Post by Finarvyn on Sept 16, 2008 21:41:56 GMT -5
AMBER - The first shadow of the primal plane of Order, the city of Amber is the archetype of all cities. The Palace of Amber is the seat of the King of Amber, the ruler of Order.
ARBOR HOUSE - Country estate of Baron Bayle near Amber.
ARDEN FOREST - Archetype of a forest, great forest near Amber.
ARKANS - a Kashfan noble, Duke of Shadburne, heir-apparent to the Kashfan throne.
ARTHUR - An illegal arms dealer in Brussels, Shadow Earth.
AVALON - Shadow where Prince Corwin once ruled. Avalon was destroyed in some way, but a Shadow of it came to be ruled by Prince Benedict. This new Shadow became new Avalon.
AVERNUS - Shadow where Princes Bleys and Corwin recruited troops to aid in their attack of Amber.
BANCES - Lord of Chaos, Duke of Amblerash. Regent of Chaos after the death of Swayvil. Bances is also The High Priest of the Serpent.
BAYLE - Baron of, the wine seller to the court of Amber.
BALESPORT - Town and port near Amber.
BEGMA - Major Kingdom in the Golden Circle.
BELISSA MINOBEE - Duchess of Hendrake, head of the house.
BENEDICT - Prince of Amber, son of Oberon, Master of Arms at the courts of Amber. Lord-protector of Avalon during the Patternfall war.
BILL ROTH - Attorney, advisor to the Court of Amber. Participated in the negotiations over the Peace Treaty. Personal friend of Prince Corwin.
BLACK ROAD - A stretch of Chaos across the normal shadow. The Great Black Road of the Patternfall war was enabled by the crack of the primary Pattern and connected Amber to the Courts of Chaos. A Black Road can be destroyed by the image of the Pattern. A Black Road produces a lethal effect on all normal beings while the Chaos creatures can utilize it for fast shadow traveling.
BLEYS - Prince of Amber, son of Oberon. During the struggle for succession sided with Brand, later with the opening of hostilities joined with Corwin, the regent of Amber.
BOOK OF THE SERPENT - full: Book of the Serpent Hung upon the Tree of Matter. The Holy Book of the Ways of the Serpent.
BOOK OF THE UNICORN - The Holy Book of the Church of Unicorn. Parts of it are allegedly written by the Unicorn herself.
BOREL - Prince of Chaos, Duke of Hendrake and of Royal House of Swayvil. Master of arms of the house of Hendrake. Borel was killed by Prince Corwin during the Battle of the Courts of Chaos.
BORQUIST - Pit diver and poet in the Courts of Chaos.
BRAND - Prince of Amber, son of Oberon. In the search of personal power Brand betrayed Amber and damaged the Pattern. Brand possessed remarkable magical abilities but according to later researches he lost something of his humanity. Brand was killed by Caine during the Battle of the Courts of Chaos.
BROKEN PATTERN - Defective image of the Pattern of Amber in the first nine veils of Shadow around Amber. A Broken Pattern can be used for initiation of anyone, provided the person manages to walk through the crack in the Broken Pattern without touching the lines. The power a Broken Pattern gives carries is a permanent danger to the initiate.
BLOOD CURSE - Also known as Death Curse. One of the most powerful spells available to initiates of the Pattern, a Blood Curse surprisingly does not require any special training. During the height of physical suffering, usually before death, a Prince of Amber can lay this spell on any being. Although the effect of the Blood Curse is usually indirect it is practically impossible to overcome.
CABRA - Island and lighthouse near Amber.
CADE - Secretary of Begman embassy in Amber.
CAINE - Prince of Amber, son of Oberon. Caine's determination to find the root of the trouble and treachery proved in the end detrimental to the result of the Patternfall war. Caine killed Prince Brand during the Battle of the Courts of Chaos. Caine was assassinated by Prince Rinaldo of Kashfa.
CHINAWAY - Lord of Chaos, house of Hendrake. Killed by the Ghost of Gerard.
CIRCLE OF LORRAINE - also, Black Circle. The manifestation of the Black Road in Lorraine.
CLARISSA - Queen of Amber, wife of Oberon, mother of princes Brand and Bleys and princess Fiona. Oberon divorced Clarissa and her further fate is not known.
CORAL - Illegitimate Daughter of Oberon and the wife of the Begman Prime Minister Kinta; the Queen of Kashfa. Working has installed the Jewel of Judgement (Left Eye of the Serpent) within her eye socket and apparently gave her some control over it. Coral is married to Rinaldo I, King of Kashfa.
CORWIN - Prince of Amber, son of Oberon. Regent of Amber after the death of Prince Eric. Under his rule Amber withstood the attacks of the Courts of Chaos in the course of the Patternfall War. According to some researchers Corwin was Pattern's champion in the confrontation that was underlying the Patternfall war. The greatest achievement of Corwin was creating a Pattern if his own (Corwin's Pattern), thus being able to exert his will even while imprisoned in the Courts of Chaos and enjoying status similar to Lord Working. In the technical sense Corwin was the King of Amber between Oberon and Eric.
COURTS OF CHAOS - cumulative term for the collection of shadows near (and including) the primary shadow of Chaos. Also the Courts are the seat of the King of Chaos.
CYMNEA - Queen of Amber, Wife of Oberon, mother of Princes Osric, Finndo and Benedict. Oberon later annulled the marriage.
ARBOR HOUSE - Country estate of Baron Bayle near Amber.
ARDEN FOREST - Archetype of a forest, great forest near Amber.
ARKANS - a Kashfan noble, Duke of Shadburne, heir-apparent to the Kashfan throne.
ARTHUR - An illegal arms dealer in Brussels, Shadow Earth.
AVALON - Shadow where Prince Corwin once ruled. Avalon was destroyed in some way, but a Shadow of it came to be ruled by Prince Benedict. This new Shadow became new Avalon.
AVERNUS - Shadow where Princes Bleys and Corwin recruited troops to aid in their attack of Amber.
BANCES - Lord of Chaos, Duke of Amblerash. Regent of Chaos after the death of Swayvil. Bances is also The High Priest of the Serpent.
BAYLE - Baron of, the wine seller to the court of Amber.
BALESPORT - Town and port near Amber.
BEGMA - Major Kingdom in the Golden Circle.
BELISSA MINOBEE - Duchess of Hendrake, head of the house.
BENEDICT - Prince of Amber, son of Oberon, Master of Arms at the courts of Amber. Lord-protector of Avalon during the Patternfall war.
BILL ROTH - Attorney, advisor to the Court of Amber. Participated in the negotiations over the Peace Treaty. Personal friend of Prince Corwin.
BLACK ROAD - A stretch of Chaos across the normal shadow. The Great Black Road of the Patternfall war was enabled by the crack of the primary Pattern and connected Amber to the Courts of Chaos. A Black Road can be destroyed by the image of the Pattern. A Black Road produces a lethal effect on all normal beings while the Chaos creatures can utilize it for fast shadow traveling.
BLEYS - Prince of Amber, son of Oberon. During the struggle for succession sided with Brand, later with the opening of hostilities joined with Corwin, the regent of Amber.
BOOK OF THE SERPENT - full: Book of the Serpent Hung upon the Tree of Matter. The Holy Book of the Ways of the Serpent.
BOOK OF THE UNICORN - The Holy Book of the Church of Unicorn. Parts of it are allegedly written by the Unicorn herself.
BOREL - Prince of Chaos, Duke of Hendrake and of Royal House of Swayvil. Master of arms of the house of Hendrake. Borel was killed by Prince Corwin during the Battle of the Courts of Chaos.
BORQUIST - Pit diver and poet in the Courts of Chaos.
BRAND - Prince of Amber, son of Oberon. In the search of personal power Brand betrayed Amber and damaged the Pattern. Brand possessed remarkable magical abilities but according to later researches he lost something of his humanity. Brand was killed by Caine during the Battle of the Courts of Chaos.
BROKEN PATTERN - Defective image of the Pattern of Amber in the first nine veils of Shadow around Amber. A Broken Pattern can be used for initiation of anyone, provided the person manages to walk through the crack in the Broken Pattern without touching the lines. The power a Broken Pattern gives carries is a permanent danger to the initiate.
BLOOD CURSE - Also known as Death Curse. One of the most powerful spells available to initiates of the Pattern, a Blood Curse surprisingly does not require any special training. During the height of physical suffering, usually before death, a Prince of Amber can lay this spell on any being. Although the effect of the Blood Curse is usually indirect it is practically impossible to overcome.
CABRA - Island and lighthouse near Amber.
CADE - Secretary of Begman embassy in Amber.
CAINE - Prince of Amber, son of Oberon. Caine's determination to find the root of the trouble and treachery proved in the end detrimental to the result of the Patternfall war. Caine killed Prince Brand during the Battle of the Courts of Chaos. Caine was assassinated by Prince Rinaldo of Kashfa.
CHINAWAY - Lord of Chaos, house of Hendrake. Killed by the Ghost of Gerard.
CIRCLE OF LORRAINE - also, Black Circle. The manifestation of the Black Road in Lorraine.
CLARISSA - Queen of Amber, wife of Oberon, mother of princes Brand and Bleys and princess Fiona. Oberon divorced Clarissa and her further fate is not known.
CORAL - Illegitimate Daughter of Oberon and the wife of the Begman Prime Minister Kinta; the Queen of Kashfa. Working has installed the Jewel of Judgement (Left Eye of the Serpent) within her eye socket and apparently gave her some control over it. Coral is married to Rinaldo I, King of Kashfa.
CORWIN - Prince of Amber, son of Oberon. Regent of Amber after the death of Prince Eric. Under his rule Amber withstood the attacks of the Courts of Chaos in the course of the Patternfall War. According to some researchers Corwin was Pattern's champion in the confrontation that was underlying the Patternfall war. The greatest achievement of Corwin was creating a Pattern if his own (Corwin's Pattern), thus being able to exert his will even while imprisoned in the Courts of Chaos and enjoying status similar to Lord Working. In the technical sense Corwin was the King of Amber between Oberon and Eric.
COURTS OF CHAOS - cumulative term for the collection of shadows near (and including) the primary shadow of Chaos. Also the Courts are the seat of the King of Chaos.
CYMNEA - Queen of Amber, Wife of Oberon, mother of Princes Osric, Finndo and Benedict. Oberon later annulled the marriage.