Using its awful power, they drained MiraвЂ™s life Essence into a glowing liquid that they drank like wine. When he and his friends Mira and Gurjin went hunting a rogue Silk Spitter in the catacombs beneath the castle, they discovered a horrible secret: Emperor skekSo and the other Skeksis had corrupted the Crystal of Truth, transforming it into the Dark Crystal. Rian was a guard at the Castle of the Crystal, where he served the Skeksis Lords along with the other Gelfling guards. Marked by the Skeksis as a traitor and a fugitive, he must find a new purpose in the turbulent, dangerous new world he has uncovered. But after fleeing the castle, and burdened with the SkeksisвЂ™ terrible secret, Rian knows his dreams of taking after his father can be no more. Growing up as the son of the Captain of the Guard, Rian never questioned his future. GOAL: To tell the Gelfling that the Skeksis Lords have betrayed them.But this captainвЂ™s son is not all brawn heвЂ™s a fine hand at the lute if given the chance.

He is also skilled with many weapons, though he favors the spear and sword. As befits a guard serving the Castle of the Crystal, he is comfortable in a LandstriderвЂ™s saddle or aboard a Skeksis carriage. Rian has dark hair broken by streaks of blue, gray eyes, and an athletic physique.

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