Le Morte d’Arthur · Character

Lucan the Butler

A loyal knight who serves Arthur until the end.

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Also known as Sir Lucan, Lucan, Sir Lucan le Butler

First appearance: i

Lucan the Butler shows up with force in Of a great tourney made by King Arthur and the two kings Ban and Bors, and how they went over the sea. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Horses Griflet again and does deeds of arms, later receiving the prize.

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In Of a great tourney made by King Arthur and the two kings Ban and Bors, and how they went over the sea: Horses Griflet again and does deeds of arms, later receiving the prize.

Later, in How the eleven kings with their host fought against Arthur and his host, and many great feats of the war: Unhorsed and lies like a dead man under horses' feet, eventually rescued and remounted by Griflet.

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Of a great tourney made by King Arthur and the two kings Ban and Bors, and how they went over the sea
Horses Griflet again and does deeds of arms, later receiving the prize.
How the eleven kings with their host fought against Arthur and his host, and many great feats of the war
Unhorsed and lies like a dead man under horses' feet, eventually rescued and remounted by Griflet.
XV
Lucas sees King Agwisance and fights valiantly, slaying two bachelors and horsing knights again.
XVII
Listed among the forty noble knights who dressed to break the battle.
How Sir Tristram, Sir Palomides, and Sir Dinadan were taken and put in prison
Hurt by Tristram in a joust; later taken to the abbey of Ganis.
How King Arthur and Sir Gawaine made a great host ready to go over sea to make war on Sir Launcelot
Receives Launcelot's messenger and expresses hope for peace, noting that Arthur would love Launcelot if not for Gawaine.
The Siege of Benwick: Sir Gawaine's Challenge
Brings the weeping damosel to her palfrey after she delivers Sir Gawaine's message.
III
Sent by King Arthur with Sir Bedivere and two bishops to negotiate a truce with Sir Mordred.
How by misadventure of an adder the battle began, where Mordred was slain, and Arthur hurt to the death.
One of the two knights left alive with Arthur; advises the king to avoid further combat and later reports the presence of robbers in the field.
How King Arthur commanded to cast his sword Excalibur into the water, and how he was delivered to ladies in a barge
Dies while trying to help the king, his guts spilling out from the strain.
How Sir Bedivere Found Him on the Morrow Dead in an Hermitage
Identified as Sir Bedivere's brother, the full noble duke.

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