The Travels of Marco Polo · Character
Hélis de Borron
Also known as Helye de Borron, Hélie de Borron, Helye
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 10
Hélis de Borron belongs to a world where stories of knights carry the same gravity as deeds of arms. He has the intriguing air of someone equally at home with a romance in hand and the formal life of a medieval court.
- Gender
- male
- Age
- Adult
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 10
- Books
- 1
Hélis de Borron is identified as a French author of Arthurian romances, including Giron le Courtois, and as a knight. Tradition credits King Henry III with rewarding his literary compositions with two chateaux. Beyond these glimpses, the account leaves his personal life and the course of his career largely unelaborated.
Description
No precise physical traits are supplied for Hélis de Borron: his height, build, coloring, hair, eyes, and facial features remain unspecified. He may be represented in the layered clothes of a medieval French knight, with a cloak and practical belt, but without invented heraldry or distinctive accessories. His visual presence can suggest courtly refinement alongside the grounded bearing of a man accustomed to arms.
Story so far
BOOK 1The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1
Appearances
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