![]() It explains why skekTek had to get a mechanical eye. Eye Scream: They're particularly fond of eating eyes.The Dreaded: Just mentioning them is enough to make the Skeksis gasp, and skekTek in particular to start whimpering and pleading for "anything but that!" When we finally see one, it doesn't disappoint.He makes it quite adamant to Gurjin that they're a Skeksis-only punishment, never to be used on Gelfling.but that at the same time, that if this is what Skeksis reserve for their own, Gurjin should really consider what they'll do to him. Cold-Blooded Torture: What they're used for to punish Skeksis who have (as the Chamberlain puts it) " misbehave".Big Creepy-Crawlies: Big enough to be scary when crawling on a Skeksis' head.Being Tortured Makes You Evil: Eats the eyes of living things at the first opportunity mostly because the Skeksis deliberately keep it starved so as to make it ravenously hungry.One of them is used on skekTek the Scientist for letting Rian escape the Crystal's castle. Sensory Tentacles: They appear to have eyes at the end of tentacle-like limbs.Įye-eating bugs the Skeksis use as punishment for their own kind.Sand Worm: More like giant alien earthworms.Red Eyes, Take Warning: The Darkening renders them Brainwashed and Crazy, and turns their eyes purple.It turns out it's because of the Darkening. Is Serious Business: Deet knows them well enough to find their aggressiveness unusual. Horror Hunger: For some reason, the Darkening seems to affect nurlocs differently from other creatures of Thra, acting not just as a Hate Plague but also as a massive appetite stimulant.It gets so bad that they start eating the Sanctuary Tree. Brainwashed and Crazy: The Darkening makes the normally friendly nurlocs aggressive and voracious toward anything that moves nearby.Bizarre Alien Biology: They have several eyes, all at the end of tentacle-like limbs. ![]() And even if there was a reason for them to line the creature's body instead of being bunched up on the head like normal, making them all point forwards anyway would defeat the purpose. Artistic Licence – Biology: It's very difficult to think of a real reason why a creature would need this many eyes (especially considering that the majority of them are obstructing each other's vision most of the time), even a Starfish Alien. ![]() Giant worms who live in the caves of Grot. Sacrificial Lions: The two Landstriders who carried Kira and Jen to the castle perish in the fight against the Garthim.Īppear in: The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.La Résistance: According to canon, Landstriders were among the first beings to turn against the Garthim after they began terrorizing Thra and seem to be the only creatures of Thra who can hold their own against the Garthim for any length of time.Mix-and-Match Critters: They have strange projections that resemble rabbit ears that appear to be extensions of the scapula, four long legs, catfish-like barbels and a proboscis-like organ (possibly a stinger) that unfurls when in battle.The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance shows them as the standard mounts for Gelflings of the Vapra clan and Gelfling guards of the Crystal's castle, possibly for ages.Kira summons them to get her and Jen faster to the Crystal's castle.Gentle Giants: They're not aggressive by nature, although they have a strong protective streak.Their slashing blows can cripple a Garthim before said Garthim realizes that it has been attacked. Fragile Speedster: While less powerful than the Garthim and unarmored, Landstriders compensate with speed and intelligence.Faster Than They Look: Kira warns Jen to hang on when riding them, because they're really fast.Subverted when you realize this could easily be the result of gelfling domestication, like all the problems with fragile horse legs. Artistic Licence – Biology: It's rather difficult to think of a reason evolution would select for such large, heavy creatures to walk on such long, spindly, pointed legs.Gelflings used them as mounts, and the Podlings of Kira's clan taught her how to communicate with them. Tall and long-legged forest creatures who can run pretty fast. ![]() Appear in: The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | The Dark Crystal
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