Read the passage from Ivanhoe. On the other hand, many other knights, both English and Norman, natives and strangers, took part against the challengers, the more readily that the opposite band was to be led by so distinguished a champion as the Disinherited Knight had approved himself. Based on the passage, the Disinherited Knight can be described as a chivalric hero because he engages in trickery. is successful in battle. flaunts his power. is envied by other knights.