# Draco the Great — Penguin Island character guide

> Draco the Great in Penguin Island by Anatole France.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Draco, King Draco the Great

**First appearance:** 0027-ii-draco-the-great

## Who they are

A powerful king in the medieval period.

## In the story

### [II: Draco the Great](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/ii-draco-the-great)

King of Penguinia who orders the translation of St. Orberosia's relics and is described as a warlike and destructive ruler.

### [Queen Crucha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/iii-queen-crucha)

Mentioned as the valiant ancestor whose death leads to disorder; his successors are weak.

### [I: Mother Rouquin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/i-mother-rouquin)

King Draco the Great, whose tomb was desecrated during the revolutionary period.

### [Prince Crucho](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/ii-prince-crucho)

Ancestor of Crucho, invoked by Agaric as a model of glory.

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