1000 years ago, a race of higher beings called the Urskesks became haughty, and in their arrogance cracked a huge crystal that split them into two separate beings. The Urskeks became the Mystics, great beings of peace, and the Skeksis, retched looking vulture like beings of evil. After a shard broke from the crystal, it became the dark crystal, controlled by the Skeksis. They presumably used the crystal to prophesize that a Gelfing would be able to restore the crystal, so all Gelflings were ordered to be killed. The Skeksis felt that rejoining the crystal would be the death of … Continue reading →