SkekShod

PERFORMER	Tim Rose puppeteer
	Charles Collingwood voice
DEBUT	1982

SkekShod is the Skeksis' court Treasurer. SkekShod's Mystic counterpart is urYod, the numerologist.

SkekShod's powers of speech are severely limited, and he has trouble communicating other than through bribes. Within the Skeksi castle, skekShod is administratively subordinate to the Chamberlain skekSil, but his loyalty lies with a fellow intellectual, skekZok.

“SkekShod the Treasurer counted gifts, not time. None dared approach him without some offering; yet his desires were so inordinate and his powers of speech so limited that he knew no other way to get his will other than extravagant bribery.”
—The World of the Dark Crystal

Jim Henson noted in The World of the Dark Crystal that many of the Skeksis were based on the seven deadly sins. SkekShod represents Avarice.

Pre-production notes for the Treasurer note a "collar shaped like an abacus" and "pockets sagging from weight". SkekShod can often be seen biting coins to test for gold, reacting to the sound of coins, stroking a casket under his arm, and constantly wringing his hands. The easiest visual cue for picking out the Treasurer in the film is the kerchief head covering.