Amber (The Tribe)
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| The Tribe character | |
| Amber/Eagle | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Estimated age | 14 (series 1) 18 (series 5) |
| Tribe(s) | Mall Rats Ecos/Gaians |
| Family | Bray Jr/Baby Bray (son) |
| Relationship(s) | Sasha Bray Jay |
| Episode count | 190 |
Amber (aka Eagle), played by Beth Allen, is one of the original members of the Mall Rats on the television series The Tribe. She appears in episodes 101 - 201, 305 - 405, 420 – 430, 446 - 552.
A strong-minded girl, Amber is the driving force behind the unity and strength of her tribe. She has natural leadership qualities, and quickly gets accepted as a surrogate mother and leader by the other kids. Her idealistic beliefs and attitude make her seem a bit naïve sometimes, yet she is practical enough to be capable of managing the complicated everyday life of her tribe and sensitive enough to comfort fellow tribe members in need. She deals with terrible tragedies after the death of her parents when she sees two of her closest friends, Dal and Pride, die. She suffers greatly when she loses Bray, the love of her life and the father of her son. But she finds some comfort in Jay’s arms. Although they had their share of disagreements, she shares a special bond of friendships with Trudy as they are both mothers.
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[edit] Character development
[edit] Series 1
At the beginning of series 1, Amber and Dal, who was her neighbour before the virus, are wandering the street where they find Cloe, Salene, Paul, Patsy and the dog Bob. They stumble upon Lex, Ryan and Zandra who try to steal their food. They all end up taking refuge in the Mall where Jack is already living. They decide to stay here. Amber soon takes charge and asks Lex and Ryan to help protect the newly-formed tribe. Bray and the very pregnant Trudy join them at the mall but Amber is reluctant to let them stay here. But when Trudy unexpectedly goes into labour, Amber changes her mind. She doesn’t want to let a baby live outside, with the Locos and the Demon Dogs roaming the streets.
At first, Amber is suspicious of Bray, especially because he keeps disappearing and she wrongly assumes he is the father of the newly-born Brady. She later learns that the leader of the Locos, Zoot, is in fact the father of Trudy’s child and Bray’s brother. She helps Trudy and Bray to bury Zoot when he is accidentally killed by Lex. She has trouble imposing herself as the leader at first as noone wants to do their share of work. She later steps down from her duties when Lex wins the vote to become the tribe leader. But Lex quickly proves himself to be a poor leader and is forced to share leadership with Amber and Bray, in order to take care of the tribe. The tribe decide they will call themselves the Mall Rats.
Amber and Bray clashes with each other frequently but, in secret, they are falling for each other. When the Mall Rats take part in a Tribal Gathering, Amber helps releasing Dal and Sasha, a travelling performer, from a tribe who trades slaves. Sasha comes to live at the Mall temporarily and Amber quickly becomes attracted to him, much to Bray’s dismay. After Amber performs the ceremony for Lex and Zandra’s wedding, she spends some romantic time with Sasha at the beach. They profess their love for each other and Sasha asks Amber to leave the Mall Rats for him. Amber, tired of having responsibilities and not being listened to, agrees. But when she comes back to the Mall to say goodbye, she quickly realizes she cannot leave her tribe.
Sasha is gone and Amber is heartbroken. She buries herself in work to block out her feelings. When Glen arrives at the Mall suffering from a strange mutation of the virus, Amber decides along with the rest of the tribe to find a cure. They start searching government facilities and buildings. Amber confesses to her feelings for Bray and they kiss. Amber and Bray enjoy their new relationship but when the Locos and their leader Ebony invade the Mall, they steal the antidote and take Bray prisoner. Amber desperately tries to free Bray but when she sees a video of Bray and Ebony she wrongly thinks Bray isn’t faithful to her. The Mall Rats decide to trek to Eagle Mountain to find a new antidote. Bray rejoins the tribe along with Ebony and Amber is really hostile to him. Bray promises Amber there is nothing between Ebony and him and they reunite with a kiss. The tribe enters the government building on Eagle Mountain and they hear a strange transmission.
[edit] Series 2
In the first episode of series 2, a generator catches fire and the whole building explode. Bray is knocked unconscious and when he wakes up, Lex tells him Amber and Zandra have lost their lives in the explosion. Bray is heartbroken and never really fully recovers from her “death”.
[edit] Series 3
When Bray, Lex, Ebony and Dal are rescued from the Chosen by Pride, they discover Amber is alive and living among the Ecos as their leader, calling herself Eagle. Amber is not pleased to see them as she had decided to turn her back on the Mall Rats when Ebony made her believe she and Bray had had a baby together before the virus. Ebony made everyone else think Amber was dead and she was able to start a new life with a new tribe. The Mall Rats ask the Ecos to help them defeat the Chosen. After Amber tragically witnesses the death of her old friend Dal, she confesses to Bray she still loves him. They spend the night together and the next morning she leaves him to go recruit more tribes to help them win the battle.
Amber returns with the reformed Trudy. She tells Bray she is pregnant but, for a moment, he thinks the baby may be Pride’s. Bray begs Amber to forgive him. At first, Amber isn’t sure she wants to raise up a child in this chaotic world but Trudy convinces her it is the most beautiful gift. The Ecos and the Mall Rats defeat the Chosen and the Guardian. Amber is chosen to preside the Guardian and Luke’s trials. After much consideration, Amber decides not to go back to the Ecos and to stay with the Mall Rats.
Just before a celebration party, Amber and Trudy are kidnapped by Ned, who is secretly working for Ebony. Amber and Trudy comfort each other during their captivity. The Guardian kills Ned and threatens Trudy and Amber until Ebony comes to rescue them. Ebony becomes a hero and is elected as the new City Leader but Amber is doubtful Ebony is telling the whole truth. Ebony wants to execute the Guardian but Amber disagrees. She plots with Bray, Trudy and Tai-San and they decide they want Ebony to be questioned about Trudy and Amber’s kidnapping. But Ebony has the people on her side and she banishes Amber and Bray from the City. Once outside the City, Amber goes into labour and Bray finds a place for Amber to have the baby. They hear the sound of planes coming.
[edit] Series 4
Amber is in labour but Bray has been taken by the the Technos. Trudy and Brady find her and Trudy helps her giving birth to her son. Amber calls her baby Bray Jr in honour of his father. She is so distraught that Bray is missing that she decides to go back to live with the Eco tribe along with Baby Bray, Trudy and Brady.
After living for a while with the Ecos, Amber is abducted by the Technos and forced to play a virtual war game. In the game she thinks she sees Bray. She is rescued by the Mall Rats and slowly gets back to health. She meets the Techno, Jay, and tells him of her horrific experience of the game. Trudy goes back to the Eco tribe but Amber decides to stay and find a plan to fight back at the Technos. She tries to let the whole City know the Technos are experimenting on humans but Ram manipulates her video transmission. The Technos look to arrest the rebels responsible for the broadcast and Amber decides to go back to Baby Bray at the Eco camp.
When Ebony and Jay escape the City, they are found by Amber and the Ecos. She is pleased to see Jay has turned against Ram. Amber introduces Baby Bray to Ebony and they make peace. Jay decides to go back to the City to rescue Ved from Ram and Amber decides to go back with him. Amber starts to feel attracted to Jay. Once she gets into the City, Amber and the Mall Rats storm Ram’s hotel and, thanks to Mega, they defeat Ram with his own technology.
[edit] Series 5
After their success over Ram, the Mall Rats celebrate. Now that the Technos are overthrown, Amber promises Baby Bray she will try to find his father. She enlists Jay’s help and they search for Bray on Mega’s computer. Amber is heartbroken to learn Bray has been deleted and blames Jay, because of his involvement with the Technos. At a tribal meeting, Amber tries to make sure the leaders cooperate between themselves but most blame the Mall Rats for the power outage and they declare war.
Amber is distressed and she finds some comfort when Jay and she kiss. But she quickly pulls away and says she will never be able to be with him because he was part of the tribe that caused Bray to die. Amber assures her friend Trudy, who arbours secret feelings for Jay, that they will never be a couple. However, after the death of Pride, Amber accompanies Salene back to the Eco camp and realizes she really has feelings for Jay. She declares her affection for him but she later finds out Jay and Trudy have become a couple. Amber feels betrayed by Trudy but she slowly comes to term with their relationship. When Amber is badly hurt, Trudy stays by her side and Amber slowly gets better.
Amber starts doubting Mega’s intentions and she complains to him about the violent guards who supervise the work parties. She learns from Ebony that Mega planned to take over the City all along and the Mall Rats confront him, but he tells them that if they want to keep their privileges they have to endorse his regime. Amber thinks they have to bring Mega down from the inside but when Mega wants her to become the President of the New Republic, she refuses. Mega subtly threatens Baby Bray and Amber tries to flee but is not allowed to leave the city. She is forced to agree to become the new president and to give speeches that support Mega’s regime. Amber feels conflicted about her new position, but along with Jack and Ellie she continues to try to bring Mega down.
When Jay risks being killed by the Technos, Amber kisses him and reveals her feelings. They are uncomfortable in front of Trudy who quickly understands they are an item. Amber feels guilty and desperately goes searching for Trudy and Brady when they leave the Mall. Mega uses Trudy to capture Amber and Jay and tortures them to get information about the rebellion. Mega intends to erase Amber and Jay’s memory but with the help of Ram and Trudy, only Jay temporarily loses his memory. Amber helps the rebels to overtake Mega and she celebrates their victory with Jay and the Mall Rats. Amber is still distrustful of Ram and mandates Jack to keep an eye on him. When Ram’s computer goes out of control and plans to kill all the humans, Amber and the Mall Rats are forced to flee the City and leave on a boat.
[edit] Bray Jr
| The Tribe character | |
| Bray Jr | |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Estimated age | newborn (series 4) 1 (series 5) |
| Tribe(s) | Ecos Mall Rats |
| Family | Amber (mother) Bray (father) Brady (cousin) Zoot/Martin (uncle) |
| Relationship(s) | |
| Episode count | |
Bray Jr, played by Adam Sandej is the son of Amber and Bray.
The son of Amber and Bray, Bray Jr. (also called Baby Bray) spends his first year living in the woods with the Gaians. After Amber returns to the city, they live in the Mall. He is then used to manipulate Amber by Mega, who claims that Bray Jr. won't be safe if she doesn't agree to his future plans for the city. In order to protect her son, Amber gives in and plays along.
Bray sails away from the city with his mother and the rest of the tribe in the last episode of season 5.
