Jen (The Dark Crystal character)

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Jen is a protagonist of Jim Henson's 1982 fantasy film, The Dark Crystal.

His family and people killed by the Skeksis, Jen was raised by the Mystics in their valley, believing that he was the last survivor of the Gelflings. But when his dying master, urSu, sends him on the quest to find the shard of the Crystal and to heal the Crystal, he discovers that he is not the only Gelfling left. Having obtained the shard and uncertain about what to do with it, he wanders through the swamp and is startled by Fizzgig, Kira's dog-like pet. Kira, who emerges from behind a nearby shrub, apologizes to Jen and, through dreamfasting, befriends him and learns of his quest, on which she joins him.

Jen wears a pale, cream-colored tunic. His skin has an olive complexion and his hair is dark and shoulder-length. He carries a flute around his neck, an urRu token known as a firca. Jen's flute assisted him in locating the true shard of the Dark Crystal among three different shards of crystal.