Le Morte d’Arthur · Character
Nacien
A hermit who interprets visions for the Grail knights.
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Nacien shows up with force in The Shield of Joseph and the Tomb of the Fiend. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The hermit whose resting place is where the shield is to be left for Galahad.
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In The Shield of Joseph and the Tomb of the Fiend: The hermit whose resting place is where the shield is to be left for Galahad. Later, in…
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- Other
Character groups
- Supporting and legendary figures
- Knights of conflict and loyalty
- Central tragic figures
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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.
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- Breaking point
- Aftermath
- Closing
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- The Shield of Joseph and the Tomb of the Fiend
- IV
- Of the advision of Sir Ector, and how he jousted with Sir Uwaine les Avoutres, his sworn brother
- How Sir Gawaine and Sir Ector came to an hermitage to be confessed, and how they told to the hermit their advisions.
- IV
- Of the Marvels of the Sword and of the Scabbard
