A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

The stranger

Also known as the Yankee · the Connecticut Yankee · the narrator · the Yankee historian · Hank Morgan

An American from Hartford transported from 1879 to Arthur’s Britain. He becomes The Boss and leads a scientific revolution, but his dreamlike account of the final battle ends with him gravely ill and dying in his own time.

Sir Bedivere

A knight of the Round Table and one of the last two survivors beside Arthur at the end of the battle.

Sir Bors de Ganis

A knight of the Round Table mentioned by the stranger; he later invests in the stranger’s St. Stylite shirt business.

Sir Launcelot of the Lake

Also known as Sir Launcelot · Sir Launcelot du Lake

A celebrated knight of the Round Table, famed for his strength and prowess. He helps the stranger, tends his sick child, and becomes a leading figure in the civil war.

Sir Galahad

A knight of the Round Table whom the stranger defeats in the tournament with his lasso.

Sir Sagramor le Desirous

A knight of the Round Table who challenges the stranger. The stranger first defeats him with a lasso, then kills him with a revolver after Merlin steals the lasso.

Sir Kay

Also known as Sir Kay the Seneschal

Arthur’s seneschal and foster brother, who captures the stranger and brings him to court. Launcelot secretly uses his armor and horse.

Cromwell’s soldiers

Soldiers mentioned as a possible explanation for the bullet hole in Sir Sagramor’s armor; they do not appear directly.

Sir Kay’s host

Also known as the old gentle-woman

An old woman who gives Launcelot lodging in a tale the stranger reads.

The three knights who pursue Sir Kay

Also known as the three knights

Three unnamed knights who attack Sir Kay and are defeated by Launcelot, who sends them to surrender to Queen Guenever.

Queen Guenever

Also known as the queen

Arthur’s queen. Her relationship with Launcelot becomes the cause of a political crisis and war.

The American stranger’s father

Also known as the blacksmith

The stranger’s father, a blacksmith, mentioned but not seen.

The American stranger’s uncle

Also known as the horse doctor

The stranger’s uncle, a horse doctor, mentioned but not seen.

Hercules

A rough worker at the arms factory who strikes the stranger on the head during a fight.

The mounted knight who captures the stranger

Also known as the circus man

An unnamed knight in armor who captures the stranger with his lance. He is Sir Kay.

The girl with the poppy wreath

Also known as the fair slip of a girl

An unnamed girl of about ten whom the stranger and Sir Kay pass on the road to Camelot.

The ancient common man

An unnamed, ordinary-looking man at Arthur’s court whom the stranger mistakes for an asylum patient.

The under-cook

An unnamed castle worker who speaks briefly with the stranger and directs him to the page.

Clarence

Also known as the page · Amyas le Poulet

A lively young page who befriends the stranger and later becomes his chief executive and right-hand man. He helps prepare the defense against the Church’s army and writes that the stranger was gravely wounded after the battle.

The king’s lackey

Also known as the lackey

An unnamed servant who tells the stranger he is wanted in the great hall.

King Arthur

Also known as Arthur · the king · the good king

King of Britain, who appoints the stranger his minister. He dies after fighting Mordred in the final battle.

Sir Launcelot’s host

Also known as the host

An unnamed host who lodges Launcelot and Sir Kay in a tale read by the stranger.

Sir Kay’s three attackers

Three unnamed knights who pursue and attack Sir Kay before Launcelot defeats them.

Sir Dinadan

Also known as Sir Dinadan the Humorist

A knight of the Round Table known for practical jokes and stale humorous speeches. He later publishes a joke book, which the stranger suppresses; the stranger says he had it hanged.

Merlin

Also known as the mighty liar and magician

An elderly magician at Arthur’s court who enchants Sir Sagramor’s veil and steals the stranger’s lasso during the tournament. Disguised as an old peasant woman, he tends the wounded stranger, then reveals himself and enchants him into a sleep lasting thirteen centuries.

The Lady of the Lake

Also known as the damsel

A mysterious woman who gives Arthur Excalibur in Merlin’s tale.

Sir Pellinore

A knight in Merlin’s tale whom Arthur encounters; Merlin predicts he will serve Arthur and marry Arthur’s sister.

Egglame

Also known as Sir Egglame

A knight in Merlin’s tale who fights Sir Pellinore and flees toward Carlion.

The monk at the execution

Also known as the monk

An unnamed monk who begins prayers beside the stake before the eclipse stops the execution.

The execution torch-bearer

Also known as the man with the blazing torch

An unnamed man ready to set fire to the stranger’s execution stake.

Sir Walter Scott

An author mentioned by the stranger in a comparison of fictional dialogue; he does not appear directly.

Rebecca

A character mentioned as an example of historical-novel dialogue; she does not appear directly.

Ivanhoe

A character mentioned alongside Rebecca and Rowena in a comparison of historical-novel dialogue; he does not appear directly.

Rowena

Also known as the soft lady Rowena

A character mentioned as an example of historical-novel dialogue; she does not appear directly.

Sir Arthur’s sister

An unnamed woman mentioned by Merlin as the future wife of Sir Pellinore; she does not appear directly.

The Demoiselle Alisande la Carteloise

Also known as Alisande · Sandy · the damsel

A young woman from Moder who asks Arthur’s court to rescue her mistress and other captives. She accompanies the stranger and later becomes his wife and the mother of their child.

The three brothers who hold the castle

Also known as the ogres

Three unnamed brothers said by Alisande to hold her mistress and forty-four other women captive; their story is not verified.

Alisande’s mistress

Also known as the captive mistress

An unnamed woman said to be held captive with forty-four other women; she does not appear directly.

The forty-four captive young women

Also known as the princesses

Unnamed young women whom Alisande says are imprisoned with her mistress; they do not appear directly.

Puss Flanagan

Also known as the countess

A woman from the stranger’s own time whom he remembers and imagines marrying. She has not yet been born in his present.

The intelligent priest

Also known as the novice

An unnamed priest from the stranger’s Department of Public Morals and Agriculture, assigned to report on a tournament.

Sir Brian de les Isles

A knight who competes in the tournament described in the priest’s report.

Grummore Grummorsum

Also known as Sir Grummore Grummorsum

A knight who is knocked down by Sir Tor in the tournament.

Sir Aglovale

A knight who competes in the tournament and is later killed during Launcelot’s rescue of Guenever.

Sir Tor

A knight who knocks Sir Grummore Grummorsum down during the tournament; later killed during the queen’s rescue.

Sir Carados of the dolorous tower

A knight who competes against Sir Percivale in the tournament.

Sir Turquine

A knight who competes against Sir Lamorak in the tournament.

Sir Percivale de Galis

One of two brothers who compete in the tournament; he encounters Sir Carados.

Sir Lamorak de Galis

One of two brothers who compete in the tournament; he encounters Sir Turquine and is later defeated by the stranger’s lasso.

Sir Arnold

A knight who competes against Sir Brandiles and Sir Kay in the tournament.

Sir Gauter

A knight who competes against Sir Brandiles and is later killed in Launcelot’s rescue of Guenever.

Sir Brandiles

A knight who competes against Sir Arnold and Sir Gauter; later killed during the queen’s rescue.

Sir Pertolope

Also known as the green knight

A knight who knocks Sir Lionel from his horse in the tournament.

Sir Lionel

Sir Launcelot’s brother, knocked from his horse by Sir Pertolope in the tournament.

Sir Bleobaris

A knight whose spear breaks against Sir Gareth during the tournament.

Sir Gareth

Also known as Garry

A knight of the Round Table whom the stranger privately calls Garry and regards with affection. He excels in the tournament and is accidentally killed by Launcelot during Guenever’s rescue.

Sir Galihodin

A knight who challenges Sir Gareth in the tournament and is knocked down.

Sir Galihud

A knight who seeks to avenge his brother Sir Galihodin and is knocked down by Sir Gareth.

La Cote Male Taile

Also known as Sir La Cote Male Taile

Sir Dinadan’s brother, defeated by Sir Gareth in the tournament. He later becomes one of the stranger’s missionary knights.

Sir Dodinas le Savage

A knight defeated by Sir Gareth in the tournament.

King Aswisance of Ireland

Also known as Sir Agwisance the King of Ireland

The King of Ireland, who marvels at Sir Gareth’s changing colors and is later knocked from his horse by him.

King Carados of Scotland

A king knocked down by Sir Gareth in the tournament.

King Uriens of the land of Gore

A king, Morgan le Fay’s husband and Sir Uwaine’s father.

Sir Bagdemagus

A knight knocked down by Sir Gareth in the tournament.

Meliganus

Also known as Bagdemagus’s son

Sir Bagdemagus’s son, who breaks a spear against Sir Gareth in the tournament.

Sir Galahault

Also known as the noble prince

A prince who challenges Sir Gareth in the tournament; his men keep him from falling after Gareth strikes him.

The call-boy

An unnamed attendant who calls Sir Dinadan to enter the tournament.

The woman from the land of Moder

Also known as the wandering woman

An unnamed woman who brings Arthur’s court a tale of a captive mistress and distant castle, prompting the rescue expedition.

The blacksmith who coins the title

Also known as the unnamed blacksmith

An unnamed blacksmith whose casual use of The Boss inspires the people to adopt the title for the stranger.

The man among the road workers

Also known as the freeman who challenges the idea

An unnamed freeman who argues that taking a nation’s will is a crime and gives the stranger instructions to send him and his family to the Man-factory.

The seven knights who yield to The Boss

Also known as the armed knights and their squires

Seven unnamed knights and their squires who approach the stranger; Sandy persuades them to become Arthur’s knights.

Sir Gawaine

A knight in Sandy’s tale who travels with Sir Uwaine and fights Sir Marhaus. His strength rises through the morning and wanes after noon; he later dies in the war.

Sir Uwaine

Also known as Sir Uwaine le Blanchemains · Prince Uwaine

Morgan le Fay and King Uriens’s son, and a knight of Arthur’s court. In Sandy’s tale he rides with Sir Gawaine and is wounded fighting Sir Marhaus.

Sir Marhaus

Also known as Marhaus the king’s son of Ireland

An Irish knight who fights Sir Uwaine and Sir Gawaine in Sandy’s tale; he and Gawaine swear brotherhood after their battle.

The eldest damsel at the fountain

Also known as the eldest damsel

An unnamed woman of about sixty or older, wearing a gold garland, who rides away with one of three knights to seek adventures.

The middle damsel at the fountain

Also known as the second damsel

An unnamed woman of about thirty, wearing a gold circlet, who rides away with one of three knights to seek adventures.

The youngest damsel at the fountain

Also known as the third damsel

An unnamed fifteen-year-old girl whom Sir Marhaus and his companions meet at a fountain; she reminds the stranger of a telephone operator he loved.

The stranger’s lost darling

Also known as the telephone operator · Hello Central · Hello Hank

An unnamed young woman from the stranger’s own time whom he remembers as gentle and lovely. She worked as a telephone operator and called him Hank.

Tom Sayers

A boxer mentioned by the stranger as someone who could win Arthur’s court through feats of strength; he does not appear directly.

John Heenan

A boxer mentioned by the stranger as someone who could win Arthur’s court through feats of strength; he does not appear directly.

John L. Sullivan

A boxer mentioned by the stranger as someone who could win Arthur’s court through feats of strength; he does not appear directly.

The damsels who scorn the shield

Also known as the twelve damsels

Twelve unnamed women who soil a knight’s white shield because he hates women. Sir Gawaine says they should confront and challenge him.

The two knights who guard the tower

Also known as the knights of the turret

Two unnamed knights who challenge Sir Marhaus at the tower; he kills both.

The three knights who ride from the castle

Also known as the knights

Three unnamed armed knights who agree to yield to the stranger, believing he is The Boss.

Sir Breuse Sance Pite

A neighboring lord who imprisoned a bride and her husband after she resisted his assault and her husband intervened.

Morgan le Fay

Also known as Morgan · Mrs. le Fay · madame · the sorceress

Arthur’s sister and King Uriens’s wife, reputed to be a sorceress and described as beautiful, cruel, and powerful. She kills a page and orders prisoners tortured and imprisoned.

King Uriens

Also known as Brer Uriens · the old king

Morgan le Fay’s husband and Sir Uwaine’s father, a kindly, subdued king with little power in his household.

The young page killed by Morgan

Also known as the handsome young page

An unnamed page in Morgan’s household who accidentally stumbles against her knee; she stabs him to death.

The executioner in Morgan’s dungeon

Also known as the executioner

An unnamed official who operates the rack and is later demoted by the stranger.

The two priests at the rack

Also known as the priests

Two unnamed priests who attend Hugo during torture and speak to the stranger about the executioner’s treatment of Hugo’s wife.

The masked informer

Also known as the Unknown · the accuser

An unnamed person who secretly accuses a prisoner of killing a royal stag; the stranger suspects the informer may have done it.

The forester

An unnamed royal forester who receives the masked informer’s accusation.

Hugo

Also known as the young husband · the prisoner at the rack

A commoner tortured for killing a deer that ravaged his fields. He refuses to confess because conviction would cost his family their home; the stranger frees him.

Hugo’s wife

Also known as the young woman at the rack

An unnamed woman who begs her tortured husband to confess so he can die quickly. She, Hugo, and their child are sent to the stranger’s colony.

Hugo’s child

Also known as the baby

The unnamed young child of Hugo and his wife, present in the dungeon during Hugo’s torture.

The queen’s grandmother

Also known as the old and bent white-haired lady

An unnamed elderly woman who accuses the queen of killing her innocent grandchild and nearly goes to the stake.

The queen’s composer

Also known as the composer

An unnamed composer whose music the queen dislikes; she orders him hanged after the banquet.

The queen’s musicians

Also known as the band

An unnamed band whom the queen orders hanged after they perform her song; the stranger makes them play it again.

The lovely young duchess

Also known as the bride-to-be

An unnamed duchess whose wedding is the next day; she becomes heavily intoxicated at the royal banquet.

The newly freed bride

Also known as the woman in the dungeon · the young bride

An unnamed commoner imprisoned on her bridal night by Sir Breuse Sance Pite after resisting his assault. After nine years apart, she and her husband are reunited and freed by the stranger.

The newly freed bride’s husband

Also known as the husband in the dungeon · the young husband

An unnamed commoner imprisoned after intervening against Sir Breuse Sance Pite. After nine years in separate cells, he and his bride are reunited and freed.

The lord imprisoned for killing an assassin

Also known as the lord who destroyed the village well

An unnamed lord whom the stranger leaves imprisoned for destroying his village’s only public well. He had killed a lord who ambushed him.

The assassinated lord

Also known as the queen’s kinsman

An unnamed lord and Morgan le Fay’s kinsman, killed after ambushing another lord to assassinate him.

The commoner sent to the Man-factory

Also known as the newest prisoner

An unnamed man imprisoned for saying people are much alike beneath their clothes and status; the stranger frees and sends him to the Man-factory.

The prisoner with a view of his home

Also known as the man in the arrow-slit cell

An unnamed man imprisoned for twenty-two years who believes his wife and children have died. The stranger takes him home and reunites the family.

The prisoner’s wife

Also known as the gray-haired matron

An unnamed woman whose husband has watched their home from a dungeon for twenty-two years, believing his family dead. She and their grown children are alive.

The prisoner’s five children

Also known as the babies

The five unnamed children of the prisoner with a view of his home; all are alive when the stranger reunites the family.

The five forgotten prisoners

Also known as the one woman and four men

Five elderly captives whose names and alleged offenses have been forgotten. They have spent at least thirty-five years without daylight before the stranger frees them.

Sir Gawaine and Sir Uwaine’s abbey monks

Also known as the monks

Unnamed monks who lodge Sir Gawaine and Sir Uwaine in Sandy’s tale.

The old king’s fool

Also known as the king’s fool

An unnamed fool who defeats La Cote Male Taile early in his journey with Maledisant.

Maledisant

A woman who accompanies La Cote Male Taile on an earlier journey, railing at and insulting him; she refuses to leave him despite his defeats.

Benvenuto Cellini

Also known as Cellini

A historical figure mentioned by the stranger as a rough-hewn saint; he does not appear directly.

Queen Margaret of Navarre

Also known as Queen Margaret

A queen mentioned in comparison with the bawdy stories at Morgan le Fay’s banquet; she does not appear directly.

Elizabeth of England

Also known as the great Elizabeth of England

A queen mentioned in comparison with the bawdy stories at Morgan le Fay’s banquet; she does not appear directly.

The young daughter of the Regent d’Orleans

An unnamed girl mentioned as a comparison for the drunken young duchess; she does not appear directly.

The Duke of the South Marches

Also known as the duke of South Marches · the old duke of the South Marches

An unnamed duke who yields to Sir Marhaus and the stranger and promises, with six sons, to serve Arthur. He has lost seven other sons to Sir Gawaine.

The Duke of the South Marches’s six sons

Also known as the six sons · the duke’s sons · the six dukelets

Six unnamed sons of the Duke of the South Marches who promise to serve Arthur after yielding to Sir Marhaus and the stranger.

Sir Madok de la Montaine

Also known as Sir Madok

A knight in the stranger’s service who promotes prophylactic toothbrushes.

Sir Ossaise of Surluse

Also known as Sir Ossaise

A lighthearted knight in the stranger’s service who promotes stove polish and sends Sir Madok on a fruitless sales chase.

Sir Gaheris

A knight who once faced Sir Ossaise in a tournament. He is accidentally killed by Launcelot during Guenever’s rescue.

The patriarch reunited with his family

Also known as one of the five patriarchs · the old man

An elderly prisoner freed from the dungeons, whose memory has failed after about fifty years in captivity. His wife, daughter, and descendants welcome him home.

The patriarch’s wife

Also known as the old wife

An unnamed woman who recognizes the freed patriarch as her husband after about fifty years apart.

The patriarch’s daughter

Also known as the old child

The patriarch’s unnamed daughter, who was a child when he was imprisoned and now has grown children of her own.

Sir Ozana le Cure Hardy

Also known as Sir Ozana

A knight in the stranger’s service who promotes plug hats and brings news that the Valley of Holiness’s fountain has dried up.

The abbot of the Valley of Holiness

Also known as the old abbot · Father

Head of the monastery in the Valley of Holiness, who asks the stranger to restore the fountain and celebrates the staged miracle.

The hermit on the pillar

Also known as St. Stylite · the saint

A celebrated hermit who spends years bowing in prayer atop a pillar. The stranger later harnesses his movement to power a shirt-making business.

The two trained assistants

Also known as the two experts · the stranger’s boys

Two unnamed specialists sent from Camelot to help the stranger repair the well and stage its restoration.

The master of the enslaved procession

Also known as the trader · the slave trader

An unnamed man who leads a chained group of enslaved people and brutally whips them. He sells a young mother to a landowner.

The young enslaved mother

Also known as the girl · the young wife

An unnamed young woman enslaved and separated from her husband and child. A landowner buys her, frees her irons, and takes her away.

The enslaved husband and father

Also known as the man who turned away his face

An unnamed enslaved man who shields his face while his wife is whipped, then briefly embraces her and their child before she is taken away.

The child of the enslaved couple

Also known as the baby

An unnamed infant carried by the enslaved mother and briefly reunited with its father before the mother is taken away.

The landed proprietor who buys the young mother

Also known as the gentleman

An unnamed landowner who buys the enslaved young mother and has her irons removed.

The blacksmith at the wayside shop

Also known as the smith

An unnamed smith who removes the enslaved woman’s irons after she is bought.

The monastery monks and nuns

Also known as the holy community

The unnamed religious community in the Valley of Holiness, who believe the well’s water is miraculous and seek its return.

The monks’ water-drawer

Also known as the monk

An unnamed monk who explains the well’s customary water level and helps the stranger inspect it.

Adam

A biblical figure mentioned by Sandy in her account of humanity’s fall; he does not appear directly.

Satan

Also known as the great enemy of man · the serpent

A personified biblical figure invoked by Sandy as the tempter of Adam and Eve; he does not appear directly.

The Virgin

A religious figure referenced in Sandy’s account of prayers and votive candles; she does not appear directly.

The bath-seeking Brother

Also known as the Brother

An unnamed monk in the Valley of Holiness who longs for a bath after years without washing.

Ulfius

Also known as the telephone clerk

One of the stranger’s young associates, stationed at a telephone office in the Valley of Holiness; he connects the stranger with Clarence.

Clarence’s messenger

Also known as the messenger to the West Point school

An unnamed man sent with an urgent message to a military school; Clarence says the telephone makes the journey unnecessary.

The new magician from Asia

Also known as the rival magician · the enchanter

An unnamed celebrity magician who claims to know what anyone is doing across the world, past or future. The stranger exposes his trick and outpredicts him.

The emperor of the East

Also known as the high and mighty Emperor of the East

A ruler whom the new magician claims is giving silver to a friar; he does not appear directly.

The holy begging friar

Also known as the friar

An unnamed friar whom the new magician claims receives silver from the Emperor of the East; he does not appear directly.

The Supreme Lord of Inde

A ruler whose supposed actions are offered as a demonstration of the new magician’s powers; he does not appear directly.

The Sultan of Egypt

A ruler whose supposed actions are offered as a demonstration of the new magician’s powers; he does not appear directly.

The King of the Remote Seas

A ruler whose supposed actions are offered as a demonstration of the new magician’s powers; he does not appear directly.

The pilgrims and hermits who greet Arthur

Also known as the procession

An unnamed group gathered by the stranger to welcome King Arthur at the Valley of Holiness.

The young orphan bride

Also known as the young girl

An unnamed orphan heiress who marries a poor young man. The bishop claims her estate under Church seignorial rights, and Arthur rules against her.

The young bride’s husband

Also known as the fine young fellow

An unnamed man without property who marries the orphan heiress; Arthur’s ruling leaves the couple homeless.

The bishop of the diocese

Also known as the bishop

An unnamed noble bishop who claims the orphan bride’s estate under Church seignorial rights; Arthur rules in his favor.

The aldermen of London

Also known as the aldermen

A group mentioned in the stranger’s account of London raising funds for the Mansion House; they do not appear directly.

The West Point candidate

Also known as Mal-ease · Webster · the weaver’s son · the bright young West Pointer

A young cadet from the stranger’s military school who demonstrates extensive military knowledge before an examining board. He is a weaver’s son.

The West Point professors

Also known as the professors

Two unnamed professors from the stranger’s military school who examine the cadet and noble candidates.

Norroy King-at-Arms

Also known as the chairman · the head of the Board · the chief of the Herald’s College

Head of the army candidates’ examining board, known to later centuries as Norroy King-at-Arms. He selects officers according to lineage and status.

The two bureau chiefs

Also known as the other members of the Board

Two unnamed priests serving with Norroy King-at-Arms on the board examining army candidates.

The young noble candidate

Also known as the first lordling

An unnamed nobleman seeking an army commission; he cannot read or write and lacks military knowledge.

Sir Pertipole

Also known as Pertipole, Baron of Barley Mash

A noble candidate for an army commission who claims four generations of noble ancestry; his line’s founder built a brewery.

The competing lordling

Also known as the competitor · the second young noble

An unnamed noble candidate who proves four generations of descent. His great-grandmother, a king’s mistress, rose from poverty to noble status, and he receives the lieutenancy.

Sir Agrivance of Ireland

Also known as old King Agrivance of Ireland

A king mentioned in a newspaper item as having unexpectedly met Sir Launcelot; he does not appear directly.

Sir Balmoral le Merveilleuse

A knight whose hog pasture is mentioned in a newspaper item; he does not appear directly.

Sir Persant of Inde

Also known as the Knight of the Red Lawns

A knight named as commander of an expedition searching for Sir Sagramor; the newspaper calls him competent and courteous.

Sir Palamides the Saracen

A knight named as an assistant on an expedition searching for Sir Sagramor; he does not appear directly.

Sir Charolais of Gaul

Also known as Charley

A handsome, popular knight whose polished manners win favor during a four-week stay in Camelot; a newspaper reports he is leaving for home.

Sir Dalliance

Also known as the duke’s son of Cornwall

A duke’s son from Cornwall, reported killed in an encounter with the Giant of the Knotted Bludgeon.

The Giant of the Knotted Bludgeon

A giant reported to have killed Sir Dalliance; he does not appear directly.

Mumble

Also known as the prince of undertakers

An undertaker praised in a newspaper notice for handling Sir Dalliance’s funeral.

The Lord High Steward of the Palace’s Third Assistant

Also known as the Third Assistant

An unnamed palace official thanked in a newspaper notice for supplying ice cream to the newspaper office.

Irene Dewlap

Also known as The Demoiselle Irene Dewlap

A woman from South Astolat reported in the newspaper as visiting her uncle in Camelot.

Irene Dewlap’s uncle

Also known as the host of the Cattlemen’s Boarding House

An unnamed man who hosts Irene Dewlap during her visit to Camelot.

The newsboy

Also known as the Adam-newsboy

An unnamed boy who sells the first issue of the Camelot Weekly Hosannah to the stranger.

The girl who herded geese

Also known as the girl at Astolat

An unnamed girl who said the Virgin appeared to her near Astolat; her story is associated with a chapel and healing image.

The king’s-evil doctor

Also known as Marinel

A hermit and quack doctor who introduces and screens patients for King Arthur’s healing ceremony.

The eight hundred sick people

Also known as the patients

A group of unnamed people attending Arthur’s king’s-evil ceremony; more than seven hundred receive the royal touch and a coin.

The head clerk of the King’s Evil Department

Also known as the head clerk

An unnamed official who receives replacement nickel coins for distribution to patients at the king’s-evil ceremony.

The servant who strikes the king

Also known as the gorgeous flunkey

An unnamed servant in a noble party who raises his whip at Arthur when the disguised king does not bow humbly enough.

The two knights killed by the bomb

Also known as the couple of knights

Two unnamed knights who ride toward the disguised Arthur and the stranger; the stranger kills them with a dynamite bomb.

Sir Launcelot’s widow

Also known as the widow

An unnamed woman whom a newspaper item says was notified after Sir Launcelot encounters King Agrivance; her identity and relationship are unclear.

The smallpox-stricken mother

Also known as the woman in the hut · the peasant mother

An unnamed peasant woman dying of smallpox, whose family has been ruined by poverty, manorial demands, and a Church curse. She loses her husband and two daughters while the stranger and Arthur try to help.

The husband of the smallpox-stricken mother

Also known as the dead husband

An unnamed peasant married to the woman for twenty-five years who dies of smallpox. In delirium, he imagines returning to their childhood together.

Annis

Also known as the youngest daughter

The peasant woman’s fifteen-year-old daughter, dying of smallpox; Arthur carries her downstairs so her mother can comfort her.

The eldest daughter of the smallpox-stricken mother

Also known as the eldest daughter

An unnamed daughter who dies of smallpox in the hut.

The dead sister of Annis

Also known as the sister upstairs

An unnamed daughter of the peasant family who has already died of smallpox when Arthur checks upstairs.

The three sons of the smallpox-stricken mother

Also known as her three grown sons

Three unnamed grown sons imprisoned by their lord for supposedly destroying fruit trees, despite their innocence.

The lord of the manor at Abblasoure

Also known as the baron · the master

An unnamed baron whose harsh treatment includes imprisoning the peasant woman’s sons. He is found murdered and his manor-house burned during an uprising.

The three escaped prisoners

Also known as the three cousins

Three unnamed prisoners said to have escaped the baron’s vaults and suspected of killing him and burning the manor-house. They are cousins of the charcoal burner, who protects them.

The charcoal burner

Also known as the charcoal-burner · the coal-burner

An unnamed man who shelters the stranger and Arthur after the Abblasoure fire. He condemns the baron and refuses to betray his cousins, three escaped prisoners.

The charcoal burner’s wife

Also known as the woman at the charcoal burner’s hut

An unnamed woman who shelters the stranger and Arthur and describes the destruction at Abblasoure. She and her husband had joined the mob against their neighbors.

The eighteen people killed in the Abblasoure riot

Also known as the victims of the mob

Eighteen unnamed people hanged or butchered in the mob’s attack after the baron’s death.

The two yeomen killed in the fire

Also known as the brave yeomen

Two unnamed retainers who die searching the burning manor-house for the baron.

The thirteen prisoners lost in the fire

Also known as the prisoners in the vaults

Thirteen unnamed prisoners trapped in the burning manor’s vaults; the crowd saves the baron’s family but does not unlock their cells.

The boys and girls who play mob

Also known as the small mob of children

Unnamed children who imitate adult violence by hanging a younger boy with a bark rope; the stranger and Arthur rescue him.

The boy nearly hanged by children

Also known as the little fellow

An unnamed boy nearly choked when children playing mob hang him with a bark rope; the stranger and Arthur rescue him.

Marco, the son of Marco

Also known as Marco

A small farmer who hosts the stranger and Arthur, whom he calls Jones, and takes the stranger to meet the prosperous blacksmith Dowley. His wife is Dame Phyllis.

Dame Phyllis

Also known as Mrs. Marco

Marco’s wife, who hosts the stranger and Arthur and welcomes the clothes and provisions the stranger provides.

Dowley

Also known as the blacksmith

A prosperous, respected blacksmith with journeymen and apprentices. He argues that protection has raised local wages and is angered by the stranger’s criticism of labor laws.

Dickon

Also known as the boss mason

A master mason invited to dine with Marco, Dowley, and the stranger.

Smug

Also known as the boss wheelwright

A master wheelwright invited to dine with Marco, Dowley, and the stranger.

The shopkeeper

Also known as the storekeeper

An unnamed shopkeeper in Abblasoure who changes the stranger’s gold and sells provisions and household goods.

The shopkeeper’s son

Also known as the clerk

An unnamed young man who delivers the shopkeeper’s bill at Marco’s dinner and collects payment.

The shopkeeper’s father

Also known as the storekeeper’s father

An unnamed shop owner who tells his son to accept only part of the stranger’s bill at that time.

Dowley’s master

Also known as the good blacksmith

An unnamed blacksmith who apprentices Dowley for nine years, teaches him the trade, and eventually passes him the business.

Dowley’s wife

Also known as the blacksmith’s daughter

An unnamed woman, daughter of Dowley’s former master, whom Dowley marries after succeeding to the business.

The children who rescue their hanged playmate

Also known as the eldest boys and girls

Unnamed boys and girls, no older than fourteen, who run to seek help when their game of hanging a younger boy becomes dangerous.

The earl Grip

Also known as my lord Grip · Earl Grip

A powerful earl who rescues the stranger and Arthur from a peasant mob, then has them arrested and sold as slaves.

The earl Grip’s chief attendant

Also known as my lord’s chief attendant

An unnamed servant who tells the stranger and Arthur that Earl Grip has lent them horses and an escort to Cambenet.

Earl Grip’s servants

Also known as the servants · our companions

Unnamed attendants who handcuff the stranger and Arthur at Cambenet and help Earl Grip sell them into slavery.

The orator at Cambenet

Also known as the liberty-mouthing orator

An unnamed speaker praising British liberties who demands that the stranger and Arthur prove they are free, then allows them to be sold under the law.

The condemned young mother

Also known as the young girl · the child of eighteen years

An eighteen-year-old woman sentenced to hang for stealing a small piece of linen to feed her baby after her husband was impressed and sent to sea. A priest condemns the laws that drove her to theft and death.

The condemned mother’s baby

Also known as the baby · the child

The infant of the young woman condemned for theft; a priest promises to care for the child after her execution.

The condemned mother’s husband

Also known as the young husband

An unnamed working man and father whose forced impressment into naval service leaves his wife and baby without support.

The priest at the execution

Also known as the good priest · the priest

An unnamed priest who comforts the condemned young mother, tells the crowd how unjust laws caused her ruin, and promises to raise her baby.

The owner of the stolen linen

Also known as the man who testified

An unnamed, kindly man who testifies that the young mother stole his linen. After learning the theft is punishable by death, he loses his reason and takes his own life.

The prosecuting officer

Also known as the prosecuting officer

An unnamed official who acknowledges the young mother’s hardship but argues that mercy would threaten property and demands sentence.

The judge at the young mother’s trial

Also known as the judge

An unnamed judge who sentences the young mother to death for stealing linen.

The under-sheriff at the execution

Also known as the under-sheriff

An unnamed official who arranges a stool for the condemned mother and holds her back as she reaches for her baby.

The hangman at the execution

Also known as the hangman

An unnamed executioner who hangs the young mother and turns away from her grief.

The slave-master

Also known as our master · the master

An unnamed slave-driver who buys the stranger and Arthur, abuses the king, and later leads the chained slave party. He is killed by his enslaved workers after the stranger’s escape.

The sixteen enslaved people at the slave quarters

Also known as the slaves · the gang

Sixteen unnamed enslaved people held by the slave-master. After the stranger escapes his bonds, the master attacks them and they kill him; all are condemned to die under the law.

The unnamed slave who recognizes the stranger

Also known as the slave who recognized him

An unnamed enslaved man who spots the disguised stranger in town and helps a watchman capture him, believing the stranger’s escape caused their group’s condemnation.

The watchman who arrests the stranger

Also known as the officer in disguise · the witty officer · the officer

An unnamed law officer who helps capture the stranger after recognizing him as an escaped slave. He tells the stranger that the enslaved group is to be executed.

The telegraph operator in London

Also known as the young chap in charge

An unnamed young man who operates the telegraph office above a butcher’s shop. The stranger forces him to call Camelot and connect him with Clarence.

The man who fights the stranger in the dark

Also known as the common person

An unnamed man whom the stranger mistakes for his slave-master in the dark and attacks; he is arrested with the stranger.

The court official at the brawling trial

Also known as the court

An unnamed official who accepts the stranger’s false story and orders the other man whipped for assaulting a nobleman’s servant.

The five hundred knights sent from Camelot

Also known as the knights on bicycles · the boys

Knights led by Sir Launcelot who arrive on bicycles and rescue Arthur and the stranger from execution.

Sir Hervis de Revel

A knight chosen to challenge the stranger after Sir Sagramor; the stranger lassos him from his horse.

The King of the Demons of the Sea

A mythical ruler whom Merlin claims owns the stranger’s disappearing weapon; he does not appear directly.

King Lucius

Also known as Emperor Lucius

A ruler selected for one of the stranger’s baseball teams; he does not appear directly in this passage.

King Lot of Lothian

A ruler selected for one of the stranger’s baseball teams; he does not appear directly in this passage.

King Logris

A ruler selected for one of the stranger’s baseball teams; he does not appear directly in this passage.

King of Northgalis

An unnamed ruler selected for one of the stranger’s baseball teams; he does not appear directly in this passage.

King Marhalt of Ireland

A ruler selected for one of the stranger’s baseball teams; he does not appear directly in this passage.

King Marsil

A ruler selected for one of the stranger’s baseball teams; he does not appear directly in this passage.

King Morganore

A ruler selected for one of the stranger’s baseball teams; he does not appear directly in this passage.

King of Little Britain

An unnamed ruler selected for one of the stranger’s baseball teams; he does not appear directly in this passage.

King Mark of Cornwall

A ruler selected for one of the stranger’s baseball teams; he does not appear directly in this passage.

King Labor

A ruler selected for one of the stranger’s baseball teams; he does not appear directly in this passage.

King Nentres of Garlot

A ruler selected for one of the stranger’s baseball teams; he does not appear directly in this passage.

King Pellam of Listengese

A ruler selected for one of the stranger’s baseball teams; he does not appear directly in this passage.

King Meliodas of Liones

A ruler selected for one of the stranger’s baseball teams; he does not appear directly in this passage.

King of the Lake

An unnamed ruler selected for one of the stranger’s baseball teams; he does not appear directly in this passage.

King Tolleme la Feintes

A ruler selected for one of the stranger’s baseball teams; he does not appear directly in this passage.

The Sowdan of Syria

A ruler selected for one of the stranger’s baseball teams; he does not appear directly in this passage.

The stranger’s child

Also known as Hello-Central · Hello-Central’s namesake · the child · the baby

The stranger and Sandy’s young child, called Hello-Central. The child becomes seriously ill but recovers; the stranger leaves the child in France when returning to England.

The king’s homeopath

An unnamed royal medical practitioner whom the stranger summons when Sandy says “Hello-Central.”

The two hundred and sixty attendants

Also known as the suite

Unnamed members of the party accompanying the stranger, Sandy, and their child on a sea voyage for the child’s health.

The little king of that region

An unnamed French ruler who offers hospitality to the stranger’s family during their stay.

The conductor of the 4.33 express

Also known as the duke

An unnamed duke who serves as conductor on the railway between Camelot and London.

Sir Agravaine

One of Arthur’s nephews who, with Mordred, exposes Guenever and Launcelot’s relationship to Arthur. He is killed by Launcelot.

Sir Mordred

Also known as Mordred

Arthur’s nephew, who reveals Launcelot and Guenever’s relationship and later takes power in Arthur’s absence. He fights Arthur and kills him, dying in the same battle.

Sir Damus

One of Sir Reynold’s three brothers, named among knights killed during Launcelot’s rescue of Guenever.

Sir Priamus

One of Sir Reynold’s three brothers, named among knights killed during Launcelot’s rescue of Guenever.

Sir Reynold’s third brother

An unnamed brother of Sir Reynold, killed during Launcelot’s rescue of Guenever.

Sir Kay the Stranger

A knight named among those killed during Launcelot’s rescue of Guenever; distinct from Sir Kay the seneschal.

Sir Driant

A knight named among those killed during Launcelot’s rescue of Guenever.

Sir Lambegus

A knight named among those killed during Launcelot’s rescue of Guenever.

Sir Herminde

A knight named among those killed during Launcelot’s rescue of Guenever.

Sir Pertilope

A knight named among those killed during Launcelot’s rescue of Guenever.

Sir Perimones

A knight named among those killed during Launcelot’s rescue of Guenever.

Sir Lucan de Butlere

A wounded knight and one of the last two survivors beside Arthur in the final battle.

The Bishop of Canterbury

An unnamed bishop who imposes the Interdict on Mordred after he attacks Guenever in the Tower of London.

The knight bitten by an adder

Also known as the knight

An unnamed knight whose sword strike at an adder triggers the final battle between Arthur’s and Mordred’s armies.

The fifty-two boys in the cave

Also known as the boys · the fifty-two

Young, educated British boys trained by Clarence and the stranger, who remain loyal to the Republic and defend Merlin’s Cave. Along with Clarence and the stranger, they form the group of fifty-four in the final defense.

The spokesman among the fifty-two boys

Also known as their spokesman

An unnamed boy who voices the group’s anguish at fighting the rest of England; he accepts the stranger’s answer and the boys choose to stand their ground.

The four boys guarding Merlin’s cave

Four of Clarence’s trusted young recruits assigned to guard the cave and its electric defenses.

The three boys guarding the brook connection

Three of the stranger’s trusted young recruits who guard the brook connection in alternating watches.

The commander of the insurgent chivalry

An unnamed commander whom Clarence impersonates in a demonstration of how the knights would respond to the stranger’s offer of surrender.

The Church committee

An unnamed group that visits the stranger’s lines to demand submission and is killed by the dynamite torpedoes.

The knight killed at the electric fence

Also known as Sir Mar—

An unnamed knight who dies after touching the electrified fence while searching for a way into the stranger’s defenses.

The knight who finds the dead knight

An unnamed knight who calls to his dead companion, Sir Mar—, then touches the corpse and dies at the electric fence.

Sir Meliagraunce

A knight who pretends to be wounded and asks The Boss for help after the final battle, then stabs him when he bends over. Clarence identifies him by removing his helmet.