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They stay for a night amongst the bulbous Podlings who raised Kira and are then attacked by Garthim there. By a river, Jen is frightened by a ball-shaped, dog-like pet known as Fizzgig and meets another Gelfling, Kira, whose existence he never suspected. Meanwhile, the Mystics hear the call of the Crystal, and begin their trek back to the castle. Garthim arrive to capture or kill Jen, who flees as Aughra is taken prisoner and her observatory is destroyed. If the conjunction occurs before the Crystal is healed, the state of their world will become permanent, with the Skeksis ruling forever as immortals. He must unify the shard with the crystal from which it sprang in time for the Great Conjunction, when his world's three suns will be aligned with one another. Jen reaches Aughra, a wise woman character of unknown species, and discovers the actual crystal shard by playing music on his flute, to which it resonates and stands out from the other crystals with which it lies.

In a duel over the succession called Haakskeekah (trial by stone), the Chamberlain skekSil is defeated by skekUng, the Garthim Master, and is banished and driven from the palace in rags. The emperor of the Skeksis, skekSo, dies at the same time that the Master urSu does. He tells Jen that the crystal shard can be found at Aughra's observatory. The Mystic Master who taught and raised him him is dying, and he calls Jen to his side to reveal that his destiny is to 'heal' the crystal by replacing the crystal shard. After his parents were killed by the crustacean-like Garthim commanded by the Skeksis, he is raised in a lush valley in which the Mystics reside. Jen believes he is the last of the Gelflings. The prophecy, rediscovered in an ancient Gelfling city, read: When single shines the triple sun,īy Gelfling hand, or else by none. Their wrath was particularly directed toward the elf-like Gelflings due to a prophecy that promised the restoration of the crystal and the end of the Skeksis' power by a Gelfling. The Skeksis drove the Mystics from the castle, where the shattered crystal resides, and instituted a reign of terror over their world. In that moment the Crystal became the Dark Crystal.

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One thousand years before the beginning of the movie, the urSkeks cracked the Crystal of Truth, and split into two races during the Great Conjunction of the three suns - the hunchbacked, gentle beings known as Mystics (or urRu in the original drafts and novelization), and the vulture-like, cruel bipedal beings known as Skeksis. The Crystal harnesses the forces of nature, especially the light of the three suns, for the benefit of all on Thra. Many creatures and races inhabit the planet but the dominant race is the urSkeks who are the guardians of the Crystal of Truth.

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Speaking of events yet to come, we’ve so far had no hints as to which Gelfling in the series are the ancestors (or even perhaps parents) of the film’s two protagonists, Jen and Kira, although a wise man would probably bet on Rian and Deet having at least something to do with it.The film takes place on Thra, a planet with three suns the Great Sun, the Rose Sun and the Dying Sun.

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The Emperor that we see in the TV series will eventually turn into the shriveled, dying husk we glimpsed at in the film, so we know this yet another event to come. Still in power (if not crumbling, both literally and metaphorically) by the series’ end, the Emperor has suffered a set-back to his plans of Thra’s total domination. Then, of course, there’s the Skeksis Emperor. How will it get there? Maybe series two will let us know. For now, the Gelfling are in possession of the shard, but it will eventually end up in the hands of Aughra. The biggest, of course, being the discovery of the missing shard from the titular Dark Crystal when Kira successfully rejoins the shard with the crystal in the film, the Dark Crystal turns back into the Crystal of Truth. While not exactly a direct lead-in to the events of the film, the Age of Resistance does drop several hints and plot points that fans of the film will recognise. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web