History Recap / TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistanceS1E4TheFirstThingIRememberIsFire

Deet frees Hup from the Stonewood clan's dungeon by pretending to be a monster that scares the guards, using her luminescent moss from the Caves of Grot to great effect. In Ha'rar, Brea attempts to decipher the hidden chamber's riddle before realizing it reveals the Gelfling clan hierarchy to be false while awakening a stone golem that plays a recording on its body to talk to her. The voice introduces the giant as Lore and explains that he will guide her to the Circle of the Suns, attracting the attention of Brea's oldesur when Emperor skekSo replaces skekSil the Chamberlain as his advisor with skekVar the General. This leads skekSilt sister Seladon. Meanwhile, Aughra encounters urVa the Mystic Archer, who advises her to learn from Thra to restore her connection to the planet. At the same time, the Skeksis' banquet in honor of skekEkt's return turns soto summon skekMal the Hunter to retrieve Rian. As skekVar and skekZok leave to recruit "volunteers" from the Gelfling tribes, skekMal finds Rian after he dreamfasted the truth to Tavra, Ordon, Gurjin's sister Naia, and Kylan. skekMal survives Ordon's sacrificial attempt to stop him with ravenous Gobbles and then runs off with Rian as Deet and Hup watch powerlessly.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Scientist and The Chamberlain are as nasty as any other Skeksis, but even them thinks draining too many Gelflings and further disrupting the balance of Thra is going too far. They urge the Emperor to consume only the bare minimum they need to survive and to keep Thra's imbalance to a minimum, not gorge recklessly.

* PassThePopcorn: The Chamberlain and the General get into a violent argument and leave the table during the Skeksis' dinner to yell at each other behind it. The Ornamentalist then says "How exciting!" and "There's going to be a fight!" when watching them squabble, and the Gourmand gets excited as well while still eating and remarks "A meal and a show!".

* VillainHasAPoint: The Skeksis are eager to drain the essence of every last Gelfling across Thra, yet the Chamberlain and The Scientist (of all Skeksis!) points out that they should take only what they need to survive.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Scientist is as nasty as any other Skeksis, but even he thinks draining too many Gelflings and further disrupting the balance of Thra is going too far. He urges the Emperor to consume only the bare minimum they need to survive and to keep Thra's imbalance to a minimum, not gorge recklessly.

* VillainHasAPoint: The Skeksis are eager to drain the essence of every last Gelfling across Thra, yet the Chamberlain (of all Skeksis!) points out that they should take only what they need to survive.

Deet frees Hup from the Stonewood clan's dungeon by pretending to be a monster that scares the guards, using her luminescent moss from the Caves of Grot to great effect. In Ha'rar, Brea attempts to decipher the hidden chamber's riddle before realizing it reveals the Gelfling clan hierarchy to be false while awakening a stone golem that plays a recording on its body to talk to her. The voice introduces the giant as Lore and explains that he will guide her to the Circle of the Suns, attracting the attention of Brea's oldest sister Seladon. Meanwhile, Aughra encounters urVa the Mystic Archer, who advises her to learn from Thra to restore her connection to the planet. At the same time, the Skeksis' banquet in honor of skekEkt's return turns sour when Emperor skekSo replaces skekSil the Chamberlain as his advisor with skekVar the General. This leads skekSil to summon skekMal the Hunter to retrieve Rian. As skekVar and skekZok leave to recruit "volunteers" from the Gelfling tribes, skekMal finds Rian after he dreamfasted the truth to Tavra, Ordon, Gurjin's sister Naia, and Kylan. skekMal survives Ordon's sacrificial attempt to stop him with ravenous Gobbles and then runs off with Rian as Deet and Hup watch powerlessly.

* PassThePopcorn: The Chamberlain and the General get into a violent argument and leave the table during the Skeksis' dinner to yell at each other behind it. The Ornamentalist then says "How exciting!" and "There's going to be a fight!" when watching them squabble, and the Gourmand gets excited as well while still eating and remarks "Dinner and a show!".

Deet frees Hup from the Stonewood clan's dungeon by pretending to be a monster that scares the guards, using her luminescent moss from the Caves of Grot to great effect. In Ha'rar, Brea attempts to decipher the hidden chamber's riddle before realizing it reveals the Gelfling clan hierarchy to be false while awakening a stone golem that plays a recording on its body to talk to her. The voice introduces the giant as Lore, and he will guide her to the Circle of the Suns, attracting the attention of Brea's oldest sister Seladon. Meanwhile, Aughra encounters urVa the Mystic Archer, who advises her to learn from Thra to restore her connection to the planet. At the same time, the Skeksis' banquet in honor of skekEkt's return turns sour when Emperor skekSo replaces skekSil the Chamberlain as his advisor with skekVar the General. This leads skekSil to summon skekMal the Hunter to retrieve Rian. As skekVar and skekZok leave to recruit "volunteers" from the Gelfling tribes, skekMal finds Rian after he dreamfasted the truth to Tavra, Ordon, Gurjin's sister Naia, and Kylan. skekMal survives Ordon's sacrificial attempt to stop him with ravenous Gobbles and then runs off with Rian as Deet and Hup watch powerlessly.

* AllForNothing: Ordon sacrificing himself to stop skekMal could be seen as this as the latter survives being eaten by Gobbles.
* DividedWeFall: The message that is implied by the fact that the Gelfling clan hierarchy Brea has known all her life has simply no other reason to be than to divide the Gelflings, when she's trying to solve the riddle in the crypt beneath the throne room in Ha'rar.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Scientist is as nasty as any other Skeksis, but even he thinks draining too many Gelflings and further disrupting the balance of Thra is going too far. He urge the Emperor to consume only the bare minimum they need to survive and to keep Thra's imbalance to a minumum, not gorge recklessly.

** urVa the Archer, the Mystic who helps Aughra forces her to walk a long way to the Shelter Tree (by firing arrows) in order to talk to him, and then looses an arrow directly into the air so that it lands directly into the ground in front of her, when she asks who can teach her to reconnect with the Song of Thra. She then realizes that ''Thra itself'' can teach her... only to gripe that he could have said that from the beginning! Not force her to do all that walking or shoot an arrow into the ground.
** The secret chamber that Brea seeks answers in gives a glowing stone and symbols of each Gelfling Clan, and an inscription that makes her believe she should press the glowing stone against each symbol in the order of importance. It then glows and switches off at random after each try, leaving her desperately trying to figure out what the proper order is. Eventually, she realizes the randomness is the point: there is no order, no hierarchy of importance; the Clans are all equal. It is at this moment that the riddle is solved.
* VillainHasAPoint: The Skeksis are eager to drain the essence every last Gelfling across Thra, yet the Chamberlain (of all Skeksis!) points out that they should take only what they need to survive.

* PassThePopcorn: The Chamberlain and the General get into a violent argument and leave the table during the Skeksis' dinner to yell at each other behind it. The Ornamentalist then says "How exciting!" and "There's going to be a fight!" when watching them squabble, and the Gourmand gets excited as well while still eating.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Surprisingly, the Scientist seems to genuinely care about the "pets" locked up in cages around his lab ([[EvilDetectingDog even if they only ever hiss and shriek]]), and the Emperor slowly strangles one to make him talk. The Scientist then coos and comforts the poor animal after the Emporer leaves.

** urVa the Archer, the Mystic who helps Augrah forces her to walk a long way to the Shelter Tree (by firing arrows) in order to talk to him, and then looses an arrow directly into the air so that it lands directly into the ground in front of her, when she asks who can teach her to reconnect with the Song of Thra. She then realizes that ''Thra itself'' can teach her... only to gripe that he could have said that from the beginning! Not force her to do all that walking or shoot an arrow into the ground.

** urVa the Archsr, the Mystic who helps Augrah forces her to walk a long way to the Shelter Tree (by firing arrows) in order to talk to him, and then looses an arrow directly into the air so that it lands directly into the ground in front of her, when she asks who can teach her to reconnect with the Song of Thra. She then realizes that ''Thra itself'' can teach her... only to gripe that he could have said that from the beginning! Not force her to do all that walking or shoot an arrow into the ground.

** The Mystic who helps Augrah forces her to walk a long way to the Shelter Tree (by firing arrows) in order to talk to him, and then looses an arrow directly into the air so that it lands directly into the ground in front of her, when she asks who can teach her to reconnect with the Song of Thra. She then realizes that ''Thra itself'' can teach her... only to gripe that he could have said that from the beginning! Not force her to do all that walking or shoot an arrow into the ground.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Surprisingly, the Scientist seems to genuinely care about the "pets" locked up in cages around his lab (even if they hiss and shriek), and the Emperor slowly strangles one to make him talk. The Scientist then coos and comforts the poor animal after the Emporer leaves.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Chamberlain and Scientist are as nasty as any other Skeksis, but even they think draining too many Gelflings and further disrupting the balance of Thra is going too far; they both urge the others to consume only the bare minimum they need to survive, not gorge recklessly.

* TricksterMentor: The Mystic who helps Augrah forces her to walk a long way to the Shelter Tree (by firing arrows) in order to talk to him, and then looses an arrow directly into the air so that it lands directly into the ground in front of her, when she asks who can teach her to reconnect with the Song of Thra. She then realizes that ''Thra itself'' can teach her... only to gripe that he could have said that from the beginning! Not force her to do all that walking or shoot an arrow into the ground.

Deet frees Hup from the Stonewood clan's dungeon by pretending to be a monster that scares the guards, using her luminescent moss from the Caves of Grot to great effect. In Ha'rar, Brea attempts to decipher the hidden chamber's riddle before realizing it reveals the Gelfling clan hierarchy to be false while awakening a stone golem that plays a recording on its body to talk to her. The voice introduces the giant as Lore, and he will guide her to the Circle of the Suns, attracting the attention of Brea's oldest sister Seladon. Meanwhile, Aughra encounters urVa the Mystic Archer, who advises her to learn from Thra to restore her connection to the planet. At the same time, the Skeksis' banquet in honor of skekEkt the Ornamentalist's return turns sour when Emperor skekSo replaces skekSil the Chamberlain as his advisor with skekVar the General. This leads skekSil to summon skekMal the Hunter to retrieve Rian. As skekVar and skekZok leave to recruit "volunteers" from the Gelfling tribes, skekMal finds Rian after he dreamfasted the truth to Tavra, Ordon, Gurjin's sister Naia, and Kylan. skekMal survives Ordon's sacrificial attempt to stop him with ravenous Gobbles and then runs off with Rian as Deet and Hup watch powerlessly.

* HeroicSacrifice: Ordon sacrifices himself to save his son.

* TakingYouWithMe: The Hunter Skeksis tells Ordon this ver batim as he's being eaten alive by Gobbles.

Deet frees Hup from the Stonewood clan's dungeon by pretending to be a monster that scares the guards, using her luminescent moss from the Caves of Grot to great effect. In Ha'rar, Brea attempts to decipher the hidden chamber's riddle before realizing it reveals the Gelfling clan hierarchy to be false while awakening a stone golem that plays a recording on its body to talk to her. The voice introduces the giant as Lore, and he will guide her to the Circle of the Suns, attracting the attention of Brea's oldest sister Seladon. Meanwhile, Aughra encounters urVa the Mystic Archer, who advises her to learn from Thra to restore her connection to the planet. At the same time, the Skeksis' banquet in honor of skekEkt's return turns sour when Emperor skekSo replaces skekSil the Chamberlain as his advisor with skekVar the General. This leads skekSil to summon skekMal the Hunter to retrieve Rian. As skekVar and skekZok leave to recruit "volunteers" from the Gelfling tribes, skekMal finds Rian after he dreamfasted the truth to Tavra, Ordon, Gurjin's sister Naia, and Kylan. skekMal survives Ordon's sacrificial attempt to stop him with ravenous Gobbles and then runs off with Rian as Deet and Hup watch powerlessly.

* PassThePopcorn: The Chamberlain and the General get into a violent argument and leave the table during the Skeksis' dinner to yell at each other behind it. The Ornamentalist then says "How exciting!" and "There's going to be a fight!" when watching them squabble, and the Gourmant gets excited as well while still eating.

* PassThePopcorn: The Chamberlain and the General get into a violent argument and leave the table during the Skeksis' dinner to yell at each other behind it. The Ornamentalist then says "How exciting!" when watching them squabble.

* KnightOfCerebus: Not that ''The Dark Crystal'' is lighthearted by any means, but skekMal the Hunter is notably more violent and agile than the other Skeksis, who are visibly perturbed by his presence. And whereas most of his compatriots prefer subterfuge, backstabbing and relying on {{mooks}} to do their dirty work, the Hunter actively pursues his quarry, posing a much more immediate threat to the protagonists.

* DividedWeFall: The message that is implied by the fact that the Gelfling clan hierarchy Brea has known all her life has simply no other reason to be than to divide the Gelflings.

* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: The equivalent with skekMal hunting a Gelfling.

* AllForNothing: Ordon sacrificing himself to stop skekMal could be seen as this as the latter survives being eaten by Gobbles.