Maurice Schyler was Simon Lovelace's old master, and the two kept a regular correspondence with each other, as revealed by Lovelace's messenger imp. Schyler conspired with Lovelace to take over the British government. He was a cold, calloused man who held Rupert Devereaux in contempt for his position of power, and, when Nathaniel refused to join him and Lovelace, he attempted to kill him, expressing the desire to give the boy a painful death had he more time. He was killed by three Prague Cubes Nathaniel threw at him in retaliation, which propelled him into a wall, breaking his neck.