The Podling who looked after her body turned out to be the grandson of the one she knew, and told her that hundreds of trine had already past. Awakening Īwoken from her astral projection by the spread of the Darkening, Aughra felt Thra call out in pain. Believing that skekSo had matured into a benevolent ruler, Aughra agreed to leave the Crystal in the Skeksis' care in order to continue her research into the stars via astral projection, unaware that skekSo intended to conquer Thra to build an Empire, using the Crystal's power to prolong the lives of himself and the other Skeksis. SkekTek continued assisting Aughra with her research and repaired Aughra's orrery after it was damaged by Raunip.
Some trine later, Aughra grew to trust the Skeksis and rekindled her friendship with skekTek, the Skeksis counterpart of her old friend TekTih. Though tearful, she remained silent when Raunip bid her goodbye when he volunteered to lead the Makraks to the Field of Fire. Her faculties began slipping, at one point forgetting who Raunip was, thus causing him to leave her. When mother and son emerged with a basket of crystal fragments, Aughra stayed at her orrery, oblivious to the outside world as she searched for the true shard, ignoring the destruction caused by the Makrak raids and the implications behind the formation of the Alliance of the Crystal.
The pair then spent several months searching for the cracked Crystal's lost shard, the only object capable of restoring the urSkeks. Before the Skeksis could attack her, Aughra climbed down the shaft of the Crystal with her son, feeling her knowledge and memories slip away from her. She pleaded with the Skeksis to rejoin with their other halves, but was rebuffed, and watched helplessly as they cracked the Crystal. Ten trine later, with the Conjunction imminent, Aughra was present at the Great Division, witnessing the Skeksis drive the urRu from the castle. It slips away.Īughra and Raunip attempt to appeal to the Skeksis after the Great Divisionĩ90 trine after the arrival of the urSkeks, Aughra began to prepare for the second Great Conjunction by constructing a network of mirrors around the Crystal, hoping that their refracted light would allow the urSkeks to purge themselves of their darker impulses and allow them to return to their homeworld.
I felt the Crystal crack in my very heart. At the Great Division Ī hole grows inside of me. Tensions between mother and son rose when Aughra intervened to stop Raunip from inciting the Gelfling into driving the urSkeks from Thra by force. Aughra became devoted to the urSkeks and withdrew from the world even further, much to the anger of her son, who viewed the offworlders with suspicion. She developed a particularly close friendship with the urSkek TekTih, who contributed most to her research. They enchanted Aughra with their gifts of knowledge, and built an orrery for her. The urSkeks emerged from the Crystal and healed her, proclaiming themselves ambassadors and light bringers. When the long-awaited Great Conjunction was imminent, Aughra and Raunip positioned themselves near the Crystal, whose blinding light burned one of Aughra's eyes. Through her research, Aughra predicted the coming of the first Great Conjunction, and single-mindedly prepared for it while neglecting her son and the Gelfling. Prompted by this event, and with the Gelfling now thriving, Aughra became obsessed with learning the secrets of the Uni-Verse, creating the first Tree of Life, which permitted her to chart the movements of the stars and the Three Suns. Her attention shifted skywards when an otherworldly object fell on Thra and gifted her with a son, Raunip.
She named all the creatures of Thra and developed a maternal fondness for the young Gelfling race, which she guided in their early development, teaching them through Dreamfasting the nature of the Crystal, how to plant, when to harvest and what creatures or trees to avoid. It was her intervention which established the balance of the world, and she would renew the covenant between the two belligerents every nine trine, merging with Thra and becoming one with both. According to The Covenants of Thra by Fellen the Elder, Aughra's creation was prompted by a war of supremacy between flora and fauna.
Biography Birth and early history Īughra was given life by the Crystal during the Age of Innocence, in order to give a voice to the stones and eyes to the forests.