Sirrus
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Sirrus (9434 - 9480 DE (1779 - 1825 AD)) was the younger son of Atrus and Catherine, and brother to Achenar and Yeesha. He was likely named after the star Sirius[1].
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[edit] Life and character
Arrogant and greedy, he took advantage of the freedom Atrus had given him to declare himself king of the Ages, plundering their resources to live in luxury. He often clashed with his brother Achenar, whom he looked down on; Achenar on the other hand was disgusted by Sirrus' greed and even sent a threatening letter to him.
Sirrus was willing to seek Achenar's help to eliminate their parents before they discovered what the brothers had been doing. He left a message to Achenar's Channelwood imager and notified him that Atrus was preparing for a journey. Achenar then took one page from their father's Myst linking book and could not link back to Myst.
Atrus and Catherine were successfully trapped in K'veer and Riven respectively, and Sirrus and Achenar began to work on the second part of their plan in Serenia. Although the details are unclear, it involved using Atrus's body.
While Achenar was working on the machine in Serenia, Sirrus went to Spire, fooled by the natural palaces and hoping for a civilization to conquer. Instead he found himself trapped in the desolate prison Age. For the next twenty years he occupied himself by carving sculptures and experimenting with the properties of Spire's minerals, ultimately discovering a way to create a powerful explosion.
Sirrus pretended to have reformed when Atrus and Catherine made contact with him via a linking chamber, but was consumed with jealousy when he learned they were teaching Yeesha the Art. He used the crystal bombs to break open the linking cage and go to Tomahna, kidnapping Yeesha and bringing her to Serenia, where he could switch bodies with her and, pretending to be Yeesha, learn the Art. He was foiled in this by the Stranger and Achenar, and his mind was crushed by its naked exposure to Dream.
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Atrus family tree
| Gehn senior | ∞ | (unknown) | Edit this box More detail ➡ |
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| Kahlis | ∞ | Tasera | ||||
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| Aitrus | ∞ | Ti'ana (Anna) | ||||
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| Gehn | ∞ | Keta (Leira) | ||||
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| Atrus | ∞ | Katran (Catherine) | ||||
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| Achenar | Sirrus | Yeesha | ||||
[edit] Background
In Myst game Sirrus was portrayed by Robyn Miller. In Revelation by actor Brian Wrench.
In Myst, the player can communicate with Sirrus and through the linking panel he will ask for the pages that will repair his linking book and set free. However canonically this didn't actually happen.
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[edit] References
- Sirrus and Achenar are mentioned briefly in the epilogue.
- The events of Myst and Revelation are summarized in Yeesha's journals.
