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			    AMBER TIMELINE III

Here is the third version of the Timeline of Amber, I update it
and post every time a new book comes out (or at least, that is what
seems to be happening).  As always, comments are appreciated.

Kevin Knight
knight@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu

PS. Many dates on the timeline come from inference and calculation.
Some are approximate.

  - Last updated October 19, 1987
  - Edited by Saul Jaffe (moderator, Sf-Lovers)

	 *** Obviously, there are major SPOILERS here ***

THE BEGINNING

	Oberon is born to the Unicorn (father is Dworkin)
	Dworkin flees from Chaos to a small sudden island
	Dworkin meditates upon the abyss
	The Jewel is revealed to Dworkin by the Unicorn
	Dworkin creates Amber out of Chaos
	Oberon marries Cymnea
-3000y  Benedict, Osric, Finndo, born to Cymnea (father is Oberon)
	Dworkin begins to fashion the family Trumps
	Eric born to Faiella (father is Oberon)
	Oberon dissolves marriage to Cymnea
	Oberon marries Faiella (father is Oberon)
	Osric kills three of the House of Karm in a vendetta
	Oberon acquits Osric at a hearing, though he is friendly 
	   with Karm
	Oberon sends Osric to front lines in a nasty war
	Osric dies
	Finndo dies, purportedly in the service of Amber
	Corwin, Caine born to Faiella (father is Oberon)
	Faiella dies giving birth to Deirdre (father is Oberon)
	Oberon marries Clarissa
	Fiona, Bleys born to Clarissa (father is Oberon)
	Llewella born to ? (father is Oberon)
	Oberon divorces Clarissa
	Oberon recognizes Llewella as legitimate
	Brand born to Clarissa (father is Oberon)
	Flora born to ? (father is Oberon)
	Julian, Gerard born to Rilga (father is Oberon)
	Sand, Delwin born to Harla (father is Oberon)
	Random born to ? (father is Oberon)
	Mandor born to ? (father is Sawall)
	Jurt born to Dara (father is Sawall)
	Despil born to Dara (father is Sawall)
	Coral born to ? of Begma (father is Oberon)
-187y   Sand and Delwin depart from Amber

THE OLD DAYS

	Deela the Desacratrix burns Unicorn shrines at Begma
	Oberon defeats Deela, takes her prisoner, rapes her
	Deela escapes
	Dalt born to Deela (father is Oberon)
	Deela begins to raid once more around Begma
	Oberon sends Bleys to defeat and kill Deela
	Corwin and Bleys strand Random on an island
	Random puts a spike in Corwin's boot
	Brand, Bleys, and Fiona study with Dworkin
	Kashfa and Begma clash over Eregnor
	Corwin rules over Avalon
	Random goes to Rebma and elopes with Morganthe
	Martin born to Morganthe (father is Random)
	Random banished from Rebma
	Martin walks Pattern, leaves Rebma
	Corwin gulls Caine
	Corwin beats Julian at his favorite game
-160y   Moonriders out of Ghenesh attack Amber
	Benedict holds the pass above Arden against the Moonriders
	Dark things out of Shadow attack at Jones Falls
	Brand has argument with Corwin
	Corwin and Eric fight while hunting in the Forest of Arden

BEFORE THE CHRONICLES

-156y   Corwin exiled by Eric after their fight
	Brand and Gerard search for Corwin in many shadows
	Tomb built for Corwin, assumed dead
	Benedict leaves Amber for Avalon
-74y    Flora goes to Shadow Earth
-72y    Flora first spots Corwin on Shadow Earth
	Dworkin tells Oberon how to destroy the Pattern
	Oberon imprisons Dworkin
	Brand, Bleys, and Fiona form cabal
	Oberon gets mad with Eric and glorifies Corwin over dinner
	Brand allies with powers from Chaos and learns how to
	   destroy Pattern
-65y    Brand asks Llewella and Random about Martin
-22y    Jasra becomes consort to King Menillan of Kashfa
	King Menillan dies
	Jasra organizes coup headed by Jasrick and Kasman
	Jasra and Brand meet over magical operation, secretly marry
	Brand leaves Kashfa
	Rinaldo born to Jasra (father is Brand)
	Jasra has Jasrick killed
	Jasra leaves for the Keep of the Four Worlds
	Rinaldo is left in charge of Kashfa
	Jasra stays in the Keep, trying to win over Sharu Garrul
	Rinaldo takes Dalt to walk the Pattern at Tir-na Nog'th
	Rinaldo worries about Jasra, attack the Keep with Dalt
	Jasra beats Sharu in a sorcerous duel, pays off Dalt
	Kasman takes over in Kashfa
	Kasman attacks the Keep in order to eliminate Jasra and 
	   Rinaldo
	Rinaldo leaves the Keep
	Brand takes Rinaldo to walk the Pattern at Tir-na Nog'th
	Brand initiates himself into the Fount of Power at the Keep
	Dalt attacks the Keep on his own
	Rinaldo takes Dalt to walk the Pattern at Tir-na Nog'th
	Dalt attacks Amber, fails, is wounded by Benedict
-2y     Random goes to Texorami
	Brand paints a trump of Martin
-1y9m   Brand finds Martin and stabs him over the Pattern
	Brand, Bleys, and Fiona involve Benedict with the hellmaids
	Oberon is lured away by Brand, Bleys, and Fiona
-1y6m   Oberon is imprisoned in the Courts of Chaos
-3m     Bleys and Eric argue over the throne; Bleys leaves Amber
	Eric seizes control of Amber
	Bleys builds military strike force
	Brand tries to win Caine over to the cabal, fails
	Eric-Caine-Julian alliance formed
	Brand sees Corwin in Tir-na Nog'th
	Brand sees Corwin is Eric's mind
	Brand under surveillance by Eric in Amber
	Bleys and Fiona split with Brand
	Corwin begins to regain memory
-2d     Brand escapes Amber, puts Corwin in Porter Sanitarium
	Brand recaptured by Eric
	Corwin escapes from Porter
0       Brand escapes again, shoots Corwin's tires out
	Eric puts Corwin in Greenwood, under Flora's care
	Brand captured by Bleys and Fiona, put in Tower
	Brand calls Random for help
	Random attempts to save Brand, fails
	Julian contacts Random about the throne
	Random loses his Trumps

NINE PRINCES IN AMBER

+6d     Corwin escapes Greenwood, goes to Flora's house
	Corwin finds Flora's Trumps
	Flora attempts to return to Amber, fails
	Random arrives at Flora's house
+7d     Corwin and Random set out for Amber
	Corwin and Random take Julian prisoner in Arden, release him
	Corwin and Random save Deirdre, go to Rebma
	Random sentenced to marry Vialle
+9d     Corwin walks Pattern in Rebma
	Corwin transports himself to Amber
	Corwin and Eric fight
	Corwin goes to Bleys, encamped at Avernus
	Bleys and Corwin make alliance
	Corwin makes deals with Gerard and Caine to open the seas
	Corwin contacts Oberon and Brand by Trump, both weakly
	Corwin and Bleys build force, attack Amber, fail
+96d    Bleys falls off stairs, Corwin taken
+100d   Eric crowned
	Corwin blinded, imprisoned, fed by Lord Rein
+4y10d  Corwin escapes to Cabra with Dworkin's help
	Corwin stays with Jopin at the Lighthouse
+4y100d Corwin resists Trump contact, decides to leave Cabra

THE GUNS OF AVALON

	Corwin goes to Lorraine
	Corwin meets Lance, travels to the Keep of Ganelon
	Corwin meets Lorraine, the girl
	Someone attempts to contact Corwin once more
	Corwin and Ganelon defeat the Black Circle
	Corwin and Ganelon travel to Avalon
	Benedict romances Lintra, then kills her, losing an arm
	Benedict defeats the hellmaids
	Dara is born in Chaos (great-grandfather is Benedict)
+5y90d  Corwin and Ganelon meet Benedict
+5y93d  Corwin meets Dara
	Ganelon kills Benedict's servants
+5y94d  Corwin gets diamonds and gunpowder
+5y95m  Corwin and Ganelon leave Avalon, encounter Black Road
	Corwin saves girl from Black Road
	Benedict chases Corwin, fights, loses
	Corwin calls Gerard to help Benedict
+5y129d Corwin gets guns on Earth
	Eric begins major battle with Black Road
	Corwin visits old house, reads Eric's message
	Ganelon and Corwin go to Riik to collect troops
+5y150d Ganelon and Corwin march on Amber
	Dara arrives in Amber
+5y156d Corwin wins battle at Amber
	Eric dies in battle
	Corwin and Random go to the Pattern
	Dara completes the Pattern
	Dara claims "Amber will be destroyed"
	Merlin born to Dara (father is Corwin)
	Merlin grows up in the Courts of Chaos

SIGN OF THE UNICORN

+5y162d Caine is found dead
	Random tells his story (of the Tower) to Corwin
	Corwin attunes to the Jewel
	Flora tells her story (of Eric, etc.) to Corwin
	Corwin visits his tomb with Ganelon
+5y163d Corwin and Gerard fight, bury Caine, at the Grove of the 
	   Unicorn
	Corwin and Gerard see the Unicorn
	Brand is returned by united family effort
	Fiona stabs Brand
	Gerard takes care of Brand
	Caine stabs Corwin
	Corwin returns to Shadow Earth, stashes Jewel
+5y164d Random brings Corwin back to Amber
	Corwin visits Brand
	Brand recovers well
	Corwin goes to Tir-na Nog'th, gets mechanical arm from 
	   Benedict
+5y165d Corwin, Ganelon, and Random follow Unicorn to Primal 
	   Pattern

THE HAND OF OBERON

	Martin's Trump found in the Pattern
	Benedict and Random seek Martin
	Corwin talks to Vialle
+5y167d Corwin goes to Dworkin's quarters
	Corwin trumps to the Courts of Chaos, kills rider, meets 
	   Merlin
+5y175d Corwin returns via Gerard's Trump
	Corwin talks to Brand again
	Caine attacks Brand
	Ganelon tells Benedict about Dara
	Corwin and Benedict form alliance
	Gerard fights Corwin again, Ganelon intercedes
	Corwin talks to Julian
	Corwin returns to Earth to retrieve the Jewel, talks to 
	   Bill Roth
	Brand gets the Jewel first
	Corwin orders all the Patterns guarded
	Corwin talks to Fiona
	Brand show up at the Pattern in Amber, met by Gerard, flees
	Brand starts walking the Primal Pattern
	Corwin intercepts him, forces Brand to transport out
	Random finds Martin, who tells his story
	Brand goes to Tir-na Nog'th to walk Pattern there
	Benedict intercepts him, regains the Jewel, using
	   mechanical arm
	Ganelon reveals himself as Oberon

THE COURTS OF CHAOS

+5y178d Oberon takes command, gives separate orders to his children
	Brand draws Trumps for Sand and Delwin, who refuse to help him
	Replay of Tir-na Nog'th scene in Amber, Benedict loses arm
	Corwin talks to Dara, learns of Merlin
	Corwin tries to repair the Pattern himself and is stopped by
	   Oberon
	Corwin talks to Oberon
	Oberon orders everyone to attack Chaos
	Corwin begins his hellride
	Oberon starts walking the Pattern to repair it
	Oberon sends the Jewel to Corwin via the bird
	Brand's first contact with Corwin ("Dad failed")
	Corwin hides in cave, meets man with scripture
	Corwin almost lured by dwarves and by Lady
	Brand's second contact with Corwin (appears with crossbow, 
	   loses eye)
	Corwin meets Ygg, Hugi, and the Jackal
	Corwin inscribes a new Pattern
	Brand's third contact with Corwin (grabs the Jewel)
	Corwin and Brand both transport to Chaos
	Corwin kills Duke Borel of Chaos
	Battle of Chaos
	Oberon's message in the sky
	Brand killed by Caine's crossbow, drags Deirdre over the 
	   cliff
	Family reunites after the battle
	Oberon's funeral
	Merlin appears
	Random made King of Amber by the Unicorn
	Corwin attunes Random to the Jewel
	Random diverts the Wave of Chaos 
+5y6m   Corwin tells his story to Merlin
	Rinaldo hears of his father Brand's death, on April 30

TRUMPS OF DOOM

+5y6m   Merlin goes to Shadow Earth, studies computer science in 
	   college
	Fiona takes Merlin to see Corwin's pattern 
	Bill Roth works up Patternfall Treaty between Random and 
	   Swayvil
	Merlin meets Luke (Rinaldo) in college
	Merlin takes his girlfriend Julia through Shadow
	Rinaldo attempts to kill Merlin on April 30
	Rinaldo tries again the next year, and the next
	Rinaldo breaks off the attempts on Merlin's life; Jasra 
	continues them 
+9y6m   Merlin and Rinaldo graduate and join Grand Design
	Merlin begins building Ghostwheel
	Merlin breaks up with Julia
	Jasra attempts to kill Merlin, making a total of seven tries
+13y6m  Merlin quits Grand Design, talks to Rinaldo about it
	Julia is killed by a dog-beast from Shadow
	Merlin goes to Julia's place, finds her dead, kills the beast
	Merlin finds the Trumps of Doom
	Merlin visits Rick Kinsky, Julia's old boyfriend
	Merlin visits Victor Melman, kills him in self-defense
	Jasra arrives at Melman's place, bites Merlin
	Merlin trumps off to the Sphinx, escapes
	Dalt gets ammo from Melman's building, burns it
	Merlin returns to Melman's building, finds a shotgun shell
	Caine murdered by Rinaldo, Bleys wounded by Rinaldo
	Merlin goes to Rinaldo's hotel, gets ring
	Merlin checks into Hilton in Santa Fe
	Merlin meets up with Rinaldo
	Dan Martinez talks to Merlin
	Merlin removes ring
	Rinaldo and Merlin drive into the country
	Rinaldo kills Martinez
	Merlin goes to Bill Roth
	Merlin meets George Hansen
	Merlin and Bill Roth go to Amber
	Random discovers that the shotgun shells explode in Amber
	Merlin talks to Fiona and goes back to a bar on Earth
	Merlin meets Meg Devlin and goes to her apartment
	Caine's funeral
	Rinaldo attempts to bomb the Amberites, fails
	Merlin tells Random about Ghostwheel, is told to shut it down
	Merlin tries to reach Ghostwheel, but is told to go back
	Merlin meets a lady in Shadow
	Merlin meets Rinaldo in Shadow
	Rinaldo imprisons Merlin in a crystal cave

BLOOD OF AMBER

	Merlin is locked in the crystal cave for over a month
	Merlin rigs a booby trap and escapes
	Merlin meets up with Jasra, immobilizes her, trumps to Flora
	   on Earth 
	Rinaldo grabs Jasra away from Merlin
	Flora tells Merlin about Jasra, Kashfa
	Merlin tells Flora about Rinaldo
	Merlin tries to call Meg Devlin and George Hansen, fails
	Mask contacts Merlin
	Flora and Merlin go to Julia's place
	Merlin goes through trap door at Julia's place
	Merlin runs into Scrof, defeats him
	Rinaldo hires Dalt to attack the Keep with him 
	Merlin goes to the Keep of the Four Worlds, meets the hermit
	   Dave 
	Dave tells Merlin about Sharu, Dalt, Kashfa, Jasra, Rinaldo,
	   Brand 
	Merlin tries to move closer to the Keep, is stopped by Mask
	Merlin trumps to Amber
	Dalt intentionally wounds Rinaldo in battle at the Keep
	Random tells Merlin about Dalt and Deela 
	Merlin goes to Bloody Bill's for seafood
	Merlin meets Old John, the King's emissary
	Merlin leaves, gets attacked, saved by Vinta Bayle
	Merlin and Vinta go to Arbor House, where they trade
	   information 
	Ghostwheel contacts Merlin
	Rinaldo calls Merlin, trumps in
	Merlin calls Dalt, Dalt shows aggression, Merlin hangs up
	Rinaldo asks Merlin to help rescue Jasra
	Merlin takes Rinaldo to crystal cave, negotiates deal
	Merlin returns to Arbor House briefly
	Merlin runs into a lop-eared wolf, which tries to kill him
	   and escapes 
	Merlin returns to Amber, talks to Bill Roth
	Merlin goes to Corwin's tomb
	Merlin goes to the Pattern, walks it, trumps to the Keep
	Merlin finds Jasra frozen
	Mask appears, has duel with Merlin
	Merlin trumps back to Amber with Jasra
	Rinaldo contacts Merlin
	Merlin goes into the main hall
	Benedict and Random enter the main hall
	Rinaldo tells all about Dalt's plan to attack Amber with
	   riflemen 
	Merlin walks into a huge trump of himself, disappears into
	   Wonderland 

SIGN OF CHAOS

	Jaston, Ruler of Kashfa, falls off balcony, dies 
	Random goes to Kashfa to put Arkans on the throne
	Random promises Eregnor (territory between Kashfa and Begma)
	   to Arkans 
	Merlin and Rinaldo experience LSD in Shadow Wonderland
	Fire Angel sets upon Merlin
	Fire Angel is defeated by Merlin and the Jabberwock
	Merlin calls Mandor, they talk
	Fiona calls, comes through to Merlin
	Tornado in Shadow
	Merlin, Mandor, and Fiona talk about Corwin's Pattern
	Mandor and Fiona team up to find cause of Shadow storms
	Merlin returns to Amber, talks to Llewella and Vialle
	Begma delegation arrives (Orkuz, Nayda, Coral)
	Coral and Merlin walk
	Jurt attacks Merlin in the caves, fails, retrieved by Mask
	Jurt returns to the Keep to be initiated into the Fount of
	   Power 
	Merlin takes Coral to the Pattern below Amber
	Coral walks the Pattern, asks it to transport her somewhere
	Martin goes punk
	Fiona and Mandor call Merlin, warn him about Ghostwheel
	Rinaldo calls Merlin, they plan attack on the Keep
	Nayda and Merlin talk
	Ghostwheel calls Merlin, warns him about Fiona and Mandor
	Merlin tells Ghostwheel about the attack on the Keep
	Mandor calls, Merlin cuts him off
	Merlin talks to Bill Roth
	Merlin talks briefly with Benedict
	Merlin attends state dinner with Llewella, Vialle, Bill,
	   Begmans 
	Dalt arrives with a small army, demands Rinaldo and Jasra
	Merlin is called to speak with Vialle about Dalt
	Merlin brings Rinaldo through, they go to Julian in Arden
	Rinaldo duels with Dalt, loses, is taken prisoner 
	Dalt's army retreats
	Merlin returns to Amber
	Merlin talks to Nayda in his room
	Merlin creates Trump for Coral, reaches her briefly
	Merlin attempts to reach Rinaldo, is blocked
	Merlin realizes that Nayda is the Guardian, and he calls
	   Mandor 
	Mandor binds the Guardian, who is a ty'iga demon
	Merlin frees Jasra 
	Ty'iga can't tell Merlin who sent it, tells Mandor
	Mandor refuses to tell Merlin
	Merlin goes to Corwin's room
	Jasra agrees to attack the Keep with Merlin
	Ghostwheel takes Merlin, Jasra, Mandor to Keep 
	Merlin, Jasra, Mandor find Jurt and Mask
	All five fight a battle of wizardry
	Mask is injured
	Sharu Garrul is freed
	Mandor destroys the Fount
	Mask is Julia
