islands, Scotland)
Sublocations:	Helipad Art Gallery Chapel Phoenix Effigy Upper Courtyard Lower Courtyard Docks Burial Site Architect's Lounge
Inhabitants:	The Ark Society
Real-Life Information
Appearances:	HITMAN™ 2

"The Isle of Sgàil in the North Atlantic is one of the most secretive places in the world."

The Isle of Sgàil is a small fictional island located in the North Atlantic, and the setting for the seventh mission in HITMAN™ 2, The Ark Society.

Description

The remote island.

This desolate, remote island is dominated by a repurposed medieval castle serving as the headquarters for The Ark Society, a secret organization whose plutocratic billionaire members fear the downfall of civilization. Notable is an even more ancient circle of standing stones, suggesting the possibility of a human presence as far back as Neolithic times. The sea around it is extremely stormy and treacherous, and icebergs are visible on the ocean.

Appearances

HITMAN™ 2

• The Ark Society.
• The Appraiser
• The Stowaway

HITMAN™ III

• The Disruptor.

Gallery

The destination as seen in IOI’s official World of Assassination guidebook.

Trivia

• The island's exact location and legal status is a mystery, though it is implied to be part of Scotland's Orkney archipelago as seen in the Gifts and Curses cinematic; in Freelancer, the world map mission board shows a more precise location, being placed near the Orkney and Shetland Islands.
  • Dialogue from Aron Ford Jr. and a Llosa brother in The Farewell, however, describe the Isle as being set in the Arctic Ocean, even further north than the North Atlantic.
• Two custodians discussing the site claim that the castle was used to store taxes from the British Crown, then later as a prison for aristocrats that couldn't be executed due to their status. Subsequently, it was converted into a black site for MI6 to hold Russian spies during the Cold War. Allegedly, one of these was Janus--ironically later the founder of the Ark Society--who was detained for a week in 1974 before being released, as MI6 was unaware of his true status.
• The location name "Sgàil" is derived from Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) sgàil, meaning "shadow", "veil", or "ghost".