The Line of Love · Character
Sir Adhelmar de Nointel
A knight-poet who reads old love stories aloud in an April garden and sighs for a lady who will not have him, while a rival waits in the hedges.
major
Also known as Cousin Adhelmar, Adhelmar, Sang Adhelmar
First appearance: i the episode called the wedding jest
As a major figure in The Line of Love, Sir Adhelmar de Nointel is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.
A member of the de Nointel family, likely involved in the marital arrangements and the social dynamics of the chapter.
Adhelmar de Nointel is a proven soldier and a maker of songs, lodging at Puysange and reading to Mélite of Helen, Melior, and Morgaine. He loves her; she pities him and kisses him from tenderness, which Hugues d'Arques witnesses with black brows. A vow to his King's quarrel postpones the reckoning for a year, and the delay is the story's whole engine.
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- Romantic and Courtly Figures
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See Sir Adhelmar de Nointel in i the episode called the wedding jest