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IMC: Where Did They Come From?

posted by Ginger at 12:36 PM, December 08, 2004 | Filed under : Family Tumbleweed , IMC | Comments and Followups

Kit asks about traditional Amber games, and where the youngers came from if we didn’t hear about them in the books.

In HOC, PCs range in subjective age from about 18 to about 500, which is roughly equivalent to Random. In Amber age, the oldest is actually older than Corwin (he left Amber when Eric was a child) and the youngest is about 17 (Random’s child, which he unknowingly concieved not long before he left for his last trip into shadow).

One of the children in HOC is a son of Brand, originally conceived for the purpose described. He got away from his father early, depriving Brand of the opportunity to sacrifice him. Martin was a second choice. Most of the other PCs/cousins weren’t known of or if they were, were watched.

There are two groups of PCs in the war: the ones left in Amber and the ones who fought in Chaos. Team Chaos was small (6), and Corwin missed most of their actions. He may have mistaken most of them for nobles. Most of Team Amber wasn’t around during the part of the war he was involved with. Those who were were often out of his way (Bleys’ daughter and Fiona’s son, who were secretly active—the former was a spy in Amber and the latter was stationed in Rebma as a diplomat) or stayed out of his way during the crucial moments (Eric’s son and NPC daughter, who were kept out of his way during his brief time running things in Amber). Others were simply not known until the last minute—Martin brought one in at the last minute on Oberon’s orders. A couple of them arrived late during the Regency because they were stranded in shadow until Patternfall.

All of the PCs are built on (not counting contribs/experience) the same points. Some have had more opportunities than others, but that’s not just a matter of age. Trump Artistry, Sorcery, and pretty much anything beyond Pattern requires explanation in the background.

In fact, some people who weren’t in Amber much have had to explain how they walked the Pattern.

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1 Comments

Brenda
Dec 8, 2004 6:43 PM

"'Scuse me - that's nearly 19, not 17," corrects Garrett.

(He's sensitive about that. He only *looks* 17.)

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