The people
ANFORTAS The Grail King of Wild Mountain. In legend, Anfortas is also called the Fisher King or the Angler. He is Parzival’s uncle, brother to Queen Herzoloyde. His other sisters are Sigune’s dead mother, Schoysiane, and Repanse de Schoye, who is the Grail Bearer. Anfortas’s brother is Trevrizent, the hermit.
ARTHUR Legendary king of Britain, head of the Knights of the Round Table, located at his court in the town of Camelot. He was the son of Uther Pendragon and Igrain, who was said to have fairy blood.
CLAMIDE King of Iserterre and Condwiramurs’s unwelcome suitor.
CONDWIRAMURS Queen of Brobarz, which she inherited from her father. She is niece to Gumemanz and a cousin of Parzival’s cousin, Sigune. She becomes Parzival’s wife.
CUNDRIE THE SORCERESS Although physically repugnant, she is in truth a prophetess and the messenger of the Grail.
CUNNEWARE Sister to Parzival’s sworn enemies through his mother.
FEIREFIZ Parzival’s half brother, son of Gahmuret by the queen of Zazamanc, whom Wolfram describes as a “dusky Moorish queen.”
GAWAIN Son of King Lot of Norway, he is a nephew of Arthur. He is also a distant relative of Parzival’s. In all the legends surrounding him, Gawain epitomizes the best of knighthood.
GUENEVER Variously spelled. She is Arthur’s wife and thus queen of Britain.
GURNEMANZ The prince who is Parzival’s mentor. He is the father of Liaze, whom Parzival rashly promises to marry, and the uncle of Condwiramurs. All three of his sons have died, one in defending Condwiramurs.
HERZOLOYDE Sister to Anfortas, the Grail King; Trevrizent, the hermit; Repanse de Schoye, the Grail Bearer; and Schoysiane, who died giving birth to Sigune. Herzoloyde inherited the kingdoms of Waleis and Norgals, lands that were added to her husband Gahmuret’s when they married. In this story, she is best known as Parzival’s mother and Gahmuret’s sorrowing widow.
ITHER Also known as the Red Knight. He is a distant relative of Parzival’s and quite a ladies’ man. After Parzival kills Ither, Parzival becomes known as the Red Knight because he has put on Ither’s armor and is riding his sorrel, or reddish-colored horse.
IWANET A young page in King Arthur’s court who befriends Parzival. He is a kinsman of Queen Guenever.
JESCHUTE Wife of Herzoloyde’s sworn enemy, Duke Orilus.
KARDEIZ Twin son of Parzival and Condwiramurs, brother to Lohengrin. He inherits the secular kingdoms of Brobarz from his mother and Anjou, Waleis, and Norgals from his father.
KAY King Arthur’s seneschal (counselor or chief steward). He is Arthur’s foster brother and so has a lot of influence in court, although his temper and cruelty make him an unpopular figure.
KINGRUM Seneschal of King Clamide.
LAHELIN Brother of Orilus and Cunneware. With his brother, Orilus, he has conquered the kingdoms of Herzoloyde, namely Waleis and Norgals, and is thus her sworn enemy.
LIAZE Daughter of Gurnemanz. She is Parzival’s first crush, soon forgotten after he meets her cousin, Condwiramurs.
LOHENGRIN Twin son of Parzival and Condwiramurs, brother to Kardeiz. He inherits the throne at Wild Mountain.
ORILUS Enemy of Herzoloyde, brother of Lahelin and Cunneware, and husband of Jeschute, the duchess from whom Parzival takes the ring and brooch.
PARZIVAL Variously spelled Parsifal, Percival. In Wolfram’s romantic poem, he was the son of Gahmuret and Queen Herzoloyde. In English tradition, Percival is the son of Pellinore. In later English texts, Galahad replaces him as the Grail Knight.
REPANSE DE SCHOYE Parzival’s maternal aunt and the Grail Bearer. Repanse later marries Parzival’s half brother, Feirefiz.
SEGRAMORS A member of Arthur’s court and a cousin to Queen Guenever.
SIGUNE Parzival’s first cousin, daughter of Schoysiane, Herzoloyde’s sister. Her knight has been killed by Duke
ANFORTAS The Grail King of Wild Mountain. In legend, Anfortas is also called the Fisher King or the Angler. He is Parzival’s uncle, brother to Queen Herzoloyde. His other sisters are Sigune’s dead mother, Schoysiane, and Repanse de Schoye, who is the Grail Bearer. Anfortas’s brother is Trevrizent, the hermit.
ARTHUR Legendary king of Britain, head of the Knights of the Round Table, located at his court in the town of Camelot. He was the son of Uther Pendragon and Igrain, who was said to have fairy blood.
CLAMIDE King of Iserterre and Condwiramurs’s unwelcome suitor.
CONDWIRAMURS Queen of Brobarz, which she inherited from her father. She is niece to Gumemanz and a cousin of Parzival’s cousin, Sigune. She becomes Parzival’s wife.
CUNDRIE THE SORCERESS Although physically repugnant, she is in truth a prophetess and the messenger of the Grail.
CUNNEWARE Sister to Parzival’s sworn enemies through his mother.
FEIREFIZ Parzival’s half brother, son of Gahmuret by the queen of Zazamanc, whom Wolfram describes as a “dusky Moorish queen.”
GAWAIN Son of King Lot of Norway, he is a nephew of Arthur. He is also a distant relative of Parzival’s. In all the legends surrounding him, Gawain epitomizes the best of knighthood.
GUENEVER Variously spelled. She is Arthur’s wife and thus queen of Britain.
GURNEMANZ The prince who is Parzival’s mentor. He is the father of Liaze, whom Parzival rashly promises to marry, and the uncle of Condwiramurs. All three of his sons have died, one in defending Condwiramurs.
HERZOLOYDE Sister to Anfortas, the Grail King; Trevrizent, the hermit; Repanse de Schoye, the Grail Bearer; and Schoysiane, who died giving birth to Sigune. Herzoloyde inherited the kingdoms of Waleis and Norgals, lands that were added to her husband Gahmuret’s when they married. In this story, she is best known as Parzival’s mother and Gahmuret’s sorrowing widow.
ITHER Also known as the Red Knight. He is a distant relative of Parzival’s and quite a ladies’ man. After Parzival kills Ither, Parzival becomes known as the Red Knight because he has put on Ither’s armor and is riding his sorrel, or reddish-colored horse.
IWANET A young page in King Arthur’s court who befriends Parzival. He is a kinsman of Queen Guenever.
JESCHUTE Wife of Herzoloyde’s sworn enemy, Duke Orilus.
KARDEIZ Twin son of Parzival and Condwiramurs, brother to Lohengrin. He inherits the secular kingdoms of Brobarz from his mother and Anjou, Waleis, and Norgals from his father.
KAY King Arthur’s seneschal (counselor or chief steward). He is Arthur’s foster brother and so has a lot of influence in court, although his temper and cruelty make him an unpopular figure.
KINGRUM Seneschal of King Clamide.
LAHELIN Brother of Orilus and Cunneware. With his brother, Orilus, he has conquered the kingdoms of Herzoloyde, namely Waleis and Norgals, and is thus her sworn enemy.
LIAZE Daughter of Gurnemanz. She is Parzival’s first crush, soon forgotten after he meets her cousin, Condwiramurs.
LOHENGRIN Twin son of Parzival and Condwiramurs, brother to Kardeiz. He inherits the throne at Wild Mountain.
ORILUS Enemy of Herzoloyde, brother of Lahelin and Cunneware, and husband of Jeschute, the duchess from whom Parzival takes the ring and brooch.
PARZIVAL Variously spelled Parsifal, Percival. In Wolfram’s romantic poem, he was the son of Gahmuret and Queen Herzoloyde. In English tradition, Percival is the son of Pellinore. In later English texts, Galahad replaces him as the Grail Knight.
REPANSE DE SCHOYE Parzival’s maternal aunt and the Grail Bearer. Repanse later marries Parzival’s half brother, Feirefiz.
SEGRAMORS A member of Arthur’s court and a cousin to Queen Guenever.
SIGUNE Parzival’s first cousin, daughter of Schoysiane, Herzoloyde’s sister. Her knight has been killed by Duke
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