Pelleas was a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian Legend. He deeply loved the maiden Ettard who sadly did not return his affection. The knight Gawain offered to try and persuade her to love Pelleas but betrayed him and slept with her himself. Intrigued by the situation, Nimue made Pelleas fall in love with her by magic and made Ettard fall in love with Pelleas. Since he did not love her anymore and she now desperately loved him, she died.
