The young man's brown-eyed and troubled gaze is raised steadfastly and lovingly on something beyond our sight. His black hair is short, cut stylishly to frame what would be a handsome face if his features weren't quite so square, while he himself is wearing blood red scaled armour and a long grey cloak. A longsword rests on the steps in front of him, along with gauntlets. His hands are clenched together in front of him in an attitude of prayer or supplication. It's quite obviously a young knight in some kind of vigil perhaps or receiving his arms.
Darthene's eldest (and so far only) son, Jack Morgan was named Mordred by his mother, and raised in her Shadow of Avalon. He vanished in the midst of walking the Pattern in Rebma, and his mother thought he'd died there on the Pattern. He didn't. Rather than dying, he was taken, by some agent or agency unknown, far out into Shadow, his memories hidden or taken, and then released into a desert. Armed with a locket containing a picture of Darthene and the Trump described above, he went into life, searching through Shadow for the woman shown in the locket.
Finding her after long years of searching, he did not find exactly
what he'd thought he sought. Over the years of the search, he'd come to
believe that the woman in the locket was his wife, or at least his
lover, but certainly not his mother. So their eventual meeting, in
Rebma through the assistance of his aunt Deirdre, was a bit of a surprise for him, as
was the existence of his half-sister Andelia.
She'd been born after his `death' on the Pattern, so there was no
reason for him to know of her, even if his memory had not been lost.
It took Morgan some time to come to accept that Darthene was his
mother, not his lost love, and that Andelia was his half-sister, not
his daughter.
| PSYCHE | 5 |
| STRENGTH | 40 |
| ENDURANCE | 58 |
| WARFARE | 30 |
POWERS:
Pattern
Conjuration
Bad Stuff = 3
Morgan is a very practiced Hellrider, having spent quite a lot of time doing that in his quest after his lost love. It's ironic that he should encounter the person who would lead him to Darthene not during a Hellride but when he'd returned from one, to a Shadow he'd frequented for some time. His ability to use the Pattern was not one of the things he lost with his memories of Mordred.
Morgan is also an accomplished metalsmith, after the Restoration he accepted a post as Royal Smith in Amber under Regent Bleys. He is comfortable creating blades large and small, as well as items of jewelry and other simpler matters. He has taught some of his skills to others, Andelia and Random being two of those known to have worked with him some.
Morgan's older self was, to be honest, not a particularly nice person. Darthene doesn't talk about Mordred much, but she has said that Morgan is more like Corwin than Mordred was, and that she likes Morgan better than she liked Mordred as he grew up. That's rather damning to Mordred, given Darthene's dislike for her brother. Mordred, growing up and perhaps seeking the father-figure that he lacked, spent a fair amount of time in his uncle Corwin's company, and Darthene has said that Corwin threw this in her face while Mordred was growing to manhood. By what accounts there are, Mordred was a rather self-centered and selfish young man, if one who was graced with a goodly amount of knowledge and a courtly tongue. He was used to getting his own way, and cared little about what he inflicted on others as he got it.
Morgan has two main drives - first, his love for and loyalty to his mother and half-sister, and second, the desire to be made whole again. Morgan will try to prevent any threat from reaching either Darthene or Andelia, risking himself in the process if necessary. His feelings about Darthene and Andelia are somewhat in ferment, as he wrestles with them trying to reach some conclusion. His determination to regain his memories, to know what was taken from him, can cause him to behave rashly at times, making him jump into things that might be better examined first.
Jack first encountered a knot of his relatives on Shadow Earth in San Francisco. Appropriately enough it was in a bar called The Walrus and the Carpenter where he was drinking with Matthias. A man, a woman and a boy arrived suddenly at a booth. The very woman he had sought for so very long. The woman pictured in the locket he wore always at his breast. Almost he spilled his beer. As in a trance he headed over to her and introduced himself as Jack Morgan, showing her the contents of his locket. The image of his love, the very image of herself.
As Jack had no memories of his past it came out only gradually that he was Darthene's son Mordred, also raised in Avalon. Andelia suddenly found she had a much older half-brother. A bond quickly developed between the two of them.
This knowledge, while welcome on more than one level, nonetheless also shattered Jack's reality. His perfect pedastaled lover, the reson for his continued life and search, revealed to be his own mother! And the woman he met in the bar her twin sister. Love not only dashed but twisted.
Jack also had a single odd Trump, of himself depicted as a knight at vigil in a medieval style church. This came to the attention of Celia who with Andelia and Darthene had sought Fiona. Seeking her input. The Trump was examined and was found to be multilayered, Trump had been painted overtop Trump. And just who did the Trump? The same hand that had done a set of Delwin, Sand, Flora and Random.....? All evidence points to Mandor.
Mordred settled in rather well in Amber accepting his position as Royal Smith. His work is exceptional.
When drunk his conversation will often become odd, expressive of more than 1 opinion. Especially regarding women, who he is both obsessed with and angered by. He is an excellant listener, genuinely interested in the problems of other people and has seemed willing to help with them.
| PSYCHE | Amber |
| STRENGTH | 50 |
| ENDURANCE | Amber |
| WARFARE | 100 |
POWERS:
Advanced Pattern
Zero Stuff
The most important thing to remember about him is that he is a bundle of almost-contradictions: dark, moody, affable, distracted, practical, obsessive, bemused. Women fascinate, anger and frustrate him. Especially Deirdre. He has accepted unquestioningly the existance of having an immediate family. To the disgust of his sister and mother, Andelia and Darthene, Jack also feels a strong connection to Corwin. At almost any oppourtunity he will drink; to drown he knows not what.
While he would no doubt make a loving father, when he remembered, Jack is moody to the point that his child(ren) would likely feel they were forever walking on eggshells. These mood swings seem to manifest most when he drinks, and he does often.