Cyril Paris

Cyril was born the eldest of two. His brother is Dennis Paris, who married Abigail and had a child named Layla. Cyril's parents are Elisa and Blane Paris.

He married Helen Paris in 1584, and they had two children, twins Ivy and Charles Paris

He has two adopted grandchildren, Yarra and Ed Greenwood-Paris.

## **Personality**

Cyril is a mild mannered man who has had to learn to not his empathy control his judgement. He's a sweetheart who learned to channel his empathy into diagnoses.

## **History**

### Early Life

As the oldest child, Cyril was put under pressure by his mother to continue the family tradition and become a doctor like his father. He apprenticed to his father and initially had problems with the academic side, but got there. His empathy made him well liked.

When he was 14 (1576), an unconscious patient was brought in, a young woman only a couple of years older than him. Being the apprentice, it was Cyril's responsibility to look after her until she woke up.

She did, and he leaned that her name was Helen. That was it. He helped her get back on her feet and find a place in Loburn, and the two forged a friendship. Throughout this time he believed her to be a Changeling.

### Adult Life

He left Loburn to head to Fionport in 1578 at 16 to properly study to be a doctor, which was a bit of a mess because the Kingdom of Duilintinn had only been founded the year before. He and Helen kept in touch and eventually he was assisting a doctor in Fionport, She came to join him to study to be an alchemist, and the two married in 1584.

Just before then though, Helen had a secret to share. She was not a Changeling, but from Fasithe. Her surname was Anthurium, she had run away, and that was all she would say.

Cyril was rather taken aback, and upset that she had lied for all this time, but realised how much she must trust him to tell him that. He said he wouldn’t ask further, and they made up.

They got married in Loburn and stayed there, Cyril taking over the practice from his father. Two years later, they had twins, originally Ivy and Gwendolyn, but became Ivy and Charles.

In 1602 he was supposed to take on an apprentice called Autumn Murtagh, but it fell through.

The greatest tragedy of his life is when Helen fell ill, and he couldn’t help her. She passed away in 1604 and it crushed him.

He hid it well. Putting on a face of control when around everyone else, breaking down in private. It became worse when Ivy left in the middle of the night. He desperately wanted Charles to stay, so he wouldn’t be in the house alone, but he could see that Charles needed to do something a bit more in his life, so tried to make sure he got back into his passion. They compromised, and Charles remained in House Schneeplestein, but in Fionport, until he got married and moved to Begdor.

Cyril has considered trying again with romance, but can’t really being himself to. He’s a little lonely, but he had family and friends in Loburn, as well as a busy day job, so he copes.

In 1606 Autumn Green came to visit, to explain her dropping out of the apprenticeship. The two part fondly.

In 1607 he finally meets Ivy again, visiting her at the Whetstone. The meet up every now and again, but he is taken by surprise when, in late 1608, Ivy turns up on his doorstop, on medical leave from the Guard.

She stayed with him for a month before joining the Watch. They try to meet for Namedays and the Winter Celebration. The whole family came together for Charles's and Mags's wedding in Begdor in 1611.

The family got together in 1613 in Loburn for the Winter Celebration.

In mid 1614 Cyril went to visit the Greenwood-Paris's in Begdor, and was surprised to see Ivy there. She told him of her plan to enter the Fae Realm and asked about her mother. He finally dropped the information of her being a Fasithe runaway, much to her surprise. He was sceptical about the expedition and tried to convince her not to go, but was unsuccessful.

In September 1614 a blast from the past appeared, soaking wet, on his doorstop. Elliot and Lacy Anthurium, also running from Fasithe. They are currently staying with him, as much as Lacy wants to return home.