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Annabel- She is Eric's daughter and was born during his reign and so is styled Princess.  After both of her parents died defending Amber, she chose to withdraw rather than challenge Corwin.  She joined with Caine in trying to see the truth behind all of conspiracies leading up to Pattern Fall.  After that, she formed a cross Shadow mercenary band and avoided Amber.  She still returned to aid Amber when war threatened, and her assistance proved invaluable when her uncles refused to provide military training for her female cousins.  She is now married to Jurt, the Regent of the Courts of Chaos.

Borant- He is known to be Sand's son, and his paternity has become an open secret.  Corwin claims not to have known who Sand was at the time...  Before Merlin's assassination, Borant belonged to a minor House, House Orran, which focused on trade.  He, his sister, Yvonne, and his two children, Reuben and Sonia, were the only survivors when Orran was purged after Merlin's death.  After the war, he used his lineage as an in with Jurt to help pull together the fragments of several Houses that would not otherwise survive and form House Alysande, which he named in honor of his mother, using the name by which he had always known her.

Brademante- She is Delwin's daughter and is among the group that Delwin "lent" to Borant to pad the membership of House Alysande.  Little else is known of her in Amber, and she has not attended any public family functions.

Brenda- She is the child of Dara and Gramble, Lord Sawall, and was only 14 when Merlin was assassinated and her mother was murdered.  She was held captive in the Courts with her niece Ophelia and Sand's daughter Yvonne for a time before they managed to escape.  She seems to have recovered from the trauma but has started dating Tancred, something which, if she carries it through, is likely to remove her from any list of possible heirs to the throne that anyone might come up with.

Clarissa- She is apparently somehow descended from Benedict.  She had abandoned the Courts long before Merlin's death.  She was born into House Lorain and then married into House Morand.  This marriage proved abusive, but no one in either House was willing to intervene on her behalf.  She then left Chaos to make her own way in Shadow.  Both Houses hunted her, but neither could find her.  When war became inevitable, she offered her alliegiance to Amber.  She was captured briefly during the war and has refused to have anything to do with the Courts even under the new regime (which would have welcomed her).

Claudius- He is an 8 year old who is Martin's son and presumptive heir (at least in Amber).  His mother died when he was quite young.  After that, he was brought up by an aunt and uncle who were ashamed to acknowledge his existence.  He lived in a Shadow that was just undergoing an industrial revolution.  He really, really wants to learn how to sail.

David- He is Delwin's son and is among the group that Delwin "lent" to Borant to pad the membership of House Alysande.  Little else is known of him in Amber, and he has not attended any public family functions.

Dirk- He is a member of House Sawall who is somehow descended from Benedict.  She escaped into Shadow in uncontrolled shapeshift after Merlin's death.  He'd been hurt while trying to defend Luke from those trying to seize him.  Dirk's favorite form looks rather like a large floppy stuffed animal, but she has hidden weapons in that form that he uses to protect children.  She switches sex constantly, and this makes most Amberites very uncomfortable around him.  They were quite relieved when she chose to return to the Courts to assist Valerian.

Edmund Russell- He is the son of Elizabeth Russell.  He and his mother have only recently arrived in Amber.  Stefan found them out in Shadow, but Bleys has been the one to introduce them to the family.  He was a college student.

Edwina- She's Llewella's daughter.  Llewella chose not to tell the rest of the family that she had a daughter until it became clear that Edwina's presence in Amber might help with the war.  Edwina grew up in a Shadow which had (in Llewella's words) more positive female role models than are available in Amber.  She is quite assertive and hasn't yet outgrown a certain tendency to assume that men are idiots.

Elizabeth Russell- She's Gerard's daughter.  Stefan located her and her son, Edmund, out in Shadow.  Bleys has introduced them to Amber.  She was a powerful corporate CEO.

Henry- He's Caine's son.  Misao, Quentin and Lucian found him in a Shadow of Tir na N'ogth while Tir was constantly in the sky.  He was an upperclass intellectual with impractical ideas for social reform back home.  Now he's hooked up with Patricia and Soletta.

Hildegard- She's Merlin's daughter.  She has abdicated all claim to the throne of Chaos in favor of Jurt.  She was a nuclear power technician back on a Shadow Earth.  She'd been in the United States Navy for a while.  She's had some difficulty adapting to Amber generally and her new rank in particular.

Jacob- He's the son of King Rinaldo and Queen Nadya of Kashfa.  He's still an infant.  He was kidnapped by forces unknown and rescued by his older brother Quentin.  Quentin has entrusted him to Ghostwheel.

James-He's one of  Benedict's descendents.  His mother came from House Thanvi but chose to raise him away from the Courts.  He's a Trump artist and has been spending his free time with Merlin's daughter Rosamund.

Joshua- He's one of Oberon's sons.  Fiona found him when he was 14 and brought him to Amber.  He'd had a very difficult life as a slave in a nomadic desert culture.  He had great difficulty adapting to Amber and to freedom.  During he war, he worked with Tancred and Misao doing guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines.  He was captured and tortured but has now more or less recovered.  He plans to leave Amber for a while because other members of the family are showing a distressing tendency to mentor him.

Kaleva- He was born into House Belasco.  Officially, he has been labeled as a descendent of Benedict, but most members of the family now know that he is actually Dworkin's son.  His mother sent him to Amber for safety after the purges started.  No one knows where he's currently hiding, but many people would like to find him since, with his father's assistance, he slimed the Primal Pattern and so disrupted Amber's normal functioning for a time.

Katrina- She's Benedict's daughter and was unknown in Amber until she showed up as part of Benedict's army when he broke with Random.  She does Special Ops/Intelligence work primarily.  She has never publically visited either Amber or the Courts.

Kistran- She is Delwin's daughter and is among the group that Delwin "lent" to Borant to pad the membership of House Alysande.  Little else is known of her in Amber, and she has not attended any public family functions.

Lise- She's Random's daughter.  She's interested in music and has begun to develop a reputation as a patron of the arts in Amber and the Golden Circle.

Lucretia- She is Stefan's daughter.  Her mother, Lenore, is the daughter of Stefan's valet.  Stefan and Lenore had a brief affair (days in Amber but obviously longer somewhere else) that produced Lucretia.  She's only a few weeks old.

Luke- He's the son of Merlin and his wife, Coral.  He disappeared right after the coup that killed his parents.  There are some indications that Quentin may have known where he was during at least some of that time.  He has now reappeared fully grown and has chosen to throw in his lot with Benedict.  By all reports, he walked Corwin's Pattern after Benedict's people started building a fortress around it.  As far as anyone knows, he has not had access to Amber's Pattern or to the Logrus.

Marcus- He's Benedict's son and Lord General of Benedictís army.  He was unknown in Amber prior to Benedict's break with Random and has never publically been to Amber or to the Courts.

Marfisa- She's Corwin's daughter and comes from a Medieval Japanese Samurai culture.  She has walked Corwin's Pattern as well as Amber's.  She was recently kidnapped after a Pattern teleport went wrong, but she is recovering.

Octavian- He's Oberon's son.  Prior to coming to Amber, he was a shaman for tribal culture.  Due to his youthful appearance and relative age (over 100), he was believed to have a god for a father.  He's one of several people currently competing to fill the void left by Fiona's death.

Olivia- She's descended from Benedict and currently serves as Amber's Ambassador to the Courts of Chaos.  She was born into the House of the Serpent but chose to leave the Courts shortly after she learned to use the Logrus.  Her separation from the Courts remained amicable until Merlin's death.  She has eyes like a cat's, pointed ears and claws and is covered with a fine layer of fur.  Since she's a skilled shapeshifter, most people assume that her appearance is by choice.

Ophelia- She's Jurt's daughter.  When Merlin was assassinated, she was approximately 45, so she naturally took a leadership position in planning a way for herself, her Aunt Brenda and Yvonne to escape.  Once in Amber, she devoted her time primarily to helping Brenda recover and then acted in a minor capacity to help her father reach an agreement with Random.  She has abdicated her claim on the throne of Chaos in favor of her as yet theoretical half-siblings.  She returned to the Courts after the war and has worked to help her father and his new wife build a firm political base.

Orwell- He is Delwin's son and is among the group that Delwin "lent" to Borant to pad the membership of House Alysande.  Little else is known of him in Amber, and he has not attended any public family functions.

Patricia- She's Dalt's daughter.  She's had extreme trouble in adapting to Amber because she was a cloistered nun in a medieval Christian culture.  Everything about Amber conflicts with her basic worldview.  She has begun working with Soletta and doing missionary work in the city.  No one in the family is quite sure what to make of her.

Powell- He's the five year old son of Corwin and Dr. Elizabeth Green.  Dr. Green is a clinical psychologist from a Shadow Earth.  At Stefan's urging, Bleys brought Dr. Green to Amber to be with her son.  Powell's extremely bright.

Reuben- He's the son of Borant and his first wife, Anneke.  He was five when House Orran was purged.  Evidence suggests that he was taken to the Ways of House Jessamy and raised there.  Forces trying to influence Borant's actions chopped off first Reuben's finger and then his hand as proof to Borant that they had his children and could hurt them.  He has been seen as an adult and seems to bear a grudge against his father.  He kidnapped Borant's fiancee, Mina Lady Deva, and chopped off her hand.  He seems to be working for House Jessamy.  He walked Corwin's Pattern before Benedict secured it; no one knows if he's managed to access Amber's Pattern.

Rosamund- She's Merlin's daughter.  She comes from the same Shadow Earth as Teresa.  She gives the impression of being used to command and seems to have settled comfortably into life in Amber.  She spends time with James and, before he returned to the Courts, Borant.  She has agreed to waive her claim to the throne of Chaos in Jurt's favor.

Sally- She's Martin's daughter.  She had become queen of her home Shadow before she was found and brought to Amber.  She's one of those competing to fill the void left by Fiona's death, but she's also been busy spending time in Rebma and seems to be viewed as a possible successor to Queen Moire.

Soletta- She's Bleys's daughter.  Before coming to Amber, she was an inner city minister in a cyberpunk world.  She has a neural jack and an incredibly focused charisma.  She's currently working with Henry and Patricia in City Amber.  Her focus seems to be social reform rather than evangelism.

Sonia- She's the daughter of Borant and his first wife, Anneke.  She was three years old when House Orran was purged.  No reports regarding her current activities or whereabouts have reached Amber.  It's generally assumed that she, like her brother Reuben, is still connected to House Jessamy.

Stefan- He's the son of Gerard and Trixie Rugir (now Lady Rugir).  He is married to Alida of House Vasquez and is the father of Lucretia.  He fits the classic meglomaniac scientist mode according to many observers.  Before he came to Amber, he built a construct named D.A.R.R.E.N.  This construct has become quite powerful.

Suze- She is Delwin's daughter and is among the group that Delwin "lent" to Borant to pad the membership of House Alysande.  Little else is known of her in Amber, and she has not attended any public family functions.

Sybella- She's Caine's daughter.  Wakenda encountered her while he was traveling in Shadow and, thinking there was something odd about her, brought her to Amber.  She grew up living a Gypsy lifestyle, constantly traveling.  She has expressed the intention of learning to be as good a physician as Wakenda is.

Tancred- He's Deirdre's son and has inherited her estates.  He grew up in an orphanage in a Shadow with constantly changing laws of reality.  He became a mercenary.  During the war, he ran guerrilla raids behind Chaosian lines and was responsible for numerous atrocities.  When he fights, he does what he must to win with no compunctions.  He was captured toward the end of the war and imprisoned by House Jessamy.  They released him before they pulled out of the Courts completely and asked him to act as guardian for the underage heirs to several of the Houses under them.  He agreed and those children now reside in Amber's nursery.  He and Brenda have been "dating" recently, and the relationship appears to be becoming serious.

Tavis- He's Caine's son and comes from a Shadow of Rebma.  He's shown some signs of having a crush on Edwina.  The two are fairly close in age and have spent considerable time together.

Teresa- She was Corwin's daughter and was only 13 when she was brought to Amber.  She and Rosamund, one of Merlin's daughters, had known each other in their home Shadow, so Rosamund made her a lady-in-waiting of sorts when Teresa complained about being too old to be relegated to the nursery.  She was killed when a Chaosian device that was meant to spy on Rosamund broke and exploded.

Valeria- Although she descends from Benedict, she was not on the original list for the purges.  Unfortunately for her, her fiance, a member of House Hendrake, wanted to marry someone else.  He "warned" her of her impending danger and urged her to flee to Amber.  Her House, House Belloc, was under Hendrake and was effectively destroyed at the end of the war.  She accepted Borant's offer and joined House Alysande.  Official reports say that her fiance perished as a result of wounds sustained during the war, but there are uglier rumors.

Valerian- He was raised as an orphan in the Courts, fostered by several different Houses (including Sawall).  He and Merlin became friends based on a common sense of not belonging.  He was not in Chaos when Merlin was assassinated.  When he got the news, he went to Amber.  Later revelations showed that he was the child of Bleys and of Mandor's daughter Lorelei.  Lorelei died not too long after Pattern Fall, but the connection gave Valerian a valid claim to become Lord Sawall.  He took the title and married Keturah of House Kurashi.  Together, they have undertaken the arduous task of rebuilding House Sawall.

Walter- He's Deirdre's 4 years old son.  It's not clear what sort of arrangments she made for his care before her death, but when he was found he was living on the streets.  He has a certain amount of skill as a pickpocket.  Tancred has taken control of his education.  He has an angelic countenance and knows how to take advantage of it.

Yoshi- He's Benedict's son and Lord Colonel of Special Ops in Benedictís army.  He was unknown in Amber prior to Benedict's break with Random and has never publically been to Amber.  (He did visit the Courts on a sabotage mission during the war.)

Yvonne- She is Sand's daughter and Borant's half sister.  She has married Gutan who was, prior to the marriage and the merger of their houses, Lord Brantley.  She and Annabel are good friends.  At the beginning of the war, she was captured and imprisoned along with Brenda and Ophelia.  She was 17.  She has become a powerful political force in Jurt's court.

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