For Lindaâ
with love
AT HOLT
LORD STEPHEN DE HOLT
LADY JUDITH DE HOLT
ARTHUR DE CALDICOT,
aged 14, author of this book
RAHERE,
the musician and jester
MILES,
the scribe
ROWENA,
the first chamberâservant
IZZIE,
the second chamberâservant
GUBERT,
the cook
TANWEN,
the chamberâservant from Caldicot
KESTER,
her baby son
ANIAN,
the kitchen boy
CATRIN,
his twin sister, the kitchen girl
ALAN,
the armorer
RHYS,
the stableman
SIMON,
the messenger
SAYER,
the kennelman
HAKET,
the priest
AGNES,
the wiseâwoman
ROBERT,
a villager
WILF,
an old villager
DONNET,
a villager
PIERS,
a villager
ABEL,
a villager
AT GORTANORE
SIR WILLIAM DE GORTANORE
LADY ALICE DE GORTANORE
TOM,
Sir William's son, aged 15
GRACE,
Sir William's daughter, aged 13
THOMAS,
a freeman and messenger
MAGGOT,
his wife
PEG,
Lady Alice's chamberâservant
FULCOLD,
the cook
AT CALDICOT
SIR JOHN DE CALDICOT
LADY HELEN DE CALDICOT
SERLE,
their son, aged 17
SIAN (PRONOUNCED “SHAWN”),
their daughter, aged 9
NAIN (PRONOUNCED “NINE”),
Lady Helen's mother
OLIVER,
the priest
SLIM,
the cook
GATTY,
the reeve's daughter, aged 13
LANKIN,
the cowherd
JANKIN,
Lankin's son, a stableboy
JOHANNA,
the wisewoman
RUTH,
Lady Helen's chamberâservant
OTHER
MERLIN,
Arthur's guide
RHODRI,
the horseâbreeder at Quabbs
TUROLD,
the armorer from Ludlow
JACOB,
the moneylender
MIRIAM,
his daughter
SIR WALTER DE VERDON,
twin brother of Lady Judith de Holt
LADY ANNE DE VERDON
WINNIE DE VERDON,
their daughter, aged 12
EDIE,
Lady Anne's chamberâ servant
KING JOHN'S MESSENGER
DAW,
a messenger
LADY MARIE DE MEULAN (MARIE DE FRANCE)
HUMBERT,
prior of Wenlock
BROTHER AUSTIN
BROTHER GERARD
BROTHER ALMUND
BROTHER CRISPIN
GIB,
one of the constable of Wigmore's men
THIBAUD (PRONOUNCED
“teebow”), count of Champagne
COUNTESS BLANCHE,
his wife
MILON DE PROVINS
MILON DE PROVINS'S MESSENGER
SALMAN,
a Muslim trader
JEHAN,
Milon's farrier
KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE
SIR ULFIUS,
chamberlain
SIR PELLINORE
SIR LAMORAK
SIR BAUDWIN,
constable of Britain
SIR BRASTIAS,
commander of the North
SIR BALIN OF NORTHUMBERLAND
SIR ACCOLON OF GAUL,
Morgan le Fay's lover
SIR AGRAVAIN,
brother of Gawain
SIR DAGONET
SIR LANVAL
SIR BALAN,
Balin's brother
SIR TOR,
son of Pellinore and Aries's wife
SIR KAY,
Ector's son, Arthur's steward
SIR GAWAIN,
son of Lot and Morgause, Arthur's nephew
SIR GAHERIS,
Gawain's brother
SIR LANCELOT OF THE LAKE
SIR GARETH (CALLED BEAUMAINS),
Gawain's brother
SIR ONTZLAKE,
Damas's brother
SIR BAGDEMAGUS,
king of Gore
SIR EREC
SIR BRIAN OF THE ISLES
SIR OWAIN,
Morgan and Urien's son
SIR GALAHAD
SIR ECTOR,
Arthur's foster father
SIR BEDIVERE
OTHER
KING ARTHUR (ARTHUR-IN-THE-STONE)
YGERNA,
Arthur's mother
MERLIN (THE HOODED MAN)
MORGAN LE FAY,
Arthur's half sister
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY
SIR THEW-HIT (SIR PELLINORE BY ANOTHER NAME)
BORS,
king of Gaul
BAN,
king of Brittany
THE KNIGHT OF THE BLACK ANVIL
QUEEN GUINEVERE
LEODEGRANCE,
king of Cornwall, her father
CADOR,
duke of Cornwall
SIR GARLON,
the invisible knight
SIR HERLEWS DE BERBEUS
PELLAM,
king of Listinoise, Garlon's brother
LADY DIONISE
ARIES,
the cowherd
SIR SOURLOUSE OF THE FOREST
SIR BRIAN OF THE ISLES,
his brother
LOT,
king of Orkney
MORGAUSE,
wife of Lot, Arthur's half sister
SIR MILES
GRIFLET,
a squire
NIMUE
SIR BLAMOURE OF THE MARSH
LADY SARAIDE,
his wife
LADY ANNA (MORGAUSE IN DISGUISE)
THE KNIGHT OF THE RED LANDS
THE KNIGHT OF THE BLACK LANDS
LYNETTE
LADY LYONESSE,
her sister
HUON,
Beaumains's servant
THE RED KNIGHT
SIR GRINGAMOUR,
brother of Lynette and Lyonesse
SIR URIEN,
husband of Morgan le Fay
SIR DAMAS
ENID,
Sir Erec's wife
COUNT ORINGLE
LIONORS
THE GREEN KNIGHT (SIR BERTILAK OF THE HIGH PEAK)
SIR BERTILAK'S WIFE
ELAINE OF ASTOLAT
HOWELL,
duke of Brittany, Arthur's cousin
THE DUCHESS OF BRITTANY
THE GIANT OF THE MOUNT
PERCEVAL,
a Welsh boy
BLANCHEFLEUR