#skekyi

[skekla]

SkekYi, The Ghost!

Commissioned and conceptualized by the creative Loqui-mar on Deviant Art, this spevtral versipn of skekYi directly follows the canon established for this Skeksis on the official comic "Creation Myths", where skekYi's counterpart, urYa, is strangled by a maddened skekHak just after being split by the Crystal- causing the death of both of them.

This version of skekYi was described to me as

[" A ghostly and immaterial skeksis creature, with marks on its neck from where it was it had been choked by skekHak long ago. I imagine it as a shadowy and ghostly creature bedecked in tattered cloth or what may have been fur and chains. Acreature tied to existence through the injustice done to it but unable to forgive either its brethren or the inhabitants of Thra.]

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[burbujita-arts]

Skeksis as Faygo Flavors

skekSo: Grape

skekUng: Raspberry Blueberry

skekSil: Redpop

skekZok: Tonic

skekVar: Root Beer

skekNa: Black Cherry

skekSa: Jazmin Bluesberry

skekMal: Cola

skekOk: Key Lime Pie

skekTek: Moon Mist Blue

skekLi: Orange

skekLach: Ginger Ale

skekAyuk: Fruit Punch

skekEkt: Cotton Candy

skekShod: Ohana Kiwi Strawberry

skekGra: Vanilla Creme Soda

skekHak: Firework

skekYi: Moon Mist

[skekbries]

Yeah, I know most people don't do anything with SkekYi since they die so early in the split. Some people don't even realize she's canon, actually. I was aware of it though and had to revive her. I gave her the title of Merchant. I also made her SkekSil and SkekNa's sister. She does have voice powers like SkekSil, but she uses it either on her customers or she uses it to heighten the self-esteem of her loved ones. Despite having voice powers, she still has some anxiety issues which makes her have to avoid her brother SkekNa when he starts to be violent. With SkekSil, she listens to him talk about his schemes and ofc worries about his safety. I do ship her with @ikeabutterr's oc, SkekLic, but I ain't 100% sure of their dynamic yet.

[darkskek]

Round 2: Bonus

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

Skekli vs. Skekyi

Skekli

Skekyi

Voting ended onMar 9, 2023

[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.

[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.