Other Figures — Minor Figures
19 figures from Idylls of the King who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.
Anguisant
king · first appears The Coming of Arthur 1
- The Coming of Arthur 1 · enemies with Arthur “The King Brandagoras of Latangor, With Anguisant of Erin, Morganore, And Lot of Orkney.”
Brandagoras
king · first appears The Coming of Arthur 1
- The Coming of Arthur 1 · enemies with Arthur “The King Brandagoras of Latangor, With Anguisant of Erin, Morganore, And Lot of Orkney.”
Brastias
knight · first appears The Coming of Arthur 1
- The Coming of Arthur 1 · knighter: Arthur “Then quickly from the foughten field he sent Ulfius, and Brastias, and Bedivere, His new-made knights, to King Leodogran,”
- The Coming of Arthur 3 · with Leodogran “And Leodogran awoke, and sent Ulfius, and Brastias and Bedivere, Back to the court of Arthur answering yea.”
Christ
religious figure · first appears The Coming of Arthur 3
- The Coming of Arthur 3 · sworn: Arthur “The King will follow Christ, and we the King In whom high God hath breathed a secret thing.”
Clariance
king · first appears The Coming of Arthur 1
- The Coming of Arthur 1 · enemies with Arthur “And leading all his knighthood threw the kings Carados, Urien, Cradlemont of Wales, Claudias, and Clariance of Northumberland,”
Cradlemont
king · first appears The Coming of Arthur 1
- The Coming of Arthur 1 · enemies with Arthur “And leading all his knighthood threw the kings Carados, Urien, Cradlemont of Wales, Claudias, and Clariance of Northumberland,”
Lady of the Lake
mysterious lady and wielder of magic · first appears The Coming of Arthur 2
- The Coming of Arthur 2 · with Arthur “She gave the King his huge cross-hilted sword,”
- Lancelot and Elaine 9 · ward: Lancelot “Lancelot, whom the Lady of the Lake / Caught from his mother’s arms—the wondrous one— / Who passes through the vision of the night— / She chanted snatches of mysterious hymns / Heard on the winding waters, eve and morn / She kissed me saying, ‘Thou art fair, my child, / As a king’s son,’ and often in her arms / She bare me, pacing on the dusky mere.”
Nestling
infant rescued by Lancelot · first appears The Last Tournament 1
- The Last Tournament 1 · with Lancelot “Scaling, Sir Lancelot from the perilous nest, This ruby necklace thrice around her neck, And all unscarred from beak or talon, brought A maiden babe;”
- The Last Tournament 1 · with Arthur “A maiden babe; which Arthur pitying took, Then gave it to his Queen to rear:”