Dougal
Names: Dougalthe knightthe elegant medievalistthe noddyDoogieDoogyDougieSir Dougal the MadBig Dougal
First appears in Book 1: The Many-Colored Land, chapter 31 (11)
Appearances
What you know
Book 1: The Many-Colored Land
- Ch 31Dougal, a ginger-bearded knight, is Epone's broken victim; he calls her 'belle dame sans merci' and cries out to Aslan.
- Ch 33Dougal is a medievalist knight in a funk who hates Epone; his chains were weakened without his knowledge.
- Ch 33Dougal, a medievalist knight, beheaded the last soldier standing, using Richard's bronze sword.
- Ch 33Dougal seemed in a trance and shouted that only iron can kill a faerie; afterward he stomped something and hurled a golden hoop into the lake.
- Ch 35Dougal's interference prevented Felice from obtaining a golden torc during the fight.
- Ch 35Dougal threw the golden torc away, apparently believing he would not be safe from Epone's power until it was separated from her body.
- Ch 35Dougal was too fast for Basil and Yosh to stop and was judged too crazy to understand what he was doing.
- Ch 39A companion of Felice whose mind was seized by a Firvulag illusion, causing the golden torc to be lost in the lake.
Book 3: The Nonborn King
- Ch 5Dougal is Tony's devoted bodyguard, assigned by Old Man Kawai; he talks and acts like a medieval knight, expert with a compound bow.
- Ch 5Dougal saved Tony from a boulder, offered to kill him mercifully, then identified the siege engine as a trebuchet and shot two attackers with a crossbow.
- Ch 22Dougal is a ginger-bearded knight in titanium chainmail who speaks in archaic and Shakespearean phrases and carries a great two-handed sword and a Bowie knife.
- Ch 22Dougal treats Tony as his lord, and fancifully imagines their journey as a quest to Cair Paravel and the lion Asian.
- Ch 26Dougal, a knight, distrusts the exotics as kin to the soul-devouring Tanu and tried to stop Tony.
- Ch 26Dougal is a great ginger-bearded man in a surtout with a golden lion's head, led toward Nionel by a small woman in red.
- Ch 41Tony's friend with a Howler bride, who fled with him; he fell in the ambush and is presumed dead.
- Ch 42Dougal was found nearly dead, delirious and infected, a week after the Firvulag ambush, and his quoted Shakespeare hinted the camp was compromised.
Book 4: The Adversary
- Ch 8A medievalist who speaks in archaic phrases; bitten by a spider, he collapses hysterically but Magnus Bell says he will live.
- Ch 9Dougal is a mad medievalist whose mind Aiken cannot probe; he recognizes Aiken as his savior, calling him Asian.
- Ch 9Dougal says his old master Tony Wayland, a metallurgist who ran the Finiah barium works, was captured by dwarfs in the Vosges.
- Ch 11Dougal, Tony's mad but loyal companion without a tore, was ambushed with Tony by Karbree the Worm's patrol and is presumed dead.
- Ch 18Dougal, a court jester who speaks in pseudo-medieval language and Shakespearean tags, overheard the North Americans planning a coup and warned Aiken.
- Ch 18Dougal was formerly Tony Wayland's keeper, according to Axel, and wears no tore yet often seems to know Aiken's thoughts.
- Ch 30A madman who speaks in Shakespearean quotations, he wears a crowned lion blazon, and was born a Fletcher, a sept of Clan Gregor.
- Ch 30He hints that the person he sought long is an unknowing MacGregor, fatherless though a father, which makes Aiken laugh.
- Ch 38Dougal finds the unconscious Aiken after the wildfire and leads him to a boat and aircraft home.
Connections
- related toLady Eponeslave mistress who dominates him
- ally ofRichard Voorhees
- related togolden torcthrew it away
- related toTony Waylandbodyguard and devoted vassal
- ally ofTony Waylandserves as knightly companion
- friend ofTony Wayland
- enemy ofKarbree the Worm
- ally ofAiken Drumcourt jester and informant
Key moments
- Book 1 · Ch 31Arrival at the sleeping-stop fort
The caravan reaches a palisaded fort; Waldemar announces a rest until sunset, Amerie is asked to say Mass, and Epone takes Dougal away.
- Book 1 · Ch 33Bear-dogs destroy the soldiers
Amphicyons attack and slaughter the soldiers; Richard, Basil, Dougal and the ronin kill the survivors, and the last bear-dogs leap off the cliff.
- Book 1 · Ch 33Epone killed with iron
The remains of Epone seize Richard's mind; guided by Dougal's cry about iron, Richard stabs her heart with a knife, freeing himself. Dougal then discards a golden hoop in the lake.
- Book 1 · Ch 35Felice confronts Amerie
Felice reveals her secret plan to use the golden torc to free the slaves, Amerie apologizes for the group's silence and promises help, and Felice presses her for more than protection.
- Book 3 · Ch 5Siege of Iron Maiden Mine
Attackers pinned the miners in the barracks with boulders and a trebuchet. Tony's flaming arrow, fired by Dougal into the still shop, burned the engine and Tony was knocked out.
- Book 3 · Ch 22Night camp on the islet
Lost on a north-flowing river they doubt is the Laar, Tony and Dougal camp on a hummock; jungle noises frighten Tony while Dougal chants a prophecy of Asian.
- Book 3 · Ch 22Howler hunting party spotted
Next day they see mounted Howlers across the river and a distant exotic city, then flee south along a game track.
- Book 3 · Ch 22Hoe-tusker charge and rescue
A deinotherium charges Tony and is felled by a stun-gun shot from Crazy Greggy, who then takes the pair to Nionel.
- Book 3 · Ch 26Tony and Rowane
At the Dance of the Brides Tony is paired with Rowane and spends the night with her; waking unblindfolded he sees her true form and learns she wants a hybrid child.
- Book 3 · Ch 26Racing to Nionel
Tony and a woman who mentions her parents run hand in hand toward Nionel for the May Morning feast. Among other couples at the gates he sees Dougal with another woman, which resolves his worry.
- Book 3 · Ch 42Capture of the Vale of Hyenas
Cloud enters the camp as a feigned intruder, redacts everyone, cuts Basil's golden tore, and summons Nodonn's knights; the prisoners are knocked unconscious and taken to Afaliah.
- Book 4 · Ch 8Spider fight and release
Betsy panics at a spider, sparking a dungeon-wide battle with the spiders. Ochal the Harper then frees the Bastards and announces they will go to Calamosk to meet King Aiken-Lugonn.
- Book 4 · Ch 9Aiken's proposal to the Bastards
Aiken tells them the Remillard children plan a second time-gate and want the Bastards to fly and maintain aircraft. He keeps them torced and demonstrates his power. Basil agrees to cooperate.
- Book 4 · Ch 9Dougal recognizes Aiken
Dougal falls weeping before Aiken's display, hailing him as the savior, then advises seeking Tony Wayland for the tau-generator wire. Aiken is unsettled and has the North Americans brought in.
- Book 4 · Ch 30King's air show over Roniah
Twenty-seven rhocraft led by the King's emblazoned ship dropped candy balloons over the Roniah Fair and shot them down as a show of strength before vanishing.
- Book 4 · Ch 30Survey of the Seine
Aiken, Dougal and Betsy scanned the Seine from high altitude seeking Marc's hiding place and found only a hopping anomaly, which Aiken chose not to probe.
- Book 4 · Ch 38Aiken's blast on the Rainbow Bridge
Marc lends Aiken the CE rig; Aiken strikes the Firvulag leaders, killing Sharn, Ayfa and over half their host in a wildfire, and wakes to be named High King.