Notre-Dame de Paris · Character
Captain Phoebus de Châteaupers
A vain, handsome captain of archers who charms Esmeralda and his noble cousin alike, inventing a duel to cover his absences.
supporting
Also known as Phoebus, Captain Phoebus, monseigneur Phoebus
First appearance: The Danger of Confiding One's Secret to a Goat
As a supporting figure in Notre-Dame de Paris, Captain Phoebus de Châteaupers is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
Rescues the gypsy from Quasimodo, introduces himself, and orders Quasimodo bound.
Phoebus moves easily between the fashionable parlor of Fleur-de-Lys, where he lies about a wound and a garrison posting, and the square where the gypsy dancer makes his heart race. His beauty and gallantry win him forgiveness from women who should know better, and his imagination is too thin to keep his own stories straight. He matters as the glittering, hollow object of Esmeralda's love, the man whose vanity sets the plot's jealousies in motion.
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- Other
Character groups
- Court of Miracles denizens
- Protagonist
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- IV: The Inconveniences of Following a Pretty Woman Through the Streets in the Evening
- Book VII
- The Danger of Confiding One's Secret to a Goat
- The Effect Which Seven Oaths in the Open Air Can Produce
- VII: The Mysterious Monk
- VIII: The Utility of Windows Which Open on the River
- Book VIII
- The Crown Changed Into a Dry Leaf
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See Captain Phoebus de Châteaupers in The Danger of Confiding One's Secret to a Goat