UrSkek
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UrSkeks are a race of creatures not native to Thra and born of the Crystal before it became dark. They were noble beings shining with an inner light, however in attempting to perfect themselves they instead tore themselves apart to become two distinct races, Mystics and Skeksis. The urSkeks were reunited and born again.
Upright and tall with an inner light of beauty that streamed from them always, the urSkeks arrived during a conjunction of the Three Suns.
[edit] Banishment to Thra
The urSkeks originated on a world where moral imperfections were found completely intolerable. The UrSkeks, of which there were originally 18, were banished from their homeworld and entered the world of Thra via a portal opened by the shining of the three suns on the crystal of truth. There, they encountered Aughra, who had been badly burned by the intense heat given off by her close proximity to the conjunction. They healed her and together made exchanges of knowledge; Aughra teaching them the ways of the planet's nature and ecology while the urSkeks taught her astronomy. They hollowed out the mountain containing the crystal that brought them to the world and created a magnificent castle. It was not long, however, before the UrSkeks began to recount their banishment and sought to rectify what they had been taught as their curse of self impurity.
[edit] The Division
Creating a network of mirrors around the crystal, the UrSkeks sought to trap the light of the next great conjunction to burn out the imperfections on their souls. For another thousand years they waited till finally it arrived. However, upon entering the light, rather than being cleansed, the urSkeks were divided into two separate species; the Skeksis and the Mystics. A fight broke out, resulting in the crystal receiving a blow, which chipped off a shard. The shard disappeared and the Mystics left the castle.
Despite the separation, there was still a symbiotic relationship between each Skeksis and Mystic counterparts, a constant reminder that they were only halves of the same being. If either was wounded, the other felt the pain and suffered an identical injury. If one dies, both die.
[edit] The Two Made One
By the time of The Dark Crystal, only ten pairs remained. By the upcoming conjunction, thanks to the Gelfling Jen, the process that created the two races was reversed and the UrSkeks were reformed. Their new leader, UngIm, revived Kira before the UrSkeks departed into a higher level of existence and left the Gelfings as the keepers of the Crystal.
