Aughra's Son Raunip & His Vision - The Dark Crystal Explained

[@averymartin1327]

Raunip: Has a vision of looming doom and can try to help prevent it Also Raunip: *Its just a prank bro*

[@bd_bandkanon]

if Raunip doesn't show up in the netflix series I will be deeply disappointed.

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

He wouldn't unless it was a flashback. Have you read the prequel books?

[@bd_bandkanon]

@@DarkCrystalConjunction well that's what I mean. Of course it wouldn't be in person (guess I shoulda specified lol)

[@Retrorevelations]

@Leo Jansen Yes it is, any more than this show, written be guys who grew up as fans of the movie, is.

[@Maldoror2112]

@@Retrorevelations And the original fans should be respected (at least to a degree).

[@mariahzamora1662]

Who else wants Raunip to make an appearance in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance?

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

I do, but I fear he is long gone by that point.... though he could show up in a flashback or dreamfast or something. At least he gets a name drop.

[@Retrorevelations]

@@DarkCrystalConjunction Where did he get a name drop? I must have missed that.

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

@@Retrorevelations when the Maudras are discussing and some challenging Seladon in episode six; "She's only a frightened child. She's no threat. So you've chosen the course for this day's trial by air? **We'll fly Raunip's Pass.** - A dangerous route."

[@katylepetsos7512]

If so then they need TheOdd1sOut to voice him.

[@Maldoror2112]

@@katylepetsos7512 Even though it may not be the very best choice, I could hear Gilbert Gottfried voicing Raunip. He's kind of a trickster, so I think Gilbert could be a good choice.

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Since we've never technically heard Raunip's voice (as he has only shown up in comics/books) I tried to go for an Aughra style but more creepy boyish, due to his looks and since he is, "created in her image".

[@dragonfire810]

The Dark Crystal Conjunction Skeksis Lore and Origin like this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j6qtiYVsgr-LfsU

[@dawnrichardson8230]

You’re awesome!

[@animefan77]

I believe if he shows up in the AOR second season, he’d be voiced by Frank Oz, being one of the fathers of the Muppets, he’d have the role of one of the most significant characters in the Thra-verse. Either that or Peter Dinklage, as a meta Imp joke as the unintentional Serpent In the Garden of Eve that caused the whole catastrophe in Thra.

[@MagusMarquillin]

Personally, I read him with more of a Gonzo voice. Yours works well though.

[@749260]

Kind of like yoda... 😂

[@samrizzardi2213]

I always imagined Raunip speaking like the Griffin from "The Luck Child" episode of Jim Henson's "Storyteller" series. Also, you can see a sort of "proto-Raunip" on page 38 of "The World of the Dark Crystal"

[@ViolentRainbow]

Me want scritch-scratch and goulash!

[@kennethsatria6607]

I remember the Griffin, he was like the Skeksis to Big Bird's mystic XD

[@Maldoror2112]

Now I have to go look at page 38 of "The World Of The Dark Crystal." I still have my original one from back in 1983. It's one of my most prized books!

[@Maldoror2112]

I still have "The Storyteller" on VHS and on DVD. Great series!

[@danemassie3750]

Thank god Netflix had the gumption to make a series because these comics only touch on the lore of the dark crystal. Great videos tho!

[@stingerjohnny9951]

Dane Massie indeed. Raunip doesn’t make an appearance but he is mentioned

[@EpoxyMuffin]

The Dark Crystal is just a prequel to all of Star Wars, and Indiana Jones is a sequel to all of Star Wars. The Crystal Skull movie brings the whole thing full-circle.

[@Maldoror2112]

Just imagine if the story goes further, and we find out that the gelflings are our ancient ancestors! Those LGM (Little Green Men) are descendants of the Grottans, and they've been in the flying saucers checking up on us-- their experimental descendants! Okay. I've gotten off track again. I'll be off in my corner making outlandish theories again.

[@Retrorevelations]

Along with the exclusive of SkekUng from Season 1, I was also super disappointed that they didn't even really mention Raunip, let alone show him for a few seconds in a flashback or something. He is a pretty important character in the lore. He distrusted the UrSkeks, for better and for worse, when his own "all-wise" mother/creator was willfully blind to the danger they could pose, and that they didn't belong on Thra. He was skeptical, while she was wowed by their knowledge of the stars. She neglected her duties to Thra, because they built her a means of exploring space. Her "son" saw through all of this early on, but she wouldn't listen to him. Though he was also, technically, the partial cause behind one of the UrSkeks remaining impure enough to cause the division.

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

They actually do mention Raunip in passing, during the time when the Maudras are discussing and some challenging Seladon in episode six; "She's only a frightened child. She's no threat. So you've chosen the course for this day's trial by air? ***We'll fly Raunip's Pass.*** - A dangerous route."

[@dwaynemiele8607]

I agree raunip is so important to the story is hard not to show him in a flashback or something but I’m really hoping we see him in season 2!!

[@judsongaiden9878]

The two different eyes aren't merely an aesthetic choice. The size difference and the orange and blue colors are significant. Orange, being a warm color, is associated with yang. Blue, being a cool color, is associated with Yin. Notice how his "yang" eye appears more assertive. Also, if they're going for some sort of "eye of Horus" symbolism, the left eye of Horus is associated with Thoth and the moon (further emphasizing the yin aspect), while the right eye of Horus is associated with Ra and the sun (further emphasizing the yang aspect). The Skeksis could also be said to represent yang, while the urRu represent Yin. This is all in keeping with Taoism since the Taoist view is that "good" results from energies being in balance and harmony, whereas "evil" (or just plain "bad") results from their being out of balance or separated. 2:07 Notice the ouroboros. 2:16 Cast up from the "Earth?" But isn't this the planet Thra? 3:22 Why is there a comma between "magic" and "shining?" You only need commas to separate three or more adjectives or adverbs. There are only two adjectives there ("magic" and "shining"), ergo, no need for a comma. 4:01 Do you know where that phrase "as above, so below" comes from?

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Regarding " 2:16 Cast up from the "Earth?" But isn't this the planet Thra?" "earth" can be used to just mean ground, terrain, terra... it is used that way in this context, not as the proper noun for our planet. :) And their 3:22 haha, I can geek out on grammar as well,... ya, I assume they mean to just seperate "the magic" as it was not needed for the sentence. So it should have said: "For they unearthed (noticed the use of earth there as well) the great crystal, the magic, shining heart of the world..." But they already used a dash so they didn't need the comma after magic... I agree... Gelfling grammar? :P "as above, so below", the creators Froud, and Henson did say they studied a lot of ancient religions and mysticism and embedded it into Thra to give it a more archaic feel. This all the sacred geometry, etc... that phrase also reminds me of the phrase. "on Earth, as it is in Heaven".

[@judsongaiden9878]

@@DarkCrystalConjunction I still don't trust Baphomet.

[@Maldoror2112]

@@judsongaiden9878 Baphomet should never be fully trusted, if at all.

[@judsongaiden9878]

@@Maldoror2112 Do you think if the Underfell version of Alphys merged Asgore and Toriel together into an Amalgamate, they would become Baphomet?

[@Maldoror2112]

@@judsongaiden9878 I know very little about that lore. My young friends have told me about it and showed me videos, but I haven't invested the time nor the energy to become deeply familiar with the characters and story. I have read more about the symbolism behind Baphomet as Eliphas Levi's representation of balance between opposites, but it has been largely appropriated by various occultists as a representation of Pan or Cernunnos the Horned god or even Lucifer. As such, I can appreciate the original intention behind the creation of Baphomet, but now it's become a sort of occult "catch all" symbol that has been interpreted and reinterpreted over the centuries.

[@itsyaboyj0j0]

Love your videos man! :) Specially the voices you do for the characters! Really keeps the video interesting!

[@billsmith4932]

I love these Lore videos. Please keep them coming!

[@LucianCorrvinus]

It can be said...you only prank the ones you Love....you heartlessly troll everybody else.....

[@benb3316]

Kind of an immature Robin Goodfellow then. Love those Dark Crystal creation books. Neat how the Urskek are kind of like Grigori from human mythology, though their sin occurred outside Thra.

[@GreaterGrievobeast55]

I would love to see raunip appear in some sort of live action work. I can’t help but feel he was designed with the potential possibility of being turned into a puppet in mind.

[@dwaynemiele8607]

I know the possibility is small but I really hope raunip is still alive and shows up in the series. I know it said he was slowly dying but he was given clothing and material that could keep him alive. Something is telling me that he’s going to make a surprise appearance

[@oceanblueheart1472]

Yoda + Augrah = Raunip. Dam Yoda.

[@PettyPapaya]

I love it when you do voices when you read some parts from the books.

[@anthonyrose2496]

Jason, I wish I could follow you. Your information is so precise. Great job!

[@StarlasAiko]

I admit, I don't know every story and movie under the sun, but I believe The Dark Crystal is near enough the only, or at the very least amongst the very first, story in which the good guys are not inherently beautiful. Raunip and Augrah are almost hideous but certainly good. And it might well be that the Skeksis are ugly only due to the corruption, that they may have been less disgusting in the early years after the breaking.

[@LoreCraft]

Heya friend, I just finished up my Dark Crystal sculpt, Deet - thought you might be interested in seeing the work. Let me know what you think! Cheers - N

[@Smorgasvord]

Great work

[@Maldoror2112]

Beautiful, gorgeous work! As a sculptor, caster, molder myself, you make me feel derelict with my unused skills. I have all sorts of Dark Crystal "fakes" in mind (like Deet in her garthim-inspred armor and SkekTek prosthetics after going full-on Darkening), but I'm just too lazy to do it.

[@thingsofsuch]

I am totally new to this stuff. Raunip, and Augra. Her missing eye. How she couldn't see this "Vision" yet he could. Who is his father? She sprang from the Earth, has no other, yet have "birth"? I think rather she took her one eye, the same eye that glows when he see the vision, and made Raunip from herself. That would, clear to me, be as easy as it is.

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Check out Ahghra's origin and lore vid for some answers: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q57GhoBnoLaUe6s&t but ultimately you get them from the prequel comics.

[@Retrorevelations]

She didn't give birth. She made him from a meteor that fell from the heavens. This is explained in the expanded lore, and should have been mentioned in the video, if it wasn't.

[@Maldoror2112]

Aughra, according to the novelization, was supposed to be monoeceous-- self replicating. She had both male and female parts, but her male parts withered away over time. Just imagine what her biological offspring would have looked like. Younger Aughras! Because she didn't reproduce herself, Thra must have extended her lifespan. Perhaps she didn't like the idea of mothering a replacement for herself. Kind of selfish, really!

[@dwaynemiele8607]

If only augra listened to raunip...

[@kennethsatria6607]

Ood 1's Out's favorite character because he asks things XD

[@wolf93408]

Ik this old but when you do Augras voice, it sound like yoda 😂

[@joshuacaban1160]

I love the dark crystal and I love labyrinth best fantasy movies ever made love 😍 it

[@SoundBlackRecordings]

Is there no history of the Podlings?

[@ViolentRainbow]

I always found it interesting how ignored they seem to be, maybe they're just not interesting enough?

[@notsusan]

@@ViolentRainbow podling justica!

[@Maldoror2112]

They are almost as ignored as the UrRu. We know all about the Skeksis, but what about their "better halves"?!

[@cynicalbanter]

"this is all the time we have for today." umm...only 8 minutes??? >.>

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Hah yup, folks rarely watch if I go much longer than that. And it takes drastically longer on the editing side... Or maybe it is just having to say that :D

[@easygrin1127]

@@DarkCrystalConjunction just discovered this channel and i am really loving it. Great telling off one the most beautiful and original fantasy sagas from American soils. Hope the creation of the netflix show involves dedicated talanted people like yourself. Like the Original movie was never made as a money maker but rather a beloved piece of art

[@SoundBlackRecordings]

Do you still plan on doing more lore videos?

[@jXd]

Unfortunately not, or at least not any time in the foreseeable future. I'd love to but just don't have the time at the moment. I looked into getting someone to take over the channel and carry the mantel but it has yet to happen.

[@TheAdorkableRJ]

I wonder what kind of voice they would have given Raunip if he had appeared in the second season of Age of Resistance that ISN'T GOING TO HAPPEN NOW! FUCK YOU NETFLIX!

[@AnnaBellaChannel]

UrSkeks Emperor + Aughra = Raunips

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Ew, hahaha I'll get to his creation in a future vid, but it is either in vol 2 or 3 of Creation Myths, pretty sure it is 2 (off the top of my head). :)

[@silentkarma249]

Aughra is a mother?? 😧

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

In more senses than one!

[@Retrorevelations]

Yes and no. Aughra is the only one of "her" kind, and cannot reproduce. She found a strange meteorite, and fashioned it into Raunip, her "son". Who sadly, later dies.

[@dwaynemiele2431]

Is this the same tavra from AOR???

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

No. They are separated by a couple ages.

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

I should also note that Tavra (from AOR) has a fuller name. We learn this first in the books (she uses her shortened name to hide her identity as one of the all-maudra's daughters). From the official DarkCrystal.com: Tavra (Katavra of Ha’rar) Tavra (TAH-vra) was a Vapra warrior and daughter of the Gelfling All-Maudra. Tavra was originally sent by her mother to find the Gelfling traitors Rian and Gurjin, but later came to realize the truth of the situation and tried to protect them instead. She was named after a Gelfling of myth who was said to be a friend of Raunip. (this is who we see at the 05:40 mark).

[@LarynHollywoodSmiththesecond]

I like hup my favorite character in the dark crystal

[@RiiLove]

Is that not the creature in the library in AoR?

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

No, but does have some similarities in the look. I forget that creatures name, I'll dig it up. But Raunip is also a little taller than the Gelflings but shorter than Aughra.

[@theremixphilly]

Damn, you are serious about this. ;)

[@LucianCorrvinus]

Ranuip is like Cartman, and I don't think I need to elaborate on that, if you are wondering I believe the run on South Park is titled "Cartman's Mom is a Slut", although I could be mistaken....

[@jahleelsuleiman5204]

it is not pronounced ra-nip it is pronounced ray-you-nip FYI I love your vids and how you explain the creatures and the world of Thra

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Source?

[@jahleelsuleiman5204]

@@DarkCrystalConjunction The source is on Wiki (I think)

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

@@jahleelsuleiman5204 And the source to that? One reason I made this channel was cause I found most of the DC Wikis out there had more fan theories than fact. I would look over them when I was making a video but it definitely wasn't the final say unless I could verify it in the official DC media.

[@Maldoror2112]

I always pronounced it "Raw-oo-neep," but what do I know?

[@arcticflower7223]

Based on the spelling there are two logical ways I can think of to pronounce "Aughra" and no one ever uses either of them.

[@FloraMecha]

I thought Raunip was pronounced Ray-U-Nip

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Ya, someone else has said that but when I asked where they got that pronunciation from they never replied. It was really a guess at how it was pronounced when this came out, but since, the Netflix Age of Resistance pronounces his name and it is how I pronounced it. :)

[@sonicmagnus5312]

Raunips pop’s probably Thra!?

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Nope, it is a pretty unsatisfying answer, IMO. They finally reveal it in the 3rd volume.

[@melissaflores2301]

Aughra is yodas mom