Sarrazins — Minor Figures

40 figures from The Song of Roland who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Malpalin

first appears Laisses CCXI–CCXVI

Laisses CCXI–CCXVI · enemies with Charles “When he flung dead Malpalin of Nerbune,”

Marsilies's nephew · first appears Laisses XCI–XCVI

Laisses XCI–XCVI · elder kin: Marsilies “Marsile's nephew, his name is Aelroth,”
Laisses XCI–XCVI · enemies with Rollant “His steed he spurs, gallops with great effort; He goes, that count, to strike with all his force, The shield he breaks, the hauberk's seam unsews, Slices the heart, and shatters up the bones,”

first appears Laisses CIII–CVIII

Laisses CIII–CVIII · enemies with Rollant “Spurs on his horse, is gone to strike Chemuble, The helmet breaks, where bright carbuncles grew,”

first appears Laisses CXXXIX–CXLIV

Laisses CXXXIX–CXLIV · enemies with Rollant “Faldrun of Pui has through the middle sliced,”

combatant · first appears Laisses CXXI–CXXVI

Laisses CXXI–CXXVI · enemies with Turpin “So strikes that shield, is wonderfully arrayed, Whereon are stones, amethyst and topaze, Esterminals and carbuncles that blaze; A devil's gift it was, in Val Metase, Who handed it to the admiral Galafes; So Turpin strikes, spares him not anyway; After that blow, he's worth no penny wage; The carcass he's sliced, rib from rib away, So flings him down dead in an empty place.”
Laisses CXXI–CXXVI · lord: Marsilies “Yet vassalage he's shown, and great folly, So is he dear to th' felon king Marsile;”

envoy · first appears Laisses I–VI

Laisses I–VI · lord: Marsilies “Calleth aside Clarun of Balaguee, Estramarin and Eudropin his peer, And Priamun and Guarlan of the beard, And Machiner and his uncle Mahee, With Jouner, Malbien from over sea, And Blancandrin, good reason to decree:”

of Valtrenne · first appears Laisses LXXIII–LXXVIII

Laisses LXXIII–LXXVIII · lord: Marsilies “Before Marsile he cries amid the press: “To Rencesvals I go, pride to make less;”
Laisses XCVII–CII · enemies with Engelier “And Engelers the Gascoin of Burdele Spurs on his horse, lets fall the reins as well, He goes to strike Escremiz of Valtrene, The shield he breaks and shatters on his neck, The hauberk too, he has its chinguard rent, Between the arm-pits has pierced him through the breast, On his spear's hilt from saddle throws him dead;”

envoy · first appears Laisses I–VI

Laisses I–VI · lord: Marsilies “Calleth aside Clarun of Balaguee, Estramarin and Eudropin his peer, And Priamun and Guarlan of the beard, And Machiner and his uncle Mahee, With Jouner, Malbien from over sea, And Blancandrin, good reason to decree:”