Robin Hood is the titular main character and protagonist of The Adventures of Robin Hood. He is known as Robert Fitzooth, Robert of Locksley, and the Earl of Huntingdon from the old Saxon line of earls prior to the Norman Conquest. Born in Sherwood Forest to William Fitzooth and Joanna Gamwell, Robin’s parents were star-crossed lovers, as his father was of Norman descent and his mother a Saxon, and the memory of the Norman Conquest was still fresh within the people’s minds when they pursued their love. Robin is also betrothed to Lady Marian Fitzwalter, and for most of the narrative, he is her almost-husband, as their wedding was interrupted, and the full rites remained unresolved until the arrival of King Richard in Chapter 21. In the narrative, Robin is described in detail:

He was a fine, well-built man of some thirty years, handsome, brown-haired with a short beard and clear eyes behind which seemed to lurk a shadow—of pity and determination. […] He was the man of action, the leader who could see things clearly and, in a flash, deliver his orders and act upon his decisions with swift accuracy and perfect coolness (26).