# Messer Fortarrigo — The Decameron character guide

> Messer Fortarrigo in The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Fortarrigo

**First appearance:** 0023-the-eighth-story

## Who they are

A gambler who loses everything and then tricks his brother.

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