The Middle Son (The Simple Prince)

The Middle Son is a antagonist and a presumably reformed one in the episode the Simple Prince. He served as a obstacle, alongside the Oldest Son, to the Youngest Son, who often loathed their younger brother and were filled with envy when they found out he was watching the men compete to getting the princess and burned down their cottage wall, barn, and corner of the house and often bullied their brother.

Role in Story
The Middle Son, alongside the Eldest Son were the main antagonists of the episode, the Simple Prince, and lived in a cottage alongside their younger brother and their father. The Middle Son was chosen the second night to take care of a haystack that was destroyed nightly and when he saw a field mouse, covered it with his hat and was surprised to see it disappear. When he and his older brother found out about the princess of the kingdom finding a man to marry, the two went to watch the competition and were jealous of their younger brother watching the competition too and accused him of spying on them. They burnt down all supposable seating regions their younger brother could’ve watched the competition from and grew extremely envious when they found out their younger brother was the one to marry the princess. They hid the son and when the kingdom went to search for the man who found the slipper for the princess and reached The Simple Prince’s house, the two said that the younger son was just a simple man and did not deserve the princesses’ hand in marriage but the kingdom got a hold of him anyway and the youngest son married.