Ogrin

Also known as: the hermit · Family: unknown · Role: hermit · First appears: Chapter 8 · Part 1

At the hermitage in Chapter 8, Ogrin urged Tristan to repent, telling him, “Do penance, Tristan! God pardons the sinner who turns to repentance.” He also told and re-told Iseult the words of his holy book, but she wept, shook her head, and refused the faith he offered. Tristan refused repentance and rejected Ogrin’s demand that he return Iseult to her lawful husband, declaring that he had conquered her and that she was altogether his.

By morning in Chapter 9, Ogrin found Tristan and Iseult at the Hermitage and called them tenderly, warning that love still drove them into wretchedness and asking whether they would finally do penance. After Tristan offered peace to King Mark and promised to go away, and Iseult agreed to separate from him while refusing to repent of her love, Ogrin praised God, gave them wise counsel, and wrote a message offering the proposed peace.

Relationship record

Life events

Tristan refuses repentance and rejects Ogrin’s demand to return Iseult to her lawful husband.(Chapter 8 · Part 1 · 📍 hermitage of Ogrin)
- With: Tristan Iseult
- “He gave her to his lepers. From these lepers I myself conquered her with my own hand; and henceforth she is altogether mine.”
Ogrin writes a formal message offering King Mark the peace Tristan proposed.(Chapter 9 · Part 1 · 📍 Hermitage)
- “And he gave them wise counsel, and took ink, and wrote a little writ offering the King what Tristan said.”

Chapter 8 · Part 1

with Tristan (religious admonisher) “Do penance, Tristan! God pardons the sinner who turns to repentance.”
with Iseult (religious counselor) “The hermit told her and re-told her the words of his holy book, but still while she wept she shook her head, and refused the faith he offered.”
pupil: Iseult “The hermit told her and re-told her the words of his holy book, but still while she wept she shook her head, and refused the faith he offered.”