Phantastes · Character
Sir Aglovaile
A warrior knight whose brief, doomed love for a ghostly maiden becomes a ballad of how easily things go wrong.
supporting
Also known as Aglovaile
First appearance: iii
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He is a man not given to weeping, yet he weeps in a dream of a dark wood where the maiden of old stands beside him and is lost in mist. Waking on the eve of St. John, he clasps the radiant ghost to his bosom, and she…
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- Fairy-Tale and Mythic Figures
- Protagonist
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