Selivant
Knight at Castle Blank who sheltered the maddened Sir Launcelot.
Selivant is a knight attested in Le Morte d'Arthur as the brother of Sir Bliant. When Sir Launcelot, maddened and wandering, is found wounded, Bliant sends his dwarf to "my brother Sir Selivant, that is at the Castle Blank" to bring a horse litter so they might transport the knight (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XII, Chapter I). Selivant arrives with six men and an horse litter, and they carry Launcelot to the Castle Blank (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XII, Chapter II).
After Launcelot performs a great deed of arms in defense of his brother Bliant, Selivant witnesses the aftermath and orders the household to treat the madman gently: "Bind him no more," he declares, "for he is happy and gracious" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book XII, Chapter II). This moment of recognition — seeing nobility through madness — marks Selivant as a figure of compassion in the narrative.
Selivant is recorded as the brother of Sir Bliant and is connected to Sir Launcelot through the episode at the Castle Blank.
Appears in: Beings, Entities in Le Morte d'Arthur, British Tradition