Line of succession

[flyingmice]

And post-patternfall, there's the religious question of the Unicorn's selection of Random.

RPGPundit

Ah yes, the magic deer...

-clash

[Trevelyan]

Ah yes, the magic deer...

-clash

Shhhh! Don't tell Pundit or he'll never play Amber again

[flyingmice]

OK, then! Let's just keep it between the two of us!

-clash

[gabriel_ss4u]

The guy that wrote the Merlin Chronicles, smartass.



I'm aware. And I'm rereading the Merlin Chronicles now and in Blood of Amber (page 115 of the first edition Avon paperback if you want to be pedantic) Zelazny specifically states that Harla is Delwin and Sand's mother.

Duly noted....
but remember, it may have been Zelazny that wrote it, but who said it? Merlin?
And where did he get his info from?

So, as we can't take it up w/RZ, I suppose it is up to you to decide, Merlin's words, or Roger's.
(Personally, I don't trust Merlin, those spikards changed him)

[Uncle Twitchy]

Right, but remember also that he didn't get changed by the spikards until much later. This was still early on in the story.

For myself, I'll accept stuff from the main ten books before I trust any of Zelazny's forwards to stuff other people wrote.

[gabriel_ss4u]

The comment on the spikards was jokingly, and didn't have anything to do with my wonder if Merlin knew what he was talking about in the parentage of Amberites he's never met up to that point.

I'll trust RZ before I trust any Amberite, he is, after all, more human.

and the ultimate originator of the story.

His forward was directed to us, the readers, in trying to clarify the parentage of  the 1st Gen. Amberites, in response to letters and inquiries by readers who were confused about it.

So, if you don't take into account what he has to say, why listen to 1st person (people known for secrecy & lies) accounts by Amberites in his story?

flawed logic....

[Uncle Twitchy]

Because a lot of the stuff he told us directly in non-fictional contexts he would later contradict in the books. I mean, he endorsed the Visual Guide to Castle Amber, and a lot of that information was later contradicted by events in the final two Merlin books.

And yes, I realize that both Corwin and Merlin are lying or misrepresenting the truth on a number of occasions. In fact, that might be a good thread topic -- where have we caught Corwin and Merlin lying in the narrative? -- but for me, ultimately, those are what count.

[gabriel_ss4u]

understood, but RZ didn't WRITE the visual guide....

I guess ya gotta get the Neil Randall book to see for yourself.

Was there a thread on narrators lying yet?
good suggestion.