Cyrus (Monsters)

General Information

Chrono Trigger

Era: Native time 600 A.D., encountered as ghost in 1000 A.D.
Home Area: Northern Ruins
HP: 3000
TP: 0
Exp: 0
Gold: 0
Weakness: None
Charm: None

Note: He cannot be harmed by anything, and it is impossible to run from him.

Bio

Cyrus was the mentor of the original game's Glenn. He does not possess many lines in the first game, but he was both a fierce soldier and a kind-hearted, decent man. He was killed by Magus after the Masamune was knocked from his grasp. In this incident, Glenn was transformed into Frog. Thought dead by Magus, he recovered the Hero's Medal from the scene of the fight and dedicated his life to protecting Guardia and avenging Cyrus. During the quest to defeat Lavos, the team visited the Northern Ruins. The first time around, Cyrus took the form of a monster. However, visiting him at these same ruins in 600 A.D. with Frog in the party yields a final blessing from Cyrus and the Masamune's final upgrade in the game, making it one of the most powerful weapons available to the party.

Analysis

The name Cyrus comes from Cyrus II the Great (576-529 B.C.), who was considered to be the first significant king of the Persian Empire of the period. Proving his mettle as a warrior, he overthrew his overlord and conquered the region. He was no less distinguished as a statesman than as a fighter -- the Charter of Cyrus the Great (537 B.C.), considered to be the first declaration of universal human rights, was discovered in 1879 in Babylon and is currently kept in the British Museum.

Cyrus II is also mentioned twenty-three times in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. He is portrayed as the savior of the Jews, a people that at that time were in thrall to Babylon. He issued the decree of liberation for the Jews {Ezra 1:1-2), which allowed them to return and rebuild the Temple. The man was in a sense both a mentor and a warrior -- he gave his favor to the Biblical prophet Daniel.

Cyrus the Guardian Knight is mentioned again in Chrono Cross in Pierre's Tech skill Cyrus Punch. If all parts of the Hero's Set are not acquired and equipped on Pierre, though, the attack will always fail.

From: Monsters (Chrono Trigger)
From: Characters (Chrono Trigger)