The Dark Crystal
Another world,
another time.
In the age of wonder.
A thousand years ago, this land was green and good,
until the crystal cracked.
For a single piece was lost, a shard of the crystal.
Then strife began,
and two new races appeared.
The cruel Skeksis,
the gentle Mystics.
Here in the Castle of the Crystal,
the Skeksis took control.
Now the Skeksis gather in the sacred chamber,
where the crystal hangs above a shaft of air and fire.
The Skeksis with their hard and twisted bodies,
their harsh and twisted wills.
For a thousand years they have ruled.
Yet now there are only ten.
A dying race, ruled by a dying emperor. Imprisoned within themselves
in a dying land.
Today once more they gather at the crystal
as the first sun
climbs to its peak.
For this is the way of the Skeksis
as they ravage the land,
so to they learn to draw new life from the sun.
Today once more they will replenish themselves
cheat death again,
through the power of their source,
their treasure,
their fate...
The Dark Crystal.