Rhys Thuryn

Rhys Thuryn is a fictional character in the Deryni series of historical fantasy novels by Katherine Kurtz.

Rhys Malachy Thuryn is a highly talented Deryni Healer and the son-in-law of Earl Camber MacRorie of Culdi. Through his connection to the MacRorie family, he plays a central role in the Haldane Restoration, and he is later a founding member of the Camberian Council. In addition, he is the inventor of a Deryni meditation practice known as "the Thuryn technique."

Although the name Rhys has no established significance within the novels, the character carries his father's first name, Malachy, as his middle name.

Rhys is motivated by both his personal morals and his loyalty to the MacRorie family.

Rhys' first goal in the series, to find Prince Cinhil Haldane, eventually leads to his participation in a plot to place Cinhil on the throne of Gwynedd. In addition, Rhys seeks to maintain the peaceful balance of power between Deryni and humans in Gwynedd, and to conceal the truth of Camber's apparent death.

Although Rhys is one of the primary protagonists in the Legends of Camber of Culdi trilogy, he does not have a specific personal conflict with another character. He supports the coup against Imre's tyrannical rule, and he opposes the actions and policies of those humans who seek to persecute Deryni, but there is no one character in particular with whom Rhys has a direct conflict. Although Tavis O'Neill does bear some animosity toward Rhys in Camber the Heretic, it is a relatively minor contention that is driven more by circumstances than any personal antagonism.

Rhys is born on February 17, 877, the only child of Lord Malachy Thuryn and his wife, Lady Rosanagh FitzWilliam. When his parents are killed in the Great Plague the following year, Rhys is taken in by his mother's close friend, Countess Jocelyn de la Marche MacRorie, and her husband, Earl Camber MacRorie of Culdi. At the age of eleven, Rhys discovers that he has the ability to be a Healer, and he eventually pursues formal training in that vocation. Upon completing his training, Rhys establishes a medical practice in the city of Valoret, where he quickly develops a reputation as a talented and promising young Healer.

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