SITE DRELB : La timeline de Amber

TIMELINE of Amber

The original timeline was by Kevin Knight. Since it had not been updated since 1987 I decided to go ahead and add the last two books of the Merlin series to complete the timeline.

Besides a few minor alterations all of the text except the last 2 books is Kevin's.

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

Last updated Sept. 29, 1993
Edited by Saul Jaffe (moderator, Sf-Lovers)
Updated by Kenn Crook (added Knight Of Shadows & Prince Of Chaos)
Traduit en francais par DRELB et mise à la disposition http://drelb.free.fr/

The Beginning

The Old Days

Before the Chronicles

Nine Princes in Amber

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

Les 9 Princes d'Ambre

+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 i

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...