Cyrus Spivey is the father of Ty Spivey and Tanya Spivey, and the leader of Cyrus's Mountain Militia. Cyrus hid with his group for at least three years in a cave. When Vicki Byrne arrived at the cave to try to help Tanya, Cyrus' violent and controlling personality came to light. In the dramatic audio presentation, he is a minor antagonist in volume 5 and 6.
Biography[]
Before the Rapture[]
Before a couple of days before the Rapture, Cyrus told his wife not to talk to her children but to write a letter to her children. His wife had been listening to a Christian ministry on the radio.
After the Rapture[]
After the Rapture, Cyrus woke up and only found his wife's wedding ring and nightgown on the bed. Even though his wife disagreed with him on subjects concerning religion, Cyrus was sure that his wife is in heaven and that there was not a better woman in the world than her. However, since Cyrus did not appreciate the Christian doctrine of grace, he enjoined his children to do good deeds so they can be together in heaven.
Personality[]
In the Dramatic Audio, Vicki Byrne describes him as a militia wacko who uses the Bible as some crazy code book. He is not a believer and does not have the seal of God, but rather he knows some "Christianese" such as the Battle of Armageddon and that Nicolae Carpathia is the dragon of Revelation.
According to his daughter, Tanya, Cyrus believes that Jesus is a great prophet who was going to set up his kingdom on earth. This plan was thwarted when Jesus died, but God left that job to those living after Jesus. Tanya says Cyrus believes that Jesus did came back from the dead, but Jesus was not resurrected (anastasis/ανάσταση) but Jesus would come back in heaven or as an angel since Jesus performed more good deeds than bad. Those who do bad things would be reincarnated as a plant or some non-human animal; Tanya says that although she tries hard to be good, she is scared of coming back as a goat or lilac. Vicki tries to confute this by citing Hebrews 9:27 that says that people die once and would then be judged.
Cyrus is revered among his group, often being referred to as "Prophet Cy". He was able to command obedience from the group as he will harshly punish any transgression and dissent. Tayna stood up to her father. When his daughter Tanya supported Vicki Byrne's doctrines about salvation, Cyrus locked Tanya and Vicki in a darkened room.
When Cyrus' Mountain Militia was eating a communal meal, Ty Spivey pointed out that ever since Tanya met Vicki, Ty said that Tanya had changed for the better and that was due to what Vicki had told him. Cyrus became angry because he perceived that to be a challenge to his authority. During this confrontation, Cyrus discharged a gun at the wall. Someone from his group had a gun and pointed it at Cyrus. Cyrus grabbed his gun and fired it at him, but the weapon only produced a click, since Cyrus only loaded the guns he granted access to the members of the group only when they were hunting. Cyrus did not trust the members of his group to have weapons.
Appearances[]
- 33. Attack on Petra (first appearance)
- 34. Bounty Hunters (last appearance, death)
Mentions[]
Trivia[]
- Cyrus's first appearance is in book 33.
- Cyrus believed in a few prophecies and statements from the Bible but never became a true believer.
- Cyrus is the only named unbeliever in the series to be executed by the guillotine.
- In addition, Cyrus is the only named unbeliever to be executed by Kruno Fulcire.
- Cyrus's death was in book 34.
- Cyrus was the only member of his family to not become a believer.
- Cyrus is one of only two parents of a Young Tribulation Force member to survive up to the Great Tribulation period, the other was Mitchell Stein.