Vance-AoS

Greetings King Random,

Sire, I come new to Amber.

My father was a strange man and he and my aunt did not speak well of Amber. In truth they spoke little of it. I left the world of my birth at 22 and till that time my father Delwin and my Aunt Sand had only spoken of Amber in anger. They hated the way their mother was treated by Oberon. They hated the way they were treated by their siblings. They hated the way they were treated by the nobles who, despite their mother being Queen of Amber, were not kind, as if they knew how temporary their place in Amber was.

Soon before i left my home my father said something i'll always remember. He said that He and Sand had their experiences with Amber and I would have my own. In the end it makes no sense to bring their grievances to the center of the universe, so close to the Pattern. It would only be reflected out into shadow as conflict and tragedy and sadness in the lives of millions of innocent lives.

So they left of their own accord when their mother's health began to fail. Her health failed, Delwin told me, because the function of enthusiasm, caused by the Pattern, that keeps those in Amber young and vital for centuries beyond their normal lifespan can also cause one to age quicker then the norm of their race. So she returned home in despair. On her deathbed she bid her children to hold no grudge. They tried, but it was never easy for them.

So i made my way in the universe and did my grandmother's bidding.