Nerovens
Sir Nerovens is a knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian tradition, attested through three citations in Le Morte d'Arthur.
Sir Nerovens is a knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian tradition, attested through three citations in Le Morte d'Arthur. He identifies himself as a knight "made knight of my lord Sir Launcelot du Lake" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book IX, Chapter V), establishing his place within Lancelot's retinue. His role in the narrative centres on his encounter with Lancelot near the Castle of Pendragon.
Malory's attestations of Nerovens focus on two connected episodes. Upon meeting Lancelot, Nerovens warns him against approaching the Castle of Pendragon, reporting that "there is a lord, a mighty knight, and many knights with him, and this night I heard say that they took a knight prisoner yesterday that rode with a damosel, and they say he is a Knight of the Round Table" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book IX, Chapter V). After Lancelot proceeds to the castle regardless, Nerovens sends a damsel to learn how Lancelot fared there (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book IX, Chapter VI). The episodes position Nerovens as both informant and concerned observer, a secondary figure whose function is to frame Lancelot's adventure at Pendragon.
Appears in: Beings, Entities in Le Morte d'Arthur, British Tradition