![]() Heel Realization: While trying to solve the mysterious puzzle in the secret chamber, Brea finally questions why "Grotton are always last" like her people always say, and then wonders why her people say that, and then slowly realizes that the Fantastic Racism that Gelflings hold against each other is all lies.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. Even Evil Has Standards: The Scientist and the Chamberlain 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.The Scientist then coos and comforts the poor animal after the Emperor leaves. Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Surprisingly, the Scientist seems to genuinely care about the "pets" locked up in cages around his lab ( even if they only ever hiss and shriek), and the Emperor slowly strangles one to make him talk.Egomaniac Hunter: skekMal initially feels insulted when given a Gelfling target.Divided We Fall: The message that is implied by the riddle that Brea faces in the crypt beneath the throne room in Ha'rar: the Gelfling clan hierarchy, which Brea has known all her life, is a falsehood that exists only to divide the Gelflings.All for Nothing: Ordon sacrificing himself to stop skekMal could be seen as this, as the latter survives being eaten by Gobbles.skekMal survives Ordon's sacrificial attempt to stop him with ravenous Gobbles and then runs off with Rian as Deet and Hup watch powerlessly. ![]() 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. This leads skekSil to summon skekMal the Hunter to retrieve Rian. 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. Meanwhile, Aughra encounters urVa the Mystic Archer, who advises her to learn from Thra to restore her connection to the planet. 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. ![]() 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. 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.
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