(Katarina Witt) [deceased]
Played by Madeline Ferwerda
Daughter of Madoc, descendant of Benedict, Aisling served as a spy for her father in Amber for some years. Oberon discovered her and turned her, and she fought for Amber at the Battle of the Abyss. Even though she swore fealty to Random, some members of the family still resented and suspected her for her previous work against Amber. Following her failure to disclose key information to Caine, she vanished and was not seen again in Amber. Later, Saeth appeared in Clarissa, claiming to be Aisling's daughter.
Some of my seniors who still smart at Dworkin's having created Amber in the first place are really seeking a return to the days before this happened. Total Chaos, from which all things arose. I see the present condition as preferable and I wish to preserve it.
-- Dara, The Courts of Chaos
Clarissa, what have you done to my daughter?
Nothing, dear brother, except getting her out of a very sticky situation. She was in a pocket shadow, unable to get out. I helped her. Unfortunately, the locks on the shadow were hard to break. I slipped her out between the bars, as it were. There were some pieces left behind. I'm sorry.
-- Madoc and Clarissa
(Wyatt Russell)
Played by Bryant Durrell
Alex has spent his entire life not knowing why he was stronger, faster, and generally physically superior to most of the other wrestlers in the Pan-South circuit. He never made the big time, but Alex got to travel and see the world, living by his wits, talent, and showmanship. Now he has taken his first step into a larger arena.
I felt a pair of powerful clamps affixed to my body--shoulder and thigh. When I turned to look at them, I saw that they were hands. Twisting my neck even farther, I saw that they were Gerard's hands.
-- Corwin, Sign of the Unicorn
(Adam Ant) [deceased]
Played by Sheldon Stevens
Your cousin Daeon, Julian's son, was a fertility deity from Arcadia, a shadow on the borders of Arden. He appeared as a goat-headed antlered wildman to fight under Benedict against the Courts of Chaos; as a handsome youth he returned to Amber and dallied with Paige, fathering her twins; and ultimately he sacrificed himself to save all his children from the power of the Arcadian Dragon.
Upon the couch, I gave her her ballad. Her lips replied without words.
-- Corwin, Nine Princes in Amber
I believe we should put aside our weapons in our dealings with each other for are we all not of one blood?...is it not time we learned to love each other for what we all are, to love each in spite of our faults, even because of them?
-- Adonis, after the battle
(Jonathan Jackson)
Played by Brenda McCartney
Son of Random by one of the castle maids, Garrett grew up in the stables under the guidance of his foster-father. Garrett learned and accepted his true parentage (his mother's not doing so well with it) and set out to become a Prince of Amber in his own way, with none of the competitiveness and carelessness of his father's generation. After years of training with his elder cousins, Garrett is ready to strike out on his own as his father's son and a potential heir, and perhaps to obtain the favor of his cousin Lilly.
Anyway, I was here in Amber some years ago. Not doing much of anything. Just visiting and being a nuisance
-- Random, Sign of the Unicorn
You need to learn to use your authority like an extension of your mind and body.
-- Brennan
(D.B. Sweeney)
Played by Mark Stein
Your cousin Jovian is Julian's son from Calusa, a shadow where telepathically-bonded dragons are ridden to war. Jovian led four wings of dragons against the wyverns of Chaos at the Battle of the Abyss, and was named a Knight-Commander of the Order of the Ruby for his command of the King's First and Last Air Corps. His time with the dragons was ended when his own dragon died in battle against Huon's artillery. The psychic damage left Jovian mad, and he's now running wild in Shadow.
[I] went aloft, and caught a proper current. It seemed a neat way to do it.
I don't know whether you've ever glided through Shadow, but--No? .... In a hurry, I depopulate--or, rather, go the elemental route. At that altitude artifacts would have been distracting.
-- Random, Sign of the Unicorn
It would be nice to be free of responsibility for a little while, to just explore the expanse of Shadow - never flying the same sky two days running. But I don't suppose we'll return to an Amber settled enough to allow us the luxury.... All I know for certain now is that I don't want to be a warrior, if I can avoid it.
-- Jovian
(Zhang Ziyi)
Played by Tara Kunkel
Raised by retainers of her father Benedict, Lilly joined the forces of Amber at the Battle of the Abyss and was knighted for her courage. Her travels on behalf of Random and the Ruby have already become the stuff of legend: bargaining with Madoc in Chaos, reuniting Deirdre's children with their father, and dueling with Chantico in Uxmal. In the duel Lilly received serious injuries; since then she has spent most of her time on light duty in her father's realm of Avalon.
The village ... in the mountains. Grandpa took me there to stay with some friends of his called Tecys. Do you know the Tecys?
-- Dara, The Guns of Avalon
King Random shall have at least one dutiful knight in Amber even if it kills him.
-- Lilly, thinking about her role in Amber
(Alan Cumming) [deceased]
Played by Mel Mason; originally created by Jeremy "Bolthy" Zimmerman
Born in France on Shadow Earth during the eighteenth century, your cousin Lucas was an indolent, bitchy, spoiled foppish rake according to most of his friends. His wit and fashion sense, inherited from his mother Florimel garnered him invitations to all the best parties anyway. Others point to his improbably happy marriage to the delicate Solace Vesper, and his role as a devoted father to his two children, Hope and Philippe. Others might mention his hard work during the Regency, within the city and trading in Shadow. But until his death, apparently at the hands of Queen Moire, very few knew about a darker side of Lucas: his studies with Brand and his hidden abilities as a trump artist.
So far as I knew, there was no Trump for me.
-- Martin, Sign of the Unicorn
Well, I have a confession to make. Something I promised Lucas not to talk about, but I do consider that promise void now. Anyway. Lucas's wife Solace has had fainting spells. The second one was me trying to Trump her. I did not intend to hurt her, I didn't know at the time...that some people are hurt by Trump calls. There were rumors. Lucas wanted to determine if she was family, and asked me if I secretly could paint a Trump of her...
-- Ossian
(Ioan Gruffudd)
Played by Meera Barry
Secretly the son of Deirdre, Marius served in the Amber Navy for many years. He served with distinction in the Battle of the Abyss but was struck down by Brand just before Brand dragged Deirdre into the Abyss with him. Since his recovery, he's met his sister Signy and learned his father was Weyland Smith. He's also taken the Chaosian Cloudeater as an affine, and ultimately lost control of it after it consumed the Hob and became the Eater. He recently broke with his cousins over the matter of Queen Vialle.
I felt myself smiling. I was about to become a hero.
-- Corwin, The Guns of Avalon
I worry that I may be changed, but I must admit, sometimes I'm worried more that I am not.
-- Marius
(Eve Myles)
Played by Claire Bickell & Dorothea Salo
Your cousin Meg was raised in the same orphanage that Ossian was rescued from, but where he was adopted by Brand, she only knew that she was superior to those around her. After Huon invaded her home of Abford, a circuitous journey brought her to Amber, and to the attention of Dara, who claimed to be her mother--making Martin her father.
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-- WHO SAID IT,
I'm sorry. I'm angry. He's stolen my son, blithely reshaped my home, and I haven't yet worked out how to crush him like a bug. It's frustrating.
-- Meg, on Huon
(Christian Bale) [deceased]
Played by Chuck Ivy
The only legitimate son of Osric, Reid was Dworkin's student and Brita's teacher. He lived for many years in Shadows far removed from Amber, returning with Brita during the Regency. He served the Regency Council with honor and investigated some important cases for the Crown before turning his attention to finding his mother's home Shadow of Clervaux. How he died is unknown, but the Klybesians buried him among their people before his body was ultimately returned to Amber.
I stepped forward, but my foot did not descend into the fire.
-- Corwin, Nine Princes in Amber
I've attempted to contact Reid by trump and been unable to reach him. I have no sense that he was blocking, but he didn't answer.
-- Fiona, after Lucas' funeral
(Laura Fraser)
Played by Michael Steeves
Deirdre's lost daughter by Weyland Smith, Signy has come to Amber from the Plain of Towers and proven her heritage on the Pattern. Now she seeks to learn both the family magics and to prove her heritage as an artificer by starting with small projects, like recreating Brand's Uxmali code wheels. Ultimately she hopes to equal the work of her father, the creator of three Pattern blades.
She touched Grayswandir.
"What a beautiful blade! I've never seen one like it."
"There isn't another," I said, and each time that I shifted a little the light fell differently upon it, so that one moment it seemed filmed over with inhuman blood of an orange tint and the next it lay there cold and white as snow or a woman's breast, quivering in my hand each time a little chill took me.
-- Lorraine and Corwin, The Guns of Avalon
Beautiful and passionate. Weyland found her impatient, but he did not teach her as her capacities demanded. She is a brilliant sorceress, and when she comes into the Amber heritage she has been denied, she will be a force to be reckoned with.
-- Brother Tomat
(Monica Bellucci)
Played by Jason Fryer
Your cousin Silhouette, an artificer and arms dealer in the service of the Grand Design, came to Amber as an ambassador for Huon. Having proven her heritage on the Pattern, she now seeks to prove her identity as the long-lost daughter of Florimel, and to learn who convinced Florimel she was killed. Silhouette has also involved herself deeply with Rebman politics, because of Huon, because her brother Lucas was killed by Moire, and for more personal reasons involving Queen Celina.
In the mirrors of the many judgments, my hands are the color of blood. I am a part of the evil that exists in the world and in Shadow. I sometime fancy myself an evil which exists to oppose other evils. I destroy [murderers] when I find them, and on that Great Day of which prophets speak but in which they do not truly believe, on that day when the world is completely cleansed of evil, then I, too, will go down into darkness, swallowing curses. Perhaps even sooner than that, I now judge. But whatever ... Until that time, I shall not wash my hands nor let them hang useless.
-- Corwin, The Guns of Avalon
Enlightenment or Death suits me well. I've never been one for grey areas
-- Silhouette
(Caity Lotz)
Played by Rikibeth Stein
Your cousin Solange was fostered in Amber. She long believed that she was Gerard's daughter but she has since learned she is instead the daughter of Ysabeau. Having served with honor during the Regency Council, she was made a Knight of the Card, but her attempt to learn what happened to Vialle from Cambina's ghost against Gerard's orders earned her exile from the center, a ban that has only recently been lifted.
I'm stubborn. So tell me again.
-- Corwin to Dworkin, The Hand of Oberon
Then there's Solange, who was probably off at university most of the time you were here, majoring in Business. As you might imagine, she's incredibly level-headed. So is her brother Vere, come to think of it, but in a really different way -- like, Vere is level-headed in the sense of not letting his emotions interfere with his analysis of the possibilities, whereas Solange is more inclined not to let the possibilities interfere with her analysis of what is. She's a nice counterbalance to those of us who would play 'what if' 'til we can't remember where we started.
-- Folly