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.
PPS. One of my favorite UNIX commands is "grep Brand amber.timeline".
(This lists all lines containing the word "Brand"). Invent your own.
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*** Obviously, there are major SPOILERS here ***
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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
Barnd 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 delgation 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