At the Crossing Places

AT HOLT

LORD STEPHEN DE HOLT

LADY JUDITH DE HOLT

ARTHUR DE CALDICOT,
aged 14, author of this book

RAHERE,
the musician and jester

MILES,
the scribe

ROWENA,
the first chamber–servant

IZZIE,
the second chamber–servant

GUBERT,
the cook

TANWEN,
the chamber–servant from Caldicot

KESTER,
her baby son

ANIAN,
the kitchen boy

CATRIN,
his twin sister, the kitchen girl

ALAN,
the armorer

RHYS,
the stableman

SIMON,
the messenger

SAYER,
the kennelman

HAKET,
the priest

AGNES,
the wise–woman

ROBERT,
a villager

WILF,
an old villager

DONNET,
a villager

PIERS,
a villager

ABEL,
a villager

AT GORTANORE

SIR WILLIAM DE GORTANORE

LADY ALICE DE GORTANORE

TOM,
Sir William's son, aged 15

GRACE,
Sir William's daughter, aged 13

THOMAS,
a freeman and messenger

MAGGOT,
his wife

PEG,
Lady Alice's chamber–servant

FULCOLD,
the cook

AT CALDICOT

SIR JOHN DE CALDICOT

LADY HELEN DE CALDICOT

SERLE,
their son, aged 17

SIAN (PRONOUNCED “SHAWN”),
their daughter, aged 9

NAIN (PRONOUNCED “NINE”),
Lady Helen's mother

OLIVER,
the priest

SLIM,
the cook

GATTY,
the reeve's daughter, aged 13

LANKIN,
the cowherd

JANKIN,
Lankin's son, a stableboy

JOHANNA,
the wisewoman

RUTH,
Lady Helen's chamber–servant

OTHER

MERLIN,
Arthur's guide

RHODRI,
the horse–breeder at Quabbs

TUROLD,
the armorer from Ludlow

JACOB,
the moneylender

MIRIAM,
his daughter

SIR WALTER DE VERDON,
twin brother of Lady Judith de Holt

LADY ANNE DE VERDON

WINNIE DE VERDON,
their daughter, aged 12

EDIE,
Lady Anne's chamber– servant

KING JOHN'S MESSENGER

DAW,
a messenger

LADY MARIE DE MEULAN (MARIE DE FRANCE)

HUMBERT,
prior of Wenlock

BROTHER AUSTIN

BROTHER GERARD

BROTHER ALMUND

BROTHER CRISPIN

GIB,
one of the constable of Wigmore's men

THIBAUD (PRONOUNCED
“teebow”), count of Champagne

COUNTESS BLANCHE,
his wife

MILON DE PROVINS

MILON DE PROVINS'S MESSENGER

SALMAN,
a Muslim trader

JEHAN,
Milon's farrier

KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE

SIR ULFIUS,
chamberlain

SIR PELLINORE

SIR LAMORAK

SIR BAUDWIN,
constable of Britain

SIR BRASTIAS,
commander of the North

SIR BALIN OF NORTHUMBERLAND

SIR ACCOLON OF GAUL,
Morgan le Fay's lover

SIR AGRAVAIN,
brother of Gawain

SIR DAGONET

SIR LANVAL

SIR BALAN,
Balin's brother

SIR TOR,
son of Pellinore and Aries's wife

SIR KAY,
Ector's son, Arthur's steward

SIR GAWAIN,
son of Lot and Morgause, Arthur's nephew

SIR GAHERIS,
Gawain's brother

SIR LANCELOT OF THE LAKE

SIR GARETH (CALLED BEAUMAINS),
Gawain's brother

SIR ONTZLAKE,
Damas's brother

SIR BAGDEMAGUS,
king of Gore

SIR EREC

SIR BRIAN OF THE ISLES

SIR OWAIN,
Morgan and Urien's son

SIR GALAHAD

SIR ECTOR,
Arthur's foster father

SIR BEDIVERE

OTHER

KING ARTHUR (ARTHUR-IN-THE-STONE)

YGERNA,
Arthur's mother

MERLIN (THE HOODED MAN)

MORGAN LE FAY,
Arthur's half sister

THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY

SIR THEW-HIT (SIR PELLINORE BY ANOTHER NAME)

BORS,
king of Gaul

BAN,
king of Brittany

THE KNIGHT OF THE BLACK ANVIL

QUEEN GUINEVERE

LEODEGRANCE,
king of Cornwall, her father

CADOR,
duke of Cornwall

SIR GARLON,
the invisible knight

SIR HERLEWS DE BERBEUS

PELLAM,
king of Listinoise, Garlon's brother

LADY DIONISE

ARIES,
the cowherd

SIR SOURLOUSE OF THE FOREST

SIR BRIAN OF THE ISLES,
his brother

LOT,
king of Orkney

MORGAUSE,
wife of Lot, Arthur's half sister

SIR MILES

GRIFLET,
a squire

NIMUE

SIR BLAMOURE OF THE MARSH

LADY SARAIDE,
his wife

LADY ANNA (MORGAUSE IN DISGUISE)

THE KNIGHT OF THE RED LANDS

THE KNIGHT OF THE BLACK LANDS

LYNETTE

LADY LYONESSE,
her sister

HUON,
Beaumains's servant

THE RED KNIGHT

SIR GRINGAMOUR,
brother of Lynette and Lyonesse

SIR URIEN,
husband of Morgan le Fay

SIR DAMAS

ENID,
Sir Erec's wife

COUNT ORINGLE

LIONORS

THE GREEN KNIGHT (SIR BERTILAK OF THE HIGH PEAK)

SIR BERTILAK'S WIFE

ELAINE OF ASTOLAT

HOWELL,
duke of Brittany, Arthur's cousin

THE DUCHESS OF BRITTANY

THE GIANT OF THE MOUNT

PERCEVAL,
a Welsh boy

BLANCHEFLEUR