Pattern Alliance
United by the design, bound to protect the anchor of reality.
The Pattern Alliance is a loose coalition of Princes and allies who swear loyalty to the Pattern of Amber during times of existential threat. While not a formal organization with a written charter, this grouping represents the collective forces of Order when they unite against Chaos or internal treachery.
Lore & Background
Corwin walks the Pattern in the dungeons of Castle Amber, and that walking the Pattern of Rebma restores his memory and shadow-traveling abilities. It also mentions Dworkin Barimen as the mad sorcerer who created the Pattern. No further lore about a coalition is available.
Did You Know?
- The first edition of Nine Princes in Amber (Doubleday hardcover) is unusually rare because the publisher pulped a significant part of the original print run in error when an order was issued to destroy remaining copies of Zelazny's older book Creatures of Light and Darkness.
- Dworkin Barimen, the mad sorcerer who created the Pattern, enters Corwin's prison through the walls of the cell and draws a door on the wall through which Corwin escapes.
- A three-part comic book adaptation of Nine Princes in Amber was published by DC Comics in 1996, with an introduction by Zelazny.
- In 2023, it was announced that Stephen Colbert would be an executive producer of a television adaptation of The Chronicles of Amber via his Spartina Productions company.
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