# Maugis d'Aigremont — The Cream of the Jest character guide

> Maugis d'Aigremont in The Cream of the Jest by James Branch Cabell.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Maugis

**First appearance:** 0008-vi-treats-of-maugis-d-aigremont-s-pottage

## Snapshot

A master-villain and sorcerer of the imagined world, foiled but never finished, whose hellish gusto Horvendile cannot quite bring himself to condemn.

## Who they are

Maugis d'Aigremont is the lurking menace of Storisende, a knight and magician whose persistency Ettarre fears even in her happiness and whose motives Horvendile frankly calls base. He has been driven into hiding after his attempt on Ettarre, but his resourcefulness and theatrical wickedness make him a foil to the too-perfect Guiron, and Horvendile's half-admiring talk of him unsettles Ettarre's moral certainties. His shadow over the marriage-feast keeps the imagined world from becoming merely idyllic, and his resemblance to something in Horvendile's own face hints that villainy and dreamer may share a root.

## Relationships

### [Horvendile](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/characters/horvendile)

_friendship_

Horvendile and Maugis are close companions within the dream-world narrative, sharing adventures and mutual trust.

### [La Beale Ettarre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/characters/la_beale_ettarre)

_friendship_

La Beale Ettarre and Maugis are courteous allies within the dream narrative, bound by chivalric codes.

### [Horvendile](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/characters/horvendile)

_friendship_

Horvendile and Maugis are close companions within the dream-world narrative, sharing adventures and mutual trust.

### [Horvendile](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/characters/horvendile)

_friendship_

Horvendile and Maugis are close companions within the dream-world narrative, sharing adventures and mutual trust.

### [La Beale Ettarre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/characters/la_beale_ettarre)

_friendship_

La Beale Ettarre and Maugis are courteous allies within the dream narrative, bound by chivalric codes.

### [La Beale Ettarre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/characters/la_beale_ettarre)

_friendship_

La Beale Ettarre and Maugis are courteous allies within the dream narrative, bound by chivalric codes.

## In the story

### [II: Introduces the Ageless Woman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/chapters/ii-introduces-the-ageless-woman)

Master-villain in hiding, feared by Ettarre; Horvendile rescued her from his clutches in the forest of Bovion.

### [Of the Double-Dealer’s Traffic with a Knave](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/chapters/iv-of-the-double-dealer-s-traffic-with-a-knave)

The brigand, encamped and listless, who reluctantly agrees to Horvendile's scheme.

### [V: How the Double-Dealer Was of Two Minds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/chapters/v-how-the-double-dealer-was-of-two-minds)

Enters through the arras after being admitted by Horvendile, representing one of the contenders for mastery.

### [VI: Treats of Maugis d’Aigremont’s Pottage](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/chapters/vi-treats-of-maugis-d-aigremont-s-pottage)

Confronts Ettarre, lamenting his wasted life and the failure of the attack on Storisende; dying and frightened.

### [VII: Journey's End: With the Customary Unmasking](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/chapters/vii-journey-s-end-with-the-customary-unmasking)

Found dead, slain by Horvendile.

### [XV: Of Vain Regret and Wonder in the Dark](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/chapters/xv-of-vain-regret-and-wonder-in-the-dark)

Quoted by Kennaston upon waking, reflecting on wickedness and the boy he once was.

### [XIX: Local Laws of Nephelococcygia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/chapters/xix-local-laws-of-nephelococcygia)

Mentioned as a character from Kennaston's book who is unfamiliar to Ettarre in the dreams.

### [XXVI: “Epper Si Muove”](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/chapters/xxvi-epper-si-muove)

Quoted by Kennaston: 'It is very strange how affairs fall out in this world of ours, so that a man may discern no plan or purpose anywhere.'

## Links

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