# Alicia Risingham — The Black Arrow character guide

> Alicia Risingham in The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mistress Alicia Risingham, the nowise loth Alicia

**First appearance:** 0034-v-night-in-the-woods-alicia-risingham

## Snapshot

A quick-tongued, nowise loth young gentlewoman whose mockery of Dick's lion-driving boasts hides real courage and a ready wit in a tight corner.

## Who they are

Alicia Risingham is Joanna's friend and companion in Sir Daniel's house, a girl who can mimic a paladin's boasts one moment and offer bold counsel the next. She teases Dick about driving lions like mice, yet she is the one who draws him out and keeps Joanna's spirits from sinking. She matters because her nerve and humour help carry the two girls through the dangers of the wedding eve, and because her own marriage closes the story's comic account.

## In the story

### [In Mine Enemies' House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/chapters/ii-in-mine-enemies-house)

The short young lady in furs who discovers Dick and helps him by hiding him.

### [V: Night in the Woods: Alicia Risingham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/chapters/v-night-in-the-woods-alicia-risingham)

Playfully confronts Dick about her kinsman's death, proposes marriage in jest, and shows a bold, teasing demeanor.

### [Conclusion](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_black_arrow_se/chapters/viii-conclusion)

Present as Joanna's companion; she inadvertently insults Gloucester but is forgiven.

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