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'''SkekTek''', the [[Skeksis]] '''Scientist''', was one of the cruelest of the Skeksis. He had amputated his own right arm and right leg and replaced them with mechanical ones (however, oddly, his original right hand was reattached to his metal arm). His missing right eye was replaced with a glowing bionic one. | '''SkekTek''', the [[Skeksis]] '''Scientist''', was one of the cruelest of the Skeksis. He had amputated his own right arm and right leg and replaced them with mechanical ones (however, oddly, his original right hand was reattached to his metal arm). His missing right eye was replaced with a glowing bionic one. | ||
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SkekTek, the Skeksis Scientist, was one of the cruelest of the Skeksis. He had amputated his own right arm and right leg and replaced them with mechanical ones (however, oddly, his original right hand was reattached to his metal arm). His missing right eye was replaced with a glowing bionic one.
It was his job to extract life essence from captured Gelflings, and later Podlings. This was done in his laboratory, the Chamber of Life, where he would open a door in the wall overlooking the main shaft of the castle, above which hung the Dark Crystal. A mirror would be used to reflect light filtered through the Crystal into the captive's eyes, draining their life essence (in a liquefied form) through an IV tube and into a vessel for the Skeksis to drink.
When the Chamberlain captured Kira, the Scientist took her into the Chamber of Life where he prepared to drain her essence. At the urging of Aughra, held captive there, Kira use her ability to communicate with wildlife to summon the help of the hundreds of animals the Scientist kept caged in his lab. Swarmed and attacked by the animals, the Scientist stumbled backwards and fell through the opening in the chamber wall, and down the fiery shaft to his death.
His demise resulted in the simultaneous death of his Mystic counterpart, the Alchemist.
