# Count Enzo Spigno — Bellarion the Fortunate character guide

> Count Enzo Spigno in Bellarion the Fortunate by Rafael Sabatini.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Count Spigno, Spigno, the reckless Spigno

**First appearance:** 0012-xii-count-spigno

## Snapshot

A count whose foolish manner conceals a sharper intelligence, he serves under Facino Cane and lets others underestimate him at their peril.

## Who they are

Count Enzo Spigno moves through Facino's camp wearing the mask of a reckless nobleman, and the mask fits well enough that few bother to look beneath it. His true value lies in the gap between what he appears to be and what he actually understands, a gap that makes him useful in ways his more obvious companions are not. In a story crowded with men who mistake boldness for wisdom, Spigno's quiet cunning offers a different kind of danger.

## In the story

### [Service](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/chapters/vii-service)

Reveals the assassination plan during the meeting.

### [XI: Under Suspicion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/chapters/xi-under-suspicion)

Initially releases Bellarion's arm and argues in his favor; later helps conduct him to the roof chamber and secretly returns to him at night.

### [XII: Count Spigno](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/chapters/xii-count-spigno)

Frees Bellarion and is then stabbed to death by him; his death is intended to shatter the Marquis Theodore's plot.

### [XIV: Evasion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bellarion_the_fortunate_se/chapters/xiv-evasion)

Mentioned as having been killed; Bellarion claims Spigno freed him and was stabbed by conspirators.

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