# Count von der Wahl — The Adventurous Simplicissimus character guide

> Count von der Wahl in The Adventurous Simplicissimus by Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Count von der Wahl, the said Count von der Wahl, Count von Wahl

**First appearance:** 0027-xxiii-how-simplicissimus-became-a-page-and-likewise-how-the-hermit-s-wife-was-lost

## Who they are

A nobleman and military commander who employs Simplicissimus as a page.

## In the story

### [How He Found the Devil in the Trough, and How Jump-I’-Th’-Field Got Fine Horses](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/viii-how-he-found-the-devil-in-the-trough-and-how-jump-i-th-field-got-fine-horses)

Leads the cavalry expedition and later lodges his staff in the house Simplicissimus and Jump-i'-th'-field had seized.

### [How the Master-General of Ordnance Granted the Huntsman His Life and Held Out Hopes to Him of Great Things](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/x-how-the-master-general-of-ordnance-granted-the-huntsman-his-life-and-held-out-hopes-to-him-of-great-things)

The Master-General of Ordnance who initially condemns the Huntsman but is persuaded to allow his plan, then grants him life and a future ensigncy.

### [X: How Simplicissimus Was All Unexpectedly Quit of His Musket](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/x-how-simplicissimus-was-all-unexpectedly-quit-of-his-musket)

Mentioned as one of the commanders who praised Simplicissimus's actions in Westphalia.

### [IV: In What Manner Simplicissimus and Herzbruder Went to the Wars Again and Returned Thence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_adventurous_simplicissimus_se/chapters/iv-in-what-manner-simplicissimus-and-herzbruder-went-to-the-wars-again-and-returned-thence)

Present in Vienna and speaks of the Huntsman of Soest, having uncovered the trick played on Simplicissimus at Lippstadt.

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