The following characters are available to be taken over. You will need to play catchup on all the background...
At the current point most of the characters have a Pattern Imprint and are in the process of learning how to use it.
Any new characters, when we get to the point I can introduce them will effectively 'start from scratch' in terms of acquiring Pattern abilities.
There is a very good reason for this and it is very heavily tied into the background.
To put it very simply if you were known of in Amber and/or had a Pattern Imprint, and were not one of a set of specific Elder Amberites, you'd be dead!
You do not need to know anything about Amber to play.
The initial part of the campaign is designed to introduce all the background you need and teach you all about the skills and powers that exist in the Amber Universe.
All you need to be able to do is to play a character who has had everything they thought they knew about reality and their place in it turned completely on its head and shattered.
Character | Background | Powers | Notes |
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Kenneth Eday Elgrim | School of Survival (special - "Real" Earth) | Interesting Item (Smart Rifle) | Interesting character but difficult to play due to his background - he grew up on 'Real Earth' in a post Yellowstone Eruption era. The character is quiet and conservative, very orientated around his family, and very out of his depth in the situation he finds himself. If you like a challenge then he may be for you. Neither the original player or anybody since, I've had a couple of players take him on, post once, and then vanish, has actually explored what the weapon's abilities and limitations are, and as GM knowing what they are I have deliberately not done so. |
Edward Pinmillion | Studying Business Management at NYU | Shapeshifter | This was supposed to be a 'go-around' for the player to play this character a second time but they have consistantly been unable to post since the start due to IRL problems. The character is nominally a 'playboy' the adopted son of a multi-millionaire. He is very used to functioning in the 'elite' of society. |
Winter Li Mei | 1st Yr, Public Administration and Economics, University of Tsinghua, China (Shadow Earth) | Chi Powers | The player of this character is the most recent to withdraw due to IRL problems. The character comes from an Alternate Earth with a different history for China (in the modern Era) where the world is more unified as a result. Knowing a good deal about Chinese culture (or at least Oriental Culture) and history is really a must to play this character. |
Natalie Horn | 4th Yr Fine Arts, University Of Maine, St. Agatha, Maine, USA (S5 Shadow Earth) | Trump | Unfortunately the original player has been unable to return to the game due to IRL problems, which is unfortunate. Natalie is of Native American descent and very much an 'Outdoors' woman. The original player whilst outlining what her background was never got around to actually writing up her backstory including how she discovered Trump |
Alana MacFarlane | Final year of her Art GCSE A-Level.Oban, Scotland (Mizzurian Earth) | Interesting Companion (Intelligent Telepahic Saker Falcon) | This character has recently become available as the player decided the character was useless and decided to give up. This is not the case!! Her companion, Kasamir, was constructed by the Amber Pattern historically to spy/keep tabs on Cordelia Chan, although that has long ceased to be his role. After that he primarily worked for the King, at least until the Rodian War. He was then blwon across shadow in the Shadow storm that followed. Alana is also very focused on completing her 'A' Levels. She is another character who is very used to surviving outdoors. She is also the youngest of the characters, so struggles due to lack of life experience. This is all very new to her. |
Cormac Camerilli/Blake Hemsworth | see Notes | Magic | Blake was the original 'spare' TBD magic using character in the game. He comes for the Salem area on True Earth and was blown across shadow to Mizzurian Earth at the end of the Rodian War. When Blakes player dropped out very early on, the player who played Cormac in an earlier incarnation of the game, asked to play so I swapped the characters over as they are an almost identical swap in terms of ability. Cormac's player has now decided to leave, so either character is available. Cormac is a Sorcerer whilst Blake uses Power Words. Cormac hails from an alternate Earth Shadow where a Tsunammi devastated the Isle of Man, and the coasts of Ireland, Southwest England, and Wales. |