The Skeksis and the Mystics now live separately, but with hearts and minds intertwined. The event temporarily tore the Castle apart but all was restored after the Shard was returned to the Crystal, the Second Age of Harmony began. Each coat was a record of its wearer's thought and fate, with spirals that were also a comment on his past life and that controlled his dreams. Big change! The Great Conjunction is the event that occurs when the Three Suns of Thra - the Great Sun, the Rose Sun, and the Dying Sun - align in the sky. As Aughra watched the three suns align for the Great Conjunction, the urSkeks transported themselves to Thra. | He wore his hair tied in a club; the knots it formed were varied for each chant and loosened at the lesser conjunctions. The mystics are nearly as bad as the skeksis. I read his stars in secret; once we exchanged concordances. urYod the Numerologist -- urYod the Numerologist kept track of time with moving strings of stones. In the heart of the Crystal, they had made a trap for light, a net of crystal and golden mirrors. He had the art to sing one note that made all the different stones of the valley tremble. The Skeksis never came to pick SkekSim's crumble remains cause they didn't care. On that day, the Harmony of the World shattered. His amulets, his baths, his acupuncture, were designed to restore balance to the corona. | Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Above the great Crystal, they also prepared a great portal with three sides so that when the Suns moved over the Crystal, they stood framed in the portal, a triangle surrounding a circle. The urSkeks came to Thra using the power of the Great Crystal; they came during one Great Conjunction to use the next nine hundred and ninety-nine trine and one trine, to achieve their work. They attended to the greater and lesser balances of the bodies and spirits of their companions. What’s most fascinating is urgoh the wonderer and the funny skeksis (can’t think of his name right this second) and how different they are yet they’ve Manage to live together and make it work. They are mostly carnivorous, preparing huge banquets with roasted Nebrie and other native life forms; but are also able to draw their energy from the sun by using the Crystal. The Skeksis and Mystics have never been a numerous species: by the time of their creation there were eighteen of them; with eight remaining until the time the crystal was healed and they merged back into urSkeks. They created walls made up of blocks of crystal. The urRu die, said urYod, because they can no longer join the future with their past. The word "Skeksis" serves as both singular and plural form for this species, with the singular pronounced / ˈ s k ɛ k s ɪ s / and the plural / ˈ s k ɛ k s iː z / . His remains were burned by the Gelfling. I find the dual nature of the Urskeks expressed in the Mystics and Skeksis really fascinating and I think it's one of the most interesting themes of the Dark Crystal world. he made the sand paintings of prophecy for the urRu, pouring the colored sands while the others chanted; combing and brushing the sands of amethyst, opal, agate, onyx, and chalcedony; building the forms of spiral energy, himself a spiral, and a t the moment of completion and revelation sweeping all away with his tail. I find the dual nature of the Urskeks expressed in the Mystics and Skeksis really fascinating and I think it's one of the most interesting themes of the Dark Crystal world. This they called writing in rays of sunlight. Posted by. However, by the time they were rejoined, only 8 pairs were left. I loved that scene when they did the puppet show for the Gelfings-it's gold! Letter from Cheryl Henson As far as we know there were: He would seek to change the forms of things, solids and liquids, liquids into solids again. Just brilliant. Both the Skeksis and the urRu/Mystics actually spawned from the urSkeks, when the Crystal was cracked during the last Great Conjunction. skekSil the Chamberlain -- Between skekUng the Garthim-Master and skekSil the Chamberlain there was bitter rivalry, for skekSil hoped his smiling poison and suspicious craft would lead him, not skekUng, to succeed the Emperor's glory. urUtt the Weaver -- The blanket coats of all the urRu were made by urUtt the Weaver. The Skeksis are reptilian humanoids with heads of birds of prey who took control of Thra and rule it as "lords of the Crystal". Thoughts that he judged deeper and worthy of growth he wound into spirals to bring out their richness. urAmaj the Cook and urNol the Herbalist -- The closest together among the urRu were urAmaj the Cook and urNol the Herbalist. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. urAc the Scribe Hus Levant "urAc the Scribe wrote the simpler thoughts of his comrades on unwound cloth spirals. He spoke more freely than the other urRu, but in riddles for choice. skekUng the Garthim-Master -- Strongest of all for brute force, after the Emperor, was skekUng the Garthim-Master. skekOk the Scroll-Keeper -- skekOk the Scroll-Keeper kept the record of the Skeksis; he was the smallest, finest-featured, least honest of them all. Because of this, they were seen as outcasts amongst their peers. urSol the Chanter -- urSol the Chanter had two voices: one light and gentle for speech, one deep and resonant for song that could calm thunder or make waterfalls still. urIm the Healer -- To the eyes of urIm the Healer, the corona that had flared around the heads of the urSkeks still flickered over the urRu. Each moment was rich and full, yet the coming of the shining strangers changed our World and our lives forever.” – Aughra. An UrSkeks meant for bad things to happen and the Skeksis meant to hurt the crystal. They hollowed out the mountain around the Crystal and built a castle of lesser crystals (called the Castle of the Crystal) around the great Crystal. 23. Their goal was to use the Crystal’s light to purify themselves. And in return, I gave him all my knowledge of the rocks, even to the secrets of the metals. The Skeksis are the antagonists of the film: the ten dark versions of the ten "good" urRu/Mystics (see below). However with the Crystal cracked, it had to be healed first. Contact Us. That's actually really helpful-thanks! The Skeksis had scaley, reptilian bodies, with beak-like jaws and hooded eyes. 1, The Dark Crystal – Creation Myths, Vol. The Skeksis reside in the Castle of the Crystal, where they … With his right hands he made patterns in the air to restore the fires of the soul; with his left hands he made patterns in water to reduce them. While I won't say they are equally horrible, they could end the entire conflict in mere moments by just telling the skeksis to stop or they will kill themselves. His mind was like a deep pool stirred by profound currents. With humility did he approach his work, bearing in mind the knowledge that he could not make or create anything that was Nature's work. Glossary They were drawn across the universe by the Crystal of Truth. Something that always annoy me about the Dark Crystal and it's manga legends of the Dark Crystal is that we know little if none of the other pairs of Skeksis and Mystics(Urru) that had passed on. Torment was his pleasure, through his urSkeks original had been a healer and continued so in urRu form. He succeeded in his quest and the urSkeks were once again reunited, and the Age of Power began. Too late he found that the Emperor raised favorites only to enjoy the pleasure of their fall, caring for them not at all; and that the other Skeksis all practiced their own secret divinations, which they trusted above his. The Skeksis retained the efficiency and ambition of the old urSkeks, but none of their wisdom and benevolence. He first discovered the art of anointing the skin with a paste of clotted blood and diamond powder, to restore the sparkle of youth. Hot spices, sweet liqueurs, cream-rich sauces, were his delight; and he boasted he had a different menu for every feast. https://aliens.fandom.com/wiki/Skeksis?oldid=173198. The Great Conjunction is the end of the world...or the beginning. In the scuffle, they destroyed several Skeksis and Mythics as well as chipped the crystal. That the urSkeks did not understand this and violated their nature was the ruin of our World. Very slow to move, to speak; as wise as the silent stars. That's all they have to do. A shard broke from the Crystal and flew up the shaft, out onto the mountainside. The only chance for the urSkeks to be born again and for the world of the Dark Crystal to become whole once again was for Jen to succeed in his quest. The Great Division of the urSkeks had been achieved. Wise with ancient knowledge from a world they left behind, the Skeksis and the Mystics are two halves of a greater whole. They called themselves ‘urSkeks’. The Gelflings made a prophecy stating that one of them would need to heal the crystal in order to restore order during the next Conjunction. An urSkek collectible bust sculpt that was released by Plan B Toys. urRu) and their "evil" sides embodied as the Skeksis. While the Mystics went on to live a peaceful and archaic existence in the valley, the Skeksis remained in their castle and ruled over the planet for a thousand years. A thousand years ago, the urSkeks shattered the Dark Crystal and their race was divided in two: their "good" sides personified in the form of the Mystics (a.k.a. Like their urRu counterparts, they had four arms and a tail. Of this he would not speak. However, by the time they were rejoined, only 8 pairs were left. Two halves of a once whole. They attempted to use the light of the crystal to remove the evil from their souls and perfect themselves, but instead split themselves into two distinct races - the Mystics, the representation of the kindness and good in their hearts and the Skeksis, the representation of the wickedness and evil. She was given this gift so that she might study the stars and alert them to the coming of the next Great Conjunction. But between meals the Skeksis went to skekNa the Slave-Master for scraps to appease the raging hunger they always felt. He knew the art of the death trance; all other music he neglected. In that moment the Crystal became the Dark Crystal. When the urSkeks first came to our World, he taught me all the movements of the skies and designed the great Observatory. While they didn't mean for the division to happen, none of it was a mistake. UngIm is the only urSkek to speak; he talks to Jen after the reunification of the crystal and before the urSkeks ascended from the planet. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. | Close. They were not evil, neither were they completely neutral. Their bodies were founded upon deeply disordered principles, with only their heads bearing a… Hidden in that tall, shining urSkek was one who, ages later, could find satisfaction in tearing apart the gentle Gelfling. The Skeksis came to betray all friendship, without reason, without need. After the Crystal was restored, they left Thra for an unknown location. In the days of their first coming there were eighteen urSkeks, and they exhibited vigor and the will to change and build what was around them. | This they called writing in rays of sunlight. skekShod the Treasurer -- skekShod the Treasurer counted gifts, not time. In order to reunite the Skeksis and the Mystics, the pairs would need to re-enter the focused light of the pure Crystal during the next Great Conjunction.