3/28/2023 0 Comments Dark crystal garthim![]() ![]() The Garthim forces were lead primarily by skekLach, and the opposing Gelflings by the shepherd Larh, who discovered that the Garthim were vulnerable to stabbing weapons made from objects originally intended for peaceful use. The war in Legends resulted in the complete collapse of Gelfling civilization, causing the survivors to become nomadic. In the continuity established by Legends of the Dark Crystal, the war began much earlier than in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, approximately 800 trine after the Great Division. ![]() The Battle of Namopo Valley, as depicted in Legends of the Dark Crystal Ultimately, the war resulted in the near-extermination of the Gelflings. The resulting Garthim soldiers proved to be a great success and were eventually used in tandem with the Crystal Bats, whose spy crystals identified Gelfling hiding places for the Garthim to converge on. Jen's village is destroyed during the Garthim War. SkekTek only managed to complete his mission after using the lifeless body of a Gruenak slave he had killed to complete the artificial creature. The first Garthim skekTek created was from combining various Spitter corpses on orders from the Emperor to create an army for the Skeksis to use against the rebellious Gelfling. ![]() The Garthim were the brainchild of skekSil the Chamberlain and skekVar the General, who pitched to Emperor skekSo the idea of an army of impervious, mechanical creatures, engineered to destroy on behalf of the Skeksis, using the corpse of a Spitter as the basis of this new creation. Cast in hand-painted polyresin material and measuring an impressive 10 inches in height, the statue of the mighty skekUng will be the first 1:8 scale offering in a full line of collectible statues from The Dark Crystal. Reserve yours today.The war had been foreseen by Raunip during the Age of Harmony and Deet in a vision given her by Vliste-Staba. Standing tall with a cruel sword draped over his shoulder, looking smugly satisfied by the might of his blow in a Trial by Stone, skekUng is resplendent in his gaudy robes, the very essence of Skeksis decadence. Horrified, skekUng bellows out a rallying cry to his deadly Garthim soldiers, and sends them on a rampaging quest to find the last of the beings that prophecy says will end his rule forever.Ĭhronicle Collectibles is delighted to bring you the Garthim Master Figure. It is a rule immediately marred by crisis, however, as the Dark Crystal reveals to the Skeksis the existence of Jen, a Gelfling, very much alive, and in all ways a threat to the survival of the Skeksis. Taking up the scepter and banishing the Chamberlain, skekUng begins his rule. ![]() And it is the Chamberlain with whom skekUng must vie for the right to wield the scepter when the Emperor dies.īut the Chamberlain’s cunning does him little good in a Trial by Stone, as the mighty blows of skekUng split the obelisk in two. In the twisted and treacherous world of the Skeksis hierarchy, only the whimpering Chamberlain approaches his influence. He is skekUng, general of the Skeksis, master of the Garthim and architect of the Gelfling genocide. ![]()
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