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| + | [[Image:garthim.jpg|thumb|289px|A Garthim standing guard in the [[Crystal Chamber]]]] | ||
The '''Garthim''' were the enforcers of the [[Skeksis]]' will. There were large, black-carapaced insectlike creatures resembling beetles with large crab claws. Although the [[skekUng|General]] had created the Garthim, each individual Skeksis, over the thousands of years their reign lasted, boasted that ''they'' had created the creatures. | The '''Garthim''' were the enforcers of the [[Skeksis]]' will. There were large, black-carapaced insectlike creatures resembling beetles with large crab claws. Although the [[skekUng|General]] had created the Garthim, each individual Skeksis, over the thousands of years their reign lasted, boasted that ''they'' had created the creatures. | ||
Latest revision as of 01:34, 11 December 2009
The Garthim were the enforcers of the Skeksis' will. There were large, black-carapaced insectlike creatures resembling beetles with large crab claws. Although the General had created the Garthim, each individual Skeksis, over the thousands of years their reign lasted, boasted that they had created the creatures.
Predominantly mindless, the Garthim would stand like sentries through the castle, and would move only to attack intruders, or if given explicit instructions from the Skeksis. Their lifeforce was apparently tied to the Dark Crystal itself, as their eyes shone a luminous purple.
The Garthim were used in the genocide of the Gelflings, and later to raid Podling villages and bring captive Podlings back to the castle, so their life essence could be drained. When Jen healed the Crystal during the Great Conjunction, restoring it to its original, pure state, the Garthim died and fell apart revealing they were just empty shells.
