History Characters / TheDarkCrystalOtherCharacters

'''[[center: [- [[Characters/TheDarkCrystalGelflings Gelflings]] | [[Characters/TheDarkCrystalMystics Mystics]] | [[Characters/TheDarkCrystalSkeksis Skeksis]] ([[Characters/TheDarkCrystalTheChamberlain The Chamberlain]]) | Other Characters | [[Characters/TheDarkCrystalThrasWildlife Thra's Wildlife]] -]]]'''

* NotSoDifferent: Raunip hates the urSkeks because they are alien and not native to Thra. Aughra reveals that Raunip is not a "true" son of Thra either, having been born from an organic meteorite Aughra melded into Raunip. This revelation leads him to becoming TheAtoner.

The Firelings, also called U-mun, are beings made of fire that live deep in the heart of Thra, called Mithra. They evolved from Gelflings and still resemble them, but possess a unique physiology that prevents them from safely interacting with other inhabitants of Thra. As such, they usually remain in Mithra, essentially Thra's core. Because they rarely venture outside of the core, they have little knowledge about the world above.

'''[[center: [- [[Characters/TheDarkCrystalGelflings Gelflings]] | [[Characters/TheDarkCrystalMystics Mystics]] | [[Characters/TheDarkCrystalSkeksis Skeksis]] | Other Characters | [[Characters/TheDarkCrystalThrasWildlife Thra's Wildlife]] -]]]'''

* AngelicAliens

* BishonenLine: They are far more humanoid-looking in contrast to the more animalistic Mystics and Skeksis.

* AscendedExtra: She had relatively little screentime in the original film. In ''Age of Resistance'' she becomes a viewpoint character with her own story arc.

* BigGood: Her true nature is more implied than explored in ''The Dark Crystal'', however the ''Creation Myths'' graphic novels and ''Age Of Resistance'' tv-series reveal she essentially ''is'' Thra, or at least a personification of it. In ''Age of Resistance'', she plays an active role in fighting the Darkening and the Skeksis, and tasks Rian and his comrades with ending their rule for good once she learns how the Skeksis have abused the Crystal in an effort to restore the rightful balance of the world.

* BigGood: Her true nature is more implied than explored in ''The Dark Crystal'', however ''Age Of Resistance'' reveals she essentially ''is'' Thra, or at least a personification of it. She plays an active role in fighting the Darkening and the Skeksis, and tasks Rian and his comrades with ending their rule for good once she learns how the Skeksis have abused the Crystal in an effort to restore the rightful balance of the world.

* CanonForeigner: So far, has only appeared in the comic, it is unknown if he exist in the film/movie.
** One location mentioned in the series is called "Raunip's Pass." Based on this, Raunip must have existed in some capacity before.

* SatanicArchetype: Sort of. While Raunip is not evil at all, he is very curious and questions everything. This is in contrast to his mother Aughra who was more willing to observe as things happen. Raunip's views clash with Aughra's constantly. Since Aughra is essentially the "god" of Thra, Raunip ends up filling the role of Satan, being the tempter who causes distrust against others, such as the urSkeks and later the Skeksis.

A race previously wiped out by the Skeksis. Two survivors were discovered and enslaved to act as skekTek's assistants.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: Though portrayed as benevolent in the film, the series and supplementary materials lend a lot of moral ambiguity to the [=urSkeks=]; fitting as they are the amalgamation of both the kindness and empathy of the Mystics and the ambition and cruelty of the Skeksis. Aughra looks upon the [=urSkeks=] as benevolent beings and sees the Skeksis as cruel beings on their own who perverted the actions of the urSksks while Raunip distrusts them for being outsiders who were exiled from their own homeworld. However, skekGra attributes the deception of Aughra and the coveting of the Crystal to the urSkeks and the Skeksis simply following in those footsteps.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Her entire reaction in Age of Resistance. After her thousand years slumber of searching through the stars, she comes back to a Thra that is dying because she gave the crystal over to the Skesis who abused her gift. She begins to blame herself for the Darkening all the damage it's causing to the creatures living in Thra.

* VomitDiscretionShot: After being ferried across the Crystal Desert on Rek'yr's flying steed, he spends several minutes vomiting just off-camera.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Deet. All thra is at risk."'']]

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Many ages ago, in our arrogance and delusion, we shattered the pure Crystal and our world split in two."'']]

* {{Foil}}: The Arathin Ascendancy provides a interesting parallel to the Skeksis and the Mystics. The Skeksis and the Mystics were a union split apart, and now either desperately craving or repulsed by possibly being whole again. The Arathin Ascendancy, on the other hand, remained a harmonious unity and cannot be split apart. Furthermore, unlike the Skeksis and the Mystics, they can incorporate others to their single one via the PuppeteerParasite bond.
* FreudianExcuse: Late in the first season, they receive a great reason for their aggressiveness towards seemingly everyone: [[spoiler: the Skeksis expelled them from their home and the Gelflings, none the wiser, moved in. From the Arathin perspective, they're all thieves.]]
* HiddenDepths: At first glance the Arathin look just like mindless BigCreepyCrawlies but over the course of the story it is revealed they have sentience, capacity of speech and a societal organization via "[[HiveMind The Arathin Ascendancy]]". It is also eventually revealed they have a great reason for being seemingly so vicious.

* PeoplePuppets: The Ascendancy can use its smaller members to take over lifeforms, such as Gelflings. They apparently have a limit to this (as Aughra observes a Arathin's mind would explode if he tried to take over her), but we haven't seen if they can apply that trick to Skeksis and Mystics yet.

* HeelRealization: After being restored, they appeared to realize and regret their actions, with the lead urSkek even admitting how most of what happened was ultimately their fault.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:What their entire lives amount to. The Skeksis wiped out their entire race and then found and captured the two of them, enslaved them, sewed their mouths shut, forced them to help commit horrific experiments and drain Gelflings, and then after a brief HopeSpot the Chamberlain renegs on his deal to free them, and they both die horribly at the hands of the Scientist.]]

* YouNoTakeCandle: [[spoiler:The one time one of them speaks,it's like this. Protesting that they deserve freedom is "No! No slave!" and condemning skekTek as evil is "You bad!" It's a tossup as to whether Gruenaks naturally speak this way or whether he was just having difficulty forming complete sentences after not having spoken for so long.]]