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The Beginning

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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)

-3000y

Oberon marries Cymnea

Benedict, Osric, Finndo, born to Cymnea (father is Oberon)

Eric born to Faiella (father is Oberon)

Oberon dissolves marriage to Cymnea

Oberon marries Faiella

Osric and Finndo die in First Chaosian War

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

Dworkin begins to fashion the family Trumps

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 Moins (father is Oberon)

Oberon divorces Clarissa

Oberon recognizes Llewella as legitimate

Brand born to Clarissa (father is Oberon)

Flora born to Dybele (father is Oberon)

Julian, Gerard born to Rilga (father is Oberon)

Random born to Paulette (father is Oberon)

Brand, Bleys, and Fiona study with Dworkin

Corwin rules over Avalon

-180y

Islain is born to Eric and Moire

Random goes to Rebma and elopes with Morganthe

Martin born to Morganthe (father is Random)

Random banished from Rebma

Islain becomes Ambassadress to Variath

Islain arrives in Amber

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

-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 (Generally regarded as the start of the Patternfall Years)

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 at 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

-62y

Amba born in Shadow

-27y

Eric brings Larissa to Amber

-24y

Larissa walks the Pattern

-20y

Larissa's Ambassadorial status becomes official, and she begins to travel extensively

-11y

Johann Payne, approximately one year of age, brought to Amber with his mother.

-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

Damien arrives in Amber suddenly, already an adult.

-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 in 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

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The 60's end as the calender year becomes 1970 AD on Shadow Earth

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

+6d

Corwin escapes Greenwood, goes to Flora's house

Corwin and Random set out for Amber

Corwin and Random save Deirdre, go to Rebma

Random sentenced to marry Vialle

+9d

Corwin walks Pattern in Rebma

Corwin transports himself to Amber

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, lays his curse on Amber/Eric

Larissa argues with Eric, leaves Amber to travel the Golden Circle

+3y

Fiona delivers her twins, Clytemnestra and Helena, out in shadow

+4y10d

Corwin escapes to Cabra with Dworkin's help

Corwin stays with Jopin at the Lighthouse

Corwin goes to Lorraine, etc

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

+5y129d

Corwin gets guns on Earth

Eric begins major battle with Black Road (First battle of the Patternfall War)

Islain returns to Rebma

Larissa returns to Amber to play a military role, at Gerard's request

+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"

Eric's funeral

+5y162d

Merlin born to Dara (father is Corwin)

Merlin grows up in the Courts of Chaos

Caine is found dead

Random tells his story (of the Tower) to Corwin

Flora tells her story (of Eric, etc.) to Corwin

+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

Martin's Trump found in the Pattern

Benedict and Random seek Martin

+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

+5y178d

Oberon takes command, gives separate orders to his children

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

Islain briefly returns to Amber at Gerard's request

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")

Brand's second contact with Corwin (appears with crossbow, loses eye)

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 - also known as the Battle at the Abyss (Second battle of the Patternfall War)

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

+5y9m

Mandor leads suprise attack on Amber under Gerard regency before forces of Amber can return from war with Chaos (Third and final battle of the Patternfall War)

Damien and Johann Payne leave Amber for Victor Earth.

Gerard is killed

Vialle escapes to Rebma

Corwin disappears

+6y

Forces of Amber are ambushed when they try to return to Amber and are defeated

Benedict is lost after the battle

Caine, Julian escape and lay plans

Bleys, others defect to Chaos and are paroled

Llewella is permitted to depart to Rebma as goodwill gesture

Random, others are imprisoned in Chaos as hostages/ POWs

Fiona marries Lord Torren Ishtar rather than face imprisonment

Vikund born in Amber City

Islain is allowed to return to Rebma and does so.

+6y6m

Merlin is crowned king of Amber, Mandor is Prime Minister.

+17y

Ingrey Wererathe born in House Wererathe

+25y

Petra is brought to Amber by Merlin and presented as a child of Benedict.

+26y

Vikund first appears in Merlins' court as an advisor.

+45y

The Ramblin' Queen opens for business.

+63y

Morgan is brought to Amber from the Unicorn Nebula.

+65y

Damien and Johann return to Amber, and initially live in the same home.

Lady Paloma Baccaran comes to Amber to become the new Ambassador from the Courts.

Ingrey joins the Diplomatic Service (IngreyGoesOffToTheDiplomaticService)

+68y

Ingrey Wererathe comes to Amber to work at the Embassy. He has the rank of Third Secretary.

+73y

Clytemnestra and Helena discovered by Torren Ishtar in a slow-time shadow�they are 4 yrs. old

Clytemnestra goes to live with her father, Mandor

Helena goes to live with her mother, Fiona

Torren Ishtar adopts Helena

+74y

Ingrey Wererathe promoted to Second Secretary

+75y

Clytemnestra is fostered in Aegea. She receives frequent visits from Mandor, and manages infrequent visits with Fiona out in shadow.

+79y

Amba comes to the Courts

+82y

Ingrey Wererathe promoted to First Secretary

+87y

Clytemnestra comes to live in Amber, with infrequent visits to Aegea. She and Mandor have a falling-out, and have mostly avoided each other since.

+90y

Ingrey Wererathe promoted to Counselor and given his current office.

+91y

Johann Payne leaves Amber for Arden

+93y

Chadwick is taken to Amber by Flora. He is 18 years of age. Time spent in Amber expands over the year.

+94y

Flora openly declares that Chadwick is her son. Several trips to Rebma are made.

+98y

Islain is sent to Arden

+99y

Ingrey Wererathe Promoted to Minister-Counselor at the Amber Mission

+100y

Johann Payne returns to Amber from Arden

Chadwick is seen independent of Flora for the first time.

Helena comes to Amber with her mother, Fiona

Gamestart

Note from Brian: The very end of this timeline is subject to a lot of changes, but much of the earlier material is straight out of Zelazny. I hope this will be a useful resource.

I started from this: http://zelazny.corrupt.net/ambtime.html , and much credit is due to the original author. I trimmed some back for this game.