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Antoine Riczi

Young Antoine Riczi, who begs Jehane to live rather than let him kill himself for love, and then spends a decade refusing every bride his uncle proposes.

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Also known as young Antoine Riczi, Riczi

First appearance: i the story of the sestina

As a supporting figure in Chivalry, Antoine Riczi is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Young Antoine Riczi, Jehane's constant lover, is recalled in the narrative of their youthful love and separation.

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Riczi's desires clutch like starving persons at the sorry sustenance of a love he cannot have, since Jehane is married to old Jehan the Brave; he asks her to bid him live, and she prays she may be denied even Judas's one bleak night of ease if she falters. She does not weep, and he remembers that through long years of severance. Summoned to Lyonnois as his uncle's heir, he declines the Demoiselle de Nérac and every subsequent candidate, dwelling at Montbrison in stubborn singleness until Duke Jehan's death in 1401 sends him riding for Vannes with no unhallowed joy.

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Relationship types

Romantic
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Character groups

Secondary Noble Court
Protagonist
Central Chivalric Figures

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Dame Jehane
romantic · positive
Antoine Riczi is secretly enamored with Dame Jehane, composing poetry and performing… How this plays out →
Dame Jehane
romantic · positive
Antoine Riczi is secretly enamored with Dame Jehane, composing poetry and performing… How this plays out →

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