Other Figures — Minor Figures

10 figures from The Romance of Tristan and Iseult who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Brunehild

claimed sister · first appears Chapter 14 · Part 1

• Chapter 14 · Part 1 · with Tristan “Iseult,” said he, “whom I love so well; I bring my sister with me, Brunehild, the beautiful.”
• Chapter 14 · Part 1 · with Tristan “Iseult,” said he, “whom I love so well; I bring my sister with me, Brunehild, the beautiful. Come, take her, you are weary of the Queen.”

Duke Morgan

duke and enemy of Rivalen · first appears Chapter 1 · Part 1

• Chapter 1 · Part 1 · enemies with Rivalen “Duke Morgan had fallen on Lyonesse and was wasting town and field”
• Chapter 1 · Part 2 · with Tristan “Duke Morgan holds his land most wrongfully; it is time such land came back to its lord.”

Duke Riol

duke · first appears Chapter 13 · Part 2

• Chapter 13 · Part 2 · enemies with Tristan “And as he came, he saw Duke Riol charging, rein free, at Kaherdin, but Tristan came in between. So they met, Tristan and Duke Riol.”
• Chapter 13 · Part 2 · liege: Duke Hod “So he promised to enter Duke Hoël’s keep and to swear homage again, and to restore what he had wasted;”

Mother of God

religious figure · first appears Chapter 13 · Part 2

• Chapter 13 · Part 2 · with Tristan “I thought of the Mother of God, and I made a vow to Her that, should I ever wed, I would spend the first holy nights of my wedding in prayer and in silence.”

Urgan

giant · first appears Chapter 12 · Part 1

• Chapter 12 · Part 1 · enemies with Tristan “Then Tristan went out to find Urgan in his lair, and they fought hard and long, till courage conquered strength, and Tristan, having cut off the giant’s hand, bore it back to the Duke.”
• Chapter 14 · Part 1 · child: Tristan “Come in, lord fool; the Hairy Urgan’s son, I know, and like your father.”

Guron

lover · first appears Chapter 14 · Part 1

• Chapter 14 · Part 1 · courtship with Iseult “She sang of Guron taken and killed for his love, and how by guile the Count gave Guron’s heart to her to eat, and of her woe.”
• Chapter 14 · Part 1 · with Iseult “She sang of Guron taken and killed for his love, and how by guile the Count gave Guron’s heart to her to eat, and of her woe.”

Kariado

count · first appears Chapter 14 · Part 1

• Chapter 14 · Part 1 · admired: Iseult “Then came in Kariado, a rich count from a far-off island, that had fared to Tintagel to offer the Queen his service, and had spoken of love to her, though she disdained his folly.”

King of Ireland

king · first appears Chapter 2 · Part 1

• Chapter 2 · Part 1 · enemies with King Mark “for the King of Ireland had manned a fleet to ravage Cornwall, should King Mark refuse, as he had refused these fifteen years, to pay a tribute his fathers had paid.”
• Chapter 2 · Part 1 · sworn: Morholt “King Mark, hear for the last time the summons of the King of Ireland, my lord.”

Doon

friend of Doette in a song · first appears Chapter 13 · Part 1

• Chapter 13 · Part 1 · friends with Doette “She waits for Doon, her friend, but he tarries long and does not come.”

Doette

woman in a song · first appears Chapter 13 · Part 1

• Chapter 13 · Part 1 · friends with Doon “She waits for Doon, her friend, but he tarries long and does not come.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Romance of Tristan and Iseult. Made with Rho MD.