Benedict

The weapons master of Amber, a son of Oberonn and a man who seldom smiles. Benedict will put the safety and well being of Amber above all else, even if it means taking out another family member. He chose to remove himself from the struggle for the crown, leaving Eric and Corwin as the eldest surviving heirs. He has studied war and weapons for most of his life and can find any way to win. He is all but unbeatable in a fight.

Oberonn declared his own marriage with Benedict's mother null and void, rendering all his children by her retroactively illegitimate. Benedict has had an affair with Lintra the Hellmaid of Chaos, during a brief interlude in hostilities between them, and is unaware that she bore a child as a result of this. Benedict subsequently came to blows again, and Benedict slew Lintra, at the cost of his own arm. While his arm was growing back, he could fight better with one arm than anyone else could with two arms.