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The '''Dark Crystal''' was a large, purple-colored crystal. Once, it had been pure and clear, and was known as the '''Crystal of Truth'''. The [[UrSkeks]], in an attempt to purge the evil from themselves, utilized the first [[Great Conjunction]] and separated themselves into the [[Skeksis]] and the [[Mystics]]. Sometime after this, the Skeksis [[skekSo|Emperor]] used his scythe to crack the Crystal, breaking off a single shard. The Crystal thereafter became corrupted as a result, and the shard found its way into the hands of [[Aughra]]. Subsequently, the corrupted Crystal was kept by the Skeksis in the [[Crystal Chamber]] of their gloomy [[Castle of the Crystal|castle]]. It was suspended by unknown (and possibly magical) means above the fiery central shaft of the castle. The Skeksis drew power from it in a [[Ceremony of the Shun|daily ceremony]] and also used light shone through it to drain the life essence of living things. A [[Gelflings|Gelfling]] prophecy held that a Gelfling would restore the Crystal to its original, pure state at the time of a second Great Conjunction thousands of years later. By that time, the Skeksis (and consequently the Mystics) had dwindled in number, as had the Gelflings. It was a young male Gelfling, Jen, who obtained the shard from Aughra and stabbed it back into the Dark Crystal just as the combined light from [[Thra]]'s three suns shone through the Crystal Chamber's skylight, turning it from purple to clear once more and undoing all of the corrupted Crystal's influence. [[Category:The Dark Crystal]] [[Category:Artifacts]]

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