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Character
Théobald de Barentin
also known as Sir Théobald de Barentin, German-looking Frenchman
Knowledge through
the start — nothing read yet
Revealed in ch.8
Théobald de Barentin, who appears as a living knight at the feast and tourney, is actually a dead man who drowned at the battle of Sluys, manifesting as a rotting, seawater-leaching apparition.
Théobald de Barentin was a knight with sandy hair and a small chin beard who mocked Thomas as a 'Knight of the Order of the Hare' at a feast. He fought Thomas in a night tourney, transforming into a bloated, worm-sprouting horror before being slain, his true fate revealed as a drowning at the battle of Sluys.
Appearance
- hair: Sandy hair with a small patch of beard on his chin · revealed ch.8
- eyes: Clever bug-eyes · revealed ch.8
Actions
- Winked provocatively at Thomas at the feast and whispered to his squire · revealed ch.8
- Mocked Thomas for being knighted because of a hare at Cambrai, calling him a Knight of the Order of the Hare · revealed ch.8
- Jousted with Thomas, gouging him below the hip, then fought on foot with a mace after Thomas's horse was killed · revealed ch.8
Secrets
- Transformed during the fight, leaking salt water, growing puffier and whiter, with marine worms sprouting from his lips and a fish eating his eye from inside · revealed ch.8
- Actually died at the battle of Sluys, slipping on a wet deck and drowning in the sea · revealed ch.8
Nothing has been revealed about Théobald de Barentin yet at this point in the book.
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