Call to the Kin of Bariman
Random made a call from the throne that all members of the royal family would be contacted and brought to Amber.
He was tired of being surprised.
In the early days after the Patternfall War the new king of Amber had to learn to do a dozen things at once and found he needed help. He convinced his sister Flora to tend to the nobles and the newly arriving dignitaries flooding in to swear fealty and meet the new king. They all seemed to come bringing chests full of formal wear and eligible daughters.
Next he coerced Benedict into accepting the role of Marshal of Amber. He ordered Benedict to expand the standing army and to develop technological defenses.
He put Gerard in charge of the Navy, with Caine as his third in command. That Caine was really the new Spymaster of Amber was one of the worst kept secrets in the kingdom.
He became a very active monarch and he used his siblings to help improve many aspects of the city, kingdom and empire of Amber.
Then Merlin, having come to Amber after Patternfall, met Rinaldo, the son of Brand in shadow.
Dalt turned up, a son of Oberon and Delee the Desecratix.
Benedict and Gerard ran across Borlak deep in shadow.
Coral, the daughter of a Begman noblewoman, surprises Merlin by walking the pattern.
Chaos sent Despil, the son of Dara and Gramble Sawall to Amber as the Ambassador of Chaos and his brother Jurt, followed him and started running a dive bar in the city. Despil quietly informs the King of a collection of Hendrake nobles, descendents Benedict, of which Dara is one.
Suspicions arose that Osric and Finndo, Benedict's full brothers, might not be dead, and this reminded many people that two of Oberons oldest children were alive as well, Cymnea, and Orsolla.
And of course it was well known that Delwin and Sand were somewhere in shadow, avoiding the whole lot of the kinship.
Lastly, Rebma sent their new Ambassador in the person of the dapper Rene Mior Royi, who happened to be the son of Corwin and Moire.
When in exasperation Random asked, rhetorically, how many children did Bloody Oberon have? Dworkin calmly answered 47.
Random took Bleys and disappeared into shadow, telling the court he was going out to get a drink.
When they returned Random called a family meeting, including several of the oldest family retainers such as Dame Margot, Duchess Solange Charenton, Lady Ain Breakwithe-Smythe, William Roth, Hymal Urien, and of course, Queen Viale.
