If all roads lead to Amber, then all roads must pass through Arden. Prince Julian guards this forest with his cohort of Rangers, carefully watching the many entrances into this land. Julian also takes sport in hunting the creatures that sometimes make their way into Arden, drawn to its plentiful life and beauty.

Arden is a separate world from Amber, but it is still of a greater reality than common shadow. This is the closest that one can begin to readily shift shadows overland.

Casually riding from the edge of Arden to the Castle takes about six hours in good conditions with a normal mount.