Tsark stepped into the leadership role late, coming to be seen as the leader of the then-rebel faction only after his father's death and Lot's insanity, and attendent to his ascension was a great deal of doubt, for Eric's son had been known more for his undoubted strength at arms than any particular intellectual acumen. But Tsark was forceful and confident, if perhaps inexperienced, and thus far, he has demonstrated that one can learn the business of kingship, if one can take the throne in the first place. With two now-adult sons, Tsark's legacy seems more stable than ever, and despite the problems afflicting Amber, talk of a short rule is dying down.

Tsark's device is a hand, palm out, fingers together, gold on a field of black. It is surmounted with a golden crown, indicating that he is the King of Amber, but that is not technically part of his device.

Physique 6

Warfare 6

Combat 6

Unarmed 10

Psyche 3

Acrobat
115 pts

Many of the family still think of Gawain as Lot's earnest, slightly naive son who appeared in the middle of the Brothers' War and seemed quaintly knightly. To think of Gawain as provincial is to dramatically underestimate him. Lot was a tactician to rival Benedict, and Gawain appears to be following in his father's footsteps, deftly reuniting Arezia, which had been sundered by a hundred years of rebellion, and forging that Shadow into an essential part of the Golden Circle within a generation. Though Gawain's distant upbringing continues to show in his reluctance to use the Pattern, his quiet confidence on the throne of Arezia is a reminder that this is a man who ruled a kingdom while Tsark was still in house arrest in Castle Amber.

Gawain's device is a serpent, uncoiled and poised to strike, green on a field of white. It is surmounted with a golden crown, indicating that he is the King of Arezia, but that is not technically part of his device.

Physique 5

Warfare 6

Strategy 7

Morale 8

Heavy Cavalry 9

Psyche 1

Trump 5

Falconry, Charisma, Werewindle
115 pts

Victoria is Llewella's daughter, but at times she seems as much Fiona's child. Coming from a quiet, contemplative religious background, Victoria was thrust into the chaos of Amber in the Brothers' War, and in its fires, she remade herself from devoted priestess into witch-queen. One of the ablest of the loyalist generals, Victoria's troops became renowned for their disturbing fervor, and their leader for her unpredictability. In peace, she has continued to demonstrate her competence and uncanny nature, forging an ever-deeper bond between Atlantis and Rebma, an axis which represents the most serious challenge to Amber's power in the Golden Circle.

Victoria's device is a trident, a scroll, and a dolphin above the dome of Atlantis' library, gold on a field of blue.

Physique 4

Warfare 7

Strategy 7

Religious Conversion 8

Psyche 5

Pattern 6

Rebman
116 pts

The crown prince of Amber seems a quiet, dutiful man, always willing to work in Amber's interests, but thus far overshadowed by his parents and their generation. His passion appears to be his hunting hounds and his garden, though he has never shirked from more serious work. Presently, Arthur is seen as somewhat untried... But then, there has been no major crisis to try him, yet.

Perhaps hinting at unseen talents, Arthur has, in recent years, been seen riding a huge, powerful horse which is the spitting image of Julian's Morgenstern.

Arthur's device is a crossed sword and rose, golden, above a rampant horse, white, facing dexter, on a field of black.

Physique 3

Endurance 4

Warfare 4

Combat 4

Mounted 6

Psyche 3

Morgenstern
50 pts

Tsark's younger son has yet to distinguish himself in the eyes of the public, preferring a lower profile than the rest of his family. To the Family, he seems very much the responsibility-avoiding troublemaker, occaisionally involving himself in the criminal activities of City Amber, but mostly sticking to an agenda of wine, women, and song. Those who knew him in Arezia have perhaps seen a slightly different side of him as he joined in the tail end of Gawain's crusades, but overall, this prince of Amber seems very happy not to excel at anything besides having fun.

Khrim's device is a black spear with a white feather, facing dexter, crossed by a purple rose facing sinister, on a field of red.

Physique 4

Warfare 4

Strategy 4

Crime 5

Combat 4

Stealth 5

Psyche 3

52 pts

Victoria's daughter, raised to rule, remains thus far a cypher. She spends enough time away from Atlantis that some have come to believe that she has broken with her mother, yet there seems little acrimony there. Others suggest that Jael is playing some deeper game, pointing to her skill at disguise as evidence that she's setting herself up as some kind of agent poised to strike at a crucial moment. The truth of the matter is simply that many in the Family are distrustful of Victoria and her legacy, and Jael has, thus far, not gained enough distance from her mother to avoid such suspicions.

Jael's device is harp, grey on a field of blue.

Physique 4

Warfare 4

Strategy 4

Raid 5

Combat 4

Wrestle 5

Psyche 3

Rebman, Costumer, Musician
52 pts

Tall, blonde, and very young-seeming (despite having been born only a few years after the foundation of the Duchy), Tristan exudes an apparently genuine warmth that extends even to members of the Family who have been traditional excluded, such as Random and Fiona. This is largely seen as the legacy of his father — while some might mutter at Tristan's naivete, most in the Family want to believe that Martin, Leah, and Tristan really are just genuinely happy people.

Tristan's device is a heron, facing dexter, white on a field of blue.

Physique 3

Warfare 4

Strategy 5

Psyche 4

52 pts

A slight, dark-haired girl with a mischevious grin, Dara is a textbook example of appearances being deceiving. Arguably the most powerful woman in Amber, Dara is nearly 500 years old, and the mother of the heirs to the throne. And that's all without touching her impressive personal prowess and deep influence with the Second Worlders in general and House Sawall in particular.

Second Worlders do not use personal heraldry, but after Dara married Tsark, she started using the Sawall Coatl in Tsark's gold-on-black color scheme as a personal device.

Physique 4

Endurance 9

Warfare 5

Combat 6

Strategy 5

Psyche 3

Pattern 3

Shadow-Paths 4

115 pts

The oldest surviving member of the family and one of the least-liked, Deirdre leaves dispensing ancient wisdom to others. Famously caustic, Deirdre's loyalty is less-remarked upon, but equally notable. Perhaps the last of the true Rebels, Deirdre still sees the Family standing the lines of that ancient grudge, and unlike many others, she's never had sympathy for those opposed to her.

Deirdre's device is a crescent moon, horns pointing dexter, silver on a field of black.

Physique 5

Warfare 5

Combat 7

Axe 9

Strategy 5

Heavy Infantry 6

Psyche 4

Pattern 5

114 pts

Unpredictable. Fey. Insane. The red-headed witch of Amber is a difficult woman to know, and some would say an unrewarding one. But she is the preeminent Trump Artist in the family, and at least arguably possesses wisdom to match her madness. It can at least be said of her that she directs the worst of her madness to thouse outside the Family, but the more moral of her peers none the less find her repugnant.

Fiona's device is a manticora rampant, facing dexter, gold on a field of red.

Physique 3

Warfare 3

Combat 4

Knife 6

Psyche 8

Trump 9

117 pts

Rebma's daughter has worked tirelessly as a peacemaker, mending bridges that her closest allies, Victoria and Moire, have often burnt. Despite being mystically potent and politically well-connected, Llewella seems to get little regard in the family, passing almost unnoticed from the Rebel to the Loyal side between rebellions, and now overshadowed by her dramatic daughter. But perhaps that's just the way she likes it — certainly, as much blame has passed Llewella by as has credit.

Llewella's device is a diving osprey, grey on a field of blue.

Physique 4

Warfare 3

Psyche 5

Pattern 9

Trump 5

Use pictures as Trumps 9

Rebman
120 pts

Caine in some ways seems the most pragmatic of the Elders. He didn't let tradition or propriety stop his unconventional bid for the throne at the end of the Second Rebellion, and when that failed, he apparently let it go in relatively good humor. It is apparent that his loyalties are now divided, but that seems to be more a result of his grandson being in Garnath than any ill-will towards Tsark, under whom Caine serves as an admiral of Amber's "far fleet." At the end of the day, Caine may simply enjoy too many of the small things in life (particularly getting tanked and starting fights in dive taverns) to worry too much about the big things.

Caine's device is a forked bolt of lightning, gold on a field of black.

Physique 4

Warfare 5

Combat 6

Cutlass 7

Strategy 5

Naval 7

Psyche 3

Trump 8

119 pts

Though Gerard evidently did not like Mordred, and argued repeatedly for Benedict to assume the regency, he prided himself on his loyalty to his oaths, and in both rebellions, was reluctantly loyal. No one could fault his commitment, as he lost a leg in a battle with Deirdre, and only in the last decade has he regenerated enough to walk again (and still with a pronounced limp). But now that the war is over, he works for Tsark, as Admiral of Amber's "close fleet," though he quarrels constantly with Deirdre still.

Gerard's device is a bear walking, dexter, white on a field of green.

Physique 6

Strength 9

Warfare 3

Combat 5

Wrestle 6

Strategy 3

Naval 5

Psyche 3

115 pts

Somebody has to be the least-liked man in the family. Random wears the title with a certain weary pride. Never able to escape the notoriety of being "the man who betrayed the rebellion," Random now spits in the face of his accusers and does as he will. Not trusted by the current regime, not welcome in his son's domain, slowly distanced from Gawain, whose cause he championed at the end of the Third Rebellion, Random now finds himself at loose ends. Other members of the Family start to worry when they see Random with a lot of free time on his hands...

Random's device is two coins, one gold, one silver, on a field of grey.

Physique 4

Endurance 6

Warfare 5

Strategy 5

Espionage 8

Psyche 6

115 pts

Prior to the end of the Brothers' War, Martin was notable mainly as the guy who actually had a functional relationship. He was a reluctant Rebel, and served in the front lines, but much less prominently than Tsark or Deirdre did, though his martial skills may compare favorably to theirs. In all things, Martin seemed to eschew the spotlight — even when he mentioned to Tsark that he was going to break off a piece of Amber and maintain it as a semi-autonomous check on Tsark's power, he did so in an understated way. But his self-appointed role has pushed him into public notice, and Martin's handled it with aplomb. While it's well known that Grayson does the heavy lifting in terms of Garnath's economic and military matters, it's Martin who puts a face on it that the rest of the family can live with.

Martin's device is a leaping trout, gold and silver on a field of blue.

Physique 5

Endurance 7

Warfare 4

Combat 8

Shield 9

Strategy 4

Psyche 3

115 pts

Eleanore has chosen a difficult path — she seeks to serve Amber under a king whose father she helped assassinate. It is perhaps unclear why Eleanore would do this: while Tsark strives to be fair to her, it is obvious that he retains a personal dislike, and Eleanore might find a warmer reception in Atlantis or Arezia. But Eleanore has ever been somewhat enigmatic and perhaps, like her father, she simply can not imagine herself divorced from Amber.

Eleanore's device is a scarlet sunburst with an eye in the middle rising from a field of navy blue.

Physique 6

Warfare 3

Combat 3

Defense 4

Psyche 6

Pattern 8

115 pts

Jonas, Grayson's father, killed Miriam, Grayson's mother, when Grayson was just an infant. In the hundred years that followed, he was raised by Caine away from Amber, and only during the Brothers' War did he rebel against that stricture, making his own way to his ancestral home. In Amber, Grayson appeared to make his peace with his father, just in time for Tsark to kill Jonas.

Grayson is far from alone in having no surviving parents, but he's unique in the Family in having both parents die during the wars. Perhaps that drove the distrust of the rest of the family which has, thus far, left him with only one truly close friendship — Martin, another notable dissenter. For whatever reason, Grayson has thrown himself into the establishment of Garnath to the point where, fifty years later, it seems his sole passion.

Grayson's device is a fox, walking sinister, black on a field of green.

Physique 4

Warfare 7

Combat 7

Improvised Weapons 8

Strategy 7

Naval 8

Psyche 4

Pattern 6

117 pts

Orlando is and always will be known for killing first Brand and then Mordred. Labouring under the powerful blood curses of both men, Orlando stays close to castle Amber, walking the Pattern daily. This ritual apparently allows him to function in a manner close to that of sane men, but it has increasingly made him fey and divorced from the concerns of those around him. Then again, perhaps it is not Orlando who has withdrawn from his fellows, but them who have pulled away from him — there is a profound sadness about Orlando that is uncomfortable.

Orlando's device is a white hourglass with red sands on a field of black.

Physique 3

Endurance 3

Last it out 4

Warfare 4

Psyche 2

Pattern 10

Trump 2

Defense 8

125 pts

Very little is known of Jenna. She was a member of the tribe of Weir that Eric, and Tsark after him, used for occaisional commando work. Tsark later discovered that Jenna and her sisters Ilke and Elsa were Eric's granddaughters, and seperated them from the tribe at their request. Some time after that, apparently with House Hendrake's manipulation, the three Weir sisters developed a grudge against Amber. Now, there are persistant rumors of the Weir lurking in Arden, but they've never been verified.

Jenna is not known to use heraldry.

Jenna's stats are unknown and presumeably vary by moon phase.

Job has matured into his role as Victoria's husband and right-hand man nicely. He's learned to weather his wife's more manic phases, and on more than one occaision stepped up to divert her from schemes that seem overly destructive. Perhaps this confidence comes from being the father of an Amberite, or perhaps it's simply Job's native intelligence and competence asserting itself. Whatever the case, more than a few people who have dealt with Victoria have been heard to mutter blessings for the day when she decided to marry.

Job's device is a closed scroll, gold on a field of blue.

Physique 0

Endurance 0

Last it out 1

Warfare 1

Strategy 5

Politics 6

Psyche 0

Trump 2

This former "translater" has occupied a number of roles since Victoria regrew her tongue. Her odd childhood seems to have trapped Mercy between two worlds — she's not competent enough to really operate on even footings with Amberites, but has been too drawn into their realm to find the world of mortals amusing any longer. Still youthful-seeming, Mercy has in the last decade taken up a life of travel, finding a certain surcease in a life of ease and shallow luxury. However, the smart money says that beneath all that, she's still funnelling information back to Victoria.

For a while, Mercy was romantically linked to, of all people, Random, but that seems to be over, now.

Mercy does not have a heraldric device.

Physique 0

Warfare 0

Combat 1

Psyche 0

Trump 3

Despil was the first Second Worlder to swear fealty to Tsark, back in the days of the Brothers' War, and Tsark has rewarded his loyalty since then with a place as one of his most trusted aides. Despil currently serves as the Captain of the Castle Guard in Amber, where he is known as an able and fair commander. Despil is over 70, but has the physical appearance of a man in his late 30's.

Despil does not have a heraldric device.

Physique 1

Endurance 3

Last-it-out 4

Warfare 2

Combat 4

Wrestle 6

Psyche 0

Trump 1

Block 2

Moire has been Queen of Rebma for some 500 years, and appears to finally be failing. Her green hair is mostly white, now, and she doesn't seem to be as sharp as she used to be. On the other hand, this is a woman who has met four Kings of Amber as a peer, who commands the loyalty of her Amberite sister. She is not to be underestimated, and perhaps her seeming weakness is nothing but a ruse.

Moire has been responsible for an implacably anti-Amber policy since the days immediately following Tsark's ascension to the throne, as she regards him as having profited from her son Mordred's death.

Moire's device is three trout swimming sinister, silver on a field of blue. It is surmounted by a golden crown indicating that she is the Queen of Rebma, but this is not technically part of her device.

Physique 0

Warfare 2

Strategy 5

Psyche 0

Trump 3

Rebman

The quiet girl from Ejienne that Martin married has, in the last fifty years, very much remained "the quiet girl from Ejienne." While Leah is less intimidated by the Royal Family that she was, she has never seemed eager to involve herself in their affairs and intrigues. She appears to dote on her husband and her son, and she's not a recluse, but she's still a non-entity in the minds of most of the Family, her activities mostly unseen out of Garnath.

Leah has adopted a stork, facing dexter, white on a field of blue as her heraldric device since she became the Duchess of Garnath.

Physique 0

Warfare 0

Strategy 0

Politics 2

Psyche 0

Trump 0

Block 2