The urSkeks' Castle This is a hypothetical reconstruction of the original crystalline form of the urSkeks' castle., based on crystal symmetries, cleavage planes, and growth points still visible after the Skeksis' deformation.

The Master Time Spiral The floor pattern of the Crystal Chamber of the Skeksis, like the Throne Chamber floor, was originally urSkek work, but it sustained far more damage and repair during the Skeksis misrule. Nevertheless, the symbols of the eighteen orininal urSkeks can still be seen arranged between the inner and outer rings. Even the Emporer did not dare have them removed, for between them they constrained the central Lake of Fire, over which the Crystal hung suspended. The elongated isosceles triangle is a common element in urSkek work, referring to the constant blaze of energy of their coronas.

The Traingular Symbol Triangular symbols permeate all the art an dlife of the world of the Dark Crystal: Aughrian, urRu, Skeksis, or Gelfling. In a pattern uniquely emphasized in the Dark Crystal world, they may also be combined in the conjunction-portal symbol of the three solid triangles enclosing an empty third. Some suppose that this symbol contains a reference to the fifth element of the higher alchemy, the void; but if this concept is present it is well concealed. as indeed it should be.

Text from The World of the Dark Crystal by Brian Froud,
Henson Organization Publishing/Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1982
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