The Faerie Queene · Character

Satyrane

A half-satyr knight, raised wild yet schooled in arms and courtesy, whose strength and hospitality make him a trusted ally on the Faery roads.

supporting

Also known as Sir Satyrane, the good Sir Satyrane

First appearance: canto i

As a supporting figure in The Faerie Queene, Satyrane is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Helps Una escape from the Satyres, fights Sansloy, and defends her honor.

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Satyrane is the son of a satyr and a mortal woman, a knight whose woodland upbringing gives him unusual strength and a plain, unfeigned goodness. He offers shelter and help to strangers, and his honest counsel — urging lords to fly from wrath rather than heap blood-guilt on blood-guilt — marks him as a moral counterweight to the poem's proud and treacherous knights. He matters because he shows virtue can grow outside courts, and because his steadiness aids the heroes in the middle cantos.

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See Satyrane in canto i

Character Web

20 connections

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Relationship types

Friendship
Other

Character groups

Friendship and Kinship
Love and Chastity
Protagonist
Temperance and Holiness
Virtues and Vices

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Setup
Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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Relationships

Florimell
friendship · positive
Satyrane rescues and protects the distressed Florimell, acting as a chivalrous defender… How this plays out →
Cambell
friendship · positive

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In the story

Satyrane appears across 7 companion beats. Open any chapter in the free preview to see the notes beside the text.

Canto VI
Helps Una escape from the Satyres, fights Sansloy, and defends her honor.
Canto VII
Rescues the Squire of Dames from a giantess, hears his story, and later finds Florimell's palfrey slain and her girdle.
Canto VIII
Meets Paridell on the plain and shares news of Florimell's apparent death, then agrees to join the quest.
Canto IX
A knight who comments on the futility of restraining a woman's will.
Canto XI
Sir Satyrane accompanies Britomart in the chase of Ollyphant but becomes separated from her in the forest.
Canto IV
Satyrane organizes the tournament and fights valiantly, but is captured by Cambell and later rescued by Triamond.
Canto V
Judged winner of the first day of tournament; later the false Florimell is adjudged to him, but he is glad to have her.

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