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Clopin Trouillefou is a fictional character of the 1831 novel The Hunchback
of Notre Dame by French author Victor Hugo.
In the Victor Hugo story In the story, Clopin disrupts Gringoire's play,
begging the audience for money. Later that night, Gringoire runs into him
once again in the Court of Miracles, where Clopin is revealed not as a
beggar, but as King of Truands. He prepares to execute Gringoire for
trespassing, until the beautiful Esmeralda agrees to marry him in order to
save him.
Near the end of the novel, Clopin receives news of Esmeralda's upcoming
execution for the framed murder of Captain Phoebus. In order to rescue her,
he rounds all of the Truands to attack Notre Dame Cathedral where Esmeralda
is protected by Quasimodo. In response to the assault, Quasimodo retaliates
with stones, timber, and molten lava. Finally, the author notes that Clopin
dies courageously during the attack.
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