[Cronos]

ruddy and fair could be a lighter tinge, not necessarily a lack of melanin. Kind of like Pathans.

[skraeling]

ruddy and fair could be a lighter tinge, not necessarily a lack of melanin. Kind of like Pathans.

To me, ruddy and fair suggests red haired and blued eyed with a "ruddy" white complexion, like an Irishman, or any of his many Celtic European relatives.