TIMELINE
The original timeline was made by Kevin Knight.
 
   MAJOR SPIOLER!!!!
Go back to :
  • I. The Beginning
  • II. The Old Days
  • III. Before the Chronicles
  • IV. Nine Princes in Amber
  • V. The Guns of Avalon
  • VI. Sign of the Unicorn
  • VII. The Hand of Oberon
  • VIII. The Courts of Chaos
  • IX. Trumps of Doom
  • X. Blood of Amber
  • XI. Sign of Chaos
  • XII. Knight of Shadows
  • XIII. Prince of Chaos
    •
    The Beginning
    N/A
    There is nothing?
    Primal Chaos is born
    First shape-changers are born
    The Serpent and Unicorn come into existence
    The Courts of Chaos are created
    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
    The 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
    Jurt trumps away with Julia in his arms
    Knight of Shadows
    Jasra binds Sharu Garrul as the guardian of the Fount
    Merlin, Mandor, and Jasra try to reach Coral via Trump
    The force holding Coral comes for Merlin
    Ghostwheel transports Merlin, Mandor, and Jasra to distant locals
    Merlin is visited by Pattern Ghosts of Dworkin, Oberon, and Corwin
    Corwin takes Merlin to the place between Pattern and Logrus (Undershadow)
    Merlin summons Logrus, Frakir becomes sentient
    Unicorn and Serpent "motivate" Merlin to choose sides, he refuses
    Merlin unknowingly chooses the path of Chaos
    Merlin walks undershadow, meets ghosts of Brand, Jurt, Caine, Lord Borel and Benedict
    Merlin 'borrows' the Jewel of Judgment from Random's room
    Benedict's ghost gives Lord Borel 'fencing lessons'
    Merlin finds Coral unconscious in the center of a Broken Pattern
    Merlin walks/repairs broken Pattern, wakes up Coral with an X-Rated spell breaker
    Dworkin visits Merlin in his room at Amber
    Merlin attunes to the Jewel
    Merlin contacts Luke via Trump, finds that he's free and leading an army
    The ty'iga grabs the Jewel Of Judgement from Merlin calling it the Serpent's Left Eye or the Eye Of Chaos
    The Logrus and Pattern appear in Amber
    Ghostwheel grabs the ty'iga and keeps the Logrus/Pattern at bay
    Ghostwheel disappears with the ty'iga and the Jewel
    The Serpent and Unicorn clash, part of castle Amber is destroyed
    Dworkin trumps Merlin to safety
    Ghostwheel returns the Jewel to Merlin
    Merlin daydreams of those plotting against him
    Merlin finds the ring, Spikard in Brand's room, puts it on
    Merlin gets Weirwindle from Brand's room as a present for Luke
    Dworkin places the Jewel in Coral's empty eyesocket and takes her to Kashfa
    Merlin uses Spikard to trace Dworkin's path
    Merlin goes to Kashfa using the Spikard
    Merlin finds that Luke has taken control of Kashfa
    Jurt arrives, grabs Weirwindle, gets blasted by Merlin's Spikard
    Jurt grabs Coral as a hostage, she blasts him with the Eye
    Jurt leaves taking Weirwindle with him
    Merlin finds out that Coral is now Luke's wife
    Prince of Chaos
    Rinaldo is crowned King Of Kashfa
    Merlin is balked in examining the Jewel with the Spikard
    The demon, Gryll, contacts Merlin and escorts him back to the Courts for Swayvill's funeral
    Gryll tells Merlin about the imbalance of the Powers and of Mandor/Fiona's report to Suhuy
    Merlin arrives at Suhuy's castle
    Merlin attempts 'Reflection' sees Tmer, Tubble and Jurt
    Mandor arrives at Suhuy's castle tells Merlin of the matters of the succession, makes a breakfast date with Merlin
    Dara arrives at Suhuy's castle argues with Merlin about the ty'iga, makes lunch date with Merlin
    Mandor and Dara depart, Merlin dreams of Coral, Luke, Victor Melman, Random, Julia, Jasra, Nayda (ty'iga), Jurt, Fiona, Corwin, Bill Roth, Dworkin, and the Cheshire Cat
    Suhuy admits casting a spell on Merlin to cause the divinatory dream
    Merlin is visited by Ghost, tells it how to reach the cavern where the Logrus is kept
    Merlin attempts to contact Coral via Trump, she is asleep and he sees himself in her dreams
    Merlin contacts Corwin, a black crow guardian pops out of the Trump
    Merlin speaks with Suhuy about the bird, House Hendrake, and the late Lord Borel and Duke Larsus
    Merlin meets with Mandor for breakfast they speak of the succession, the power struggle between Pattern & Logrus, the Amber Cult, and of Jurt's presence in the Courts
    Merlin travels to cemetary reminisces about childhood and his friend Rhanda, meets Pattern ghost of Luke sent to warn him to leave the Courts.
    Luke tells Merlin about Jasra's connection with the Courts and her Sorcerous training under Dara
    Merlin 'feeds' Luke blood and they encounter a Logrus ghost of Lord Borel
    Corwin's Pattern ghost shows up kicks Borel in the nether regions and knocks him out, Merlin & Luke follow Corwin to his Pattern
    Luke's ghost gets adopted by Corwin's Pattern
    Merlin encounters Glait on way to meet with Dara and it shows him the chapel dedicated to Corwin
    Merlin and Dara dine, they speak of her sorceress skill and the Logrus
    Ghostwheel seeks protection from Merlin as the Logrus shows up and demands it (Ghost just walked the Logrus...)
    Merlin denies the Logrus, backed up by the spikard
    Dara and the Logrus speak of her involvement with Brand and
    Patternfall, of her sending Hendrake goons to get Coral
    Merlin and Dara argue over Corwin, she tells him "Seek him in the Pit"
    Merlin goes to the Maze of Art, meets Kergma, Jurt
    Merlin and Jurt call a truce, they plan to free Coral from the Hendrakes
    They pop into Kashfa, meet the real Luke, take him back to Corwin's Pattern where he speaks with his ghost, Jurt and Merlin go back to Chaos and the funeral
    Tmer is assassinated with a dagger by Mandor's forces
    They pop back, speak with the Lukes then back to Chaos and funeral
    The Lukes, Nayda (ty'iga) track Coral's kidnapper's trail
    Swayvil is dropped from the Rim along with Tubble
    Gilva and Merlin visit the Corwin shrine they talk of the Cults
    Merlin and Jurt return to the Lukes and continue tracking Coral, Dalt has joined them
    Merlin acquires his horse, Tiger
    Luke examines the spikard while Merlin feels 'withdrawl' symptoms
    Merlin and Luke discuss the succession in Chaos
    They find a tower with Pattern ghosts of Eric, Caine, Benedict and Gerard. Gerard is wrestling Chinaway Hendrake
    Merlin sneaks in and takes Coral while Gerard snaps Chinaway like a twig, Merlin fries the Hendrakes, Pattern ghosts demand Coral, Dalt intervenes and gets cut down by Eric, Merlin toasts the ghosts but the Pattern transports them to the Primal Plane
    Merlin disputes with the Pattern and holds it hostage with a bloody hand. Luke joins in and Merlin gets Coral and the rest away while Luke continues to harass the Pattern
    Merlin dreams and meets Delwin and Bleys, they tell him of the spikard switcheroo and a bit about them, of Dara and Mandor's plans, Bleys gives him the original spikard but tells him not to wear it
    Merlin returns to Chaos, free's Corwin with Corwin's ghost replacing him, Merlin and the Corwin ghost speak obscurely about Greyswandir
    Merlin sees Julia at Jurt's place, they flirt
    Merlin summons Ghost and frees him from Kergma's trick/trap
    Mandor confronts Merlin, Merlin forcibly Trumps Dara through and they clash. Merlin wins with the spikard's power. Logrus shows up, Ghost shows up, Logrus concedes to Merlin's demands
    Mandor sucks up, Dara storms off
    Merlin sends Corwin back to Amber
    Merlin is to become King of Chaos and war between the Pattern and Logrus seems imminent...
    Finished ??
    <bgsound src="lothlori.html" loop=yes>