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We invite you to read the story of the Winds That Will Be campaign through your game-log method of choice:

Chronicles Journals Quotes

The Journals, particularly Aedan's Journal, are perhaps the most coherent; the Chronicles, like game-logs, are the least biased (and come with notes from the GM); and the Quotes, are, well, quotes. If you like that sort of thing, then this is the sort of thing you will like.

Introduction

Over thirty years have passed since Random was crowned King. In recent years, the situation in Amber has deteriorated. Random's rule has been troubled by strife within the family. Benedict has forcibly replaced Julian in Arden. Gerard has grown erratic and relinquished command of the Navy. Corwin is drunk night and day. Brand has returned from the Abyss, but he is unwell.

And Fiona believes the Pattern is changing, somehow.

Chronicles

(Note: For Entertainment Purposes Only. Actual Facts ~~May~~ Differ. Also, see the Chronicler's Notes.)

(GM Note on the Chronicles: While Todd's Chronicles do effectively list the "public" events of the campaign -- i.e. events witnessed by two or more characters -- they were written only to remind the players of what happened, not to give any coherent account of the game's flow or the complete story. If you want a more story-like version of events that is fairly cohesive, read the version presented through Aedan's Journals, below. It reflects very accurately his character's experience of the game, and includes several wonderful and intense scenes with accurate transcriptions of dialogue and terrific descriptions of Aedan's inner life during this time. I highly recommend it as a story, not just a game log. It almost worth saying, "So tell me about your character," a phrase that normally brings terror to the hearts of the sane.)

Beginning

Middle

End

December 15, 2001 (Final Session)

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Character Journals

Aedan Gabriel Giselle Magni and Raj

Aedan's Reality

Todd's Comments on Aedan's Journal

April 23, 2000

"Is It Okay to Say 'Shit' in Front of the King?"

April 30, 2000

"I've Heard that You Stab People"

May 11, 2000

"Darkness and Stars"

May 11, 2000 Part Two

"An Entirely Different Foul Mood"

May 14, 2000

"It Doesn't Speak Thari; It Speaks Crossbow"

June 11, 2000

"I Just Wondered If He Was Bulletproof"

June 24, 2000
"Shortly After That, the Door Burst In and the Unicorn and Julian Were There "

July 6, 2000

"Digestion Persisted in Spite of More Unsettling Banter "

July 28, 2000
"The Most Unscratchable Itch Ever"

August 5, 2000
"Nobody Came to Tell Me to Stop. Nobody Came to Listen"

August 19, 2000
"Aedan, Remind Me to Stab You in the Head When I Get Grayswandir Back, Just in Case I Forget"

September 2, 2000
"It's Difficult if Not Impossible to Make Trump Calls From This Place."

September 16, 2000
"How Exactly is the King Chosen in Chaos?"

October 9, 2000
"It Was a Solemn Dirge and Entirely Too Appropriate"

October 21, 2000
"If This is Completely Useless, I Say We Shave His Head"

November 11, 2000

"Speak the Devil's Name and He Shall Appear"

December 16, 2000
"If You Stand in Front of a Loaded Weapon and Pull the Trigger, You Should Expect to Get Shot"

January 6, 2001
"I Suddenly Wondered if the Keep Had a Torture Chamber"

January 20, 2001
"No One Burst Into Flame or Anything, So It Was a Relatively Boring Funeral"

February 3, 2001
"Flesh and Blood, or Cobwebs and Glitter, or Whatever the Fey Were Made Of"

February 24, 2001

"A Spark of Blue Light, Distant and Vague"

March 3, 2001, Part One
"Nothing is the Absence of Everything"

March 3, 2001, Part Two
"Love is Always Complex. People are Difficult to Understand"

March 17, 2001
"Did You Look Under the Throne?"

March 31, 2001
"Till Death Take Him, or the World End"

April 14, 2001
"Just to Be Clear: That's a Threat"

May 5, 2001

"The Pierced Heart on the Altar Pulsed. The Woman Grimaced"

May 12, 2001
"The Tower: Creation, Turmoil, Passion"

May 26, 2001
"At the Edge of the Abyss"

June 9, 2001
"Are You a Ghost?"

July 28, 2001
"If I Were Going to Create a Universe, It Would Be a Lot Better Than This"

August 18, 2001
"'Fly,' I Said, and Fell"

September 23, 2001
"There is Power in Death"

September 29, 2001
"Her Breath Smelled of Cinnamon and Mystery"

October 27, 2001
"More than Mere Dreams and Visions"

November 24, 2001
"The Entire Multiverse in Motion, Circling Me Slowly"

December 1, 2001
"All Debts Must Be Paid"

December 15, 2001
"Death is the Key to Opening the Door"

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Gabriel's Delusions

Todd (Aedan) looked up: "skeevy" adj 1. gross, creepy; ICKY, etc. Term was common in Brooklyn, NY, USA in the 1950s and 1960s. ("He's so skeevy.")

Ameer (Gabriel) replied: That is it? I was hoping for ... "subtly manipulative, maniacally power mad, (ir)rationally paranoid, unabashed megalomaniac." Skeevy will always mean that in my heart ... and one day, when you look in the dictionary and see the word skeevy, I can only hope that you will see my face illustrated as the personification of it.

June 24, 2000 "How I Somehow Managed to Miss Everything"

November 11, 2000 "AKA: Gabriel Realizes He Is In Some Deep Doo-Doo"

January 6, 2001 "Gregory Hemmed and Hawed for Awhile but Eventually Agreed that Gabriel's Plan was Brilliant"

January 20, 2001 "...and Forcing a Trump Contract Down His Throat to Make Him Help Us or Die ...."

February 3, 2001 "In This Section: Gabriel Matures A Lot!"

March 3, 2001 "Gabriel Meets Another Uberpowerful Creature That Has Never Been Met Before by Him, At Least"

May 26, 2001 "Kill! Kill! Eat His Flesh! Bathe in His Blood! Eat His Brain and Acquire His Knowledge and Power!"

July 28, 2001 "In a rare display of compassion, I actually ran to his aid"

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Giselle's Letters Never Sent

Pre-Game One "She Worked By Moonlight"

Pre-Game Two "When the Third Moon Had Come and Gone"

Pre-Game Three "Meeting Julian's Son"

Pre-Game Four "Ailill's Servants"

Journal Number One
"Why Did He Kiss Me That Way?"

In the session which spurred this particular rambling, Giselle was sent by Mandor (aka her Uncle Dagda) to ask Merlin certain questions related to the demon who tried to carry off Martin. She had felt (being a teenager) prepared to handle just about anything. She could cope with Fae Kings, Chaosian Lords, and Amber's Princes; but in all his vast array of lessons, advice and tutoring, Mandor had carefully not armed her against Merlin. Giselle hadn't the tiniest defense against a human man and plain mortal charm. --Sara Mueller (Giselle)

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Magni's Memo to Self

Magni's Crazy World

Raj's Thoughts About the Elders

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Quotes

Guidelines: When you read the quotes, you'll quickly discern that sometimes the CHARACTER is speaking, and sometimes the PLAYER is yapping away. Character's words are captured after their names. If a Player said something when his/her character didn't, I tried to use the player's name instead to show that it was an out-of-character remark.