<P> The story moves at a fast pace, occasionally slowing down and recounting the same scene up to three times but focusing on different details or taking a different perspective each time . The effect is similar to a film sequence shot at different angles so that new and more important details come to light with each shot . </P> <Ul> <Li> Andriodos, helpless boy; despite the honor came from King Charlemagne . </Li> <Li> Baligant, emir of Babylon; Marsile enlists his help against Charlemagne . </Li> <Li> Blancandrin, wise pagan; suggests bribing Charlemagne out of Spain with hostages and gifts, and then suggests dishonouring a promise to allow Marsile's baptism </Li> <Li> Bassalt, came from the name of rocks that are solid and may occur in the second phrase of the poem; captured the horse of the king . </Li> <Li> Bramimonde, Queen of Saragossa, King Marsile's wife; captured and converted by Charlemagne after the city falls . </Li> <Li> Charlemagne, Holy Roman Emperor; his forces fight the Saracens in Spain . </Li> <Li> Ganelon, treacherous lord and Roland's stepfather who encourages Marsile to attack the French army . </Li> <Li> King Marsile, Saracen king of Spain; Roland wounds him and he dies of his wound later . </Li> <Li> Naimon, Charlemagne's trusted adviser . </Li> <Li> Oliver, Roland's friend; mortally wounded by Margarice . He represents wisdom . </Li> <Li> Roland, the hero of the Song; nephew of Charlemagne; leads the rear guard of the French forces; bursts his temples by blowing his olifant - horn, wounds from which he eventually dies facing the enemy's land . </Li> <Li> Turpin, Archbishop of Rheims, represents the force of the Church . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Andriodos, helpless boy; despite the honor came from King Charlemagne . </Li> <Li> Baligant, emir of Babylon; Marsile enlists his help against Charlemagne . </Li>

The song of roland elements of the story