# Rochefort — Twenty Years After character guide

> Rochefort in Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Monsieur de Rochefort, Comte de Rochefort

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-ghost-of-cardinal-richelieu

## Snapshot

Once d'Artagnan's nemesis, now a polished courtier whose smile conceals a blade and whose loyalty is always for sale to the highest bidder.

## Who they are

Rochefort moves through the Fronde's drawing rooms with the ease of a man who has survived every regime by never quite committing to one. He is the kind of enemy who prefers to let others draw first, and the kind of ally who forgets your name the moment your fortune turns. His presence in the narrative signals that the old certainties of the first novel have dissolved — the lines between friend and foe are now drawn in sand, and Rochefort is the man who redraws them nightly.

## In the story

### [A Nightly Patrol](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/ii-a-nightly-patrol)

Mentioned as a former agent of Cardinal Richelieu, now disappeared; Mazarin seeks to find him for information.

### [Dead Animosities](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/iii-dead-animosities)

Released from the Bastille; meets with Mazarin; refuses to guard Beaufort; tells the story of the diamond studs to promote d'Artagnan.

### [VII: Touches Upon the Strange Effects a Half-Pistole May Have Upon a Beadle and a Chorister](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/vii-touches-upon-the-strange-effects-a-half-pistole-may-have-upon-a-beadle-and-a-chorister)

Recently freed from the Bastille; meets D'Artagnan in the cathedral and hints at plans against Mazarin.

### [XI: How d'Artagnan, in Discovering the Retreat of Porthos, Perceives That Wealth Does Not Necessarily Produce Happiness](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xi-how-d-artagnan-in-discovering-the-retreat-of-porthos-perceives-that-wealth-does-not-necessarily-produce-happiness)

Mentioned as having spoken of Porthos to the cardinal.

### [In Which It Is Shown That if Porthos Was Discontented with His Condition, Mousqueton Was Completely Satisfied with His](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xii-in-which-it-is-shown-that-if-porthos-was-discontented-with-his-condition-mousqueton-was-completely-satisfied-with-his)

Mentioned in the context of Planchet's adventure rescuing him.

### [In Which the Contents of the Pâtés Made by the Successor of Father Marteau Are Described](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xix-in-which-the-contents-of-the-p-t-s-made-by-the-successor-of-father-marteau-are-described)

Disguised as a gardener, he communicates with Beaufort via a tennis ball and orchestrates the escape plan.

### [One of the Forty Methods of Escape of the Duc de Beaufort](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xxiii-one-of-the-forty-methods-of-escape-of-the-duc-de-beaufort)

One of the gentlemen waiting outside the moat to assist Beaufort's escape.

### [XXVI: The Rencontre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xxvi-the-rencontre)

Appears briefly, taunting D'Artagnan and Porthos after the confrontation.

### [The Beggar of St. Eustache](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xlv-the-beggar-of-st-eustache)

Reported to be in Paris and offered as a leader of revolt.

### [The Tower of St. Jacques de la Boucherie](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xlvi-the-tower-of-st-jacques-de-la-boucherie)

Recently escaped from the Bastille, coordinates with Gondy and promises fifty soldiers from the Chevalier d'Humières.

### [The Riot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xlvii-the-riot)

Leads fifty white-cloaked recruits into a sculptor's trapdoor.

### [XLIX: Misfortune Refreshes the Memory](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/xlix-misfortune-refreshes-the-memory)

Dissatisfied with the calm, he consults Gondy and agrees to let Beaufort come, anticipating further conflict.

### [The Three Lieutenants of the Generalissimo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/twenty_years_after_se/chapters/lxxvii-the-three-lieutenants-of-the-generalissimo)

Reunites with Athos and Aramis at the Hôtel de Vendôme, proud of the duke's popularity.

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