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The battle is fought between the Narnians (led by Peter Pevensie) and the army of the White Witch, following the apparent demise of the great Narnian leader, Aslan.[4] The White Witch's army includes monstrous creatures such as minotaurs, ogres, and hags.[5] Peter's force is comparatively minor,[6] and prominently represents the races of talking animal, faun/satyr, nymph, unicorn and centaur.[7]
It seemed to Lucy as if the Witch held the upper edge in the battle, petrifying many of Aslan's army with her wand, until the arrival of Aslan's reinforcements. However, at Lewis' first description of the battle scene, the Witch is no longer using her wand (which was revealed to have been broken by Edmund) but using instead her Stone Knife (which she had killed Aslan with the night before). At this point, the White Witch is engaged in a fight with Peter. Suddenly, the newly arisen Aslan, along with Peter's sisters Susan and Lucy, arrives with auxiliaries from among those formerly petrified by the White Witch's wand, now restored by Aslan.[8]
At once they invade the battleground and begin to wipe out the remainder of the Witch's forces. While some of the White Witch's army are trampled by the charging reinforcements, those that came with Aslan use their own ways of fighting: dwarves use their battle axes, dogs use their teeth, Rumblebuffin the giant uses his club (and steps on some of the enemy), centaurs use their swords, and unicorns use their horns. Then, Aslan kills the White Witch. When she is discovered dead, some of the surviving White Witch's army surrenders and the other portion flees.[8] They Witch's forces were later mentioned to have been exterminated sometime after the Pevensie Children's coronation.[9]
At the conclusion of the battle, Lucy uses her Christmas gift, a potion that can heal any wound, on Edmund, who was found under the care of Mrs. Beaver covered in blood, his mouth open, and his face a "nasty green color". Aslan urges her to repair all the injured soldiers on the field to good health, which she does, while he restores all those petrified.[10] The next day, Aslan crowns the four children Kings and Queens of Narnia and Peter the High King.[11][12]
The Battle is not named in The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. It is first called the "Battle of Beruna" in Prince Caspian.[13] The word "first" has been added by Narnia scholars to distinguish from a later battle fought at Beruna in Prince Caspian, first called the Second Battle of Beruna in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.[14][15]
The Battle of Anvard is an event that took place during the Archenland Conflict. It was started as a surprise attack on the Archenlander forces at Anvard by Prince Rabadash. The Prince wanted to take over Archenland quickly, send a force into Narnian territory, capture Queen Susan, and then ride back to Calormen.[16] However, due to the early warning of Prince Cor, going by the name of Shasta, King Lune was able to establish moderate defenses on the castle. Prince Cor was then guided over the mountains into Narnia by Aslan and sent word to the Narnians at Cair Paravel via a stag.[17]
King Edmund, Queen Lucy and Lord Peridan rode at the head of a relief column to Anvard's aid. The relief column included men on horses, men on talking horses, centaurs, bears, dogs, leopards, panthers, dwarves, and six giants.[18] They marched over the mountains, taking Cor and Corin, his brother, with them.
Rabadash assaulted the castle just after dark on the first day of the battle. However, with the gates closed and archers on the battlements, he withdrew by early morning. He then built a battering ram from a tree and began an assault on the main gate.[19]
By mid-morning, the Narnian relief column arrived over the pass and fell on Rabadash's rear. The large cats attacked on the left flank, quickly killing or scattering the riderless Calormene mounts. However, Rabadash reformed a line of about one hundred cavalry and charged the Narnian line. By leaving the gate, he exposed his rear to attack from the castle. Lune and Archenlander's knights make a sortie from Anvard. Meanwhile, the giants fell on Rabadash's right flank as the cats closed in on his left. Hemmed in, Rabadash had no chance. Within minutes the entire force was killed, had fled or surrendered.[20]
Rabadash was one of the Calormenes not killed in the attack. He was tried by the Allied commanders, cursed by Aslan (by being turned into a donkey) and shipped back to Tashbaan. Being forbidden to stray more than ten miles from the Temple of Tash, he became a very peaceful Tisroc, leading to a long peace with Narnia and Archenland. People call him "Rabadash the Peacemaker" but in reality they consider him "Rabadash the Ridiculous", as they never forget his donkey transformation. His name becomes a synonym for a stupid person over future generations in Calormen.[21]
First Battle of Aslan's How
The First Battle of Aslan's How is a battle that was fought between the "Old Narnians" and the Telmarines in Prince Caspian.
In the fight against the Telmarines, Prince Caspian and his dwarves would attack the right wing of King Miraz's army at daybreak. When they were heavily engaged with the army, Wimbleweather the Giant, the Centaurs, and the fiercest beasts of Narnia would break out of a certain spot to cut off the enemy combatants.
When the fight took place, Wimbleweather broke out at the wrong place and the wrong time causing Prince Caspian's army to suffer badly and cause little damage to King Miraz's army. This caused Prince Caspian's army to retreat with low morale and also caused Caspian to blow Queen Susan's horn to summon help.[22]
Second Battle of Aslan's How
The Second Battle of Aslan's How is a battle that was fought between the "Old Narnians" and the Telmarines in Prince Caspian.
King Miraz's army attacked Prince Caspian's forces almost before Trumpkin left for the river mouth near the ruins of Cair Paravel. The battle lasted for hours. At many dwarves were killed and the Narnians retreated. Nikabrik later mentioned that the dwarves took the brunt of the battle while Trufflehunter the Badger said otherwise.[23]
The Second Battle of Beruna is the final battle that was fought between the "Old Narnians" and the Telmarines in Prince Caspian.
In Prince Caspian, Caspian was fighting against his Uncle, King Miraz, who had killed his father. He managed to summon the four Pevensie children using Queen Susan's Horn. Edmund Pevensie then was sent to Miraz's camp to give Miraz a challenge by Peter Pevensie to fight to the death in single combat.[24] Two disgruntled lords, Glozelle and Sopespian, manage to goad Miraz into accepting Edmund's offer. Miraz names Glozelle, Sopespian, and an unnamed Telmarine baron as his marshals, while Peter names Glenstorm the Centaur, Wimbleweather the Giant, and the eldest Bulgy Bear as his. The fight goes well for Peter until Miraz slips on a tussock. Sopespian declares treachery stating that Peter slashed Miraz in the back while he was on the ground, thus beginning the battle.
After the supposed "illegal move" from Peter during the duel, Lord Sopespian and an unnamed Telmarine Baron led the Telmarine charge at the Old Narnians. During the stampede and the confusion, Lord Glozelle stabbed Miraz in the back killing him (stating "that's for your insult, this morning"[25]) unnoticed by any others. During the battle, Reepicheep runs off and is seriously wounded. As the Telmarines appear to take the upper hand, Aslan and an army of awakened Dryads return and help turn the table, causing the Telmarine army to quickly break ranks and flee to Beruna. However, the remaining Telmarines were unable to escape as Bacchus had destroyed the bridge that "trapped" the River God.[26]
Following this victory, the Telmarine Throne was now Caspian's for the claiming. Aslan offers the Telmarines who do not wish to stay in Narnia a chance to travel to a new land in the world of High King Peter. Peter and his siblings, along with General Glozelle, Miraz's widow Prunaprismia, her newborn son, and many other Telmarines, travel through a door summoned by Aslan and return to their world.[27] Caspian stayed in Narnia, building a new nation of Narnians and Telmarines, and ruling well until his death.
Cair Paravel Massacre
The Cair Paravel Massacre is the first battle of the Calormene Conquest.
At the time when King Tirian was away from Cair Paravel, he was informed by Farsight the Eagle about a massacre that occurred at Cair Paravel. The Calormenes sailed from Tashbaan and arrived at Cair Paravel where they slaughtered Roonwit the Centaur, his army, and those who were at the castle at the time.[28]
The Battle of Stable Hill is the final battle in the Calormene Conquest.
In The Last Battle, Shift the Ape persuades a donkey named Puzzle to pretend to be Aslan. Then Shift invites the Calormenes to take over Narnia. Tirian, the last King of Narnia, attacks the Calormenes at the stable following the Cair Paravel Massacre. The stable where Puzzle was pretending to be Aslan is now haunted by the Calormen god Tash. Tirian throws Shift the ape into the stable and Tash swallows him whole. Then the Calormenes attack.[29]
The Mice, Moles and a Squirrel went to free the Narnian Horses from the Calormene, but were shot by Griffle's Archers. Fifteen dogs, a bear, a boar, Jewel the Unicorn, Farsight the Eagle, Tirian, Eustace, Jill and several unknown Narnians fought Calormene soldiers led by Rishda and rebel Narnians (for fear of Tash) during the battle. Jill Pole managed to kill some Calormene Soldiers, Wraggle the Satyr, and a Wolf while Eustace Scrubb killed Slinkey the Fox and many Calormenes. Three Dogs and a Bear were killed by the Calormenes while Jewel the Unicorn and a Boar were killed by the Calormenes that were wielding spears while the others were killed by Calormenes with swords or bows. Both sides were then attacked by the dwarves where they killed the horses on both sides. Tirian, left alone and fighting for his life, drags Rishda Tarkaan, the leader of the Calormenes, into the stable. However, inside the stable is an environment much like Narnia's. Much to the Calormen leader's surprise and terror, Tash appears and snatches him up under an arm. Peter, Edmund, Eustace, Lucy, Jill, Polly, and Digory appear before them. Peter orders Tash to leave.[30]
Aslan appears, and as they watch at the stable door, all of the people and animals, including those who had previously died, gather outside the barn and are judged by Aslan. Those who have been faithful to Aslan join Aslan in Aslan's Country. Those who have opposed or deserted him become ordinary animals and vanish to an unknown fate where not even C.S. Lewis knows where they were transported. The Calormene were sent to Tash.[31]
The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of seven fantasy novels by C. S. Lewis. Written by Lewis, illustrated by Pauline Baynes, and originally published in London between 1950 and 1956, The Chronicles of Narnia has been adapted for radio, television, the stage, and film. The series is set in the fictional realm of Narnia, a fantasy world of magic, mythical beasts, and talking animals. It narrates the adventures of various children who play central roles in the unfolding history of the Narnian world. Except in The Horse and His Boy, the protagonists are all children from the real world who are magically transported to Narnia, where they are sometimes called upon by the lion Aslan to protect Narnia from evil. The books span the entire history of Narnia, from its creation in The Magician's Nephew to its eventual destruction in The Last Battle.
Prince Caspian is a high fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1951. It was the second published of seven novels in The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956), and Lewis had finished writing it in 1949, before the first book was out. It is volume four in recent editions of the series, sequenced according to the internal chronology of the books. Like the others, it was illustrated by Pauline Baynes and her work has been retained in many later editions.
Narnia is a fantasy world created by C. S. Lewis as the primary location for his series of seven fantasy novels for children, The Chronicles of Narnia. The world is so called after the country of Narnia, in which much of the action of the Chronicles takes place.
The Horse and His Boy is a novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1954. Of the seven novels that comprise The Chronicles of Narnia (1950–1956), The Horse and His Boy was the fifth to be published. The novel is set in the period covered by the last chapter of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe during the reign of the four Pevensie children as Kings and Queens of Narnia. Though three of the Pevensies appear as minor characters in The Horse and His Boy, the main characters are two children and two talking horses who escape from Calormen and travel north into Narnia. On their journey, they learn of the Prince of Calormen's plan to attack Archenland, and warn the King of Archenland of the impending strike. Like the other novels in The Chronicles of Narnia, The Horse and His Boy was illustrated by Pauline Baynes; her work has been retained in many later editions.
In C. S. Lewis's fantasy novels the Chronicles of Narnia, The Kingdom of Archenland is a nation to the south of the Kingdom of Narnia, and to the north of both nations' occasional enemy, the Calormen Empire. Its borders are formed by mountains to the north and by the River Winding Arrow to the south. Its capital appears to be the castle located below the Anvard pass, which allows passage to Narnia.
Peter Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia book series. Peter appears in three of the seven books; as a child and a principal character in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and Prince Caspian, and as an adult in The Last Battle. He is only mentioned in The Horse and His Boy in which he is away on the northern frontier fighting giants and in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader in which he is studying under the tutelage of Professor Kirke.
Edmund "Ed" Pevensie is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series. He is a principal character in three of the seven books, and a lesser character in two others.
The Telmarines are a people in the fictional world of Narnia created by the British author C. S. Lewis for his series The Chronicles of Narnia. Hailing from Telmar, the Telmarines are prominent in the book Prince Caspian, the second book published in the series. The Telmarines were pirates in our world before entering the Narnian world through a magical cave.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian is a 2008 high fantasy film co-written and directed by Andrew Adamson, based on Prince Caspian, the second published, fourth chronological novel in C. S. Lewis's epic fantasy series, The Chronicles of Narnia. It is the second in The Chronicles of Narnia film series from Walden Media, following The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2005). William Moseley, Anna Popplewell, Skandar Keynes, Georgie Henley, Liam Neeson, and Tilda Swinton reprise their roles from the first film, while new cast includes Ben Barnes, Sergio Castellitto, Peter Dinklage, Eddie Izzard, Warwick Davis, Ken Stott, and Vincent Grass. In the film, the four Pevensie children return to Narnia to aid Prince Caspian in his struggle with the "secret" help of Aslan for the throne against his corrupt uncle, King Miraz.
King Tirian is a fictional character from C. S. Lewis's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. He is the protagonist of The Last Battle, in which he is the last King of Narnia, who has to defend his kingdom against subversion and invasion. He is well respected by the Narnians, and a skilled swordsman. He is descended from Prince Caspian, and is the son of King Erlian. His closest friend is Jewel the Unicorn.
In C. S. Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia series of novels, Narnia is the country around which the books revolve. It is one of several lands in the Narnian world.
In C. S. Lewis's fantasy novel series the Chronicles of Narnia, the hill of the Stone Table, or Aslan's How, is a high mound or cairn south of the Great River in Narnia next to the Great Woods. The How was built over the hill of the Stone Table. The word how derives from the Old Norse haugr, meaning hill or mound. In parts of England, it is a synonym for barrow.
Trumpkin is a fictional character in C. S. Lewis' fantasy novel series The Chronicles of Narnia. Trumpkin is an intensely practical and skeptical dwarf who lives during the reigns of King Miraz and King Caspian X. He is a major character in Prince Caspian, briefly mentioned in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and is a minor character in The Silver Chair.
The Second Battle of Beruna is a fictional battle in C.S. Lewis's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia between the "Old Narnians" and the Telmarines of Narnian. It is one of several battles in the Chronicles of Narnia.
Aslan is a major character in C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia series. He is the only character to appear in all seven books of the series. C.S. Lewis often capitalises the word lion in reference to Aslan since he parallels Jesus Christ.
Maugrim is a fictional character in the novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis. A Narnian wolf, he is the Captain of the White Witch's Secret Police. In early American editions of the book, Lewis changed the name to Fenris Ulf, but when HarperCollins took over the books they took out Lewis' revisions, and the name Maugrim has been used in all editions since 1994.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Narnia:
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