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The Prophecy
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The Quest

When the Skeksis began to take Gelfling as well as Pod People as slaves, the Gelfling were dismayed. For once they took thought for the future. They sought to know if the Crystal might be healed, if the Skeksis rule must continue. They lit the fires of prophecy, they took counsel from the flames. Seven circles of seven Gelfling lay on the hilltops all night, their faces to the stars. Their dreams were made stone; the Wall of Destiny still stands.

There the Gelfling were shown the Quest for the lost Shard, and they were shown the healing of the Crystal by the hand of a Gelfling, replacing the Shard by the light of a Great Conjunction. And there too they were shown the ruin of the Gelfling, the fall of their houses. And the Wall stood for all to see.

The Skeksis saw it too; and with bold cruelty resolved to foil the prophecy. And when the Skeksis could direct the Garthim with their crystal bats all-seeing crystal eyes, they made an end to the Gelfling. Two Gelflings survived the slaughter, two infants unknown to the Skeksis. Jen was found and fostered by the urRu, Kira by the Pod People.

AUGHRA: Jen had been shown the crystal Shard in dreams and told to find me, Aughra, on my mountain. The urRu in their wisdom told him no more but sent him on his Quest; I in my foolishness thought it folly. But when he saw the shards I guarded, he sounded music on his flute. Then the true Shard shone with light, the false shards could be told apart. I rejoiced in my withered heart, for I saw that the Crystal could again be healed, the World restored. And when Jen brought the Shard to its rightful place in the Crystal Chamber, when Kira gave herself to the Skeksis' swords to win Jen's freedom, the hearts of the Skeksis were filled with terror. As Kira lay felled beneath the swords of the Skeksis, as the Three Suns came to conjunction in glory, as the urRu marched into the castle, Jen healed the Crystal.

Then with the shard restored the Three Suns stood above the glowing Crystal and flooded it with light. The healed Crystal of its own accord sent forth beams of light to the urRu. UrRu and Skeksis joined again, entered the Crystal and returned again, and left our World to live in light. And the Garthim that the Skeksis had dreamed vanished as a dream, the light and life that they had taken from their captives were restored, even to Kira. The heavens were fair, the Suns glorious, the earth fruitful, the air like a cloud of gold. I walked the forests that sang of freedom and the Crystal healed; and all shone as on the first day.

The Prophecy

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The World of the Dark Crystal: The Collector's Edition

This reissue contains all of the art and text of the original volume - plus a new essay by Froud, illustrated with never-before -published paintings, drawings and sculptures from the film's archives. This edition also features a facsimile of a 20-page booklet Froud and Henson created to present the film to backers, which gives an overview of the story.

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