Hassling-Ketling of Elgin

Ketling (Hassling-Ketling of Elgin) is a fictional character in Henryk Sienkiewicz's novel Fire in the Steppe, the third volume of his award-winning The Trilogy. A Scotsman, Ketling moved to Poland where he became a Colonel of Artillery in service of the king of Poland John Casimir. Ketling married Krystyna Drohojowska, a former fiancée of his friend, Michał Wołodyjowski. Their marriage resulted in two pregnancies, a son having been born from the first one.

Hassling-Ketling of Elgin
First appearance	The Deluge
Last appearance	Fire in the Steppe
Created by	Henryk Sienkiewicz
Portrayed by	Jan Nowicki (Fire in the Steppe)
In-universe information
Gender	Male
Spouse	Krystyna Drohojowska
Children	Unnamed son Unnamed second child
Religion	Christianity
Nationality	Scottish

Ketling was killed in the Siege of Kamieniec Podolski, when he (together with Wołodyjowski) blew himself up in a gunpowder depot.

The historical personality on which the character was loosely based was certain Major Heyking, a mercenary from Courland and the commander of the Kamieniec Fortress during the said war.

In 1969 Jerzy Hoffman's film Ketling is portrayed by Jan Nowicki.

References

• Sienkiewicz, H (1992). Fire in the Steppe. Hippocrene Books. ISBN 0-7818-0025-0.