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Description skekOk the Skeksis Scroll Keeper, the inner darkness of the urSkek OkAc and counterpart of urAc the Mystic Scribe.

skekOk was the Curator of the Castle Library and recorded the events and history in the castle, boasting it held tomes and books that go back hundreds of thrine. However the one thing it was difficult to hold on to was the truth, as he constantly redacted it to serve his shifty alliances, it became lost in the end. He mumbled to himself and had a bad habit to be the last person to arrive to meetings on time. He was identifiable for his set 3 pair of glasses (2 pairs and a monocle in the AoR series), opulent garments befitted of his title smugness, and was among the few Skeksis to hold hair, while most went bald.

skekOk viewed the Gelfling as inferior to his kind, yet he was genuinely attracted to their civilization and culture, art, literature and architecture, seen it as a noble endevour, finding his visits to the Vapra Capitol of Ha'rar charm in a conversation with the sickly and jaded Collector when the two were about to depart to collect the Gelfling tithes. He would vouch for individuals that could read and write, like princess Brea, who was an admirer of the Historian just before the schism between the Skeksis and Thra races broke out. When the Alliance dissolve he was happy to dropped all pretenses and be view as a Monster, mocking Brea for not having realize their true nature earlier right after the Skeksis discover draining Gelfling essence helped prolong their lives.

When the Emperor traveled to Stone-in-the-Wood, skekOk was among the group who join the fight (not just sporting armor, but machinery that could launch sharp blades to targets) to quell the Resistance, and in the battle mortally wounded the Stonewood Clan Maudra Fara, who took a hit for Seladon. But when he witness the deaths of skekLach and skekMal, and the revival of Mother Aughra, he panicked and retreated back to the castle with the others. There he gave mourning for his longtime friend, the Collector, before learning that the General skekVar had died as well from the Chamberlain. Is at that moment the Scientist enter to present the first Garthim and celebrated with the others as they could get their another chance for revenge: this would lead to the Garthim War and Gelfling Genocide.

skekOk was friends with the Collector, the Ornamentalist and the Gourmand, together they would always gossip about the machinations in castle. By the tale end of the Skeksis rule, he was allied with the Ritual Master and Treasurer, but after skekSo died leaving the power vacuum, he first supported the Chamberlain's bid for the throne (even though skekSil viewed him as a vacant idiot who mumbled to himself). During the Trial by stone challenge, he was jumping back and forth between skekSil and skekUng, and when the later won, he turned on the former and ripped his robes off before his banishment. The new Emperor was considering to turn him to his side, but this never seem to materialize, as Jen was discovered and the Garthim failed to capture him at every turn, causing doubt about the capabilities of the new Emperor, a thought shared by the others.

After 999 and 1 Thrine, the prophesy skekOk and the rest of the Skeksis feared for, became true, when Jen healed the Crystal and as the Mystics entered into the chamber, skekOk called them out by their true name, urRu, in panic. Moments later he was absorb by urAc and restored to his true urSkek self: OkAc. There after he departed with the other 7 Surviving urSkeks, now lead by UngIm (skekUng/urIm).

Yet, one hundred thrine after their defeat, skekOk and the Skeksis are reborn along with the Mystics, when a Fireling named Thurma cracked the Crystal in hopes to heal the Inner Sun of Inner Thra, causing a 2nd urSkek Division. The Skeksis cause chaos through the castle, and while they were held in prison, they escape, with the help of a corrupted Gelfling, who skekUng later drain, in a final push to attack the Gelfling. But, his bid for freedom was short lived as the Crystal was healed once more, and skekOk was re-absorb into urAc. OkAc and the now 6 surviving other urSkeks (skekSil/urSol having died) rejuvenate an elder Jen and Kira, and long with Fizzgig, they departed Thra, leaving another Gelfling, Kensho, as Stewardess of the Crystal and new leader of the Gelfling.
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RyunoOhi [2020-05-27 16:40:16 +0000 UTC]

My favorite Birb! (≛ヮ≛) Aaaah he looks great in your style!

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