Queens of Amber
Cymnea-First Queen of Amber. Mother of Osric, Finndo and Benedict. With Oberon.
Cymnea 'Dowager Queen of Amber. Duchess of Al a Marat of Thelusia. Abbess of the Unicorn.
Cymnea has a complex and convoluted history as the first queen of Amber. After ruling for a thousand years as queen and delivering three sons, it was discovered that she was also a daughter of Oberon and therefore sister to her own children. Oberon dissolved the marriage abruptly and enacted the Consanguinity Laws relating to marriages between relatives of house Bariman. Bitter and hurt, she retired to massive estates in Thulusia at Al a Marat. She has rarely left, though is often visited.
A mighty sorceress in her own right and a forceful personality.
Harla or Lora, Mother of Delwin and Sand.With Oberon.
A small, frail woman from deep in shadow, her religious faith was out of place among the ladies of the court who treated her badly despite her rank. She retired to a fast time shadow and passed away. Her children Sand and Delwin grew bitter over her treatment and left Amber, rarely to return till Random became King.
Faiella, mother of Eric, Corwin, & Dierdre. With Oberon.
Died in Childbirth with Dierdre.
Rilga, mother of Julian, Caine, and Gerard.
A strong and dynamic woman and a great queen who aged badly. Never the less she and Oberon had a mostly political marriage that he dissolved when he met Paulette. Divorced and bitter, she left Amber and retired to shadow. Her whereabouts are not public knowledge. her treatment is a source of long bitterness between her sons and Oberon, as well as with Random.
Clarissa, mother of Bleys, Fiona, and Brand.
Fiery and bright, dangerously wicked and wickedly funny. She came from an unknown place in shadow and she and Oberon had a tumultuous relationship. Divorced and bitter, she disappeared after Brand walked the pattern the first time and has never returned to Amber.
She is known to have a Broken Pattern Imprint as well as being a Mal at Riess sorceress but she learned these skills while queen. She is believed to live in the Regor shadows and there is some belief that these may be her shadows of origin. Fiona and Bleys refuse to speak of her.
Paulette, mother of Giovanni, Random, and Mirelle.With Oberon.
A friendly, open and vivacious woman who was considered high strung at first by the court ladies, yet in her short time as queen she developed many deeply devoted friends. However she was deeply flawed and considered by many unbalanced and perhaps insane. She committed suicide in a spectacular fashion rarely spoken of except in hushed manners.
Dybele. Mother of Flora.
Little is known of her and her shadow of origin. Oberon brought her to Amber pregnant and near term. They were married immediately and she riegned for 3 months before giving birth to Flroa and dying. She was tall and blond, and many say that Flora favors her. Flora was raised mostly by Dame Margot.
Vialle. With Random. No Children.
A noble of the house Moir
Astrid. Mother of Derek and Arloxedra. With Eric.
Considered Queen of Amber in all but the most official records. There is no record of their marriage having been formalized in Amber though they both claim to have done so privatley. There are records of a legal marriage between them on the Shadow realm of Andal. She was never formally crowned and while she sat in the queens throne during Eric's riegn and served as queen, was spoken of and introduced as queeen, and styled herself in writing as queen, many consider her a mere consort. After Eric's death she left and retired to Eric's estates in Thalusia, where her son Derek dotes on her. The bitterness between Arloxedra and Derek has some unknown causes most likely but his refusal to vistit Astrid is a large vocal part both men admit.
