# Sir Guiron des Rocques — The Cream of the Jest character guide

> Sir Guiron des Rocques in The Cream of the Jest by James Branch Cabell.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Guiron, Sir Guiron

**First appearance:** 0005-iii-wherein-a-clerk-appraises-a-fair-country

## Snapshot

The knight Ettarre is pledged to marry, whose flawless worth becomes an accusation no rival can forgive and no friend can quite forget.

## Who they are

Guiron is the celebrated champion of Poictesme, betrothed to Ettarre in a match Count Emmerick has staged as the social event of the realm. His very perfection breeds trouble: Maugis d'Aigremont confesses he cannot pardon Guiron for being worthy of her, and even Horvendile's loyalty carries an edge. As the marriage-feast approaches and old grudges converge on Storisende, Guiron stands at the still center of a gathering storm, the man whose happiness others have quietly resolved to test.

## 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)

Ettarre's betrothed, described as a noble and constant lover.

### [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)

Ettarre's intended husband, whom Maugis resents.

### [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)

Mentioned as dead by Ettarre, but later appears alive to her surprise.

### [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)

Forgives Horvendile despite his treachery, allowing him to escape, and reunites with Ettarre.

### [VIII: Of a Trifle Found in Twilight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/chapters/viii-of-a-trifle-found-in-twilight)

Guiron is the hero of Kennaston's romance; his love-business with Ettarre has been concluded by Kennaston in a droll and unsatisfactory manner.

### [XII: Of Publishing: With an Unlikely Appendix](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/chapters/xii-of-publishing-with-an-unlikely-appendix)

Mentioned as a character in the novel's controversial chapters about his imprisonment in the Sacred Grove of Caer Idryn.

### [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.

### [XXVIII: The Shallowest Sort of Mysticism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_cream_of_the_jest_se/chapters/xxviii-the-shallowest-sort-of-mysticism)

Referenced in Kennaston's analogy about a fool mislaying the King's letter, forcing Sir Guiron to seek service under Duke Florestan.

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