Dagonet

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Dagonet is King Arthur's court jester in the Arthurian legend, and a Knight of the Round Table. In some versions of the story he is merely a buffoon who has been knighted as a joke, while in others he is actually a valiant warrior. In Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur, for example, he is mostly portrayed as the former, while in the 2004 film adaptation King Arthur, the character is portrayed (by Ray Stevenson) as a truly brave, self-sacrificing knight whose actions save the rest of Arthur's knights.

In Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King "Sir" Dagonet appears in "The Last Tournament." The jester is the only one of the court who could foresee the coming doom of the kingdom. He mocks the faithless knights who have broken their vows, and declares that although he and Arthur could hear the music of God's plan, they can not.

In William Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Part 2," Master Shallow boasts of portraying Sir Dagonet in "Arthur's play." This identifies the character as a buffoon.