NIGHTBRINGER | The Arthurian Encyclopedia

Night


The fourth knight defeated by Gareth in Tennyson. He corresponds to the Red Knight of the Red Lands in Malory, though Tennyson gives him black armor.

He gave a fearsome appearance, adorned with bones, and wearing a skull for a helmet. When Gareth shattered the helmet, however, he discovered that Night was actually an youth, coaxed into his position by his brothers.


Source
Idylls of the King | Lord Alfred Tennyson, 1859-1886