# Eban — Poetry character guide

> Eban in Poetry by John Keats.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** your

**First appearance:** 0051-i

## Who they are

A servant or attendant figure in the narrative.

## In the story

### [An Extempore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/an-extempore)

The Dwarf servant who explains the three great crimes in Faeryland.

### [Canto the XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/canto-the-xii)

The Dwarf servant who explains the three great crimes in Faeryland and reveals his own punishment for making a whipstock of a faery's wand.

### [The Cap and Bells](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/the-cap-and-bells)

Elfinan's page, a fay of colour, sent to summon the soothsayer Hum.

### [Chapter XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxi)

The emperor's page, a fay of colour, sent as a present from the Viceroy of Zanguebar, known for his swiftness and limited speech.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxv)

Eban sets out on his errand, disdainful of the hurdy-gurdies and pastry-cooks, and takes a coach when it begins to rain.

### [Eban's Arrival at Hum's Hotel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxx)

Eban pays his fare and walks to Hum's hotel, his elegant clothing mirrored in the surroundings.

### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxxii)

The dark page who inquires about the master's rout.

### [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxxiv)

Cries out to hush the gossip, noting the master's approach.

### [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxxvi)

Eban is addressed by the sage and flees with him to the Emperor's chamber door.

### [XXXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xxxviii)

Eban ushers in the learned Seer and trembles in fear of the Emperor's moody bitterness.

### [XL](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xl)

Dismissed by the Emperor with a promise of future reward.

### [XLVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_14_se/chapters/xlvi)

The Emperor who threatens Hum and weeps on his robe.

## Links

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