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The Dark Crysta l Adventure Game is based on the movie The Dark Crysta l produced byJim Henson and Gary Kur t z , di rec ted by J im Henson and Frank Oz, wi th story by J imHenson, screenplay by David Odel l an d conceptual des ign by Brian Fraud.Copy r ight 1982 by Henson Assoc ia tes , Inc. Al l r i gh ts reserved under In ternat ionaland Pan -American Copyr ight Conve nt ions. The Dark Crysta l and character names aret r ademarks of Henson Assoc iates , Inc . Aughra 's Song is an abr idged excerpt f rom TheWorld of the Dark Crysta l , publ ished by Al f red A. Knopf , Inc .Produced by Sierra On-L ine, Inc . in Great Conjunct ion wi th the Muppet Labs Div is ion ofHenson Assoc iates , Inc ., and Chr is topher Cerf Assoc iates , Inc .

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t h r o u g h t h e G r e a t C r y s t a l , a n d d i r e c t i t i n t o t h e C h a m b e r o f L i g h t . F i n a l l y , t h e m o m e n t o ft h e G r e a t C o n j u n c t io n c a m e , a n d t h e T h r e e S u n s s h o n e d o w n a s o n e u p o n t h e C r y s t a l, s e n d i n g ab l i n d i n g b e a m o f t r a p p e d l i g h t t h r o u g h t h e c h a m b e r . T h e n , o n e b y o n e i n a l o n g p r o c e s s io n , t h eu r S k e k s w a l k e d i n t o i t s b r i g h t n e s s .

T h e y e n t e r e d t h e b r i g h t l i g h t e a c h a s a s in g l e b e i n g , b u t a s t h e y l e f t t h e p a t h o f l ig h t ,e a c h h a d b e c o m e tw o : t o t h e l e f t , t h e S k e k s i s ; t o t h e r ig h t , t h e M y s t i c s . T h e G r e a t D i v i s i o no f t h e u r S k e k s h a d b e e n a c h i e v e d .O n t h a t d a y t h e H a r m o n y o f t h e W o r l d s h a t -

t e r e d . T h e S k e k s i s w o k e f r o m t h e s h o c k o f d i v i s i o n f u l l o fv i o l e n c e a n d a n g e r . T h e y s t o r m e d in t o t h e C r y s ta lC h a m b e r , s t a g g e r i n g u n d e r t h e s t r a i n o f t h e i r n e wb o d i e s , g r a s p i n g e a c h o t h e r t o k e e p f r o m f a l l i n g , y e th a t i n g e a c h o t h e r 's t o u c h . T h e r e w a s a l o u d a r g u m e n t ,b l o w s w e r e s t r u c k , o n e b l o w h i t t h e C r y s t a l . A s h a r db r o k e f r o m t h e C r y s t a l a n d f l e w u p t h e s h a f t , o u t o n t ot h e m o u n t a i n s id e . A n d t h e l ig h t l e f t t h e C r y s t a l .

N o w , f r o m t h e C r y s ta l t h e r e c a m e n o m o r e s o n g s .T h e S u n s s h o n e a s b e f o r e , b u t d i m m e r ; t h e t r e e s g r e w a sb e f o r e , b u t t w i s te d . S t r a n g e b e a s t s m o v e d i n t h e w o o d s .

T h e S k e k s i s s e i z e d c o n t r o l o f t h e c a s t l e ; t h e M y s t i c s f l e d w h e n t h e H a r m o n y w a s b r o k e n .T h e y w e r e f i l l e d w i t h s a d n e s s , a n d t h e y m a d e t h e i r w a y t o t h e V a l l e y o f S t o n e s . I n t h a t m i s t -f i l l e d v a l le y , w h e r e w a t e r fl o w e d f r o m a b u n d a n t s p r i n g s a n d c a v e s d o t t e d t h e r o c k y s l o p e s , t h ep e a c e f u l a n d g e n t l e M y s t ic s b u i l t s to n e c i r c l e s o f p o w e r , h o p i n g t h u s t o f in d p r o t e c t i o n a g a i n s t t h eg r o w i n g e v i l o f t h e S k e k s i s .

F r o m t h e M y s t i c s , I l e a r n e d w h a t t h e g r e a t d e s ig n o f th e u r S k e k s h a d b e e n . T h e y h a dh o p e d t h a t b y s u b m i t t i n g t h e m s e l v e s t o t h e l i g h t o f t h e C r y s ta l t h e y w o u l d p u r i f y t h e i r d i v i d e ds e l v e s , t h a t e v e r y t h in g i n t h e m t h a t w a s l e s s t h a n p e r f e c t w o u l d b e b u r n e d a w a y . T h e y h a dn o t u n d e r s t o o d t h e b a l a n c e o f t h e i r s o u l s . T h e y h a d t h o u g h t t h a t t h e r e c o u l d b e l ig h t w i t h o u td a r k n e s s , s t i l l n e s s w i t h o u t m o t io n . B u t i n s t e a d o f p e r f e c t i o n t h e y h a d a c h i e v e d d i v i s i o n : d a r kf r o m l i g h t , f o r c e f r o m v i r t u e , S k e k s i s f r o m M y s t i c .

U n l i k e t h e M y s t i c s , t h e S k e k s i s f e l t n o g r i e f , f o r i n t h e c a s t le t h e y r e i g n e d i n g l o r y . T h ed a r k n e s s o f t h e C r y s t a l s e e m e d t o t h e m a n e t e r n a l re f r e s h m e n t . A n d i n th e i r f ir s t d a y s , t h e ys t i l l s h o n e w i t h a fi r e t h a t c o u l d d e c e i v e th e e y e . T h e i r s p e e c h w a s s t i l l l ik e m u s i c , a n d t h e yk n e w b e s t o f a l l t h e a r t o f f l a t t e r y .

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F o r e m o s t a m o n g t h e e n e m i e s o f t h e G a r t h i m w e r e t h e L a n d s t r i d e r s . D e s t r u c t i o n o f t h e G a r t h i mb e c a m e t h e i r f i e r c e s t j o y ; t h e i r s p e e d , t h e i r s l a s h i n g b l o w s , w o u l d l e a v e a G a r t h i m c r i p p l e d b e f o r ei t k n e w i t h a d b e e n a t ta c k e d .

B u t n o t e v e n t h e L a n d s t r id e r s c o u l d p r e v a i l a g a i n s t t h e g r e a t m u l t it u d e s o f G a r t h i m .A n d t h e S k e k s i s b r e d C r y s ta l B a t s t o c a r r y l e n s e s o f a r t i f i c i a l c r y s t a l ; t h e B a t s s e n t i m a g e s o fa l l t h e y s a w b a c k t o t h e C r y s t a l i n t h e S k e k s i s ' c a s t l e . N o w t h a t t h e S k e k s i s h a d a l l -s e e i n gc r y s t a l e y e s w i t h w h i c h t o d i r e c t t h e G a r t h i m , t h e y s e t a b o u t p u t t i n g a n e n d t o t h e G e l f l i n g .When a t la s t t h e y t h o u g h t t h e y h a d s u c c e e d e d , t h e y r e j o i c e d i n t h e d e a t h s o f t h e la s t G e l f l in g ,a n d o f t h e p r o p h e c y .B u t u n b e k n o w n s t t o t h e S k e k s i s , t w o G e l f li n g , a n d t w o G e l f l i n g a l o n e , s u r v i v e d t h es l a u g h t e r . } e n w a s f o u n d a n d f o s t e r e d b y t h e M y s t i c s , K i r a b y t h e P o d P e o p l e .

] e n w a s b r o u g h t u p w i t h r i d d l e s a n d e n c h a n t m e n t s , m u s i c a n d d r e a m s . U r S u , t h e M a s t e r ,w i s e s t o f t h e M y s t i c s , p l a c e d h i m u n d e r t h e p r o t e c t i o n o f s p i r a l s o f p o w e r s o t h a t h e m i g h t b e f i tt o r e s t o r e t h e S h a r d .U r S u k n e w t h a t w h e n e v e r a M y s t i cd i e d i n t h e V a l l e y , a S k e k s i s d i e d i n t h e c a s -t l e , f o r t h e i r b o d i e s w e r e d i v i d e d b u t t h e i rs o u l s w e r e s t i l l l i n k e d . T h u s , w h e n t h e G r e a tC o n j u n c t i o n a t l a s t g r e w n e a r , t h e M a s t e ra l l o w e d h i m s e l f to d i e , k n o w i n g t h a t t h i s r .w o u l d a l s o m e a n t h e d e a t h o f s k e k S o , th e 'E m p e r o r o f t h e S k e k s i s , a n d t h a t t h e S k e k s i sm u s t t h e n f a l l i n t o u t t e r d i v i s i o n . A n d i n d e e d ,w i t h s k e k S o d e a d , t h e r i v a l r i e s c o n c e a l e d f o rf e a r o f h i s p o w e r b r o k e o u t a t o n c e . S k e k U n g ,t h e G a r t h i m - M a s t e r , a n d s k e k S i l , t h eC h a m b e r l a i n , f e l l i n t o o p e n q u a r r e l .T /k C h a m b e r l a i n l o s t t h e s t r u g g l e , f l e d f r o m t h e c a s t l e , a n d t u r n e d h i s m i n d t o h i s l a s t

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