Aglovale

Aglovale appears in medieval Arthurian prose as a member of King Pellinore's house (sometimes styled 'de Galis' or 'de Galles'—'of Wales') and as one of the Knights of the Round Table. Medieval sources present him as the eldest legitimate son of Pellinore of Listenois and sibling to Perceval; he is introduced in the Vulgate Lancelot and continues to appear in Post‑Vulgate treatments, Malory, and later retellings. Variants of his name in manuscript tradition (Agloval, Aglovan, Aglovaus, Acglavael, etc.) reflect medieval French and later English renderings rather than a mythic origin story. He is a mortal, chivalric figure rather than a supernatural being.

Medieval prose cycles and summaries provide no consistent physical portrait, heraldry, or distinctive bodily markers for Aglovale; he is described in role terms as a knight of Arthur's court. Later adaptations occasionally expand his depiction (for example, a modern play describes him as an 'old knight' and Clemence Housman's 1905 novel develops his psychological character), but primary medieval summaries in the supplied sources do not record specific height, build, or heraldic devices.

Aglovale's abilities are those of a competent medieval knight as attested in the prose cycles and Malory: he brings his long‑lost brother Perceval to Camelot to be knighted; he leads men in battle (in the Livre d'Artus he accompanies Gawain and Sagramore in command of a large army), personally slays Agrippa in one account, and sustains severe wounds that take time to heal. Narrative traditions differ about his fate: the Vulgate Cycle reports his accidental death at Gawain's hand during the Grail Quest; the Post‑Vulgate recasts this as deliberate murder tied to an Orkney vendetta; Malory records him as killed in the melee when Lancelot rescues Guinevere. The sources portray him as a martial nobleman and narrative participant rather than a wielder of supernatural powers.