Bromel
Sir Bromel is a knight in Le Morte d'Arthur who appears in connection with the Grail story and the birth of Galahad, attested across two chapters with 4 citations.
Sir Bromel is a knight in Le Morte d'Arthur who appears in connection with the Grail story and the birth of Galahad, attested across two chapters with 4 citations. When he learns of Launcelot's relationship with Elaine, Bromel threatens violence: "ye shall have but little joy of Sir Launcelot, for I shall slay him wheresomever I meet him" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XI, Chapter III).
Bromel then encounters Sir Bors and challenges him directly, pulling "out his sword, and dressed his shield to do battle" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XI, Chapter IV). However, Bors defeats him, and "Sir Bromel cried Sir Bors mercy, and yielded him" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XI, Chapter IV). He swears an oath on "the cross of the sword" to keep his word thereafter (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XI, Chapter IV).
Bromel's brief arc follows a familiar Malorian pattern: a knight makes a threatening boast, fights a superior opponent, is defeated, and submits. The progression from bluster to surrender is compressed into four citations, with the oath on the sword's cross providing the formal closure. Bromel functions as a minor obstacle in the narrative of Galahad's lineage, testing Bors's prowess without contributing to the main plot.
Appears in: Beings, Entities in Le Morte d'Arthur, British Tradition