# Mordaunt — Twenty Years After character guide > Mordaunt in Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas. **Role:** supporting **Also known as:** Mr. Mordaunt, Monsieur Mordaunt, Captain Mordaunt **First appearance:** 0039-xl-uncle-and-nephew ## Snapshot Milady's son, raised on vengeance, stalks the musketeers as a soft-spoken lieutenant whose politeness conceals a mined ship and a colder purpose. ## Who they are Mordaunt moves through the story as the musketeers' most unnerving enemy: a young man whose very name makes invincible men shudder. He has inherited his mother's cunning and a grievance he believes justifies any cruelty, and he commands a felucca rigged with powder should discovery come. His pursuit forces d'Artagnan and his friends to flee through winter seas, proving the past they thought buried has a living heir. ## Relationships ### [Cromwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/characters/cromwell) _professional_ Cromwell uses Mordaunt as a ruthless agent and tool for his political ambitions, with no personal warmth. ### [Athos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/characters/athos) _rivalry_ Athos is a primary target of Mordaunt's vengeful hatred, as Mordaunt seeks to kill him for the death of his mother, Milady. ### [Cromwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/characters/cromwell) _professional_ Cromwell uses Mordaunt as a ruthless agent and tool for his political ambitions, with no personal warmth. ### [Athos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/characters/athos) _rivalry_ Athos is a primary target of Mordaunt's vengeful hatred, as Mordaunt seeks to kill him for the death of his mother, Milady. ### [Cromwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/characters/cromwell) _professional_ Cromwell uses Mordaunt as a ruthless agent and tool for his political ambitions, with no personal warmth. ### [Athos](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/characters/athos) _rivalry_ Athos is a primary target of Mordaunt's vengeful hatred, as Mordaunt seeks to kill him for the death of his mother, Milady. ## In the story ### [The Absolution](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xxxii-the-absolution) Disguised as a monk, he hears the executioner's confession and reveals himself as John Francis de Winter, son of the executed woman. ### [Grimaud Speaks](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xxxiii-grimaud-speaks) Referred to as the monk who stabbed the executioner; revealed to be Milady's son seeking revenge. ### [Cromwell's Letter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xxxvii-cromwell-s-letter) Delivers Cromwell's letter; reveals his tragic past and deep hatred for King Charles I; displays a cold, determined demeanor. ### [Henrietta Maria and Mazarin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xxxviii-henrietta-maria-and-mazarin) Observes Lord de Winter through a glass door in the gallery, filled with hatred. He waits outside the palace to follow the queen's carriage. ### [XL: Uncle and Nephew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xl-uncle-and-nephew) Confronts his uncle, Lord de Winter, demanding answers about his mother Milady's death; reveals he learned the truth from the executioner of Bethune and vows revenge. ### [Paternal Affection](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xli-paternal-affection) Mentioned as having visited Lord de Winter; identified as Milady's son and a Puritan follower of Cromwell; disguised as a monk. ### [In Which It Is Proved That First Impulses Are Oftentimes the Best](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xliii-in-which-it-is-proved-that-first-impulses-are-oftentimes-the-best) The mysterious young man who questions Athos and Aramis about Mazarin, follows them, and threatens 'To our next meeting, sirs, in England.' ### [In Which We Hear Tidings of Aramis](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/liv-in-which-we-hear-tidings-of-aramis) Meets D'Artagnan and Porthos in Boulogne; reveals himself as the contact for the mission to Cromwell; impatient to depart. ### [LV: The Scotchman](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lv-the-scotchman) Mentioned as having ordered the Standard to sail to Durham; not directly present in the camp scene. ### [The Avenger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lvi-the-avenger) Kills his uncle Lord Winter; reveals himself as Milady's avenger; taunts the king. ### [Oliver Cromwell](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lvii-oliver-cromwell) Reports to Cromwell, reveals he killed his uncle Lord Winter, and requests the French prisoners as his reward. ### [LVIII: Jésus Seigneur](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lviii-j-sus-seigneur) Attempts to claim the prisoners under Cromwell's authority but is outwitted by d'Artagnan; collapses in despair upon discovering the escape. ### [London](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lxii-london) Seen at the carriage window escorting the king; the musketeers vow to kill him. ### [LXIII: The Trial](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lxiii-the-trial) Commands the musketeers, recognizes the Frenchmen, and orders them to be fired upon, but they escape. ### [LXIV: Whitehall](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lxiv-whitehall) Apprises Bishop Juxon of the king's request for confession and Cromwell's permission. ### [Remember!](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lxvi-remember) Implied as the masked executioner. ### [Cromwell's House](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lxviii-cromwell-s-house) Confronts Cromwell about the execution and rescue plot, then is cornered by the four musketeers. ### [Conversational](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lxix-conversational) Captured and brought before the four musketeers; he demands a duel and chooses Athos, but eventually fights d'Artagnan. ### [The Skiff Lightning](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lxx-the-skiff-lightning) Flees to Greenwich after the fight, boards the Lightning to ambush the musketeers. ### [LXXI: Port Wine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lxxi-port-wine) Plans revenge by setting a gunpowder fuse to blow up the ship, speaking in French and coordinating with Groslow. ### [LXXIII: Fatality](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lxxiii-fatality) Sets fire to the felucca, jumps into the sea, begs for mercy, drags Athos underwater, and dies with a dagger in his chest. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/characters/mordaunt - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/characters