Who's Whom so far
The founder of the family is Dworkin Barimen, the creator of the original Pattern and father of Oberon.
Dworkin’s children and grandchildren are:
Oberon, liege lord of Amber and only known child of Dworkin (by the Unicorn, according to Dworkin).
His children are:
--Benedict (orange, yellow, brown), The master tactician of the family as well as the unmatched master of all martial weapons. He chose to remove himself from the struggle for the crown, leaving Eric and Corwin as the eldest surviving heirs. Moreover, Oberon declared his marriage with Cymnea (Benedict's mom) null and void, rendering all his children by her retroactively illegitimate. Benedict has had an affair with Lintra the Hellmaid of Chaos, during a brief interlude in hostilities between them. Benedict and Lintra subsequently came to blows again (not knowing she'd borne a child by him in the meantime in a fast-time Shadow), and Benedict slew Lintra, but lost his arm. He still fights better with one arm than anybody else with two.
--Dara, great-granddaughter of Benedict after his affair with Lintra.
--Osric (silver & red) and Finndo (green & gold), long-dead brothers of whom we learn little. It is suggested that they conspired to take the throne from their father, after which they were sent to the front lines of a war from which they did not return.
by Faiella:
--Eric (black & red), Corwin's elder full-brother (illegitimate because Oberon & Faiella were not married at the time of his birth). Father of Jon.
--Corwin (silver & black).
--Merlin (purple and grey), son of Corwin and Dara following a brief mid-afternoon fling. A powerful mage-- decent with a sword.
--Deirdre (silver & black), Corwin's sister. Mother of Ariadne.
children of Clarissa, known as "the redheads":
--Fiona (green, lavender, purple). Sorceress of the family. Mother of Jade.
--Bleys (red & orange). Disappeared during the fight to help stop Eric's coronation when he fell from a high place, but he had Corwin's cards on him, so...
--Brand (green), manic depressive megalomaniac sorcerer who made Faustian bargains with the forces of Chaos in order to gain power, apparently able to move anywhere in Shadow by willing it, without using a card. By the time of the final conflict at the Courts of Chaos, he is no longer quite human, even by Amberite standards, and is quite insane.
--Rinaldo, also known as Luke, son of Brand. He and Merlin both studied at Berkeley and then worked with a computer company Grand Design. King of Kashfa.
by Lady Moins of Rebma:
--Llewella (green, lavender, gray), was born of an affair Oberon had with Moins. She is older than Brand and younger than Bleys: Technically illegitimate, she was legally adopted by Oberon to spite Clarissa after their final divorce. Llewella removed herself from the presence of her family, and lives in Rebma, though she stood with her half-siblings in the final confrontation at the Courts of Chaos.
by Rilga:
--Caine (black & green), who killed Brand, and was killed by Brand's son Rinaldo in revenge.
--Julian (white & black), a hunter with a calm manner and biting tongue. He is usually found guarding the Forest of Arden in Amber, with his hell-hounds – beasts out of Shadow who are quite capable of ripping bodies, and metal, with their teeth. Father of Ballad.
--Gérard (blue & gray), a trusted brother, the strongest man in the multiverse and called "the best of all of us" by more than one sibling and half-sibling. His loyalty is not, however, backed up with excessive cleverness.
by Dybele:
--Florimel (green & gray), known as Flora, a beauty legendary in many Shadows and also in Amber itself. Mother of Lance.
by Kinta:
--Coral, a princess from a nearby shadow called Begma, a result of Oberon's secret short liaison with the wife of a Begman diplomat. Married to Rinaldo as part of a treaty between royal families.
by Paulette:
--Random (orange, red, brown). After the final battle at the Courts of Chaos, the Unicorn chooses Random himself to succeed Oberon. Random's passions before this were gliding and drumming and playing cards (not necessarily in that order).
--Martin, son of Random by Moire's daughter Morganthe. After walking the Pattern in Rebma, he wandered in Shadow until he encountered Benedict, who became a mentor. Brand later created a card for Martin, using it to summon him to the Pattern enough that he was able to stab Martin, using the blood Martin shed to damage the Pattern and allow the forces of Chaos to threaten Amber.
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