D’Artagnan

Also known as: Chevalier d’Artagnan / M. d’Artagnan / Monsieur d’Artagnan / d’Artagnan / the captain / the musketeer · Family: Musketeers · Role: musketeer · First appears: Chapter 1

In 1626, D’Artagnan publicly confessed to De Wardes that he had impersonated his father at a rendezvous and dishonored a lady, admitting, “Yes, I was guilty of that dishonorable action.” By chapter 1, he served Louis XIV, who granted him the captain’s commission of musketeers, while Comte de la Fere was counted among his friends of about forty years. Fouquet bowed to him after D’Artagnan had brought him ruin and death, and Raoul was described as his good companion.

By chapter 6, D’Artagnan was the newly appointed captain-general of the musketeers. Raoul, who had known him from birth, defended his courage and loyalty and said that D’Artagnan had taught him how to use a sword; he is also identified in the material as D’Artagnan’s suitor. De Wardes hated him over the dishonorable act toward his father, while Buckingham challenged De Wardes after the insult and offered to settle his own obligations to D’Artagnan by crossing swords with him.

In later chapters, Raoul turned to D’Artagnan for a service, and Comte de la Fere was looking for him. D’Artagnan reminded Baisemeaux de Montlezun of their thirty-five years as acquaintances, informed him that the king had canceled an arrest, and revealed that Aramis was Bishop of Vannes. He and Aramis were friends, and Aramis associated him with the engineer of Belle-Isle; Porthos was among the few whose weakness D’Artagnan, Comte de la Fere, and Aramis knew.