# Lucan the Butler — Le Morte d’Arthur character guide

> Lucan the Butler in Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory.

**Role:** minor

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

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

A loyal knight who serves Arthur until the end.

## In the story

### [Of a great tourney made by King Arthur and the two kings Ban and Bors, and how they went over the sea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xi)

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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xiv)

Unhorsed and lies like a dead man under horses' feet, eventually rescued and remounted by Griflet.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xv)

Lucas sees King Agwisance and fights valiantly, slaying two bachelors and horsing knights again.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xxxvii)

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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xix)

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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xx)

Brings the weeping damosel to her palfrey after she delivers Sir Gawaine's message.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/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.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/iv)

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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/v)

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](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/vi)

Identified as Sir Bedivere's brother, the full noble duke.

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