NINE PRINCES IN SHADOW:

THE GLORY OF BLEYS

This web site is for the use of registered players in "Nine Princes In Shadow:  The Glory of Bleys", which will take place at Ambercon US in Livonia, Michigan on March 16,2008.  Ambercon US is an annual event for role-playing gamers who use the Amber Diceless Role-Playing System, featuring characters from Roger Zelazny's "Amber" series.

"The Glory of Bleys" is the fifth installment in the "Nine Princes In Shadow" series.  The first installment, "Benedict's World", was presented at Ambercon 2004, the second installment, "Eric's Earth", was presented at Ambercon 2005, the third installment, "Corwin's Land", was presented at Ambercon 2006, and the fourth installment, “Raising Caine”, was presented at Ambercon 2007.

 

 

INTRODUCTION:

             “The land was known as Avernus, and the assembled troops were not quite men. I reviewed them the following morning, walking behind Bleys. They were all of them around seven feet in height, had very red skins and little hair, catlike eyes, and six-digited hands and feet. They wore garments that looked as light as silk, but were woven of something else and were mainly gray or blue in color. Each bore two short blades, hooked at the end. Their ears were pointed and their many fingers clawed.
             “The climate was warm and the colors bewildering, and everyone thought we were gods.
             “Bleys had found a place where the religion involved brother-gods who looked like us and had their troubles. Invariably, in the terms of this mythos, an evil brother would seize power and seek to oppress the good brothers. And of course there was the legend of an Apocalypse where they themselves would be called upon to stand on the side of the surviving good brothers.
             “I wore my left arm in a black sling and considered those who were about to die.
             “I stood before a trooper and looked up at him. I asked him, ‘Do you know who Eric is?’
             “‘The Lord of Evil,’ he replied.
             “I nodded and said, ‘Very good,’ and passed on.
             “Bleys had custom-made cannon fodder.”

                                                                                                                             — Corwin in Nine Princes in Amber

 

ANNOUNCEMENT

By order of the GRAND HIGH PRELATE

All able-bodied citizens are to report for military service!

The DAY of PROPHESY is come!

The Divine BLEYS walks among us and orders your service!

Report at once to the nearest marshalling area or designated debarkation point.

Your GOD commands it!

 

 

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