The ur-Ru (Mystics)
| Aughra: The urRu fled when the Harmony was broken (the Great Division). They were filled with sadness, and made their way to the Valley of the Stones. There they could shelter and meditate concealed. They chose that twisting valley, home of mists, for that it resembled the world they had left to come to us; |
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| water flowed from abundant springs, caves filled the rocky slopes. They made it fit for their use. I helped, I chose stones and guided the stones to allow themselves to be shaped. |
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There the urRu made stone circles of power, the framework of the valley, everlasting protection. Within that protection I learned what the great design of the urSkeks had been, through woven knots, through chants of prayer. They had hoped that by submitting themselves to the light of the Crystal they would purify their divided selves, that everything in them that was less than perfect would be burned away. They had not understood the balance of their souls; they had thought there could be light without darkness, stillness without motion. Instead of perfection they had achieved division, dark from light, force from virtue, Skeksis from urRu.
Excerpt from THE WORLD OF THE DARK CRYSTAL |
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