The Iron Tempest (50 page)

BRADAMANT—A CATALOG

CHARLEMAGNE’S PALADINS

The Clairmonts

Bradamant—a knight

Richard—her brother

Renaud—another brother

Wilhelm—yet another brother

Alard—still another brother and the eldest

Reinhold—Bradamant’s twin and the delight of Fiordispina

Roland—a cousin

Astolph—another cousin, son of Otto, King of England, and erstwhile myrtle

Guidone Selvaggio—a half-brother to Bradamant

And Others

Brandimart—Fiordiligi’s heartthrob

Dudone—a giant

Namo—an advisor

Oliver—Aude’s brother

Prasildo

Samsonet

Sobrino

Aquilant

Grifon

KINGS, QUEENS & VARIOUS ARISTOCRATS

Haemon—Bradamant’s father

Beatrice of Bavaria—her mother

Charlemagne—Holy Christian Emperor of Frankland

Agramant—King of Afric, son of Trojan, grandson of Agolant and supreme commander of the Saracen army fighting Charlemagne

Marsilius, King of the Iberians

Gradasso, King of Sericana

Sacripant—King of Circassia, enamored, as are so many others, of Angelica

Mandricardo, King of the Tartars

Constantine, Emperor of Greece

Leon Augustus, Constantine’s son

Theodora, Constantine’s sister

KNIGHTS OF AGRAMANT, THE MOOR

Rashid—a champion

Rodomont—a braggart

Brunello—a kleptomaniac

Mandricard

Grandonio of Volterna—a victim of Bradamant’s lance

Ferrau—another victim of Bradamant’s lance

Serpentine de la Stella—and yet another

Ibn Wanah ben Zadrin

Ferrau

Gradasso

Grandonio of Volterna

Sobrino

Soridano

Dorilone

FREELANCERS

Marfisa—sister of Rashid

LADIES

Angelica—daughter of Galafron, the Great Khan of Cathay

Fiordispina—daughter of Marsilius and somewhat confused

Fiordiligi—daughter of the King of Lizza, Brandimart’s heartthrob

Ullania—messenger of the Queen of Iceland

Drusilla—wife of Olindro, a suicide

Galaciella—wife of Rashid II of Reggio and mother of Rashid and Marfisa

Aude—Roland’s betrothed

Mitaine—a firebrand in training

Drusilla—a faithful servant

A Lady loved by Pinabel

Ullania’s attendants

OTHER PLAYERS

Morgante

Tristan

The three knights who accompanied Ullania

A youthful messenger

An innkeeper

A dwarf

A squire

Peasants, numerous

THE HOLY & UNHOLY

Hermit sorcerer

Hermit priest

Abbot of Vallambrosa—a debater

TRAITORS & ASSORTED VILLAINS

Pinabel

Bertolai of Bayonne—a corpse

Cilander—a roué

Tanacre—another roué

Marganor—a woman hater

Maganza—the family of Pinabel and Ganelon; bitter enemies of the Clairmonts

Erifilla—an Amazon

Ungiardo

SORCERERS & SORCERESSES

Evil
Atalante
Alcina

Good
Merlin
Melissa

SUPERNATURAL BEINGS

The various spirits of Bradamant’s descendents

Atalante’s pet demon

Three girls on unicorns

Mahomet—worshipped by the infidels

Proteus—a god

ARMIES DESTROYED BY LADY BRADAMANT & MARFISA
3

ARMIES DESTROYED BY RASHID
1

INDIVIDUALS DESTROYED BY LADY BRADAMANT
8

FIGHTS LOST BY LADY BRADAMANT
1

KNIGHTS OF WHOM BRADAMANT MADE A TARTAR
1

MONSTERS

Alcina’s guards

Unicorns (3)

Orc—a beast with a fine taste for maidens

Giants (2)

Papillon—a hippogryph

HORSES

Frontino—originally belonged to Sacripant, who had named him Frontelatte, but is now Rashid’s, given to him by Brunello, who had stolen him from his owner.

Bayard—Renaud’s charger, possessed of near-human intelligence.

Rabican—Astolph’s steed, originally owned by Argalia.

SWORDS

Balisarda—belonging to Rashid, created by a faerie named Falerina who had wanted it to be used to kill Roland, but stolen from her by its intended victim. Stolen from Roland by Brunello and given to Rashid.

Fusberta—Renaud’s. Also called Froberge.

Durindana—Roland’s, originally Hector’s

HELMETS

Renaud’s—won from Mambrino.

Rodomont’s—inherited from Nimrod.

LANCES

Astolph’s—capable of unseating all whom it strikes, belonged originally to Argalia.

Bradamant’s—golden and indefeatible, her weapon of choice.

ARMOR

Rodomont’s—inherited, like his sword, from Nimrod and made of the scales of a dragon.

Marfisa’s—enchanted.

SHIELDS

Atalante’s—the gleam of which renders all whom it strikes unconscious. Kept safely hidden in a sack when not needed.

MISCELLANEOUS OBJECTS

Magic ring—a counter against all magic spells when worn on the finger, but when placed in the mouth it renders its owner invisible. The property of Angelica, it is stolen by Brunello and taken from him by Bradamant. She gives it to Melissa who gives it to Rashid who returns it to Angelica.

Myrtle—a bush

SHIPS LOST IN STORMS
2

PLACES

Frankland—a nation

Italia—another nation

Cathay—Angelica’s homeland

Alcina’s Island—also known as Cibola

Afric—also known as Barbary, the homeland of the Moors

Acheron—a river in Hades, once crossed it can never be recrossed

Agrismont—a castle in Buovo

Angleland—also known as Brittania

Circassia—a land of the Caucasus

Ebuda—an island

Iceland—a land of chilly beauties

Mantua—homeland of Melissa

Montauban—a castle in the Dordogne

Vallambrosa—a haven

Brittania—also known as Angleland

Iberia—a nation

Thule—a distant land

Arles—a city

Bulgaria—a nation