The relationships of Claude Frollo.
Enemies[]
Quasimodo[]
Frollo teaching Quasimodo
Frollo first encountered Quasimodo as a baby, after he killed his mother. For the murder, he had to take Quasimodo and raise him as his own. Frollo genuinely poses as an intimidating, yet oddly influential, father figure, for the next twenty years, unfortunately Frollo never viewed Quasimodo as a son or grew to like him as one. However, when Quasimodo is twenty years old, Frollo allows him to be tortured after he attempts to sneak out of the bell tower for which he is forbidden to leave. He is also enraged when Quasimodo helps Esmeralda escape him and sneaks down to the Court of Miracles, where the Roma are hiding. Frollo applauds him for finally proving useful to him before forcing him back to the bell tower. At this point, Quasimodo has come to hate Frollo and will help anyone who helps him, such as Esmeralda. After Quasimodo goes against him in a battle, Frollo's hatred for him reaches its limits and Frollo attempts to kill him like he "should have done" twenty years ago. However, this ultimately leads to Frollo's own demise, before he fell, Quasimodo did not let go of Frollo's cape or try to kick him down, which meant Quasimodo still cared for him and was willing to forgive Frollo after everything that had occurred.
Esmeralda[]
- “The time has come, gypsy. You stand upon the brink of the abyss. Yet even now, it is not too late. I can save you from the flames of this world, and the next. Choose me... or the fire.”
- ―Frollo interrogating Esmeralda
Frollo is Esmeralda's archenemy and was a serious threat to her life. Despite his power and authority, she was not afraid of him and rebelled against his rules. Not only was she even brave enough to publicly humiliate and insult him at the Festival of Fools (also intriguing him a bit as well), she even had the courage to spit in his face before he attempted to execute her. Of note, when Esmeralda and Frollo first meet, she playfully brings his face close to hers and kisses the tip of his nose before pulling his hat down, as well as performing a seductive dance. This, however, leads to Frollo becoming unhealthily obsessed with her, becoming the first link in the chain that leads to Paris' destruction and Frollo's ultimate demise. While hating Esmeralda for being Romani and humiliating and evading him, Frollo had a powerful feeling of lust for her, so powerful he was desperate to find her and have her to himself, even if that meant burning Paris to the ground.
Phoebus[]
After Frollo's previous captain of the guards disappointed him, he hired Phoebus who had just returned from the wars after hearing about his reputation as a soldier. The two got along at first as Frollo was impressed with Phoebus' reaction to "taking care" of the Roma. After Esmeralda escaped, Phoebus was ordered to find her and bring her to him unharmed which Phoebus obliges. After finding Esmeralda, Phoebus saved her by stating that she claimed sanctuary and he can't do anything about it (which Frollo didn't know that was a lie). The next day, Frollo went hunting down the Roma with Phoebus asking for Esmeralda but no one gives her away. At that point, Phoebus started to disagree with Frollo's methods as they were hurting people. However, when Frollo ordered Phoebus to burn a Miller's home with the Miller and his family locked inside, that is when Phoebus draws the line as he wasn't trained to kill the innocent. Frollo tells him he has to follow orders and demands that he burn down the house, but Phoebus refuses, resulting in him being tried for treason. Esmeralda managed to save Phoebus by knocking Frollo off his horse and Frollo had his men try to kill the traitor but was impressed when Phoebus was alive and had him imprisoned along with the other gypsies.
Archdeacon[]
- “Silence, you old fool! The hunchback and I have unfinished business to attend to. And this time, you will not interfere.”
- ―Frollo to the Archdeacon
Frollo and the Archdeacon's hatred for each other was obvious. It was the Archdeacon who insisted that Frollo raise Quasimodo to atone for the murder of the latter's mother. Twenty years later, the Archdeacon also prevented him from capturing Esmeralda. Finally, Frollo became tired of the Archdeacon's meddling and threw him down a flight of stairs when he attempted to order Frollo to call off the assault on Notre Dame.