them to return to Amber and finally regain his past (by re-walking on the copy of the Pattern located in the underwater city Rebma). Once Corwin's memory returns, we learn that he is far from saintly. Like his siblings, he has created his own kingdom in Shadow to rule, calling it Avalon, and in doing so has cast shadows of himself and his kingdom around. While the original Avalon has been destroyed, in the shadow Avalons his name is reviled for cruelty and arrogance. As Benedict says of the Avalon that he has adopted, acting as Lord Protector, "young boys are not named Corwin here, nor am I brother to anyone of that name". Even in Lorraine, the shadow of a shadow where he first encounters the forces of Chaos, he is remembered as a tyrant and butcher. However, it is also implied that this image may be distorted, as it is from a shadow of Avalon in which the real Corwin never ruled. Even so, it seems that his centuries on Earth have somehow mellowed his character, if not his ambition. For an in-depth plot summary of Corwin's adventures following his time in the clinic, see Nine Princes in Amber, The Guns of Avalon, Sign of the Unicorn, The Hand of Oberon, and The Courts of Chaos. Grayswandir Grayswandir, also known as the Night Blade, is Corwin's sword and it has a twin called Brand's Werewindle, the Day Sword. Both Grayswandir and Werewindle are inscribed with portions of the Pattern of Amber, granting them some power over Shadow. In addition, Corwin is able to call Grayswandir to him while travelling in shadow, the one example of which shown in the saga finds Corwin traversing Shadow to escape imprisonment by his brother Eric, enroute Corwin determines that Grayswandir will be found inside a hollow tree he finds along the way, despite as Corwin himself notes the fact that up until that point Grayswandir was resident within Amber. Later whilst visiting Tir-na Nog'th Corwin used the blade to enable him to speak to the shades of that place, prior to this the shades had been unaware of Corwin's presence, later Corwin became involved in a fight with the shade of Benedict and finds that Grayswandir can harm the shade of his brother, perhaps being imbued with Pattern force the blade holds some power in that place given that Tir-na Nog'th is