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In the crises around Patternfall, many of Oberon's children revealed children of their own, and now even those children have children of their own. Born in secret or in ignorance, this generation may find out what it means to belong to a house of cards.

None of us have proved excessively fertile either.

--Corwin, The Guns of Avalon

Brennan
Brennan
Brita
Brita
Celina
Celina
Conner
Conner
Edan
Edan
Folly
Folly
Garrett
Garrett
Hannah
Hannah
Jerod
Jerod
Lilly
Lilly
Margrathea, aka Meg
Meg
Ossian
Ossian
Paige
Paige
Robin
Robin
Signy
Signy
Solange
Solange
Vere
Vere

Despite the paucity of known relatives, Oberon's children have in fact produced a plethora of children of their own. Now these new heirs to Amber must come fully into their heritage or see it collapse around them.

Brennan
Youngers

Brennan (Kiefer Sutherland)
Knight-Commander of the Order of the Ruby
Played by John Novak

Brennan came to Amber for the first time after his participation in the Patternfall War, bringing with him a reputation for his military talents, and a deep satisfaction at his father's timely demise. Named one of six Knights Commander of the Order of the Ruby, Brennan has kept himself active in planning the defenses of Amber, and now the new realm, Xanadu. A persistent advocate of active defense policies and lasting solutions, Brennan has overseen the creation of a standing army out of the veterans of Patternfall, and maintains an active hand in the administration of the Knights of the Ruby.

What is known only to a select few is that Brennan is also a Sorcerer of considerable skill and subtlety.

All of this, Brennan must balance against his evolving ties to his newfound brother Ambrose and sister Chantico, and his discovery that Ossian is his son, as well as his relationship with Cambina.

Brennan's parents are:

Brand
Brand
Tayanna
Tayanna

Brennan's only known child is:

Ossian
Ossian

I look at you and I see so many might-have-beens. What Brand might have become had he not been--flawed so terribly.

-- Fiona

You wouldn't know what to do with easy things.

-- Cambina

The universe is a game, Brita. I know because I cheat.

-- Brennan

Brita (Maria Bonnevie)
Played by Monica Visinsky

Descended from a line of Viking gods, Brita's role in her childhood home was to ensure the waters in the streams, rills, and brooks ran clean. Her Amber heritage comes to her not only from her Mother Fiona, but through Finndo on her father Vidar's side. Brita was sent away with her Cousin Reid and it was with him that she survived the Black Rain and arrived in Amber three years after the Sundering.

Since then, she has worked with the Rangers, discovered a Brother in Conner, tangled with Cleph, allied with her cousin Ambrose, learned sorcery from her Nanna Clarissa, tried in vain to save Adonis' life when he sacrificed himself to save his children, and at long last, come into her heritage by walking the Pattern.

Brita's parents are:

Fiona
Fiona
Vidar
Vidar

I can take care of my own honor, for he was mine to kill, not yours, had I chosen.

-- Corwin, Nine Princes in Amber

To me, you just smell like kin of Amber.

-- Brita

Brita
Youngers
Conner
Youngers

Celina (Rosario Dawson)
Princess of Paris and Rebma
Played by Arref Mak

Although Celina was believed for some years to be a Seaward lass ennobled as Queen Moire's ward, she learned that she is the daughter of Corwin and Moire and a potential heir to both Paris and Rebma. She was shocked.

The confusion of all this is not over and Celina's destiny still unfolds.

Celina's parents are:

Corwin
Corwin
Moire
Moire

We all arrive uncorrupted. And yet the little anbaric clock sniggers at us.

-- Celina

My luck stinks like three week-old squid jelly.

-- Celina

Conner (Michael Praed)
Captain of the Royal Navy (ret.)
Played by Rich DiTullio

Your cousin Conner has served quietly in Amber's diplomatic corps under both Oberon and Eric. He was never publicly acknowledged as a scion of the blood. His most recent posting was to the Rebman embassy, where he was serving as a senior official at the time of the Sundering.

During the Regency, he fled Rebma after an investigation into a break-in at Llewella's residence caused him trouble with the Tritons. He returned to Amber, where he served as a member of the Regency council and a liaison to stranded foreign envoys.

Conner's parents are:

Fiona
Fiona
Slays Like Wind
Slays Like Wind

So far I have served both Amber and Mother. With luck I shall continue to do so.

-- Conner

And Father told me you were a diplomat.

Oh I am. But sometimes you get better results with a crossbow and a kind word than just a kind word.

-- Edan and Conner

Conner
Youngers
Edan
Youngers

Edan (Antonio Banderas)
Played by Allen Veazey

Son of Bleys and a maiden of the Land of Peace, Edan struggles to gain control of the powers he has won and to sway Amber to his adopted people's side in his homeland's wars.

Edan's parents are:

Bleys
Bleys
Julnar
Julnar

He walks like he knows how to use his sword, which is nothing less than I'd expect from Bleys' son. In fact, I'd expect him to be able to fight with one hand while composing a sonnet with the other.

-- Brennan

I am... likely... not the best suited to discuss the subject of God, or the ramifications of power.

-- Edan

Folly (Björk)
Knight of the Order of the Card
Played by Karen Alfrey

A Texorami-born musician of some renown, your cousin Folly arrived in Amber on the eve of the Sundering with only the vaguest notion of her own heritage. Her only knowledge of the realm at the center of all things came from hints dropped by her former drummer and lover, Prince Random of Amber, who lived incognito in Texorami for a couple of years under the name 'Syd Chance'. While waiting for his return, as Amber's armies made war on the other side of the universe, Folly busied herself serving on the Regency Council with her Amberside cousins and improving conditions for the working class in Amber. She also, quite by accident, fell in love with Random's son Martin.

Now Random is king, and Folly makes her home in his new Pattern-realm, Xanadu, ready to serve in any way she can the king to whom she is still fiercely loyal. Complicating matters somewhat, she is pregnant and -- depending on legal interpretation -- is either married or engaged to the child's father, Prince Martin.

Recently trained in trump artistry and metaphysics by Dworkin, Folly hopes to use her new skills in the service of the realm, in part by finding nonviolent means to reduce threats from enemies -- with the paternal relatives of her daughter-to-be hovering near the top of the list of possible hostiles.

Folly's mother and foster-father are:

Brij
Brij
Pelle
Pelle

Some days I wish we were normal, y'know? The rest of the time, I forget we aren't.

-- Folly

Folly
Youngers
Garrett
Youngers

Garrett (Jonathan Jackson)
Prince of Amber and Xanadu

Played by Brenda McCartney

For the first eighteen years of his life, Garrett was the son of Donovan, one of the horsemasters at Castle Amber. Since his childhood, he aspired to be just like his father... until he discovered one day that his father was not his father at all.

Garrett is instead the son of Random, the newly-crowned King of Amber and Xanadu. Garrett's mother Anna, after discovering herself pregnant with the former prince's child, decided to "protect" her son from the Royal Family by marrying her friend Donovan and having him raise the boy as his own.

Now that the truth is out, Garrett must find - or make - his way in this larger-than-life family, without losing himself in the process.

Garrett's parents and foster-father are:

Random
Random
Anna
Anna
Donovan
Donovan

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

Do you want to be royalty, Garrett?

-- Folly

Oh, and you have no idea what princes of Amber do or what it means to be one.

-- Martin

You need to learn to use your authority like an extension of your mind and body.

-- Brennan

Hannah (Alex Rice)
Played by Liz Trumitch

Hannah comes from a shadow full of cruelty and hope, compromises and strong beliefs. She leaves behind her family and her people, believing that the world is bigger than her father's nation, and her duty is broader as well. Having been lead toward Amber by the Unicorn, she believes her life has a higher purpose than the one she was serving in Mahkato. While she couldn't tell you what the Unicorn intended, she's pinned her belief in a better universe on keeping Gerard in it, and getting him well enough to fully serve it. Now she just has to find a way to make that happen - no easy task.

I'm not just going to stop doing things I've done my entire adult life until I've proven there is more danger to it than I already know about.

-- Hannah

Hannah
Youngers
Jerod
Youngers

Jerod (John Malkovich)
Prince of Amber

Played by Blake Moorcroft

Your Uncle Eric's son Jerod has remained busy. With the advent of the Sundering, Jerod's talents in both Court and Shadow have become apparent, delving into political affairs with the nobility, aiding in the establishment of the Council as well as assisting with shadow travel and commerce. Though not afraid to argue his position with anyone (even his Uncle Gerard), Jerod carried out his duties without reservation once a decision had been made.

With many steps behind him, Prince Jerod embarks on a new path that stretches before him. From a combination of hard work, lucky breaks and a rising level of introspection, Jerod begins to take the steps that he hopes will define himself not by what and where he has been, but by what he believes to be right.

Jerod's parents are:

Eric
Eric
Rilsa
Rilsa

While the possibility that I am lying to you is foremost in your mind, I give you my word that I am not.

-- Eric, The Guns of Avalon

Well thank you, Jerod. In the last five minutes, you've alternately spoken down to me, insulted me, and tried to manipulate me, all for the purpose of recruiting me into a conspiracy of the highest possible goals. Now I feel like a member of the family.

-- Brennan

[L]et us be direct because it is what I prefer.

-- Jerod

You sound like a brother, Jerod.

-- Corwin

Lilly (Zhang Ziyi)
Knight-Commander of the Order of the Ruby
Played by Tara Kunkel

Whisked away from an orphanage in a shadow known as Chosan at a very young age, Lilly was raised among the Tecys. It was there that Benedict came to her and requested that she help command forces during the Battle of the Abyss. Having done a commendable job, she, along with her other cousins, was knighted by King Random. Now Lilly faces what she considers to be a far greater challenge, finding her place within the courts of Amber and Xanadu.

Lilly's parents and foster-parents are:

Benedict
Benedict
Kim
Kim
Mallett
Mallett
Jade
Jade

King Random shall have at least one dutiful knight in Amber even if it kills him.

-- Lilly, thinking about her role in Amber

Lilly
Youngers
Margrathea
Youngers

Meg (Caroline Martin)
Played by Dorothea Salo

Meg has outgrown the orphanage where she was raised and come to a measure of personal and financial success. She has always been stronger, faster, and perhaps wiser than those around her. After coming to Amber in the wake of Huon's invasion of her home shadow, she was kidnapped by Dara and Cleph and she is now the subject of a rescue effort.

Meg's mother is believed to be:

Dara
Dara

Today I have learnt that I don't know an awful lot. How can I help?

-- Meg

Ossian (Leonard Whiting)
Played by Olof Dahl [on hiatus]

Your cousin Ossian arrived in Amber at the time of the Sundering. Ossian does not seem to have any large political ambitions. Instead he takes an active part in the artistic life of Amber City. Among his greatest achievements is the memorial monument of the Sundering. How much he has learned from his tutor Brand, where his loyalty lies, and what effect his recent discovery that Brennan is his father will have on his loyalty, is unclear.

Ossian's father is :

Brennan
Brennan

Now, he's someone who might be dangerous if he put his mind to it, but in itself he's too focused on his artwork. Which is fortunate for him. I've noted that he seems to have a lack of some of the more basic moral aspects of life. It's why I consider him to be a potential Brand in the making.

-- Jerod

Oh, and remind me to tell you about the volcano.

-- Random

Ossian
Youngers
Paige
Youngers

Paige (Angie Everhart)
Played by Kris "Knave of Amber" Kunkel

Paige made herself known in Amber as Bleys' daughter during the Sundering. Since then, she has been a member of the Regency council and a senior judge. The former owner of the Prince's Retreat, a gentleman's club, Paige is still a member and sits on its membership council. She's a fixture of the Court when not on trade missions, and seen as a staunch loyalist. Support of the progressive cause for women's rights has made her a topic of talk in social circles. While not the leader of the movement, she's one of its most visible proponents.

Paige has been romantically linked during the Interregnum to both Prince Martin and Admiral Worth. Her best friend is Folly, whom she's promised to instruct in the art of Trump as she did Merlin. Paige is often found at the stairs to Tir, turning Fortunes and looking for the center that will bring her divinations clarity. Possessed of a quick tongue and a quicker temper, she's comfortable trading laughing barbs with Conner or arguing with Jerod.

Her dalliance with Adonis has given her a new hope in the twins she bore him.

Paige's father is:

Bleys
Bleys

Paige's children are:

Leif
Leif
Brooke
Brooke

They were almost lifelike in appearance, the Greater Trumps ready to step right out through those glistening surfaces. The cards seemed quite cold to my touch, and it gave me a distinct pleasure to handle them.

-- Corwin, Nine Princes in Amber

I envy Paige, you know. She has so much more control over her gifts, and she knows how to make Trumps. But other times I think she's too attached to the past and the future to give the present the attention it needs.

-- Cambina

Robin (Renee O'Connor)
Ranger
Played by Leslie Lightfoot

Robin was raised as the daughter of your Uncle Julian, not that he or she ever came out and said that. (Which was in part because it wasn't true.) She is a ranger and a conjurer, and devoted to the Warden of Arden.

Robin is her foster-father's right hand with the Rangers; she has performed many dangerous missions for Julian, up to and including investigating the Black Road. While Arden is her first love, her affection for Vere pulls her toward the castle she otherwise fears.

Robin's mother is:

Ysabeau
Ysabeau

... [Julian's] hoodlum daughter ...

-- Flora

Robin is her mother's daughter.

Aye. That's what I'm afraid of.

-- Julian and Gerard

Robin
Youngers
Signy
Youngers

Signy (Laura Fraser)
Played by Michael Steeves

Deirdre's lost daughter, Signy seeks out a maternal heritage she has long been denied.

Signy's parents are:

Deirdre
Deirdre
Deirdre
Weyland

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

Solange (Julia Stiles)
Knight of the Order of the Card
Played by Karen Klutzke
Originally created by Rikibeth Stein

Your cousin Solange grew up in Amber, fostered out to Worth and his wife, Grace. She believed she was the daughter of Prince Gerard, but learned recently that instead she is the daughter of Ysabeau, Gerard's full sister. After the Battle of Kolvir, Gerard sent Solange away from Amber for her protection to Lauderville, where she attended university and earned a degree in accounting and finance. Gerard brought her back to Amber at the beginning of his regency, and she was present in Amber during the Sundering. In the aftermath of the Sundering, Solange served on the Regency Council and commanded the Rangers. She was rewarded for her efforts when Martin made her a Knight of the Order of the Card.

Solange is convinced that there is a technology-related solution to the problem of Gerard's injured legs, and finding that solution in shadow is always on her mind.

Solange's mother and foster-parents are:

Ysabeau
Ysabeau
Worth
Worth
Grace
Grace

I'm stubborn. So tell me again.

-- Corwin to Dworkin, The Hand of Oberon

Solange is a good girl. There's not a drop of malice in her.

-- Gerard

Solange
Youngers
Vere
Youngers

Vere (Jeffrey Hunter)
Played by James Myers

Vere was born and raised as a warrior prince in the homeland of Queen Rilga, his grandmother, although his personal desires have always been for the life of a scholar and explorer. Torn by conflicting duties, he is unable to devote himself to finding a cure for his father's lameness until his mother's throne is once more secure.

Vere's parents are:

Gerard
Gerard
Corvis
Corvis

I call myself a son of Gerard, and yet the simple approach never occurred to me.

-- Vere


last updated 7 April, 2009 by the House of Cards GM Collective. Website comments to gm-hoc@whiterose.org.