List of Chronicles of Amber Characters - Shadow Dwellers

Shadow Dwellers

• Ganelon, an exile from Avalon, killed and impersonated by Oberon. Based on the character of the same name from The Song of Roland.
• Ghostwheel, a sentient computer created by Merlin, capable of generating Trump connections at a rate of thousands per second, apparently regarded by the Pattern and Logrus as a minor upstart in the ranks of cosmic powers.
• Hugi, a fatalist talking raven. Based on Hugin, one of the two ravens who perched on Odin's shoulders in Norse mythology.
• Jasra, a powerful sorceress, mother of Luke, tutor of Julia, former handmaid to Dara and deposed ruler of the Keep of Four Worlds. She has venomous lips and a thirst for power.
• Julia Barnes, Merlin's ex-girlfriend, whom he finds murdered in her San Francisco apartment by a doglike monster from another world. This is later revealed to be a deception; Julia is alive under the alias of Mask and has become a sorceress, taking over the Keep of Four Worlds from Jasra. Merlin had taken her with him on shadow walk, which led to their breakup and to her pursuing an interest in occult magic.
• Lancelot, one of Ganelon's knights who was rescued by Corwin. Based on the character of the same name from Arthurian legend.
• Lorraine, a camp follower with second sight in a shadow of the same name.
• Victor Melman, occultist from Earth, associate and possible teacher of Julia Barnes, student of Jasra. Killed by Merlin using primal chaos.
• Moire, queen of Rebma, maternal grandmother of Random's son Martin through her daughter Morganthe, who committed suicide after being abandoned by Random.
• Rhanda, a vampire-like being called a shroudling. She and Merlin were childhood playmates.
• Bill Roth, a lawyer from Earth, who aids Corwin and ends up being something of a confidant for Merlin, as well as legal counsel to the court of Amber. In Sign of the Unicorn, Bill, frustrated by Corwin's evasiveness, complains, "I've a peculiar feeling that I may never see you again. It is as if I were one of those minor characters in a melodrama who gets shuffled offstage without ever learning how things turn out."
• Sharu Garrul, Jasra's former tutor and a previous ruler of the Keep of the Four Worlds.
• The Sphinx, a monster that devours those who cannot answer its riddles. Based on the creature from the myth of Oedipus.
• The Ty'iga, a bodyless demon who inhabits the bodies of others. She is female, or at least feminine, though she is able to possess male bodies as well. When she leaves one's body the possessed person feels like waking up from a sleep and has no memory of the intervening time. She appears as Dan Martinez, George Hansen, Meg Devlin, Vinta Bayle and it is revealed that she was also Gail Lampron, a former girlfriend of Luke. She is finally bound in the body of Nayda, Coral's sister, since Nayda actually died from an illness just as she was possessed.
• Vialle, a blind noblewoman from Rebma whom Random is forced to marry. This was intended as a punishment for Random's affair with Moiré's late daughter. Random would be bound to stay in Rebma for a year, and Vialle would gain status as a noble of Amber. To everyone's surprise, the marriage worked out well. She is artistic, creating sculptures by touch, specializing in busts of the Amberites. Vialle gives Luke/Rinaldo her protection in the form of her ring, ensuring that the vendetta against him by Caine's supporters will not be allowed to proceed.
• Ygg, a talking tree planted by Oberon to mark the border between Order and Chaos. Based on Yggdrasil, the tree that, in northern Germanic and Icelandic myths, holds up the sky.