Achenar

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Achenar upon being confronted in Serenia.

Achenar (9432 - 9480 DE ^{(1777 - 1825 AD)}) was the eldest son of Atrus and Catherine, brother to Sirrus and Yeesha. He was likely named after the star Achernar^[1].

1 Biography
2 Writings
3 Atrus family tree
4 Background
- 4.1 Featured
- 4.2 References
5 References

[edit] Biography

Mentally unstable and emotionally out of control, he came to take pleasure in having power over the Ages, torturing the people and destroying their worlds. He often clashed with his smugly arrogant brother, who he hated furiously. He was, however, willing to work together with Sirrus in a plan to eliminate their parents before they learned of what the brothers had been doing. Although Atrus and Catherine were successfully trapped away from Myst, Achenar's suspicion of his brother overcame him while they were working on the fulfillment of their plan in Serenia, and he left for Haven, access to which had been previously denied by Atrus.

Achenar soon realized that Haven was a trap, and that he had no way back. At first he went on a killing spree with the native animals, trying in particular to kill both cerpatees that inhabited the area. After he succeeded in this he lost some of his purpose and fell into melancholy, beginning to be tormented by his guilt. Eventually he discovered he could engage in rudimentary communication with the mangrees, which relieved some of his loneliness.

After twenty years of isolation, Atrus and Catherine made contact with him again via a secure linking cage. He befriended his little sister, and when Sirrus pursued her to Haven Achenar tried to protect her but was incapacitated by one of Sirrus's crystal bombs. When he recovered he went to Tomahna and thence to Serenia to try and rescue her. After realizing Sirrus's plan to switch bodies with Yeesha, he helped the Stranger reverse the process. As the Memory chamber they were in was dying, he used the Life Stone to keep it alive long enough to save Yeesha, but exposed himself to its toxic gases in the process. He died reassuring Yeesha that "everything [was] going to be all right."

[edit] Writings

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

The following section is written from an OOC point of view. Events and elements surrounding the Myst Universe are regarded as fictional.

In Myst, Achenar was portrayed by Rand Miller (who also portrayed his father, Atrus), and in Revelation by actor Guy Sprung.

In Myst, the player can communicate with Achenar 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.