in the Shadow of Greatness   November 12, 2005  IMC :: Llewella,
h.r.h.   "For some reason, I knew she was not like the rest of
us."    Oberon was not a man to make friends with any but the
strongest and best. There were strengths that Rebma brought to
the alliance from the earliest days of Amber. Oberon and Lir
were nearly like brothers in Amber's beginnings. Rebman history
records that Lir died a hero in battle protecting Oberon.
Moins, granddaughter of Lir, cultivated a repair of lingering
Rebman resentment for the loss of Lir to Amber's needs. There
was no marriage as part of this and Moins did not require one
for her plan. The early years of Llewella's life are recorded
only in Rebma. The personal journals of Moins are sealed.
Llewella ap Moins  It is a misfortune that Moins' plans for a
stronger alliance with Amber and an end to the resentment of
Rebma's losses in Amber's wars were not satisfied by Llewella's
birth. Almost the opposite came to pass. Llewella caused a huge
split between the great thro