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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>==Amber Timeline==<br />
<br />
===The Beginning===<br />
<br />
'''N/A'''<br />
<br />
There is nothing?<br />
<br />
Primal Chaos is born <br />
<br />
First shape-changers are born <br />
<br />
The Serpent and Unicorn come into existence<br />
<br />
The Courts of Chaos are created <br />
<br />
Oberon is born to the Unicorn (father is Dworkin)<br />
<br />
Dworkin flees from Chaos to a small sudden island<br />
<br />
Dworkin meditates upon the abyss <br />
<br />
The Jewel is revealed to Dworkin by the Unicorn<br />
<br />
'''4000 BC'''<br />
<br />
Dworkin creates Amber out of Chaos <br />
<br />
Oberon marries Cymnea<br />
<br />
'''-3000y'''<br />
<br />
Benedict, Osric, Finndo, born to Cymnea (father is Oberon) <br />
<br />
Dworkin begins to fashion the family Trumps<br />
<br />
Eric born to Faiella (father is Oberon)<br />
<br />
Oberon dissolves marriage to Cymnea <br />
<br />
Oberon marries Faiella (father is Oberon)<br />
<br />
Osric kills three of the House of Karm in a vendetta <br />
<br />
Oberon acquits Osric at a hearing, though he is friendly with Karm <br />
<br />
Oberon sends Osric to front lines in a nasty war<br />
<br />
Osric dies <br />
<br />
Finndo dies, purportedly in the service of Amber<br />
<br />
Corwin born to Faiella (father is Oberon)<br />
<br />
Caine born to Rilga (father is Oberon)<br />
<br />
Faiella dies giving birth to Deirdre (father is Oberon) <br />
<br />
Oberon marries Clarissa <br />
<br />
Fiona, Bleys born to Clarissa (father is Oberon)<br />
<br />
Llewella born to Moins (father is Oberon)<br />
<br />
Oberon divorces Clarissa <br />
<br />
Oberon recognizes Llewella as legitimate<br />
<br />
Brand born to Clarissa (father is Oberon)<br />
<br />
Flora born to Dybele (father is Oberon)<br />
<br />
Julian, Gerard born to Rilga (father is Oberon)<br />
<br />
Sand, Delwin born to Harla (father is Oberon)<br />
<br />
Random, Mirelle born to Paulette (father is Oberon) <br />
<br />
Mandor born to ? (father is Sawall) <br />
<br />
Jurt born to Dara (father is Sawall) <br />
<br />
Despil born to Dara (father is Sawall)<br />
<br />
Coral born to Kinta of Begma (father is Oberon)<br />
<br />
'''-187y'''<br />
<br />
Sand and Delwin depart from Amber<br />
<br />
===The Old Days===<br />
Deela the Desacratrix burns Unicorn shrines at Begma <br />
<br />
Oberon defeats Deela, takes her prisoner, rapes her <br />
<br />
Deela escapes <br />
<br />
Dalt born to Deela (father is Oberon) <br />
<br />
Deela begins to raid once more around Begma<br />
<br />
Oberon sends Bleys to defeat and kill Deela<br />
<br />
Corwin and Bleys strand Random on an island<br />
<br />
Random puts a spike in Corwin's boot <br />
<br />
Brand, Bleys, and Fiona study with Dworkin<br />
<br />
Kashfa and Begma clash over Eregnor <br />
<br />
Corwin rules over Avalon <br />
<br />
Random goes to Rebma and elopes with Morganthe<br />
<br />
Martin born to Morganthe (father is Random)<br />
<br />
Random banished from Rebma <br />
<br />
Martin walks Pattern, leaves Rebma <br />
<br />
Corwin gulls Caine <br />
<br />
Corwin beats Julian at his favorite game<br />
<br />
'''-160y'''<br />
<br />
Moonriders out of Ghenesh attack Amber<br />
<br />
Benedict holds the pass above Arden against the Moonriders <br />
<br />
Dark things out of Shadow attack at Jones Falls<br />
<br />
Brand has argument with Corwin <br />
<br />
Corwin and Eric fight while hunting in the Forest of Arden<br />
<br />
===Before the Chronicles===<br />
<br />
'''-156y - 1664'''<br />
<br />
Corwin exiled by Eric after their fight<br />
<br />
Brand and Gerard search for Corwin in many shadows <br />
<br />
Tomb built for Corwin, assumed dead <br />
<br />
Benedict leaves Amber for Avalon<br />
<br />
'''-74y - 1787'''<br />
<br />
Flora goes to Shadow Earth<br />
<br />
'''-72y - 10/1790'''<br />
<br />
Flora first spots Corwin on Shadow Earth<br />
<br />
Dworkin tells Oberon how to destroy the Pattern<br />
<br />
Oberon imprisons Dworkin <br />
<br />
Brand, Bleys, and Fiona form cabal <br />
<br />
Oberon gets mad with Eric and glorifies Corwin over dinner <br />
<br />
Brand allies with powers from Chaos and learns how to destroy Pattern<br />
<br />
'''-65y - 1850-1855'''<br />
<br />
Brand asks Llewella and Random about Martin<br />
<br />
'''-22y'''<br />
<br />
Jasra becomes consort to King Menillan of Kashfa<br />
<br />
King Menillan dies <br />
<br />
Jasra organizes coup headed by Jasrick and Kasman<br />
<br />
Jasra and Brand meet over magical operation, secretly marry <br />
<br />
Brand leaves Kashfa <br />
<br />
Rinaldo born to Jasra (father is Brand)<br />
<br />
Jasra has Jasrick killed <br />
<br />
Jasra leaves for the Keep of the Four Worlds<br />
<br />
Rinaldo is left in charge of Kashfa <br />
<br />
Jasra stays in the Keep, trying to win over Sharu Garrul <br />
<br />
Rinaldo takes Dalt to walk the Pattern at Tir-na Nog'th <br />
<br />
Rinaldo worries about Jasra, attack the Keep with Dalt <br />
<br />
Jasra beats Sharu in a sorcerous duel, pays off Dalt <br />
<br />
Kasman takes over in Kashfa <br />
<br />
Kasman attacks the Keep in order to eliminate Jasra and Rinaldo <br />
<br />
Rinaldo leaves the Keep <br />
<br />
Brand takes Rinaldo to walk the Pattern at Tir-na Nog'th <br />
<br />
Brand initiates himself into the Fount of Power at the Keep <br />
<br />
Dalt attacks the Keep on his own <br />
<br />
Rinaldo takes Dalt to walk the Pattern at Tir-na Nog'th <br />
<br />
Dalt attacks Amber, fails, is wounded by Benedict<br />
<br />
'''-2y - 1966'''<br />
<br />
Random goes to Texorami <br />
<br />
Brand paints a trump of Martin<br />
<br />
'''-1y9m - 1967'''<br />
<br />
Brand finds Martin and stabs him over the Pattern<br />
<br />
Brand, Bleys, and Fiona involve Benedict with the hellmaids <br />
<br />
Oberon is lured away by Brand, Bleys, and Fiona<br />
<br />
'''-1y6m - 1967'''<br />
<br />
Oberon is imprisoned in the Courts of Chaos<br />
<br />
'''-3m - 1968'''<br />
<br />
Bleys and Eric argue over the throne; Bleys leaves Amber <br />
<br />
Eric seizes control of Amber <br />
<br />
Bleys builds military strike force <br />
<br />
Brand tries to win Caine over to the cabal, fails<br />
<br />
Eric-Caine-Julian alliance formed <br />
<br />
Brand sees Corwin in Tir-na Nog'th <br />
<br />
Brand sees Corwin is Eric's mind <br />
<br />
Brand under surveillance by Eric in Amber<br />
<br />
Bleys and Fiona split with Brand <br />
<br />
Corwin begins to regain memory<br />
<br />
'''-2d - 1968'''<br />
<br />
Brand escapes Amber, puts Corwin in Porter Sanitarium <br />
<br />
Brand recaptured by Eric <br />
<br />
Corwin escapes from Porter<br />
<br />
'''0d - 1968'''<br />
<br />
Brand escapes again, shoots Corwin's tires out<br />
<br />
Eric puts Corwin in Greenwood, under Flora's care <br />
<br />
Brand captured by Bleys and Fiona, put in Tower<br />
<br />
Brand calls Random for help <br />
<br />
Random attempts to save Brand, fails <br />
<br />
Julian contacts Random about the throne<br />
<br />
Random loses his Trumps<br />
<br />
===The Nine Princes of Amber===<br />
'''+6d'''<br />
<br />
Corwin escapes Greenwood, goes to Flora's house <br />
<br />
Corwin finds Flora's Trumps <br />
<br />
Flora attempts to return to Amber, fails<br />
<br />
Random arrives at Flora's house<br />
<br />
'''+7d'''<br />
<br />
Corwin and Random set out for Amber <br />
<br />
Corwin and Random take Julian prisoner in Arden, release him <br />
<br />
Corwin and Random save Deirdre, go to Rebma<br />
<br />
Random sentenced to marry Vialle<br />
<br />
'''+9d'''<br />
<br />
Corwin walks Pattern in Rebma <br />
<br />
Corwin transports himself to Amber <br />
<br />
Corwin and Eric fight <br />
<br />
Corwin goes to Bleys, encamped at Avernus<br />
<br />
Bleys and Corwin make alliance <br />
<br />
Corwin makes deals with Gerard and Caine to open the seas <br />
<br />
Corwin contacts Oberon and Brand by Trump, both weakly <br />
<br />
Corwin and Bleys build force, attack Amber, fail<br />
<br />
'''+96d'''<br />
<br />
Bleys falls off stairs, Corwin taken<br />
<br />
'''+100d - 1968'''<br />
<br />
Eric crowned <br />
<br />
Corwin blinded, imprisoned, fed by Lord Rein<br />
<br />
'''+4y10d - 1971'''<br />
<br />
Corwin regains eyesight and escapes to Cabra with Dworkin's help <br />
<br />
Corwin stays with Jopin at the Lighthouse<br />
<br />
'''+4y100d'''<br />
<br />
Corwin resists Trump contact, decides to leave Cabra<br />
<br />
===The Guns of Avalon===<br />
<br />
'''1971'''<br />
<br />
Corwin goes to Lorraine<br />
<br />
Corwin meets Lance, travels to the Keep of Ganelon <br />
<br />
Corwin meets Lorraine, the girl <br />
<br />
Someone attempts to contact Corwin once more<br />
<br />
Corwin and Ganelon defeat the Black Circle<br />
<br />
Corwin and Ganelon travel to Avalon <br />
<br />
Benedict romances Lintra, then kills her, losing an arm <br />
<br />
Benedict defeats the hellmaids <br />
<br />
Dara is born in Chaos (great-grandfather is Benedict)<br />
<br />
'''+5y90d - 1972'''<br />
<br />
Corwin and Ganelon meet Benedict<br />
<br />
'''+5y93d'''<br />
<br />
Corwin meets Dara <br />
<br />
Ganelon kills Benedict's servants<br />
<br />
'''+5y94d'''<br />
<br />
Corwin gets diamonds and gunpowder<br />
<br />
'''+5y95d'''<br />
<br />
Corwin and Ganelon leave Avalon, encounter Black Road<br />
<br />
Corwin saves girl from Black Road<br />
<br />
Benedict chases Corwin, fights, loses <br />
<br />
Corwin calls Gerard to help Benedict<br />
<br />
'''+5y129d - 08/1972'''<br />
<br />
Corwin gets Winchester 30-30 rifles on Earth <br />
<br />
Eric begins major battle with Black Road<br />
<br />
Corwin visits old house, reads Eric's message<br />
<br />
Ganelon and Corwin go to Riik to collect troops<br />
<br />
'''+5y150d'''<br />
<br />
Ganelon and Corwin march on Amber <br />
<br />
Dara arrives in Amber<br />
<br />
'''+5y156d'''<br />
<br />
Corwin wins battle at Amber <br />
<br />
Eric dies in battle <br />
<br />
Corwin and Random go to the Pattern <br />
<br />
Dara completes the Pattern <br />
<br />
Dara claims "Amber will be destroyed" <br />
<br />
Merlin born to Dara (father is Corwin)<br />
<br />
Merlin grows up in the Courts of Chaos<br />
<br />
===Sign of the Unicorn===<br />
<br />
'''+5y162d'''<br />
<br />
Caine is found dead <br />
<br />
Random tells his story (of the Tower) to Corwin<br />
<br />
Corwin attunes to the Jewel <br />
<br />
Flora tells her story (of Eric, etc.) to Corwin<br />
<br />
Corwin visits his tomb with Ganelon<br />
<br />
'''+5y163d'''<br />
<br />
Corwin and Gerard fight, bury Caine, at the Grove of the Unicorn <br />
<br />
Corwin and Gerard see the Unicorn <br />
<br />
Brand is returned by united family effort<br />
<br />
Fiona stabs Brand <br />
<br />
Gerard takes care of Brand <br />
<br />
Caine stabs Corwin <br />
<br />
Corwin returns to Shadow Earth, stashes Jewel<br />
<br />
'''+5y164d'''<br />
<br />
Random brings Corwin back to Amber <br />
<br />
Corwin visits Brand <br />
<br />
Brand recovers well <br />
<br />
Corwin goes to Tir-na Nog'th, gets mechanical arm from Benedict<br />
<br />
'''+5y165d'''<br />
<br />
Corwin, Ganelon, and Random follow Unicorn to Primal Pattern<br />
<br />
===The Hand of Oberon===<br />
Martin's Trump found in the Pattern<br />
<br />
Benedict and Random seek Martin <br />
<br />
Corwin talks to Vialle<br />
<br />
'''+5y167d'''<br />
<br />
Corwin goes to Dworkin's quarters <br />
<br />
Corwin trumps to the Courts of Chaos, kills rider, meets Merlin<br />
<br />
'''+5y175d'''<br />
<br />
Corwin returns via Gerard's Trump <br />
<br />
Corwin talks to Brand again <br />
<br />
Caine attacks Brand <br />
<br />
Ganelon tells Benedict about Dara <br />
<br />
Corwin and Benedict form alliance <br />
<br />
Gerard fights Corwin again, Ganelon intercedes<br />
<br />
Corwin talks to Julian <br />
<br />
Corwin returns to Earth to retrieve the Jewel, talks to Bill Roth <br />
<br />
Brand gets the Jewel first <br />
<br />
Corwin orders all the Patterns guarded<br />
<br />
Corwin talks to Fiona <br />
<br />
Brand show up at the Pattern in Amber, met by Gerard, flees <br />
<br />
Brand starts walking the Primal Pattern<br />
<br />
Corwin intercepts him, forces Brand to transport out <br />
<br />
Random finds Martin, who tells his story<br />
<br />
Brand goes to Tir-na Nog'th to walk Pattern there<br />
<br />
Benedict intercepts him, regains the Jewel, using mechanical arm <br />
<br />
Ganelon reveals himself as Oberon<br />
<br />
===The Courts of Chaos===<br />
<br />
'''+5y178d'''<br />
<br />
Oberon takes command, gives separate orders to his children <br />
<br />
Brand draws Trumps for Sand and Delwin, who refuse to help him <br />
<br />
Replay of Tir-na Nog'th scene in Amber, Benedict loses arm <br />
<br />
Corwin talks to Dara, learns of Merlin<br />
<br />
Corwin tries to repair the Pattern himself and is stopped by Oberon <br />
<br />
Corwin talks to Oberon <br />
<br />
Oberon orders everyone to attack Chaos<br />
<br />
Corwin begins his hellride <br />
<br />
Oberon starts walking the Pattern to repair it<br />
<br />
Oberon sends the Jewel to Corwin via the bird<br />
<br />
Brand's first contact with Corwin ("Dad failed")<br />
<br />
Corwin hides in cave, meets man with scripture<br />
<br />
Corwin almost lured by dwarves and by Lady<br />
<br />
Brand's second contact with Corwin (appears with crossbow, loses eye) <br />
<br />
Corwin meets Ygg, Hugi, and the Jackal<br />
<br />
Corwin inscribes a new Pattern <br />
<br />
Brand's third contact with Corwin (grabs the Jewel) <br />
<br />
Corwin and Brand both transport to Chaos<br />
<br />
Corwin kills Duke Borel of Chaos<br />
<br />
'''4/1977'''<br />
<br />
Battle of Chaos <br />
<br />
Oberon's message in the sky <br />
<br />
Brand killed by Caine's crossbow, drags Deirdre over the cliff <br />
<br />
Family reunites after the battle <br />
<br />
Oberon's funeral <br />
<br />
Merlin appears <br />
<br />
Random made King of Amber by the Unicorn<br />
<br />
Corwin attunes Random to the Jewel <br />
<br />
Random diverts the Wave of Chaos <br />
<br />
Corwin tells his story to Merlin<br />
<br />
Rinaldo hears of his father Brand's death, on April 30<br />
<br />
===Trumps of Doom===<br />
Merlin goes to Shadow Earth, studies computer science in college <br />
<br />
Fiona takes Merlin to see Corwin's pattern<br />
<br />
Bill Roth works up Patternfall Treaty between Random and Swayvil <br />
<br />
Merlin meets Luke (Rinaldo) in college<br />
<br />
Merlin takes his girlfriend Julia through Shadow<br />
<br />
'''1978'''<br />
<br />
Rinaldo attempts to kill Merlin on April 30<br />
<br />
'''1979'''<br />
<br />
Rinaldo tries again the second year, and the next<br />
<br />
'''1980'''<br />
<br />
Rinaldo tries again the third year. Rinaldo breaks off the attempts on Merlin's life.<br />
<br />
'''1981'''<br />
<br />
Jasra continues the attempts to kill Merlin on April 30<br />
<br />
'''1982'''<br />
<br />
Merlin and Rinaldo graduate and join Grand Design <br />
<br />
Merlin begins building Ghostwheel <br />
<br />
Merlin breaks up with Julia <br />
<br />
Jasra attempts to kill Merlin, making a total of seven tries<br />
<br />
'''4/1984'''<br />
<br />
Merlin quits Grand Design, talks to Rinaldo about it <br />
<br />
Julia is killed by a dog-beast from Shadow <br />
<br />
Merlin goes to Julia's place, finds her dead, kills the beast <br />
<br />
Merlin finds the Trumps of Doom <br />
<br />
Merlin visits Rick Kinsky, Julia's old boyfriend<br />
<br />
Merlin visits Victor Melman, kills him in self-defense <br />
<br />
Jasra arrives at Melman's place, bites Merlin<br />
<br />
Merlin trumps off to the Sphinx, escapes<br />
<br />
'''5/1984'''<br />
<br />
Dalt gets ammo from Melman's building, burns it<br />
<br />
Merlin returns to Melman's building, finds a 30-30 bullet<br />
<br />
Caine murdered by Rinaldo<br />
<br />
Bleys wounded by Rinaldo <br />
<br />
Merlin goes to Rinaldo's hotel, gets ring<br />
<br />
Merlin checks into Hilton in Santa Fe <br />
<br />
Merlin meets up with Rinaldo <br />
<br />
Dan Martinez talks to Merlin <br />
<br />
Merlin removes ring <br />
<br />
Rinaldo and Merlin drive into the country<br />
<br />
Rinaldo kills Martinez<br />
<br />
Merlin goes to Bill Roth <br />
<br />
Merlin meets George Hansen <br />
<br />
Merlin and Bill Roth go to Amber <br />
<br />
Random, Merlin, and Martin discovers that the 30-30 bullets explode in Amber <br />
<br />
Merlin talks to Fiona and goes back to a bar on Earth <br />
<br />
Merlin meets Meg Devlin and goes to her apartment<br />
<br />
Caine's funeral<br />
<br />
Rinaldo attempts to shoot/blow up the Amberites, fails<br />
<br />
Merlin tells Random about Ghostwheel, is told to shut it down, Merlin leaves. <br />
<br />
Merlin tries to reach Ghostwheel, but is told to go back <br />
<br />
Merlin meets a lady in Shadow <br />
<br />
Merlin meets Rinaldo in Shadow <br />
<br />
Rinaldo imprisons Merlin in a crystal cave<br />
<br />
===Blood of Amber===<br />
<br />
'''5/84'''<br />
<br />
Merlin is locked in the crystal cave for over a month <br />
<br />
Merlin rigs a booby trap and escapes <br />
<br />
Merlin meets up with Jasra, immobilizes her<br />
<br />
Merlin trumps to Flora on Earth <br />
<br />
Rinaldo grabs Jasra away from Merlin <br />
<br />
Flora tells Merlin about Jasra, Kashfa<br />
<br />
Merlin tells Flora about Rinaldo <br />
<br />
Merlin tries to call Meg Devlin and George Hansen, fails <br />
<br />
Mask contacts Merlin <br />
<br />
Flora and Merlin go to Julia's place <br />
<br />
Merlin goes through trap door at Julia's place<br />
<br />
Merlin runs into Scrof, defeats him <br />
<br />
Rinaldo hires Dalt to attack the Keep with him<br />
<br />
Merlin goes to the Keep of the Four Worlds, meets the hermit Dave <br />
<br />
Dave tells Merlin about Sharu, Dalt, Kashfa, Jasra, Rinaldo, Brand <br />
<br />
Merlin tries to move closer to the Keep, is stopped by Mask <br />
<br />
Merlin trumps to Amber <br />
<br />
Dalt intentionally wounds Rinaldo in battle at the Keep <br />
<br />
Random tells Merlin about Dalt and Deela<br />
<br />
Merlin goes to Bloody Bill's for seafood<br />
<br />
Merlin meets Old John, the King's emissary<br />
<br />
Merlin leaves, gets attacked, saved by Vinta Bayle <br />
<br />
Merlin and Vinta go to Arbor House, where they trade information <br />
<br />
Ghostwheel contacts Merlin <br />
<br />
Rinaldo calls Merlin, trumps in <br />
<br />
Merlin calls Dalt, Dalt shows aggression, Merlin hangs up <br />
<br />
Rinaldo asks Merlin to help rescue Jasra<br />
<br />
Merlin takes Rinaldo to crystal cave, negotiates deal <br />
<br />
Merlin returns to Arbor House briefly <br />
<br />
Merlin runs into a lop-eared wolf, which tries to kill him and escapes <br />
<br />
Merlin returns to Amber, talks to Bill Roth<br />
<br />
Merlin goes to Corwin's tomb <br />
<br />
Merlin goes to the Pattern, walks it (to get rid of the blue stone attunement), trumps to the Keep <br />
<br />
Merlin finds Jasra frozen <br />
<br />
Mask appears, has duel with Merlin <br />
<br />
Merlin trumps back to Amber with Jasra<br />
<br />
Rinaldo contacts Merlin <br />
<br />
Merlin goes into the main hall <br />
<br />
Benedict and Random enter the main hall<br />
<br />
Rinaldo tells all about Dalt's plan to attack Amber with riflemen <br />
<br />
Merlin walks into a huge trump of himself, disappears into Wonderland<br />
<br />
===Sign of Chaos===<br />
Jaston, Ruler of Kashfa, falls off balcony, dies<br />
<br />
Random goes to Kashfa to put Arkans on the throne<br />
<br />
Random promises Eregnor (territory between Kashfa and Begma) to Arkans <br />
<br />
Merlin and Rinaldo experience LSD in Shadow Wonderland <br />
<br />
Fire Angel sets upon Merlin <br />
<br />
Fire Angel is defeated by Merlin and the Jabberwock <br />
<br />
Merlin calls Mandor, they talk <br />
<br />
Fiona calls, comes through to Merlin <br />
<br />
Tornado in Shadow <br />
<br />
Merlin, Mandor, and Fiona talk about Corwin's Pattern <br />
<br />
Mandor and Fiona team up to find cause of Shadow storms <br />
<br />
Merlin returns to Amber, talks to Llewella and Vialle <br />
<br />
Begma delegation arrives (Orkuz, Nayda, Coral)<br />
<br />
Coral and Merlin walk <br />
<br />
Jurt attacks Merlin in the caves, fails, retrieved by Mask <br />
<br />
Jurt returns to the Keep to be initiated into the Fount of Power <br />
<br />
Merlin takes Coral to the Pattern below Amber<br />
<br />
Coral walks the Pattern, asks it to transport her somewhere <br />
<br />
Martin goes punk <br />
<br />
Fiona and Mandor call Merlin, warn him about Ghostwheel <br />
<br />
Rinaldo calls Merlin, they plan attack on the Keep <br />
<br />
Nayda and Merlin talk <br />
<br />
Ghostwheel calls Merlin, warns him about Fiona and Mandor <br />
<br />
Merlin tells Ghostwheel about the attack on the Keep <br />
<br />
Mandor calls, Merlin cuts him off <br />
<br />
Merlin talks to Bill Roth <br />
<br />
Merlin talks briefly with Benedict <br />
<br />
Merlin attends state dinner with Llewella, Vialle, Bill, Begmans <br />
<br />
Dalt arrives with a small army, demands Rinaldo and Jasra <br />
<br />
Merlin is called to speak with Vialle about Dalt<br />
<br />
Merlin brings Rinaldo through, they go to Julian in Arden<br />
<br />
Rinaldo duels with Dalt, loses, is taken prisoner<br />
<br />
Dalt's army retreats <br />
<br />
Merlin returns to Amber <br />
<br />
Merlin talks to Nayda in his room <br />
<br />
Merlin creates Trump for Coral, reaches her briefly <br />
<br />
Merlin attempts to reach Rinaldo, is blocked<br />
<br />
Merlin realizes that Nayda is the Guardian, and he calls Mandor <br />
<br />
Mandor binds the Guardian, who is a ty'iga demon<br />
<br />
Merlin frees Jasra <br />
<br />
Ty'iga can't tell Merlin who sent it, tells Mandor <br />
<br />
Mandor refuses to tell Merlin <br />
<br />
Merlin goes to Corwin's room <br />
<br />
Jasra agrees to attack the Keep with Merlin<br />
<br />
Ghostwheel takes Merlin, Jasra, Mandor to Keep<br />
<br />
Merlin, Jasra, Mandor find Jurt and Mask <br />
<br />
All five fight a battle of wizardry <br />
<br />
Mask is injured <br />
<br />
Sharu Garrul is freed <br />
<br />
Mandor destroys the Fount <br />
<br />
Mask is Julia <br />
<br />
Jurt trumps away with Julia in his arms<br />
<br />
===Knight of Shadows===<br />
Jasra binds Sharu Garrul as the guardian of the Fount <br />
<br />
Merlin, Mandor, and Jasra try to reach Coral via Trump <br />
<br />
The force holding Coral comes for Merlin<br />
<br />
Ghostwheel transports Merlin, Mandor, and Jasra to distant locals <br />
<br />
Merlin is visited by Pattern Ghosts of Dworkin, Oberon, and Corwin <br />
<br />
Corwin takes Merlin to the place between Pattern and Logrus (Undershadow) <br />
<br />
Merlin summons Logrus, Frakir becomes sentient<br />
<br />
Unicorn and Serpent "motivate" Merlin to choose sides, he refuses <br />
<br />
Merlin unknowingly chooses the path of Chaos<br />
<br />
Merlin walks undershadow, meets ghosts of Brand, Jurt, Caine, Lord Borel and Benedict <br />
<br />
Merlin 'borrows' the Jewel of Judgment from Random's room <br />
<br />
Benedict's ghost gives Lord Borel 'fencing lessons' <br />
<br />
Merlin finds Coral unconscious in the center of a Broken Pattern <br />
<br />
Merlin walks/repairs broken Pattern, wakes up Coral with an X-Rated spell breaker <br />
<br />
Dworkin visits Merlin in his room at Amber<br />
<br />
Merlin attunes to the Jewel <br />
<br />
Merlin contacts Luke via Trump, finds that he's free and leading an army <br />
<br />
The ty'iga grabs the Jewel of Judgement from Merlin calling it the Serpent's Left Eye or the Eye of Chaos <br />
<br />
The Logrus and Pattern appear in Amber<br />
<br />
Ghostwheel grabs the ty'iga and keeps the Logrus/Pattern at bay <br />
<br />
Ghostwheel disappears with the ty'iga and the Jewel <br />
<br />
The Serpent and Unicorn clash, part of castle Amber is destroyed <br />
<br />
Dworkin trumps Merlin to safety <br />
<br />
Ghostwheel returns the Jewel to Merlin<br />
<br />
Merlin daydreams of those plotting against him<br />
<br />
Merlin finds the ring, Spikard in Brand's room, puts it on <br />
<br />
Merlin gets Weirwindle from Brand's room as a present for Luke <br />
<br />
Dworkin places the Jewel in Coral's empty eyesocket and takes her to Kashfa <br />
<br />
Merlin uses Spikard to trace Dworkin's path<br />
<br />
Merlin goes to Kashfa using the Spikard<br />
<br />
Merlin finds that Luke has taken control of Kashfa <br />
<br />
Jurt arrives, grabs Weirwindle, gets blasted by Merlin's Spikard <br />
<br />
Jurt grabs Coral as a hostage, she blasts him with the Eye <br />
<br />
Jurt leaves taking Weirwindle with him<br />
<br />
Merlin finds out that Coral is now Luke's wife<br />
<br />
===Prince of Chaos===<br />
Rinaldo is crowned King of Kashfa <br />
<br />
Merlin is balked in examining the Jewel with the Spikard <br />
<br />
The demon, Gryll, contacts Merlin and escorts him back to the Courts for Swayvill's funeral <br />
<br />
Gryll tells Merlin about the imbalance of the Powers and of Mandor/Fiona's report to Suhuy <br />
<br />
Merlin arrives at Suhuy's castle <br />
<br />
Merlin attempts 'Reflection' sees Tmer, Tubble and Jurt <br />
<br />
Mandor arrives at Suhuy's castle tells Merlin of the matters of the succession, makes a breakfast date with Merlin<br />
<br />
Dara arrives at Suhuy's castle argues with Merlin about the ty'iga, makes lunch date with Merlin <br />
<br />
Mandor and Dara depart, Merlin dreams of Coral, Luke, Victor Melman, Random, Julia, Jasra, Nayda (ty'iga), Jurt, Fiona, Corwin, Bill Roth, Dworkin, and the Cheshire Cat <br />
<br />
Suhuy admits casting a spell on Merlin to cause the divinatory dream <br />
<br />
Merlin is visited by Ghost, tells it how to reach the cavern where the Logrus is kept <br />
<br />
Merlin attempts to contact Coral via Trump, she is asleep and he sees himself in her dreams <br />
<br />
Merlin contacts Corwin, a black crow guardian pops out of the Trump <br />
<br />
Merlin speaks with Suhuy about the bird, House Hendrake, and the late Lord Borel and Duke Larsus <br />
<br />
Merlin meets with Mandor for breakfast they speak of the succession, the power struggle between Pattern & Logrus, the Amber Cult, and of Jurt's presence in the Courts <br />
<br />
Merlin travels to cemetary reminisces about childhood and his friend Rhanda, meets Pattern ghost of Luke sent to warn him to leave the Courts. <br />
<br />
Luke tells Merlin about Jasra's connection with the Courts and her Sorcerous training under Dara <br />
<br />
Merlin 'feeds' Luke blood and they encounter a Logrus ghost of Lord Borel <br />
<br />
Corwin's Pattern ghost shows up kicks Borel in the nether regions and knocks him out, Merlin &amp; Luke follow Corwin to his Pattern <br />
<br />
Luke's ghost gets adopted by Corwin's Pattern<br />
<br />
Merlin encounters Glait on way to meet with Dara and it shows him the chapel dedicated to Corwin <br />
<br />
Merlin and Dara dine, they speak of her sorceress skill and the Logrus <br />
<br />
Ghostwheel seeks protection from Merlin as the Logrus shows up and demands it (Ghost just walked the Logrus...)<br />
<br />
Merlin denies the Logrus, backed up by the spikard <br />
<br />
Dara and the Logrus speak of her involvement with Brand and <br />
<br />
Patternfall, of her sending Hendrake goons to get Coral <br />
<br />
Merlin and Dara argue over Corwin, she tells him "Seek him in the Pit" <br />
<br />
Merlin goes to the Maze of Art, meets Kergma, Jurt <br />
<br />
Merlin and Jurt call a truce, they plan to free Coral from the Hendrakes <br />
<br />
They pop into Kashfa, meet the real Luke, take him back to Corwin's Pattern where he speaks with his ghost, Jurt and Merlin go back to Chaos and the funeral <br />
<br />
Tmer is assassinated with a dagger by Mandor's forces <br />
<br />
They pop back, speak with the Lukes then back to Chaos and funeral <br />
<br />
The Lukes, Nayda (ty'iga) track Coral's kidnapper's trail <br />
<br />
Swayvil is dropped from the Rim along with Tubble<br />
<br />
Gilva and Merlin visit the Corwin shrine they talk of the Cults <br />
<br />
Merlin and Jurt return to the Lukes and continue tracking Coral, Dalt has joined them <br />
<br />
Merlin acquires his horse, Tiger <br />
<br />
Luke examines the spikard while Merlin feels 'withdrawl' symptoms <br />
<br />
Merlin and Luke discuss the succession in Chaos<br />
<br />
They find a tower with Pattern ghosts of Eric, Caine, Benedict and Gerard. Gerard is wrestling Chinaway Hendrake<br />
<br />
Merlin sneaks in and takes Coral while Gerard snaps Chinaway like a twig, Merlin fries the Hendrakes, Pattern ghosts demand Coral, Dalt intervenes and gets cut down by Eric, Merlin toasts the ghosts but the Pattern transports them to the Primal Plane <br />
<br />
Merlin disputes with the Pattern and holds it hostage with a bloody hand. Luke joins in and Merlin gets Coral and the rest away while Luke continues to harass the Pattern <br />
<br />
Merlin dreams and meets Delwin and Bleys, they tell him of the spikard switcheroo and a bit about them, of Dara and Mandor's plans, Bleys gives him the original spikard but tells him not to wear it <br />
<br />
Merlin returns to Chaos, frees Corwin with Corwin's ghost replacing him, Merlin and the Corwin ghost speak obscurely about Greyswandir <br />
<br />
Merlin sees Julia at Jurt's place, they flirt<br />
<br />
Merlin summons Ghost and frees him from Kergma's trick/trap <br />
<br />
Mandor confronts Merlin, Merlin forcibly Trumps Dara through and they clash. Merlin wins with the spikard's power. Logrus shows up, Ghost shows up, Logrus concedes to Merlin's demands <br />
<br />
Mandor sucks up, Dara storms off <br />
<br />
Merlin sends Corwin back to Amber <br />
<br />
Merlin is to become King of Chaos and war between the Pattern and Logrus seems imminent... <br />
<br />
(Finis?)</div>Jhkim