#skeksi

Skeksis Ritual Staff Prop, from the Jim Henson Company 70th Anniversary Auction on Julien's Auctions. Lot 90, sold for $5,120.

"A ritual staff used by one of the evil Skeksis rulers in the prequel series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (Netflix, 2019). 

The staff features an ornate top section that includes a purple resin sphere held in a resin point-down triangle frame. The frame is designed in the instantly recognizable Skeksis style known as "Garthic," which was created by skekEkt the Ornamentalist and features characteristics such as "emerging skeleton imagery" that make it so distinguishable. The staff also contains a leather mid-handle, including threading and hair detailing. Holes are present in the mid-section of the staff, which were used to secure it in the puppet hands of whichever Skeksis held it on-screen. The remainder of the staff is resin with gold-tone thread detailing and a resin lower tip. 

Staffs such as this are seen held in the hands of most of the Skeksis when they conduct a ritual, such as gathering in the Chamber of the Crystal to draw energy from the Crystal of Truth, or a punishment ritual, such as the one seen in the end of episode two, "Nothing Is Simple Anymore," where they sick the Peeper Beetle on skekTek the Scientist.

*it was a calm day in equestria the element of harmony going through their days with joy and honest and over the crystal empire high in the sky lies the castle of wolf book where a sonic.exe name hog, a reincarnation of the deadly yami marik, a half corrupted steven universe, a old skeksis scientist, and two half human half skeksis/urru, rest as a retired deity of a supreme kai name zamasu walks inside and took a deep breath but suddenly the castle shook* FINALLY AT LONG LAST LUCK IS COMING UP MY WAY AHAHAHAHAHAHAH *as he zooms around the castle with untold speed and laughing waking many up from his joy and giddy form*

instead of Lord Donna of House Beneviento being the Lord with lots of experience in making children's puppets, it's Lord James of House Henson.

Yes, I do mean THAT Jim Henson.

Lord Henson's heart is in the right place, cadou be damned, and he's even got a hidden cave full of village children he saved from his new "siblings" and "mother", who he refers to as his "audience". Even when he's got an eldritch mushroom hivemind whispering things in his brain, he can't help but be at least a little wholesome.

Some of the things happening in that section of the game are the same, except for the fact that the newly Cadou-infected Lord Henson is somewhat less successful at being creepy than his canon counterpart. The elevator lights flicker creepily and come back on to reveal...Beaker with a marker halfway through writing "Welcome, Ethan". He turns around to see Ethan staring and "MEEP"s loudly before scampering off through a hidden door in the elevator.

On the other hand, entering the creepy area with the fog, trees, and hanging puppets made the the jumpscare by the Fire Gang from "Labyrinth" leaping out from among the trees way scarier than it should have been, but the menace had mostly gone when the hanging puppets started singing the chorus. (The Wild Gang did try to remove his limbs though, like in the movie, and Ethan was very surprised to find his head can come off without killing him, which led him to believe Mia wasn't telling the whole truth to him.)

Instead of Angie being the psycho doll, it's the (somewhat dilapidated) original Skeksi puppets from "The Dark Crystal". All ten of them, acting like children. (They are technically cousins to the Dimetrescu girls.)

Unlike canon, this section of the game DID have a deathtrap, but the deathtrap was Kermit doing his "Mystery Box" game with the caveat that failure to correctly guess the object would lead to a trapdoor in the floor opening onto...a dunk tank. Ethan stressed himself out about the game, thinking he'd die if he got it wrong, fucked up, and was very confused to be left soaking wet but completely OK.

More skeksis from months ago, was recently watching the tv show so why not-