Personality and Skills Morgause is much like her siblings in many ways. She is competitive and ruthless, seductive and treacherous. At the moment she is quite devoted to Ranald, but more than willing to let him take his lumps when neccessary. She is not so much overprotective as overattentive, and Ranald has quite an ego for his age. She has occaisional regrets that she did not spend more time with James, but has little interest in doing so now. Her relationship with Edward is one of love/hate, like many other things in her life. At times, she would like nothing more than to show that arrogant prig his place in the worlds, but still, she has grown quite attached to him over the years, and would be sorry to see their games come to an end - although she would get over it. Her feelings about Erebus are much the same way. The darkness there is her home, and like many of its inhabitants, she often feels safe in the dark, knowing that it protects her more than her enemies. But at times, her birth and childhood take over, and she has nightmares of being blinded, or chased by some creature in the dark. Her skills mainly tend towards the social, but she has picked up some accounting and economics on Earth, and she has trained with the spear and sword in Erebus - a 'blind-fighting' style which emphasizes finding and outmaneuvering your opponent in darkness. In addition, she has had some experience commanding troops, at least indirectly, as she and Edward played 'wargames' on Shadow Earth. Timeline by Subjective Years: (with skills) 0- 18 Avalon: courtly graces, petty subterfuge, and the basics of Sorcery 19 Wandering in Shadow: wilderness survival, language and gestures 20- 25 Slave in Erebus: acting in darkness, Erebian langauge and culture, assessing, accounting, bargaining, social climbing 26-162 Queen of Erebus: courtly etiquette, hunting, cat training, medicine, and experiments in Sorcery 162 James is born 163-201 Erebus: raising a child, literature, cooking, posions, and more of the same 202-206 Exploring Prydain: Celtic langauge and culture, leading troops, and Sorcery 207-216 Erebus: blindfighting and some more survival skills in Shadow, plus more of the same 217-218 Searching for Avalon, and finding Earth: Shadow-wandering, Mind-Touch domination, and French langauge and culture 219-223 Patron of the Arts on Earth: economics, art criticism, travel and geography, and botany. Also bribery, smuggling, and a bit of troop command. 224-233 Erebus: (same) 234-236 Finding Amber: Shadow-wandering, Sorcerous Teleport, Thari, Amber myth and stories, commoner attitudes and mannerisms 237 Ranald is born 238-249 Princess in Amber: Shadow-walking, Trump use, Amber history and lore,