# Oddoul — Penguin Island character guide

> Oddoul in Penguin Island by Anatole France.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** young Oddoul

**First appearance:** 0061-i-madame-clarence-s-drawing-room

## Snapshot

A young Penguin caught between the romantic longings and political currents that pull at the island's restless generation.

## Who they are

Young Oddoul moves through the social and political subplots of Penguinia, his youth making him vulnerable to both the era's passions and its manipulations. His entanglements — romantic and partisan — place him among the ordinary lives that the great scandals and conquests sweep along. He matters as a representative of the generation asked to inherit Trinco's glory and Colomban's quarrels, and to make of them something of their own.

## Relationships

### [Queen Glamorgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/characters/queen_glamorgan)

_professional_

Oddoul serves as a loyal advisor or courtier to Queen Glamorgan, navigating court politics on her behalf.

### [Queen Glamorgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/characters/queen_glamorgan)

_professional_

Oddoul serves as a loyal advisor or courtier to Queen Glamorgan, navigating court politics on her behalf.

## In the story

### [I: Brian the Good and Queen Glamorgan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/penguin_island_se/chapters/i-brian-the-good-and-queen-glamorgan)

Young monk of Yvern, virtuous and learned, resists the queen's advances and is falsely accused.

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