Governal Timeline and Summary

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Governal Timeline and Summary

  • Governal instructs Tristan in the peaceful and warlike arts befitting a young nobleman.
  • Governal travels to Cornwall with Tristan when the young lord decides to live there and serve King Mark.
  • When Tristan longs to take vengeance on Mark and his barons after he escapes their capture, Governal counsels him against it, warning him that he is outmatched.
  • Governal helps Tristan rescue Yseut from the lepers, then escapes with them to the Forest of Morrois.
  • Governal joins Tristan in disguise to participate in a joust before Yseut gives her oath.
  • He accompanies Tristan to Brittany when he goes into exile.