First Brood

The First Brood refers to the first group of the children of Oberon, starting with Fleece and ending with Borlak.

Fleece. Son of Oberon

A Lord of Mandalay. Once a Lord of Chaos. A giant Wolf. This is Oberon's first child and one that he fathered in his own earliest youth. He might be considered a by-blow rather then a child raised by Oberon. Yet he echoes across the endless years and the tactless distances as the soul of the wolf. No creature that is a shadow of canine born will raise paw against him. Primal creatures consider him an equal.

Adrian. Son of Oberon

High Lord of Mandalay. The first child to be raised by Oberon and Dworkin.

Cymnea Daughter of Oberon

Born in ancient Thulusia. Became Queen of Amber and bore Osric, Finndo and Benedict to Oberon. A mighty sorceress and an ex-queen of Amber. Daughter of the Ruling Queen Symnea of Thelusia. Cymnea bore Oberon 3 sons before he discovered he had fathered her centuries before. It was soon after their marriage was dissolved that the Consanguinity Laws were enacted.

Aside from the controversy around their kinship, Cymnea was a good queen of Amber. In the earliest of days she formed the Court of Amber and supported the growth of the City and Nation of Amber during 10 centuries that Oberon was calming Shadow. Many Noble Houses bear Warrants of Title where her name is higher than Oberon's, denoting a Grant awarded while he was away. Even after her banishment he did not demote these houses or cancel town charters. She currently lives in a secluded monastery that she has not left for centuries. However, this does not hinder her from being the "Elephant in the Living Room" of Thelusian politics. She has walked the Pattern and has a Wild Imprint.

Cymnea-Jeweled_Amber Article of Submission

Av Reet. Son of Oberon

Lord of the Djinn. A creature of great magical powers with fingers in many power sources. He is known to have walked the pattern as well as being a master of the Mal at Reiss.

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Eater. Son of Oberon

This monster is an abomination to Amber. It is a creature of vast evil, devouring hunger, and limitless cruelty. This Dark God of the Undead effects tens of millions of shadow veils as the ultimate evil, the eater of the dead, and the destroyer of worlds. A massive figure, over twenty feet tall, can rip apart the strongest of creatures using arms and teeth. It spreads fire and quakes and the plague wherever it walks. It has a formidable sense of its own survival that is heightened animal cunning and not the intelligence of a man.

It is immune to non-magical weapons, immune to gases, poisons, and most elemental attacks such as fire, water, cold, and electricity. It fears nuclear fire but it is not clear why since it does not seem to damage him. He has not walked the pattern.

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Hinarik. Son of Oberon

This dark necromantic sorcerer is mad beyond comparison. He controls a Black Zone shadow that he fills with the corpses of the dead. For a hundred shadow veils around his stronghold the dead magically disappear and arrive in his realm, where he performs dark rituals and they join his Army of the Dead. Behind the Gate of Snakes wait his horde for the day they are freed and they may follow him to the utter destruction. His main beef seems to be with Black Zone Pact Instrument Kingdoms. He leads his undead into their cities, laying them low, until the powers must act. For him neither matters, the dead all return to him as it is. He can get more uses out of them. Death is no reprieve from Duty. He has not walked the pattern.

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Vox. Daughter of Oberon

This magnificent beast is amongst the mightiest of the Dragons of Shadow, casting shadows of dragons from one end of shadow to the others. Nearly all the dragons of Chaos have either a grudging respect for Vox, and many are openly Amber Cultists of hers. Not directly an enemy of Amber, she has had little contact with Amber over the centuries. Oberon is said to have actually flown Vox in combat. She is amoral but not necessarily amoral-evil. She looks where she and her kind might profit. Gigantic barley describes her. A body length from neck to nuts is 800 meters, every millimeter of it encrusted with precious jewels.. Tip to tip, her wings are 600 meters across and can create devastating buffets of wind, mixed with her fiery breath. Her tail is 800 meters and capable of precise movements. Random claims that Vox has assayed the Pattern at least once. She does not contest the role of Dragon King with her brother Hanvir, though Vox is bigger. Bets are being taken in many places for when these two finally come to claws.

Nalshik. Daughter of Oberon

Among the Monsters of Amber is found the Spider Queen. A daughter of Oberon in a very dark world. Ganthri is the ruling shadow of a collection of a thousand interlocking realms. Nalshik rules Ganthri. Her bite is poisonous and her mother almost certainly came from Chaos. She is a ferocious predator, a living black widow spider and a nymphomaniac. Unlike the spider she does not necessarily kill her mates. She tends to like to keep them around as long as they are useful and playful. She dominates any of her own shadows she can find, slay those she could not break, enslaving those she could. She is the ultimate narcissus. She has walked the Primal Pattern, as well as having assayed the logrus, Mal at Riess, Sigil of Bursain.

Osric. Son of Oberon and Clymnea

The first Son of Amber. Osric was Oberon's main assistant in the creation of the State of Amber. He laid the cornerstone of the Castle Amber. Thought to be dead for most of Amber's time he was discovered to be alive during the Patternfal War and afterwards briefly came to Amber. He rendered his fealty to Random then returned to shadow.

Osric-AoS Article of Submission

Finndo. Son of Oberon and Clymnea

His trump shows the ex-King of Amber as he broods on his troubled throne. He ruled Amber after Oberon's disappearance. He was claimed to have been destroyed on the Pattern, but also returned out of the depths of shadow to render his fealty and then disappear.

Benedict. Son of Oberon and Clymnea

The Weapon Master of Arms for Amber. Marshal of the Armies of Amber. In the Patternfall War he assumed the command of the forces of Amber under King Eric I and defeated the forces of Chaos. Random offhandedly confirmed his continued command of the military of Amber in an incident that confused him so much that he did not realize he was agreeing to serve as Marshal of Amber until after he had done so. Benedict is still pretty sore about this. He and Random discussed this privately, with a mere 50 surreptitious listeners, and despite Benedict's debating skills Random won the case when he told him he should "feel free to leave Amber defenseless at any time he liked and to return to his orchards and rose gardens." Ever since Benedict acts extremely correctly in Random's presence. He has walked the Pattern many times

Benedict-Jeweled Amber Article of Submission

Contemplations on the Nature of Benedict

Orsolla Daughter of Oberon

The daughter of Oberon and Moiren, Founding Queen of Rebma. Orsolla is a duchess in Rebma, but rarely attends court. She is a largely forgotten person amongst the Rebman nobility. A name on the list of nobles who have prerogatives that do not require they come to court. She travels watery shadows as a goddess of nature. She is often found in one or another as a water spirit, a person of worship in the vast numbers of shadows Rebma casts. She has walked the Pattern.

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Borlak. Son of Oberon and Clymnea

Rough trade. A mercenary. Very tough. Runs in the Rantar shadow systems. Leads a cross-shadow nomadic horde in the millions. Tall at 7'10, broad at 400lbs, strong even by standards set by Corwin, Eric and Gerard. Single-minded as the seas, relentless as erosion, smart as a politician, merciless as death. One day the forces f Amber will have a terrible time dealing with him.

Borlak-Mine is Rage Article of Submission

Elfwine Son of Oberon

A wizard of the Gandalf mold. A powerful name in the Swordage worlds. A Lord of Mandalay. A nature guide for Dash Tours