Editing Zine-Margot (section)

=='''History'''==
*She is an ancient member of the court of Amber. She is one of the oldest retainers of Amber. She has held a wide variety of offices and roles including Cook's assistant, Chief Cook, Queen's Dresser, Queen's Dressmaker, Wash Mistress, Mistress of Pets, Mistress of Maid Servants, Mistress of Royal Staff, all the way to Queen's Chief Lady in Waiting( Under Harla ).  
*She has served as Chief Herald and Keeper of the [[Amber Order of Precedence]]  

While she has not served as leader of the College of Heralds she is a member of its Council.  She is a member of many councils and associations. 
*She is a member of many guilds as well having served in many roles for over the 30 year term many guilds require for a Life Membership. She is one of the most frequent appointees to the [[Council of Commentary]] usually filling a King's Appointment although several guilds favor appointing her because of her connections.
*She is virulently opposed to the [[Non-Partisan Anti-Agolith Association]].

==='''Origin'''===
Her origin is unclear since it predates the formation of the Kingdom of Amber.  However some parts of her personal legend are reasonably certain.  
*She was a member of House Pardunas
*Her accolade is so ancient that she ranks in the Order of Precedence in the top 5 of the nobility, below the royalty. While she uses the title Dame, accorded for her first peerage, she holds a collection of coronets, including Duchess of Amber.  She holds nearly every award the crown offers for non-military service and most they award for military service.
*While she dismisses her rank as Queen of Amber it is undeniable that during [[the Repair]] she wore the Coronet of the Queen of Amber, and it being a powerful magical artifact allowed it, recognizing her as Queen of Amber.  She also wore the Crown of Amber, once during the initial Court of Queen Margot, making her arguably a ruling Queen equal to the Kings of Amber.  This is a sticky question in Amber.
*Rumors are that she was one of the members of the groups of settlers Oberon and Clymnea brought to the fledgling city.

==='''House Paradunas'''===
What is known is that she was of a noble house called House Paradunas, and not its founder, implying that her parents brought her to Amber, possibly as a child.  It is listed in the early records, fourth of the first 10 noble houses created by Oberon in Amber. It did not achieve greatness and all its members eventually perished, in battle and of old age leaving her the last member of this ancient house. 

There is a tradition that the baronage of House Paradunas was granted to its Baron, Rolo Paradunas, at the time of the creation of the formal Duchy of Amber, as part of the Kingdom of Thelusia.  That Rolo and his wife Malat had been batman and chief lady's maid to Oberon and [[Cymnea]] in the very first centuries of the construction of the Castle Amber, and that Margot was one of their children.  The house was composed of collection of grooms, soldiers, scribes and clerics, all who served under Rolo and Malat.  

The members of House Pardunas were servants and as such rarely came to the notice of historians.  There are a variety of genealogies none of which Margot will confirm.  Having come from Thelusia the members of the house aged and died.  Soldiers of the house died in early conflicts, most of which involved monsters and wild creatures existing in the lands that eventually became amber.  Rolo himself is supposed to have been slain by manticores. 


====''' Margot's Purchase of Space in the Castle.  This becomes the Workstation'''==== 
In time, the few estates, fiefs, rights,and holdings given to Pardunas fell into disrepair as retired members died.  Margot, a member of the royal staff, was rarely concerned about family accounts until it occurred that she was one the last member of the house, oldest, and the baronial title fell to her.

. At that time she traded nearly the total possessions of her failed House to purchase a corner suite and 2 neighboring suites, in the Servants Quarters of the Castle Amber and to secure a servant's role in the staff of the new kingdom. Opening the three suites up to each other she created a space long used for meetings, social gatherings and other activities in the day to day life of the Castle Amber and its staff. Her service to the family and court of Amber stems from the days after she moved into the castle.  She has lived in that corner suite ever since.

===='''Current Status of House Paradunas'''====
*The ancient charter for House Paradunas is still active and it is listed as the 4th of the original 10 houses chartered by Oberon and Cymnea. Dame Margot is the only member of the Noble line and is accorded the rank of Baroness. 
*The estates, material and treasures of the house were lost, sold, or destroyed over a couple centuries by its leaders right before the declaration of the Kingdom of Amber. Lady Margot of Ainsi traded the last of the lands of the House for her suite in the castle. There is a tale that when she offered the land to King Oberon all that was left was scorched land and a single scrap of paper with the house's charter.  She entered her bare suites in her only dress and bare feet, clutching her charter and her bill of sale.  The rumor has always been that her suites are the only parts of the castle that do not belong to the royal household.
*The charter for Houe Pardunas and the Bill of Sale for Castle property, signed by Oberon and Cymnea are framed and hang in a back hallway among many scrolls, awards, and other family documents.  This hall is not generally used by activities in her suite.
*One piece of property is still listed as the possession of the House, though in practicality it is the possession of Dame Margot.  The [[Fief of Ainsi]] is a small holding deep in the western portions of Amber near Yal.