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![]() ![]() His temples burst from the force required, and he dies soon afterward. Roland blows his oliphant so that Charlemagne will return and avenge them. The Franks fight valiantly, but in the end they are killed to the man. Oliver counsels Roland to blow his oliphant horn, to call back Charlemagne's main force, but Roland refuses. At the pass of Rencesvals, the twenty thousand Christians of the rearguard are ambushed by a vastly superior force, numbering in the hundreds of thousands. Also in the rearguard is the fiery Archbishop Turin, a clergymen who also is a great warrior. Among them is Oliver, a wise and prudent man and Roland's best friend. The twelve peers, Charlemagne's greatest and most beloved vassals, go with him. Roland will undoubtedly lead the rearguard, and Ganelon promises that with Roland dead Charlemagne will lose the will to fight.Īfter Ganelon returns with assurances of Marsile's good faith, Roland, as he predicted, ends up leading the rearguard. Ganelon has long been jealous of Roland, and on his diplomatic mission he plots with the pagans, telling them that they could ambush Charlemagne's rearguard as Charlemagne leaves Spain. ![]() ![]() Ganelon is enraged, thinking that Roland has nominated him for this dangerous mission in an attempt to be rid of him for good. ![]() Roland, a courageous knight and Charlemagne's right-hand man, nominates his stepfather, Ganelon. Charlemagne and his vassals, weary of the long war, receive Marsile's messengers and try to choose an envoy to negotiate at Marsile's court on Charlemagne's behalf. But once Charlemagne is back in France, Marsile will renege on his promises. He will promise to be Charlemagne's vassal and a Christian convert in exchange for Charlemagne's departure. Marsile, certain that defeat is inevitable, hatches a plot to rid Spain of Charlemagne. Only one Moslem stronghold remains, the city of Saragossa, under the rule of King Marsile and Queen Bramimonde. For seven years, the valiant Christian king Charlemagne has made war against the Saracens in Spain. ![]()
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