# The Biscayan — Don Quixote character guide

> The Biscayan in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Biscayan, the gallant Biscayan

**First appearance:** 0014-part-i-viii

## Who they are

A Basque gentleman who fights Don Quixote over a perceived insult.

## In the story

### [Chapter VIII: Of the good success which the valorous Don Quixote had in the most terrifying and never-to-be-imagined adventure of the windmills, with other events worthy of happy memory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-viii)

Squire of the coach, fights Don Quixote with a sword and cushion.

### [Chapter IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-ix)

Engages in a fierce battle with Don Quixote, is defeated, and forced to promise to go to Dulcinea.

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