Interregnum and the Repair

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The Interregnum and the Repair refer to the two periods that occurred after the death of Eric.

Interregnum

The Interregnum' is the period starting at the death of King Eric on the slopes Kolvir and ending when Oberon sent his children to fight the Battle of patternfall while he attempted to repair the damaged primal patter.

King Eric had been directing the battle from the sloes of Kolvir and was repeatedly overrun. In the end he made extensive use of the lightning powers of the Jewel of Judgment to attack ground forces and the power to nullify sorcery. Wounded, and dying, the forces of Amber were saved by the sudden arrival of Prince Corwin with a force of assault weapon armed infantry. Dispersing the gunnery infantry troops was the final straw that forced Chaos to retreat to the Black Road. Eric then died a hero's death on the Kolvir, surrounded by

Corwin's forces gave him a powerful bodyguard force and his siblings essentially gave command of Amber to him. He oversaw the aftermath of the battle and dealt with the defense of Amber and was essentially acknowledged as King of Amber. Yet during the month after the battle Corwin had not been crowned. The Black Road war was rushing on and Corwin had a series of his own troubles as detailed in his chronicles.

Suddenly Oberon returned to Amber. Obviously everyone saluted and let him take over.

He organized things and got the forces of Amber attacking the Black Road with orders to follow it to the Fane of Zilla. He sent Corwin to the Abyss the long way. He then went to attempt to repair the pattern.

The Repair

The Repair refers to a month long period of uncertainty after Oberon sent the forces of Amber away. The nobility and the gentry were left uncertain of the continuance of existence. During this period was a wave of hysteria, euphoria, indulgence, fatalism, suicide, and behavior often referred to as "What i did during the Repair."

Seven Days passed during which the residents of Amber could feel the forces of Creation being called upon in unknown rituals in unknown places. The existence of the Primal Pattern and its connection to Amber were state secrets at the time.

Once the wave of creation occurred in the east waters, and spread west eventually racing the Abyss at the Fane of Zilla there was a great deal of mirth. A euphoria over surviving the end of the world. There was much frivolity.

While many examples from popular culture can be found it is the occurrences in the Castle Amber that have become part of the