Balan

Family: Arthur's court · Role: knight · First appears: Balin and Balan 1

Life events

• Arthur defeats Balin and Balan in combat at the fountain.(Balin and Balan 1 · 📍 fountain-side)
  • With: Arthur Balin
  • “And Arthur lightly smote the brethren down, And lightly so returned, and no man knew.”
• Balan joins the Order and lives more prosperously with Balin among its members.(Balin and Balan 1)
  • With: Balin
  • “Then Balan added to their Order lived A wealthier life than heretofore with these And Balin”
• Balan claims Arthur’s quest to hunt the demon responsible for the knight’s murder.(Balin and Balan 1)
  • With: Arthur
  • “Said Balan, ‘I’! So claimed the quest and rode away”
• Balin and Balan fatally wound each other in combat and collapse.(Balin and Balan 4)
  • With: Balin
  • “so they crashed In onset, and King Pellam’s holy spear, Reputed to be red with sinless blood, Redded at once with sinful, for the point Across the maiden shield of Balan pricked The hauberk to the flesh; and Balin’s horse Was wearied to the death, and, when they clashed, Rolling back upon Balin, crushed the man Inward, and either fell, and swooned away.”
• Balin and Balan die together after recognizing one another as brothers.(Balin and Balan 4)
  • With: Balin
  • “‘Goodnight, true brother here! goodmorrow there! We two were born together, and we die Together by one doom:’ and while he spoke Closed his death-drowsing eyes, and slept the sleep With Balin, either locked in either’s arm.”

Balin and Balan 1

• siblings with Balin “My brother and my better, this man here, Balan.”
• sworn: Arthur “A knight of thine spear-stricken from behind, Dead, whom we buried”
• knighter: Arthur “And make, as ten-times worthier to be thine Than twenty Balins, Balan knight.”

Balin and Balan 2

• with Balin (companionship) “He took the selfsame track as Balan, saw The fountain where they sat together, sighed ‘Was I not better there with him?’”

Balin and Balan 4

• siblings with Balin “Goodnight, true brother here! goodmorrow there! We two were born together, and we die Together by one doom:”

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Extracted from the original text of Idylls of the King. Made with Rho MD.