Herlews le Berbeus

Also known as: Sir Herlews · Role: knight · First appears: Book II, Chapter XII

Life events

Herlews le Berbeus is slain by Garlon, an invisible knight.(Book II, Chapter XII · 📍 King Arthur’s pavilion)
- With: Garlon
- “there came one invisible, and smote this knight that went with Balin throughout the body with a spear. Alas, said the knight, I am slain under your conduct with a knight called Garlon”
Balin vows to pursue Herlews’s quest and avenge his death.(Book II, Chapter XII)
- With: Balin
- “That shall I do, said Balin, and that I make vow unto knighthood”
King Arthur orders Herlews le Berbeus buried richly.(Book II, Chapter XII)
- With: King Arthur
- “So King Arthur let bury this knight richly”
Herlews le Berbeus’s tomb records Garlon as the perpetrator of the treachery.(Book II, Chapter XII)
- With: Garlon
- “how there was slain Herlews le Berbeus, and by whom the treachery was done, the knight Garlon”

with Balin (Balin escorted Herlews le Berbeus to King Arthur.) “And so he made him ready to go with Balin, and left the damosel still.”
enemies with Garlon (Garlon treacherously killed Herlews le Berbeus.) “Alas, said the knight, I am slain under your conduct with a knight called Garlon; therefore take my horse that is better than yours, and ride to the damosel, and follow the quest that I was in as she will lead you, and revenge my death when ye may.”
with King Arthur (King Arthur ordered Herlews le Berbeus to be richly buried.) “So King Arthur let bury this knight richly, and made a mention on his tomb, how there was slain Herlews le Berbeus, and by whom the treachery was done, the knight Garlon.”
with Garlon (Garlon treacherously kills Herlews.) “how there was slain Herlews le Berbeus, and by whom the treachery was done, the knight Garlon.”

Extracted from the original text of Le Morte d'Arthur. Made with Rho MD.