Le Morte d’Arthur · Character
Balin le Savage
The knight with the two swords whose fierce loyalty and cursed fortune drive him toward the Dolorous Stroke that will wound a king and waste a land.
supporting
Also known as Balin, knight Balin
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Prophesied by Merlin to be one of the two knights who will slay the eleven kings.
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Balin le Savage arrives at Arthur's court as a poor knight seeking justice, but his temper and the strange sword he alone can draw set him apart. He loves his brother Balan deeply, yet fate keeps them apart until they…
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- Central tragic figures
- Supporting and legendary figures
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- How King Arthur, King Ban, and King Bors rescued King Leodegrance, and other incidents
- Book II
- How Balin, arrayed like a poor knight, pulled out the sword, which afterward was the cause of his death.
- How the Lady of the Lake Demanded the Knight's Head
- How Merlin told the adventure of this damosel
- How Balin Slew Sir Lanceor
- How a damosel, which was love to Lanceor, slew herself for love, and how Balin met with his brother Balan.
- VII
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