The final clue to the guilt or innocence of the brothers is given by Sirrus and Achenar themselves. Both brothers' rooms often have messages from the other, usually threatening or scheming in nature. Achenar's rooms contain torture devices, disturbingly dangerous toys, and even recordings of him angrily shouting in a foreign language. After all, it might have been Sirrus as well."Īs The Stranger works their way through the four ages of Myst, they discover the character of each brother. A message from Atrus in a hidden chamber on Myst Island reveals that he believes the destruction of the various ages is due to one of their sons he believes Achenar is responsible, but that he "shouldn't leap to conclusions. However, the majority of their dialogue is used to either incriminate the other brother for dangerous crimes, or to plead for the player to find more pages, claiming that they will be released from their wrongful imprisonment once all the pages of their color are found and inserted into their books. Sirrus and Achenar guide the player through the game to an extent, telling them the story behind what occurred on Myst Island in the past, albeit mostly lies. The linking panel's image was too heavily distorted at first to even see Achenar, until the stranger inserts the first missing page into the book, at which point, the brothers can, if only barely, make contact. Achenar was trapped in a book with a blue cover and pages, with several of the pages missing. ![]() They are imprisoned in Trap Books, then described as the void between two worlds when a linking book's writing isn't quite finished (this was retconned in later games). In Myst, Sirrus and Achenar are the first and most frequent characters The Stranger interacts with. Achenar to the Stranger in the blue book " Remember, don't take the red page! Only the blue page. A collection of human skeletons and rotten corpses can be found in Achenar's torture chambers. It is uncertain if the original inhabitants of the MYST ages are driven out by the oppressive brothers, or outright killed off by the brothers. He also appears to use various tribal masks and holograms to instill fear into his victims. Achenar's various rooms are filled with devices for torture, including an electrified cage, a jack-in-the-box that has a cobra hidden inside, a collection of lethal poisons, and a large contraption for tearing the victim in pieces. Most Ages of MYST featured the living quarters of the brothers. It is believed that Sirrus and Achenar are responsible for plundering the ages dry to satisfy their greed and blood-lust. In the original game, all Ages of MYST appears to be empty, lifeless shells of the once beautiful worlds described in Atrus' journals. In the Epilogue of " The Book of Atrus" it is mentioned that Achenar and his brother often played in the woods on the island, accompanied by their great-grandmother, Ti'ana. He would take the two of them on journeys to the ages and introduced them to the wonders of the Art, but he was nervous about teaching it to them. He was born on Myst Island, around 1776 (9432) - this makes him around thirty years old in the first game, and around thirty-nine by the time of his death.Ītrus was quick to show the brothers all the ages that he had created.
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