Carados of the Dolorous Tower

Also known as: Sir Carados / Sir Carados of the Dolorous Tower · Family: unknown · Role: knight · First appears: Book XX, Chapter XV

Life events

Launcelot rescued Gawaine and slew Carados after Carados bound him to his saddle.(Book XX, Chapter XV)
- With: Sir Launcelot Sir Gawaine
- “there, my lord Sir Gawaine, I rescued you, and slew him afore your sight.”

with Sir Launcelot (Launcelot fought Carados in a hard-fought combat.) “And now I dare say, said Sir Launcelot, I met never with so strong knights, nor so well fighting, as was Sir Carados and Sir Turquin, for I fought with them to the uttermost.”
with Sir Gawaine (Carados overpowered and captured Gawaine.) “for he might well be called a noble knight when he by fine force pulled you out of your saddle, and bound you overthwart afore him to his saddle bow”
admirer: Sir Launcelot (Launcelot praises Carados's nobility and strength.) “howbeit Sir Carados of the Dolorous Tower was a full noble knight and a passing strong man”
siblings with Turquin (Turquin is explicitly identified as Carados's brother.) “howbeit Sir Carados of the Dolorous Tower was a full noble knight and a passing strong man, and that wot ye, my lord Sir Gawaine; for he might well be called a noble knight when he by fine force pulled you out of your saddle, and bound you overthwart afore him to his saddle bow; and there, my lord Sir Gawaine, I rescued you, and slew him afore your sight. Also I found his brother, Sir Turquin, in likewise leading Sir Gaheris, your brother, bounden afore him;”
with Sir Launcelot (Launcelot kills Carados after rescuing Gawaine.) “and there, my lord Sir Gawaine, I rescued you, and slew him afore your sight.”

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