Raunip was last seen in the company of a Fizzgig, slowly dying and recounting his tale. After receiving protective clothing and amulets from Thall, Raunip said goodbye to his mother, who stayed aloof until he finally left, at which point she wept silently. When the urRu managed to prevent the Skeksis from exterminating the Makraks, Raunip participated in the peace talks, and volunteered to guide them to the Field of Fire, a region suited to their needs, despite knowing that the journey could end with his death. When, the next day, the Makraks reached the Valley, Raunip learned through Kotha's interpreting of their language that they had been forced out of their underground home, and that their destructive actions were prompted by fear of the surface world. Raunip attempted to convince the urRu to stop the Skeksis taking the Gelfling to war, but his pleas were ignored. They were approached by urGoh, who took them to the Valley of the urRu, where Raunip was reunited with Kotha. Raunip left Carn's village with her daughter Thall, who shared his suspicion over the Skeksis' motives. Raunip attempted to convince the Gelfling elder Carn not to trust the Skeksis, but was rebuffed and accused of abandoning the Gelflings in their time of need. When the two resurfaced, they discovered that the Gelflings had formed an alliance with the Skeksis in response to the Makrak crisis. Raunip and Aughra would continue to search for the lost shard, fruitlessly gathering every fragment they could find. Raunip leading the Makraks to the Field of Fire Wracked by guilt, Raunip asked Aughra if she would remember him, to which she replied she always would, as he was her first and greatest creation. Mother and son escaped the Skeksis by climbing down the shaft below the Crystal, and journeyed to the center of the planet, hoping to find the lost shard. When Aughra failed to reason with the Skeksis, one of them attacked the Crystal, chipping off a shard. In the ensuing confusion, the urRu and the Gelfling and Podling delegations fled the Castle, leaving Aughra and Raunip behind.

The darkened urSkek's fear and anger prevented its brothers from entering the Crystal's light, and each one of them was split into two new races the cruel Skeksis and the gentle urRu. However, Raunip continued to mock the darkened urSkek, which gave into its darker nature. When the day of the Great Conjunction arrived, the urSkeks gathered around the Crystal, hoping that its rays would purify their spirits and transport them back to their homeworld. Raunip fueled the darkened urSkek's rage further by mocking it. Raunip spurned the urSkeks' attempts at hospitality, and went into the Hall of Reflection, where he witnessed an urSkek lose its composure after hearing Gyr play a song from its homeworld. Seeing this as an opportunity to challenge the urSkeks directly, Raunip journeyed to the Castle with song-teller Gyr, Lady Kel, and the Podling Kotha. They invited Raunip, as well as delegations representing Thra's sentient races, to attend the event. Role in the Great Division Ī thousand trine after they first arrived, the second Great Conjunction approached, and the Fallen urSkeks, with Aughra's assistance, were ready to return to their homeworld. When he discovered that the urSkeks were in fact exiles from their own world, Raunip incited a mob of Gelflings to attack the urSkeks in their Castle, but was halted by Aughra. When the Fallen urSkeks arrived on Thra during the first Great Conjunction, Raunip became increasingly embittered at their 'meddling' in the cultural development of the Gelflings and his mother, as well as their encasing of the Crystal in a vast fortress, which he saw as an act of appropriation.

Raunip expresses his disgust over the urSkeks.

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