«Earls paladins, I have gathered you at court, for letting you know what pains have recently hit our heart, Angelica’s arrival, the eastern beautiful princess has created unrest at court and on top of that the moorish King Agricane will arrive soon to Paris.»
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«I am count Orlando, first paladin of France, nephew of the Emperor Charles The Great and I will face anything with my own life. I left the beautiful Paris and I am looking for Angelica, that I love since the first minute I saw her, if I break my heart I will find her little, little, little.»
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«I am Gano of Mainz, Saracens’ friend and Christians’ enemy, brother-in-law of the Emperor Charles the Great, advisor to the Court of France.
One day I will take down Charles the Great with his crown and I’ll be appointed King of France.»
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«I was drawing the attention of French Paladins with my beauties, my brother Argalia, with his enchanted spear, had to take them all prisoners and bring them to the Indies and give their weapons to king Galafrone of the Indies.»
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«I left Paris and I am looking for the beautiful Angelica, because I am scared of the crooked eyes of my cousin Orlando, from his point of view he is confident to conquer the beautiful Angelica.»
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«I am very concerned about Orlando, that always drags all of us to the victory, now he has lost his mind for the beautiful Angelica. I must find him otherwise it will be the end for France. I swear that I will not come back if have not found my beloved cousin Orlando.»
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«And what do you believe, that myself Agricane, king of Tartary, is scared of that foolish of Orlando? Angelica is mine and with my holy scimitar I challenge Orlando to a single combat and it might be darned who between the two will be the first to say stop.»
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V: «Buddy Nofrio Cucumber, do you mind to leave a little space for us?» |
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«Buddy Virticchio, the tales of the Paladins were enough to make us known, but I still have to talk for a while. Beside the beautiful company, Enzo had collected a cart, full of colours as we love, with many edges finely painted. And because his love for us was too big he wanted to also purchase some paintings on copper that tell episodes of our history. Obviously to complete this valuable heritage couldn’t miss the curtains, painted themselves and essential for scene changes.» |
«Buddy Nofrio now you have to shut up, we don’t need that you talk anymore»
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Charles the Great
King of France
I am an armorless puppet. My parents are Pipino and Berta bigfoot. Here you see that I am old because I ruled for one hundred years surrounded by twelve peers called paladins. Once upon a time also my armor was nice, it had the french fleur-de-lis engraved as royalty.
You recognize me by...
- the bear
- long hair
- the crown
Orlando
The brave knight
I am nephew of Charles The Great and the more valiant between all paladins. My enemy is Reynald that I fight for the sake of the beauty Angelica. For the woman’s fault I have lost my mind and my friend Aistulf took it back from the moon. I found death at Roncesvalles and I was brought in the sky by the angels, and it was fault of that betrayer of Gano.
You recognize me by...
- the cross on the breastplate and shield
- crossed eyes
Gano from Mainz
The cheater
I have been waiting for a long time for the good opportunity, the chance to hatch a plot for sending to certain death Orlando and the strongest paladins.
When finally I will succeed, they will condemn me to be quartered alive,
I will ask as my last wish to be quartered by four green horses and that idiot of Reynald will do this with the paint.
You recognize me by...
- the M on the shield
- the M on the shield
Angelica
The beautiful Angelica
I arrived in Paris with my brother Argalia and all paladins fell in love with me but admiring all of them there was one of them I fell in love myself, and he was Rinaldo. I won the heart of many paladins and Orlando will even lose his mind when he will know about my wedding with Medoro.
You recognize me by...
- my distinctive beauty
- my dark complexion
Reynald
The cousin rival in love
I am one of the twelve Charles the Great Paladins, cousin of Orlando. I fell in love with Angelica myself and I fought with my cousin, but soon we solved and we got back to fight together. Together with Oliviero we will try to warn Orlando, but that stubborn man, will not listen to us and he will die at Roncesvalles.
You recognize me by...
- the lion, symbol of the family, which is on my armor, my shield and on my helmet.
Aistulf
The faithful companion
I flew on the hippogryph to the magic moon to take back the mind of my friend Orlando, that went insane for the beautiful Angelica after he knew that she married Medoro.
You recognize me by...
- the armor embossed with stripes
Agricane
King of the Tartars
I am an armed puppet, father of Mandricardo and in love with Angelica, I fight by the strength to obtain her! My enemies are Sacripante, Aystulf an Orlando, my end will arrive from his hand and I will ask for baptism.
You recognize me by...
- the half-moon on my armor, symbol of belonging to Saracens
Nofrio
named Cucumber
Finally you are enjoying the pleasure of looking at me in all my beauty. As me and Virticchio were saying, we are comedy puppets and we have the honourable goal to liven up and comment all the events and we do not need any armor. It goes without saying, you have probably understood that I am the clever one and my buddy Virticchio is… all right, I do not comment.
You recognize me by...
my sympathy obviously! Compared to Virticchio I am taller, he is really very short.
Virticchio
named Tomato
Who knows what that tall guy of Nofrio told you about me. Did you hear that he called me tomato? I would knock him down! Don’t worry, we are always fighting, but finally we like it this way: to introduce shows and to bring a little of joy to the public.
You recognize me by...
my eyes, what can I do, I am this way
