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Skipped over by Corwin's misleading novels is the majority of the kingdom of Amber, the source of the population needed to support the city, army and navy of amber.

While the kings of Amber claim all of shadow as their domain in reality they control only a small part of one shadow (about the size of England) on a permenant basis. While the exact borders are unclear the settled regions are quite distinct.

The South
• The Blue Mountains. The city of Amber lies at the eastern end of this range at the foot of its highest mountain Kolvir (9168ft). The range extends due westward almost 50 miles before turning southwestward. The southernmost peak, Mt. Saran is 370 miles from Amber. About halfway between the northern and southern ends a spur called the Gothan Hills extends 100mi eastward, ending in the sea.

  There are limited passes over the Blue Mountians, The Conus Pass, 30 miles west of the harbor of Amber behind Mt.Kolvir which crosses northward from Garnath into Arden, The Arden Pass which runs northwest-southeast 60mi west of the harbor, and the Pass by Jones Falls, 100mi down the range. There is no pass over the mountains south of the Gothan Hills. The Blue mountains are not exceptionaly high, generally less than 5000'. The proximity to the seai, at its height above all the other peaks is what make Kolvir seem so large.

• The Gothan Hills. A range of low hills extending from the Blue mountains eastward towards the sea about 150mi south of Amber. The Hills are broken by the Modnus Gap a flat pass 10 miles in width but are not difficult to cross at any point.
• The Vale of Garnath. A heavily forest area sloping from the Blue mountains to the sea. The Vale varies in width from 30-50 miles and is about 100mi to a point where the forest ends abruptly in settled farmland. The Vale is crossed by the River Oisen about 70mi south of Amber as well as numerous smaller streams. The Vale has longer been considered the private hunting forest of the king and living there, hunting, trapping, and especially felling trees is expressly forbidden.

  In recent times the Vale has been ravaged several times causing much destruction. First by the Black Road and the Armies of Chaos, then by Eric himself who set the forest on fire in an attempt to hinder those armies. It had been several years since the fire and Vale was well on its way to recovering, though the trees in most of the northern third are still small, when the Rebman army cleared the trees and brush and threw up signifigant earthwork fortifications at 3 locations; near the Cairn on the beach, the crossroads where the Garnath and Arden-Rebma Roads cross, the crossroads where the Royal Road crosses the Arden-Rebma road, and just before the Arden road enters the Blue mountains at the Arden Pass. While the Rebman army has retreated the earthworks remain intact, and the area around them for almost half a mile is only now beginning to become covered with weeds and grass.

• Cabra The lighthouse itself is 350ft high, sitting on a rock 100ft above sea level. At sea level the light can be seen 28 miles away.

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