With not so much a Crowning Moment as a Crowning Reputation of Awesome, Benedict of Amber is known as the best fighter in all the worlds. A perfect illustration is given when his brother Corwin—a man strong enough to lift cars, wrestle with demons, and snap necks with his bare hands; skilled enough to outfight dozens of men at a time, and tough enough to grow his eyes back after being blinded and survive the bubonic plague—finds out that Benedict is coming to get him. Corwin turns and runs.
Corwin himself is the second best fighter of the worlds: which should gives you an idea of Benedict's strength, considering the best warrior after him fear him that much.
Corwin, in chains at his brother's coronation, gets his hands on the crown and promptly dubs himself King of Amber.
Yama: Do you not know each man kills the thing he loves?
Other Works
The story behind how his short story "Unicorn Variation" came to be. He was approached by an editor looking to collect works for an anthology of stories about unicorns. He was then approached by another editor compiling an anthology of stories set in bars. He told this to George R. R. Martin, who told him of another editor collecting works for an anthology of stories about chess. He joked that Zelanzy should write a story about unicorns and chess in a bar so that he could sell the story to all three editors. He did exactly that, and won the Hugo Award for Best Novelette for the story.
