in the Shadow of Greatness: Exploratory Campaign Spine? is a question that bears directly on the point that Ginger just made about Chaos.
IMC, Chaos has a spine.
Lovecraftian, Moorcockist, blobs from the Abyss just don't work for the theme I've assigned to Chaos.
There is a spirit assigned to major elements of my campaign. Amber is Snotty Upstart. Darrheabarr is Ancient Secrets. The Abyss is Things Man Was Not Meant To Know.
Chaos has a spine. Chaos holds the line. Chaos is the spirit of You Will Not Pass.
Ginger is right on target when she says that first series purists just really can't use Zelazny's Merlin books. They refine Chaos into something so far from freaky as to be stone to Amber's water.
The way I dealt with that is to make that stone freaky heroic. Alternate Chaosian interpretations must address an alien point of view, many centuries of history, and still somehow draw a line that connects to Amber.
If only they would surrender, the pain might end.
No.
They won't.
Next time you play a privileged prince of Amber think about that.