The family of Ebnez of Xanth

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Ebnez was the sixteenth king of Xanth and father of the Muses. His desendents are mostly magicians, but not every member of the extended family is a magician.

Ebnez

Mnem

The Muses of Mt. Parnassus

Roland

Bianca

Bink

Chameleon

Trent

Iris

Murphy

Vadne

Dor

Irene

Grey

Ivy

Ida

Dolph

Electra

Melody

Harmony

Rhythm

Dawn

Eve

Note:Yellow boxes indicate Magician-level talents.

Contents 1 Mnem 2 Muses of Mt. Parnassus 3 Roland 4 Bianca 5 Chameleon 6 Electra

[edit] Mnem

Her talent is perfect memory. She is the wife of Ebnez and mother of the Muses.

[edit] Muses of Mt. Parnassus

The muses of Xanth are the daughters of Ebnez and Mnem. They are Calliope, Clio, Erato, Euterpe, Melpomene, Polyhymenia, Terpsichore, Thalia, and Urania. One of these women may be an ancestress of Roland. They built Com-Pewter to aid them in their task to record everything that ever happens, but it was misdesigned and became a villain that can control reality within the confines of its cave.

Clio, the Muse of History, is the most heavily referenced, and was the protagonist of Currant Events

[edit] Roland

Roland is the father of Bink and head of the Council of Elders of Xanth that appoint Kings and make certain decisions. He is a desendent of Ebnez, though his parentage is unknown. He has the power of the magic glance, freezing anyone with a look. He is married to Bianca, who can send small, isolated areas of Xanth back in time for five seconds to correct recent mistakes. They currently reside in North Village. Roland was introduced in the first book of Xanth, A Spell for Chameleon.

[edit] Bianca

Bianca's married to Roland of The High Council and the mother of Bink. She currently resides in North Village with her husband Roland. Her talent is the instant replay. She can go turn back time five seconds to prevent accidents. Bianca was introduced in the first Xanth book, A Spell for Chameleon.

[edit] Chameleon

Chameleon's talent is shapeshifting, although this is a predetermination, and not a talent that she activates at will. In a cycle that goes on perpetually throughout her life, she becomes ugly and very smart, then has average intelligence and beauty, then becomes radiantly beautiful and stupid, then average intelligence and beauty, then returning to ugly and very smart. Her cycle is most likely presumed to be a sine wave. These three phases of her being are named Fanchon (ugly and very smart), Dee (average intelligence and average looks), and Wynne (radiantly beautiful and stupid), although these are only names to refer to the phases; they are not separate personas. As she states in A Spell for Chameleon, her cycle takes place over a synodic lunar month, and is linked to her menstrual cycle. She is Bink's wife and Dor's mother. She currently resides with Bink just outside of Castle Roogna in a cottage cheese. Chameleon starred in A Spell for Chameleon and Night Mare. She was king during a Xanth wave.

[edit] Electra

Electra's talent is electricity.. She charges the Heaven Cent. She is the wife of Dolph and mother of Dawn and Eve. She was put to sleep for 1,000 years, but spent only about 900 of those years in the magical sleep, due to good behavior. Eventually, Dolph awakened her with a kiss. He agreed to be betrothed to her, but this caused problems since he was already betrothed to Nada Naga. She is the only princess in known memory to wear blue jeans, and worked for Sorceress Tapis, the Tapestry Maker (She made the tapestry that sits in Ivy's room), before going into her deep sleep. The only reason that she could have married Dolph is because of Magician Murphy's talent, which is "what can go wrong will go wrong" (Also known as "Murphy's Law"), causing her to activate the Heaven Cent instead of Taplin. She and Dolph are the parents of the twin princesses Dawn and Eve.

v • d • e Xanth series by Piers Anthony First trilogy A Spell for Chameleon • The Source of Magic • Castle Roogna • Centaur Aisle • Ogre, Ogre • Night Mare • Dragon on a Pedestal • Crewel Lye • Golem in the Gears • Vale of the Vole • Heaven Cent • Man from Mundania • Isle of View • Question Quest • The Color of Her Panties • Demons Don't Dream • Harpy Thyme • Geis of the Gargoyle • Roc and a Hard Place • Yon Ill Wind • Faun & Games • Zombie Lover • Xone of Contention • The Dastard • Swell Foop • Up in a Heaval • Cube Route Second trilogy Currant Events • Pet Peeve • Stork Naked • Air Apparent Characters List of Xanth characters • Magicians • Family of Merlin • Family of Ebnez • Family of Humfrey • Centaur family • Goblin family • Gourd • Mundanes • Other characters Geography of Xanth • Companions of Xanth • Letters to Jenny