# Messer Guielmo Lostendardo — Short Fiction character guide

> Messer Guielmo Lostendardo in Short Fiction by Mary Shelley.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Lostendardo

**First appearance:** 0000-a-tale-of-the-passions

## Who they are

A comic or grotesque character in an Italian setting.

## Relationships

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_rivalry_

Messer Guielmo Lostendardo is a hostile figure toward the narrator, often acting as a direct adversary.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_rivalry_

Messer Guielmo Lostendardo is a hostile figure toward the narrator, often acting as a direct adversary.

### [Unknown Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/characters/unknown_narrator)

_rivalry_

Messer Guielmo Lostendardo is a hostile figure toward the narrator, often acting as a direct adversary.

## In the story

### [A Tale of the Passions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/short_fiction_38_se/chapters/a-tale-of-the-passions)

A Guelph leader to whom Despina appeals; his face shows 'savage triumph' as he listens, and he paces the hall without replying.

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