#skekyi

[an-indecisive-mess]

SkekOm's Relationships with the Other Skeksis

When it comes to being raised by the Lords of the Crystal, SkekOm had developed specific relationships with each of the other Skeksis lords. These relationships are strictly familial. Anyone who thinks otherwise is disgusting.

SkekOm looked up to SkekSo. All she ever wanted to do from a young age was prove herself worthy to him in hopes that he would see her as a member of the court. And while she never really understood why he valued life and fears death, she still respected the Emperor and wanted to make him proud.

SkekZok, obviously, was the one who raised SkekOm, and the Artisan sees him as her father while the Ritual Master sees her as his daughter (though he refuses to show it to obtain his regal composure)

SkekVar was the one who taught the Artisan how to fight, but there were times when he felt like another father to her.

SkekOk was her teacher. He taught her how to read, write, and all about Thra's history. However, SkekOm saw both him and SkekLach as her grandparents.

SkekEkt and SkekAyuk acted like uncles to her. Whenever her father would be too busy, he'd let the Gourmand and Ornamentalist look after her. SkekAyuk taught SkekOm how to cook and SkekEkt would make dresses and share gossip with her. When she was young, SkekOm absolutely loved hearing about how the Gourmand and Ornamentalist met and fell in love.

SkekTek was SkekOm's closest friend. And would make sure he was looked after if he was kept up in his lab for a long period of time. Sneaking him some food, making sure he was getting sleep, and offering assistance when he needed it. SkekTek even taught her about Thra's biology (in a way that didn't require eviscerating animals).

SkekOm absolutely HATES SkekSil. Whenever they’re in the same room, the Chamberlain would remind her that she doesn't belong in the Castle of the Crystal or Thra and doesn't deserve to be a Lord of the Crystal since she wasn't born a Skeksis. The Artisan woud retaliate by throwing insults and give snarky comments to the Chamberlain, ensuring their hatred for each other. In fact, she once bit SkekSil's hand at the dinner table just because she was forced to sit next to him. Which was why she had to move to sit next to SkekOk.

SkekOm once looked up to SkekUng. She respected his tactics as Spy-Master (which was his title before Garthim Master in my headcanon), and loved hearing stories about his glory days as a fighter. But that respect was short-lived the day he bested her in Trial by Stone and got her banished from the castle for a short time.

SkekOm's relationship with SkekShod is a bitter jealous rivalry to the Treasurer. He believes that his ability to get SkekZok into buying his loyalty is more useful than a false Skeksis being loyal to the Ritual Master. And when he found out that SkekOm was to be SkekZok's second-in-command if he were to be Emperor, SkekShod was not happy to say the least. SkekOm, remained unaware of this and just saw the Treasurer as someone who did not want to be confronted after and kept her distance in order to make him feel comfortable.

Whenever SkekNa would make visitations to the Castle of the Crystal, SkekOm was strictly told to keep a safe distance from him. The former Sawyer (which was his former title in my headcanon) turned Slave-Master was known for his dislike of small creatures he deemed worthless and how he'd kill them on the spot if they failed even the simplest task from him. A little human girl was no exception to this. But over time, and after she was turned into a Skeksis, SkekNa saw her as a useful warrior. That is, after she earned her status back after getting bested by his mate in Trial by Stone.

SkekOm and SkekSa had almost like an aunt and niece bond with each other, and when the Artisan was younger, she always loved hearing about the Mariner’s adventures on the seas of Thra and wanted to join her on an expedition when she was old enough. The Artisan never had the opportunity to go on any expedition, unfortunately.

SkekMal was SkekOm's hunting master. When she was 13, the Hunter was tasked to train the girl how to track and hunt. He made her a challenge that if she were to complete said challenge, he'd let her return to the Castle unharmed. Fail the challenge, and his prize would've been one of her arms. The Artisan obviously succeeded, but she remained fearful of the Hunter ever since.

SkekOm barely remembers SkekLi. He only showed up to the castle for her christening, and she can remember the Satirist being there because of his voice and the way it sounded when he teased SkekZok. SkekLi never saw any reason to return to the castle after that day.

She never met SkekGra, but has heard from SkekUng about his days as the former Conqueror and how he used to be a fearless and ruthless warrior before he became the Heretic. SkekOm often wondered about what happened to him after he was exiled from the castle.

She never met SkekHak or SkekYi, (since they died 1000 trine before she wasa born) only hearing about them in stories from SkekZok and SkekOk about how they essentially solidified the Skeksis religion.

[ben-the-hyena]

Rewatching AOR again, and I realized something about the exchange between SkekSo and SkekZok when they think SkekMal is dead and deserves a funeral rite, with SkekZok being embarrassed admitting there is no rite since none of them died since the beginning

Originally I saw it as "strange", SkekYi and SkekHak did die, it was as if they ignored them. So I interpreted it as them not counting them or even having forgotten about them (after all the movie shows they did forget about Aughra too)

Then we all saw the tableboard with all the Skeksis titles on which was "Spy Master" we all suspected to be SkekUng, and there were 2 other ones, the Merchant and the Steward. 18 in total. So we supposed those were SkekYi and SkekHak. Especially since apparently in the new canon from the novels SkekHak IS still alive so who knows, AOR being even different it wouldn't be far fetched they both would be. Unless those were for flashbacks or storytelling

But upon listening to it again, SkekZok says "no Skeksis has died since-" then pauses as if self censoring or scared, and finishes more nervously and vague "the beginning...". Now sounding like it's not that no one died from the start, but no one died SINCE the start but they had at this very moment. Which is making me think that Skeksis (so SkekYi and/or SkekHak) DID die at the beginning, but it was not talked to again out of fear of death, out of censorship, and that it was so early there was no rite and they just got rid of the bodies. Making more sense why SkekSo would ask for a rite supposing perhaps SkekZok had actually done some sort of rite instead of none, rather than assuming there was one planned in case one would die which is weird from a species who refuses to see Death as a possibility

Making me also think. Everybody at this moment thought comatose SkekMal was dead. "None" of them having died, it was logical they would not know an actual dead Skeksis fall into ashes since it was not the case of other species. But if indeed SkekYi and/or SkekHak died at the beginning they should know. Meaning either they forgot/self-censored and self-convinced to forget as a denial of their mortality, OR they did not fall into ashes. Meaning my headcanon that the Skeksis originally wouldn't fall into ashes when dying but do so now only because they are very ancient and years catch up all of sudden may be true after all !

And if TDC AOR Tactics' comment that SkekMal's mask looks like a Skeksis skull is to take seriously and canon, it could truly belong to obe of them like I HC it is

[skekheck]

I have a question regarding skekYi and skekHak. So I’ve read the Creation Myth comics, but I don’t think either of them are ever named. On top of that, on the wiki I see that skekHak is called the Machinist of Merchant, and that skekYi either never had a role or was the Steward. I gotta ask, where is this information coming from? Both their names and their roles because I can’t find them from any book materials.

I did a bit of digging to get the following information, but I'm not sure if this is complete or correct as the places I found them were barely sourced. If anyone knows where I can find the following or have additional information I can check out, please let me know!

With that being said, it's likely their names were canonized publicly on the official Dark Crystal website. They are the only Skeksis without titles. Strangely skekHak's other half, urHom, is the only one of the two pairs to have a title (he was called "the Carpenter"). To my knowledge, there is no official reading material that states which Skeksis is who. It likely may come from outside material, like interviews, though I have not found them if they exist.

In the J.M. Lee novel continuity, only skekYi died at the beginning. (This part I was able to find in Flames of the Dark Crystal so likely the rest of this paragraph can be found in that book or the other three but I don't have the time to verify.) SkekHak, on the other hand, survived and was known as the Machinist. He was responsible for remodeling the Crystal Castle to suit the Skeksis' tastes. SkekYi apparently is known as "the Deceased" in the novels, but I can't find where this is said (if it ever was).

It's been changed for AOR, though. In the Crystal Calls, at the 19 minute mark, there is a billboard with 17 out of the 18 Skeksis titles (skekGra is missing from the list). However, there are three unique titles we've not seen yet: Spy Master, Steward, and Merchant.

(This was pulled from the Dark Crystal Conjunction on Facebook (I believe)). The new Skeksis are highlighted in red meanwhile the original Skeksis from the movie are in black. So people have assumed the Spy Master is skekUng's original title (especially because it's so similar to Garthim Master). And we know skekGra was known as the Conqueror and later the Heretic so it's safe to assume Steward and Merchant belonged to the last two Skeksis. However neither Skeksis were given an official title designation and this could likely be retconned in future material.

Something to keep in mind is that the Dark Crystal's continuity is fickle. Everything is considered canonical yet is continuously changed and contradicting each other. So what is true in the tetralogy is not true for the AOR continuity and vice versa. Both may not be true for other reading material as well. It is mainly based upon which media you are referring to. You will also notice a lot of this is speculative so I would treat it as such until we get official confirmation. (Or sources are provided. This is why citations are important).

[cringenaynayturtletot]

Forgot my login to my dark crystal tumblr so this is going on here too lol

For a Native Thra au! So skeksis and urru originate from Thra instead of being an alien species. All of the skeksis are older than drawn, just wanted to draw them younger cause I love giving them so much hair and feathers.

Anyways! This is the royal family. I don't have names for the parents yes, but from left to right (And top to bottom), here are their kids:

SkekSo (Future heir/emperor obv), SkekPyre, SkekDili, skekMiri, skekHue, skekScya, skekPip, and skekHak. The next image is skekHak with his partner, skekYi. I have skekSil being their kid in this, so lil Sil is there, too.

[darkskek]

Round 2: Bonus

Due the uneven Number, i will allow one too make a come-back!

[chaifootsteps]

hc that in the very early years of the Skeksis existing, they very rarely let each other go much further than arms-length. After seeing SkekHak and SkekYi die, they come to the conclusion that if they stick together as a group they'd be able to stop any further losses. Only time gave them the bravery to have distance between them, that and the "firm knowledge" that "Skeksis Are Eternal".

Young Skeksis cuddle heaps are canon, Jimothy Henson phoned from the dead to tell me himself.

[glitterfilledtrashcan]

.My starting date for this image was in February, I can’t believe it took me this long on and off to finish it. Another round of gelfling skeksis and urru which, like my first drawing of them, is their own clan rather than part of the specific one from the show. Basically always twins born that are considered as one person. Want more info about that/want to see SoSu, here’s the link to the first drawing: https://glitterfilledtrashcan.tumblr.com/post/631916487744077824/had-some-inspiration-to-draw-some-gelfling-au-for

I decided to do HakHom and YiYa because they’re related to SoSu in this. HakHom is SoSu’s brother. YiYa is their wife, and they’re SilSol’s parents, making Sil and Sol SoSu’s nephew(s). YiYa make and sell their own pottery, and HakHom are architects. Hak is more of an interior designer though, while Hom is more of the actual architect/planning side. Both HakHom and YiYa were killed before SilSol reached adulthood, but are obviously still alive at the age SIlSol is now in this

[holic-user]

My idea for a Dark Crystal AU

EDIT: Decided to call this 'Revived AU' because two of my friends suggested it.

I had this idea that all of the skeksis and mystics who died before the great conjunction had resurrected and they're younger.

My friend suggested that maybe an imprint of their essense was left on Thra so they poofed up

Maybe they have to wait for the next great conjunction to arrive. For the meantime, they must survive and find their place among Thra's residents. Oh yeah, there's gelfling survivors in this AU.

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skekMal would target Jen because he reminds him of Rian.

Jen: "I'm telling you that I'm not Rian!"

skekMal: "Nice try fooling me, I know that lying tongue anywhere"

So urSu comes to the rescue to save Jen (again). And while the two are fighting off Mal, the hunter felt a sense of deja vu as the two were able to push him off.

'Just like father and son'

Maybe Mal runs off after realizing that this mystic belongs to skekSo so he can't hurt him. Then urSu and Jen have a heartfelt reunion with tons of hugs. They'll be catching up and Jen would tell him all about Kira.

Tih, Sen and Ma would band together and follow urSu. Jen gets to meet Tih again. Sen and Ma meet Jen for the first time. Naturally they're very curious to hear the story that their master had raised a gelfling.

San just wanders the waters again.

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Aughra would be ecstatic to meet urVa again, she would visit some of skeksis to nag at them. Maybe Mal is afraid of Aughra now.

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I'd imagine the first ones to die to be unhinged. It'll be skekHak, urHom, skekYi and urYa.

Hak and Yi being crazy and are extremely deadly. They are more akin to beasts and speak in garbled talk. While Hom and Ya are despondent and have little awareness of what's going on. Any injuries they receive, they have little to no reactions to.

Hak and Yi actually hunt together so they're more fearsome to encounter than Mal. They're a deadly duo who communicate to each other without needing speech. The other skeksis didn't recognize these two at first.

Thank @ben-the-hyena for Yi's flamingo beak

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So would demand the other skeksis to follow him but they were like "Nah, we just resurrected so no way would we spend another lifetime following you".

This lead him to do some self reflection or him trying to come up with plans of getting his throne back. So far his only allies are Var and Mal to assist him. So and Var live with each other while So struggles to come with terms that this is his life now. Var is taking this in stride and is always there for the former emperor.

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urVa is trying to discover the beasts who had been destroying Thra and killing indiscriminately. The mystic is wandering the woods to find the source.

Mal is trying to figure out what has been scaring off the other animals since his traps aren't catching anything for days. He found tracks that he recognized as skeksis.

Mal has been discovered by the duo, he couldn't believe that these two beasts are skekHak and skekYi. He tried calling out for them to cease or else. But they didn't listen and Mal couldn't hold them back. Then urVa comes to his aid and they worked together. They were able to fend off the two skeksis. While urVa and skekMal are nursing their wounds, they began conversing with one another with no venom between them. For the first time, they understood one another and slowly began the start of their friendship.

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Lach would be really sad that Ok wasn't there with her. She goes back to doing what she knows best: pillaging. Jen and Kira received reports that a rogue skeksis is seen riding away on a Phegnese with many Arduffs following her. She's a BAMF and I love her. Thanks @candythemew for the barbarian/pillager idea!

A phegnese is this bird creature from the books. It's really cool!

Maybe OkAc visits her and they'll both be crying.

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Sa and Tek are not on anyone's side, I like the thought of these two just bunking together since Tek needs some protection. It's nice that Sa can have some company that isn't out to betray her. Tek appreciates having a friend that isn't a dick.

Li and Lii, I know really nothing about them. Maybe they can be sassy neighbors or be dabbing on the others.

EDIT: I forgot to talk about Gra and Goh! They're so happy to be alive and together again. They often visit Jen and Kira, they recognized Jen as Rian's son. They're the fun uncles.

I see these two spending more time together and constantly hugging each other. Goh is happy to meet the other mystics and Gra is busy making fun of So's cruddy house.

[punkcalf-art]

SkekYi the Gardener 

Even though skekHak failed to choke out UrYa, the damage was already done. skekYi's vocal-chords were permanently damaged and now can no longer speak. Taking a liking to flora Yi was put in charge in maintaining the gardens.

Yi does not spend a lot of time with the others, especially not Hak. Yi uses sign language to communicate. 

[froody-matriarch-of-bleu-cheese]

My take on Skekyi, one of the first Skeksis to die after the Great Division.

Skekhak ruthlessly choked his Mystic/urRu counterpart, Urya to death, killing him by extension. 

[antiph]

YiYa the Young (or as I referred to them in a discord chat “YiYa the Yeeted”)

So, a discord chat I mostly bared witness to and scarecly participated in reminded me of some thoughts I have on a very particular UrSkek: YiYa

I actually have an AU where SkekYi and UrYa survive the strangling they get from SkekHak, as UrHom stepped into the line of sight of their Skeksis before the very angry and looking to cause as much hurt to others as soon as possible SkekHak could break poor UrYa’s neck in a death grip. SkekHom immediately pushes their Urru into the Crystal vent like they do in creation myths, and subsequently burns up all the same. This way, Yi and Ya survive, but all the shards still get the impression that what befalls one half so to befalls the other. That whole deal, y’know?

Anyways, UrYa gets dragged off by the other Mystics and they and their Skeksis counterpart suffer long term damage in the way that it renders them both mute for a really long time, due to both the physical and psychological damage. Being young and not nearly as innately weary and worlds-worn as the other Urru, they grow up to be a somewhat naive individual in their early years with the others, at some point beginning to venture off from the others more and more just to learn new things. Considering the perpetually calm aura that permeated the gang of Urru that later became the Valley Mystics—if not a bit smothering in how insensate it was—they were able to recover a wide range of vocal capacity much sooner than their Skeksis counterpart on account of how, well, terrible an environment the poor and equally damaged SkekYi had to put up with. Unfortunately, they never would be able to regain their forever untested capacity for multi-vocal chants and singing, leaving them incapable of affecting the matter around them with the magics the other Mystics could readily, though sparingly, utilize.

UrYa’s true saving grace and inspiration to better themself was born from that naivety that the most of the other Urru low-key judge them for—but in the sort of “I wish you would just listen to us, youngling” kind of way. Like the other vagabonds, they started to leave the nest for short periods of time, getting longer and longer as the trine stretched on, coming to learn from and live with the beings of Thra for trine at a time. The only difference between them and the others? Unlike UrVa or UrSan, at around 500 trine, they stopped coming back to the valley altogether.

SkekYi, poor SkekYi, was rendered similarly damaged as stated previously, but where UrYa was able to branch out from the group of Mystic’s too gentle to punish them and too impassive to stop them from leaving, SkekYi was given no such luxury. The castle was a cage they felt pressured to not leave, and rendered them too scared (and then, eventually, too bitter) to speak much aloud, partially due to resentment towards themself for this sickening fault of theirs that was a voice that wouldn’t come, and partially due to resentment for the elders that mocked a deficit that was beyond their control. They are a recluse, much like SkekShod, but with a subtle unease spread far and wide throughout the court, instead of just focused in on one individual in particular (*cough*SkekSo*cough*). They keep their head low and themself out of the way of others when it comes to petty squabbles, never engaging in any sort of gossip more out of disinterest than anything else.

Yi and Ya are, like I said, young. As in YOUNG, young. when they were split into themselves, they were discernibly younger looking and smaller than all the others by a fairly distinguishable bit. They did both grow, and eventually overtook some of their tinier peers in size, but remained on the small end of the scale even well into full maturity. While the Urru became bowed and hunched over in age, and the Skeksis began to lose more and more feathers and furs inexchange for wrinkles and blemishes, UrYa remained standing up relatively straight, strong, and lithe while SkekYi kept their feathers and took far longer for the detrimental effects of aging to set in.

Basically, YiYa was the equivalent of an UrSkek “Newborn” and while this didn’t really mean that they were a “child” so to speak, considering that I share a headcanon with a couple of others on a Discord chat that Urskeks are made from the get go to be the fully capable equivalent of a being that is cognitively adult, these newborn UrSkeks still require quidance in the form of teachers and/or personal mentors. YiYa was a new UrSkek whose first impression of the universe was that of SoSu’s, which fell along the lines of questioning authority. With this concept to be the first thing imprinted in the young and untaught UrSkek, YiYa was deemed to be unfortunately, irreparably “corrupted” and was sentenced to exile with the rest of the twice-nine. This is why I think they never had a title in the OG verse.

When it came to the sundering, where most all of the other Skeksis and Urru were severed into organic forms that already occupied the equivalent of beings that were just past “middle-aged” Yi and Ya resembled what their new species might look like as young adults.

Anyways, I wrote out my slightly more in-depth take on how things would go for Yi and Ya, but idk if I’ll share the rest unless someone wants to suffer even more of an personal info dump

[ben-the-hyena]

Idea for the Natives AU : as said, previously, Skeksis speak Skeksish in-universe, and almost all Skeksis and UrRu speak UrSkeksish with each other which is like Italians and Spanish speaking a language in the middle of it that is like Latin but not dead, but the ones we know happen to be perfectly fluent in Gelfling, the standard/main/universal language of Thra like English is to Earth

In the AU obviously it's nor spoken by everyone, only politicians, diplomats, scholars, royals, merchants, traders, army translators, religious and officials in general have to know it. All the canon Skeksis are nobles in the AU minus SkekTek (who is fluent in it for usefulness when studying foreign sciences), SkekSil (who figured it is best to know it to manipulate more people and integrate the court even more) and SkekHak (the Merchant so he had to sell his products to most people possible) who entered the court (in SkekHak's case his own, SkekYi and he living in another town) by themselves

So by this logic so must their descendance. Most do in fact. But some have more difficulties than others, or don't see it as useful. None of SkekTek's kids or grandkids speak it since they barely count as courtiers anyway. SkekSa's adopted kids on the contrary only speak Gelfling since she raised them the Sifan way and doesn't see herself as a Skeksis by the end of her life. SkekVou (SkekZok and SkekVar's middle son) is a bit too dumb so couldn't even get the pronouns and articles thing (SkekSish doesn't seem to have any) and so gave up, and his own child only knows school bases since he doesn't see why they should know it since he is doing well without it. SkekEi (SkekNa's adoptive daughter) had to learn it from the moment she was adopted which was when she was a preteen instead of it being taught from a young age so even if fortunately for her she had facilities and learned it quickly she still has an accent the canon Skeksis don't have. Twins SkekNetk and SkekSsaz (SkekSil and SkekUng's sons) do speak it but badly, usually being mischievous and uninterested in class, resulting in them knowing how to understand it and read it but when they speak it they sound like SkekSil but NOT playing dumb but genuinely because they too have a hard time with the grammar differences and essentially literally translate what they think (a little nod to how it used to be what they wanted to imply for SkekSil in the test audience dub lol) and the fact that not only they butcher that is so simple to him but also sound even more like their mother has SkekUng cringe and enrage when he is with them on a mission that requires speaking to Gelfling. SkekSsaz' eldest daughter, SkekMet, has severe dyslexia so she can barely read her own language let alone another so out of frustration got disgusted from learning Gelfling through books and completely gave up too not even bothering remembering the few she knew finding it useless anyway. SkekFih, mate of SkekLong (SkekVar and SkekLong's eldest son) being just a guard didn't have to but perfected basic sentences for his stay in Ha'rar and learned more there giving him a level like the twins' after 6 unum there with an extra accent. SkekSosh (SkekLach and SkekLi's eldest biological son) doesn't speak it because he never wanted to bother lowering himself to slave language, and with a father as irresponsible as SkekLi who never took care of him and SkekLach who whines about anything bothering her therefore having taught her son to feel the same being the one to raise him, none of them opposed or cared to

[skekshroom]

Those HakHom hcs where *chefs kiss* got any about YiYa?

Tysm!! and ofc :)c

[YiYa Headcanons]

- Was known either as YiYa the Tutor or YiYa the Governess/Governor. I’m not sure which I like more but I lean towards Governess.

- The wiki said UrYa and SkekYi went by he/him but this sign wont stop me because I cannot read. She was YiYa the Governess, I am desperate for feminine urskeks and since we don’t know anything about YiYa its free real estate.

- UrYa would have become UrYa the mentor, a philosopher, the close friend to UrSu the Master and companion to UrSen the Monk. 

- SkekYi would have become SkekYi the Adviser, a court strategist and close comrade of SkekVar the General and rival to SkekSil the chamberlain as the Emperor’s most trusted counsel.

- She got along well with SaSan’s freethinking and individualistic ideals, less so with her more boisterous nature. Jock/nerd solidarity tho. She became a friend of SoSu, and had a very passionate hate-love with HakHom. They were like, to put it very lightly, banter buds.

- Her role on the homeworld was an instructor and teacher to young urskeks. She briefed them on societal expectations, the importance of the roles, regime, and structure. Not a nursemaid by any sense of the word, more of like a camp counselor, helping guide them to their perfect place in society where they’d spend the rest of their lives.

- However, her lessons began to drift more towards free thinking. She emphasized their freedom of choice in career more, until she began to imply that perhaps they didn’t want anything society had to offer, and that was okay. They could just exist, and that’s okay.

- Obviously, this was seen as heresy, and she got put in the hashtag naughty corner.

- She was a big fan of how carefree the gelfling were, and wished to return some of their ideology to her suffering homeworld.

[reikiajakoiranruohoja]

If the two dead skeksis (and urru) did not die, here is one version. From a friend’s AU called Fracture.

SkekHak is young, angry and prickly. But she holds justice as valuable and has good intentions. She is skekSil’s little sister-figure and holds his chaos back with her strict morals.

SkekYi is the reason why the 18 were exiled, and he is a HUGE bastard and manipulator. ‘Donator’ to skekLi’s and skekLach’s genes, an ex-Councillor of the Urskek homeworld of Korphir and bad influence for skekSo and co.

[darkskek]

Round 1

[sundcred-and-undone]

o p e n

The haggard sounds are not sobs. Skeksis do not weep, they caterwaul and wail, and usually skekYi would make more of a show. But this is not to draw attention, this is because she cannot stop. The despair and the terror, always a dull ache in her bones (as it is with all skeksis, really, ever present) but now it eats at her body more so that the terrible pain in her eye.

Eye socket, she corrects sullenly, punctuating her shrill exclamations with a bout of mad laughter.

Only a thin cloth is tried not-so kindly around the wound, and more is to come. skekHak, oh poor skekHak. She would never forget the sight of it.