# The Outlaw of Torn — Character guide

> Key figures in The Outlaw of Torn by Edgar Rice Burroughs.

- [Norman of Torn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/norman_of_torn.md): Norman of Torn commands a thousand cutthroats from a Derby stronghold while passing, as Roger de Condé, through the courts and castles of his enemies. He is torn between the hatred he was raised on and a growing love for
- [Bertrade de Montfort](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/bertrade_de_montfort.md): Daughter of Simon de Montfort and sister to a king, Bertrade moves easily among earls and princes, yet she answers Roger de Condé's plain speech more warmly than any courtier's flattery. She insists the gulf between a ki
- [De Vac](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/de_vac.md): De Vac snatches the little Prince Richard from the King's own gardens, strips him of silks and name, and vanishes with him down the Thames past searching knights. He is patient, merciless, and utterly in control of the c
- [Joan de Tany](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/joan_de_tany.md): Joan de Tany belongs to the world of castles and courts that surrounds the outlaw's war, and her fate becomes one of its quiet casualties. When she dies, Norman's entire band rides south in silence to follow her bier, a 
- [Simon de Montfort](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/simon_de_montfort.md): Simon de Montfort stands at the center of the baronial opposition to King Henry, a statesman so respected that Father Claude calls him the most honorable man in England. He offers Roger de Condé a place of trust in his r
- [Peter of Colfax](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/peter_of_colfax.md): Peter of Colfax hides behind his castle walls and his guests, a great coward whose base treatment of Bertrade de Montfort has earned him two years of the outlaw's patient pursuit. Cornered at last, he is given brandy to 
- [Father Claude](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/father_claude.md): A gentle priest whose cottage becomes the confessional where Norman of Torn weighs his hatred, his love, and the war between King and baron.
- [Roger de Condé](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/roger_de_conde.md): A charming swordsman who moves through De Montfort's halls with easy grace, speaking plain truths that flatter more than any courtier's compliment.
- [Henry III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/henry_iii.md): England's King, whose repeated breaches of the Oxford Statutes are steadily pushing his barons toward open rebellion and arming De Montfort's cause.
- [Shandy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/shandy.md): A rough, loyal outlaw of Norman's band, the kind of man whose plain speech and steady blade prove worth more than any baron's oath.
- [Mary de Stutevill](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/mary_de_stutevill.md): A gentle noblewoman and friend to Bertrade.
- [Roger Leybourn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/roger_leybourn.md): A knight and ally of the de Montfort faction.
- [Prince Edward](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/prince_edward.md): The son of King Henry III, later Edward I.
- [Henry de Montfort](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/henry_de_montfort.md): Son of Simon de Montfort, a young nobleman.
- [Lady Maud](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/lady_maud.md): A noblewoman at court, possibly a relative of the de Montforts.
- [Prince Philip](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/prince_philip.md): A French prince involved in diplomatic intrigue.
- [Earl of Leicester](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/earl_of_leicester.md): Another title for Simon de Montfort, used in formal contexts.
- [Eleanor](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/eleanor.md): A princess of England, sister of Henry III.
- [Spizo the Spaniard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/spizo_the_spaniard.md): A foreign mercenary or knight in the service of de Montfort.
- [John de Fulm](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_outlaw_of_torn_se/characters/john_de_fulm.md): A minor nobleman or knight.

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