The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

Hello there.

- Rian. -Deet...

- Is she awake? - Deet wake.

- Yes. - Wake!

Where...

Where am I?

Topside once again.

How did I get here?

I-- I remember the tree,

-and then-- - You started glowing.

You healed the Nurlocs and then...

And then you fainted.

Rian carried you to safety.

- -He must be very strong.

And the Arathim?

The other Grottans?

All safe.

Thanks to you.

Hm...

How are you feeling, Deet?

I'm fine. Thank you.

- -"Fine," she says.

Fine, perhaps she is.

But also...

changed.

The Dual Glaive.

It's still in the caves. We have to go back--

The Dual Glaive? Is that what you're looking for?

Why didn't you say so?

- Uh... -

Just have to break off the wood...

Been using it as a walking stick,

keeping it hidden!

Ah!

Here you are!

You had the Dual Glaive the whole time?

Well, I didn't know you were looking for it, did I?

Careful with this. It's older than I am

and twice as sharp.

- - Wait, no! No!

Don't do this! Stop, Tavra!

-This isn't you, Tavra. Stop! -

Tavra, please let me go.

Tavra.

I am the Ascendancy.

Tavra! Tavra, no, don't... No.

- -

Exemplary!

-These three are particularly feisty. -

We must hope they have the strength...

...to bring skekMal back from the precipice of death!

If not,

we will drain every last Gelfling across Thra until the Hunter is restored.

- Yes, Emperor. -

- -

I am almost ready, sire.

Oh, oh, oh! What if the Hunter dies?

Then I will accept the somber task

of honoring skekMal's treasures with a proper display.

You mean those disgusting trophies?

Anything can be made beautiful.

We should call the rest of the Skeksis back to the castle.

They must know what has happened!

SkekSa and skekNa will be useful in a fight.

And skekUng is a strong warrior.

And what of skekLi?

Hmm! More Skeksis just mean more, louder squabbling, yes?

-Quiet, Chamberlain! -

This is all your fault!

Hmm.

Enough dawdling about! Get to it already!

Squeeze these Gelfling, Scientist.

- -

The machine is primed, Emperor.

I await your command.

Very well, Scientist. Let's begin. Ha!

Stop right there!

Pusillanimous parasites!

- -

Seize her!

Touch me

and Thra will swallow you where you stand.

I seem to recall banishing you from my castle.

Bah! I've come to pay my respects to the Hunter.

SkekMal was always the most beautiful of you shriveled lot.

Hm. But now, reeks of death.

Blasphemy! We cannot die.

You can, and this one will any moment now...

yes, without Aughra's help.

We do not require your assistance.

We have our own ways of healing the Hunter.

- Yes, I know. Essence, essence. - Eh.

But Gelfling essence cannot restore the Hunter.

What you need is essence of Thra itself.

-And who is Thra? Huh? -

You are Thra.

Correct. Only the essence of Aughra can save your fallen Hunter now.

Don't trust them!

I offer a trade.

-Hm? -My life for the lives of these Gelfling

and the ones locked in your foul cages.

It's a trick.

Strap her to the chair. We will take her essence!

- -

All this time,

protecting the Crystal,

yet you remain ignorant of its true nature.

The Crystal cannot take my essence.

I must give it...

-willingly! - No!

You would give up your own life for a few of these worthless Gelfling?

- -

Dimwits.

We are all Thra.

-All except you. -

You do not return to Thra when you perish.

What happens to you when your part of the song is done, hm?

Never figured that out, did you?

Tried, but failed.

Maybe nothing is all that waits for you.

So... make your choice.

Do we have a deal,

or will you sentence one of your own to endless oblivion?

Hm?

-Hm... -Hm.

Oh, well.

Aughra tried.

-Stop! -Hm?

-Hm? -I agree...

to your terms.

-Very good. -

Release these three!

Gruenaks!

- -Yes... yes.

- -

Get these chains off me!

Mother Aughra, please! Don't do this!

I beg you. We're-- we're not worth it.

Yes... you are.

Free the rest of the Gelfling and escort them all

-safely from the castle. -As you command.

And you make sure every single one of them dies before they get there.

Of course, Emperor.

Princess Tavra...

- -

- -

What's happening? What are we doing here?

- Open up! - Where am I?

-Free your fellow Gelfling. - Yes.

Open up!

-Maudra! Huh? What are you-- - Quickly, now.

Go, Brea.

- -You have much to do.

I can't! I...

-Go. -Please...

-Go. -I-- uh...

Prepare the lab!

- -

- Oh, Brea. - Seladon.

I'm sorry about the gag, sisters, but I had to make it look believable.

Tavra?

Is that really you?

It's us.

- -But how?

Rian and Deet took a truce with the Ascendancy.

Aughra ordered us to get you to safety.

It's good to have you back.

How do I know it's you

and not that disgusting thing?

You should hear what it says about you.

- -

Wait, was that a joke?

I am the fun one.

-Tavra! It is you! It is you! -

- -Yes. Now...

let's get out of this place. All of us.

Come on, Brea.

This way. Follow me.

The catacombs.

What's down there?

Freedom.

- -Here comes the General!

- -What news?

- How fares the Hunter? -Did the essence work?

The Hunter is alive.

The Scientist is draining Aughra of her essence even as we speak.

Mother Aughra.

- -SkekLach, come with me.

The Emperor has tasked us with an important errand.

Why me?

Don't worry. This will be fun!

Oh, I doubt that.

The essence of Mother Aughra would be powerful indeed.