Meet the Cast
The Pardoner
The Pardoner is a representative of the Church who's authorized to go around selling relics and pardons for forgiveness of sin. Although Pardoners were allowed to keep a portion of their receipts,...
The Three Rioters
In our first meeting with the Three Rioters, the Pardoner characterizes them as […] a compaignye Of yonge folke, that haunteden folye, As riot, hazard, stywes, and taverns,Wher as with harpes, lu...
The Old Man
The Old Man the Three Rioters meet on their way to find Death is one of Chaucer's most ambiguous and mysterious characters. He is shrunken and wrinkled, and he begs Death to free him from his body,...