# Hotspur — Disenchantment character guide

> Hotspur in Disenchantment by C. E. Montague.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0034-v

## Who they are

Shakespeare's Henry Percy, a symbol of hot-headed valor.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/iii)

Quoted for his deathless words expressing the eternal grudge of the combatant soldier against the 'neat and trimly dressed' lord (the Brass Hat).

### [XI: Stars in Their Courses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/xi-stars-in-their-courses)

Referenced in the context of the cost of illusions, with a quote about the river Trent 'coming me cranking in.'

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/disenchantment_se/chapters/v)

Quoted regarding the river Trent's winding course, used as a metaphor for the eventual cost of illusions.

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