NIGHTBRINGER | The Arthurian Encyclopedia

Harpin the Red


A knight who broke faith with Arthur after he was sentenced to execution for a crime.

As Arthur’s enemy, he besieged the Castle of Three MaidensSir Hector of the Fens and the King with a Hundred Knights came to the castle’s defense, and Hector killed Harpin in combat.


Sources
Palamedes | c. 1240
Prose Tristan | 1230-1240