# Reldresal — Gulliver’s Travels character guide

> Reldresal in Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Snapshot

Lilliput's Principal Secretary for Private Affairs, a courteous courtier who befriends the Man-Mountain and quietly warns him of the knives being sharpened behind him.

## Who they are

Reldresal moves easily between the emperor's chambers and Gulliver's chain, explaining Lilliput's absurd factional wars over egg-breaking and the rivalries that shape court life. He is genuinely fond of Gulliver, yet his loyalty to the state keeps him calculating, and his friendship comes with conditions. His private visit to reveal the articles of impeachment is the hinge on which Gulliver's Lilliputian fortunes turn.

## Relationships

### [Flimnap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/characters/flimnap)

_rivalry_

Flimnap and Reldresal are political adversaries in Lilliput, representing opposing factions in the court's internal conflicts.

## In the story

### [Gulliver's Travels](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/gulliver-s-travels)

A Lilliputian statesman who befriends Gulliver and explains the political conflicts of Lilliput.

### [Part I: A Voyage to Lilliput](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/part-i-a-voyage-to-lilliput)

A Lilliputian statesman who befriends Gulliver and explains the political conflicts and customs of Lilliput.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/ii)

Mentioned as a particular friend of Gulliver who informs him of the court's deliberations regarding his fate.

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

Principal secretary for private affairs; considered second after Flimnap in rope-dancing skill.

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iv)

Principal secretary for private affairs; visits Gulliver to explain the factional strife between high and low heels and the war with Blefuscu over egg-breaking.

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

Mentioned as part of the ministry; the wisest part of the ministry agrees with Gulliver's refusal to enslave Blefuscu.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/vii)

Principal secretary for private affairs and Gulliver's friend; proposes putting out Gulliver's eyes as a merciful punishment.

### [Chapter VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/viii)

Mentioned as part of the Lilliputian cabal that conspires against Gulliver.

### [Chapter I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/i)

Not present in this chapter.

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

Not present in this chapter.

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/iv)

Not present in this chapter.

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/chapters/xi)

Not present in this chapter.

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

Not present in this chapter.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/characters/reldresal
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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gulliver_s_travels_se/characters