Self-important, brash, and deceitful, though he may be, he has a comic side and always plays to the crowds. In Commedia dell'Arte is usually a vainglorious, deceitful and braggart soldier, dressed in a bright and colourful uniform. This was usually a suit with multi-coloured stripes and gilt buttons, a feathered cap, and a large sword with several rust marks or even some cobwebs!