Emrys

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Warning: This contains spoilers from The Timeless One

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> ***"I'm told everyone went quite insane except me...Though I added the 'except me' part myself, which makes me wonder if...ah, well."***
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> --Cyrus to Fort on the mental state of the clairvoyance students, in *The Revenge of Magic*
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**Cyrus** is a supporting character and later, the antagonist in the *Revenge of Magic* series. He is best friends with Fort Fitzgerald, Jia Liang, and Rachel Carter.

## History

### Pre-Series

Emrys was born at the end of time into a place where the Old Ones had been banished for an inconceivable amount of time. He would have found himself living backwards in time, but was able to use magic to sync himself with the regular form of time. Because he had no family, he longed for them, and missed them terribly. He started fighting against his future self, trying to free the rest of his family. At some point, Cyrus attended the Carmarthen Academy, along with the six other students Ellora, Simon, William, Amelia, Tim, and Cerise. As he “learned” time magic, he eventually got to the point with the others where they could see the future. However, after using this spell, everyone but Cyrus got lost in time, not really having a strict time and place for where they wanted to go. He then was transferred to the Oppenheimer School.

### *The Revenge of Magic*

Cyrus is the first student that Fort meets at the Oppenheimer School, and the two of them quickly become best friends, bunking together in the dormitory after Fort has a bad encounter with the Chads. Cyrus uses his foresight to help Fort, Jia and Rachel find the place where the books of magic are kept, as well as the room with the dragon skeletons, where they also find a sword, an armored glove, and a broken crown. When Ketas takes over Damian's body and attacks the Oppenheimer School, Fort tells Cyrus to give Rachel, Jia and Sebastian the protection amulets. Cyrus helps them defeat the Old One and send him back to the other dimension.

### *The Last Dragon*

Cyrus is the first of Fort's friends to appear in the second book. When Fort wakes up from a nightmare, he finds Cyrus shaking him awake and asking if he is okay. Cyrus announces that he received a vision of where the books of Summoning and Mind magic are. The next day, Cyrus, Fort, Rachel, and Jia talk about their plan until Colonel Charles takes Fort away to show him to his new room. At dinner, Fort meets up with his friends again to go over the plan, and Cyrus uses his future vision to guide them. After they discover that Fort had been lying to them about destroying the books, Rachel, Jia, and Cyrus avoid Fort, although Cyrus appears to be the only one not angry. He makes many attempts to talk to Fort, but isn't successful until much later in the book. Cyrus reveals to Fort that he is going to be sent to the Clairvoyance school with Dr. Oppenheimer, and that he won't be coming back. He and Fort get into a fight after Cyrus reminds Fort that he can't go looking for his father, because he saw in the future that Fort would get hurt or stuck in the Old One's dimension if he went alone. Cyrus tells Fort that the only way to keep everyone safe would be to leave his father behind, which makes Fort angrily storm away. At the end of the book, Fort finds out that Cyrus is trapped in the Clairvoyance school, after a black dome appeared over half the United Kingdom.

### *The Future King*

When Fort arrives at the Clairvoyance school with Jia and Rachel, he finds Sierra and Dr. Oppenheimer, but not Cyrus. None of the other Time students appear to know where he is. Later, Cyrus pulls Fort into the future, and he is seen inside a cottage with an old man. He tells Fort to bring him the book of Spirit magic once they find it.

## Appearance

Cyrus is described with a distinct British accent, with white or silver curly hair that "practically seems to glow under fluorescent lights". Like every other student at the Oppenheimer school, he wears the green uniform throughout most of the series. As Emrys, he wears the dark red cloak of an Old One, with one armored and one skeletal glove.

## Special Abilities

* Cyrus has completely mastered Time magic
* He can see into the future, except when the books of magic are involved, because it causes the future to look fuzzy.
* Has the ability to manipulate time, speed up time, slow it down, and stop it completely.

## Trivia

* The name “Emrys” originates from Welsh origins, and means immortal
* In some stories, Merlin is referred to as Emrys

## Facts

* On James Riley’s tumblr blog, Cyrus was hinted to be either gay or omnisexual. He is confirmed to be attracted to Fort.
* Cyrus does not believe in Harry Houdini
* Chicken fingers are Cyrus’s favorite food at the Oppenheimer school’s cafeteria
* He is the most powerful Time student, according to Ellora, William, and Simon
* His eyes glow back when he uses his time magic
* Cyrus loves to read mystery comic books, and refuses to use his magic when he reads them