Narnia

**Narnia**, virallisesti **Narnian kuningaskunta** oli valtio, jota suojeli Aslan, Suuri Leijona, ja jota asuttivat ihmiset sekä puhuvat eläimet ja muut myyttiset olennot. Maisemat vaihtelivat Narnian alueella matalista kumpuilevista kukkuloista etelän vuoriin. Narnia oli pääosin metsäinen pohjoisen suoalueita lukuunottamatta.

Narnia rajautui idässä Suureen itäiseen valtamereen kuuluvaan Kalormenin lahteen, lännessä suureen vuorijonoon ja Western Wildiin, pohjoisessa Ettinsmoorin maihin ja etelässä mannerrajaan ja Arkkimaan kuningaskuntaan.

Maan taloudellinen sydän oli Suuri virta ja kaikki sen hedelmöittömät alueet. Joki saapui Narniaan luoteesta ja virtasi itä-kaakkoissuunnassa itäisen valtamereen.

Virallisesti Narnian hallinnollinen keskus oli Cair Paravelin linnoitus Suuren virran suulla, mutta eräinä poikkeuksellisina aikakausina (kuten Ikuisen talven aikana ja telmarilaisten valtakaudella) Narniaa on hallittu muista paikoista.

## Asukkaat

Narniaa ja ympäröiviä maita asuttivat lukuisten eri lajien edustajat, kuten ihmiset, kääpiöt, monenlaiset puhuvat eläimet, siivekkäät hevoset, kentaurit, faunit, satyyrit, jättiläiset sekä Marsh-wiggles.

Narnialaisilla ei ollut järjestäytynyttä uskontoa (kuten kalormenilaisten usko Tarsiin), mutta suurin osa heistä ilmeisesti uskoi henkilökohtaisesti Aslaniin.

## Aika

Narniassa vierailleet ovat havainneet omassa maailmassaan heidän sieltä poissaolonsa aikana kuluneen ajan olevan ennalta-arvaamaton. The tendency was for more time to pass in Narnia than at home, although this was not universally true. For instance, the Pevensies stayed in Narnia for more than a decade, but found upon their return that mere seconds had passed on Earth.

Sitä vastoin taas Narnian viimeisinä aikoina, Tirian spoke to the Pevensies, Digory, Polly, Jill, and Eustace while they were on Earth; Jill and Eustace appeared in Narnia after a matter of minutes to Tirian, but what was over a week to them on Earth.

## Narnian hallitsijat

Alla on luettelo Narnian tiedetyistä ja oletetuista hallitsijoista, jotka voidaan jakaa seitsemään aikakauteen:

Kursivoidut ajankohdat ovat likimääräisiä.

## Historia

### Luominen, varhaiset vuodet ja kulta-ajat

Aslan created the World of Narnia by singing it into existence, in which the Stars he was creating, joined him in his song. However, a few moments before Narnia was born, Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer accidentally brought Jadis, Uncle Andrew, a London cabbie and his horse into the void that would become Narnia, at Lantern Waste, by use of the magic rings. Because of this, Aslan charged Digory with the task of planting the Tree of Protection, since his actions had brought Jadis into the infant world.

The cabbie's horse became a Pegasus, and took Digory and Polly to the Western Wild, where Jadis tempted Digory to steal one of the silver apples to cure his ailing mother. The cabbie, Frank I, became the first king of Narnia, and his wife, Helen (Narnia's first queen), was transported to Narnia for their coronation, thus beginning the Age of Conquest.

The land of Narnia was in peace for hundreds of years after its creation, and during this time it began to expand its influence to the unknown lands all around it. However, Jadis returned to the Kingdom in Narnian year 898, in order to usurp power for herself. Two years later, she emerged victorious, and bound the entire land in ice and snow for one hundred years, making it always winter but never Christmas. This was known as the Hundred Year Winter.

When four siblings named Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie were evacuated from London during the Blitz, they found their way into Narnia through the wardrobe in The Professor's spare room. Their arrival foretold the end to the White Witch's reign.

Following an uprising by loyal Narnians, and the first Battle of Beruna, the Pevensies were made the new monarchs of Narnia. Because of the great prosperity that Narnia experienced under their reign, this period of history was known as the Golden Age of Narnia.

The Golden Age did not mean absolute peace, though. High King Peter had to lead a raid on the Giants of the North in the Ettinsmoor War, while relations were re-established between Narnia and the border kingdom of Archenland and it's membership in the Narnian Empire was reaffirmed. Queen Susan and King Edmund also traveled to Tashbaan to establish peace with the empire of Calormen, only for Susan to fall under the obsession of its prince.

After Susan rejected the affections of the Calormene prince, and escaped, he led a raid against Archenland and Narnia, in what was deemed the Archenland Conflict. The raid was stopped at the very gates of Archenland's capital by a combined Narnian-Archenland army at the Battle of Anvard Pass.

After fifteen years of being crowned, the Pevensies all went hunting for the legendary White Stag, when they found the lamp-post. After commenting on the "strange device", they continued after the stag, and found themselves returning through the wardrobe to their own world.

### Telmarilaisten valtakausi ja Narnian vallankumous

Under the Dark Age of Narnia, it fell into a state of power-struggles and eventually anarchy, until finally, many years after the Pevensies returned to their homeworld of Earth, a group of people, of mysterious origins, called the Telmarines, immigrated into Narnia and claimed it as their new home.

The Telamarines' homeland had been struck by a terrible famine, and they found the former Kingdom of Narnia to be a plentiful land. Kaspian I, also known as *Kaspian the Conqueror*, led most of the Telmarines in their conquest of Narnia, thus beginning the Telmarine Age. The Telmarines, though, were scared of the talking beasts that inhabited the country, and believed them to be demons. Due to this, they drove them into hiding.

The beasts of Narnia lived in hiding for many years, calling themselves the Old Narnians. In the year 2290, Miraz killed his brother, King Kaspian IX, and took the throne for himself. His nephew, Kaspian X, was allowed to live because Miraz had no heir up until that point in time. During the years he was growing up, Kaspian X was told stories of Narnia before the Telmarines invaded.

Eventually, when Kaspian was a young man, Miraz's wife gave birth to a son. This meant that Kaspian was now a liability to Miraz, and was sentenced to be killed. Kaspian's current teacher, Doctor Cornelius, warned Kaspian to flee, and even gave him the magical horn of Queen Susan. Sometime after escaping his uncle, he blew the horn, which brought the Pevensies back to Narnia after thirteen hundred years.

After meeting the Old Narnians, Kaspian pledged that he would help them win back their country, which started the Narnian Revolution. The Pevensies eventually caught up with Kaspian, and gave him their assistance. After several battles, the two sides (the Old Narnians vs. the Telmarine-Narnians) faced off in the Second Battle of Beruna.

 Tiedosto:NarniansandTelmarines2.JPG  After a duel between Miraz and Peter, Miraz was secretly assassinated by one of his own generals, who then blamed it on the Narnians, and began the last battle. While the Narnians were outnumbered, Aslan returned and awoke the trees and River-God, to help them. The defeat of the Telmarine army marked the end of the Telmarine Reign in Narnia.

Aslan later told the Telmarines that their ancestors were once pirates from Earth, who had found a way into Narnia. He offered any Telmarine who wished to leave the chance to return to Earth. While many Telmarines chose to stay, a number of them chose to leave. This marked the beginning of Kaspian X's reign.

### Kaspianin valtakausi

Kaspian, at one time, made a pledge to Aslan to find the Seven Lost Lords of Narnia. These seven lords had not supported Miraz when he usurped the throne, and were sent away in a ship to the Great Eastern Ocean, so that they wouldn't bother him.

To carry out his task, Kaspian ordered the rebuilding of a Narnian navy, since the old navy had not been in use since before the Telmarine conquest, and until then the Telmarines had always been afraid of the sea. One of the newly constructed ships, the Dawn Treader, became the ship that Kaspian would sail on.

During the voyage, Kaspian was reunited with Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, as well as their cousin Eustace Scrubb, who had been pulled from their world into Narnia. The crew found all seven lords, two of which were dead when he found them. This voyage also gained Kaspian the nicknames, *The Navigator*, and, *The Seafarer*.

In the year 2310, Kaspian married the daughter of a retired star, and she became the next Queen of Narnia. Fifteen years later, she gave birth to their son, Rilian. In the year 2345, she was killed by a witch in the form of a snake. Rilian became determined to avenge his mother, and constantly returned to the spot where his mother died, to find and kill the serpent. During one of these times, he was captured by the witch and taken to Underland, a world beneath the surface of Narnia.

By the year 2356, Kaspian was in a deep depression over the loss of his wife and son. Around this time, Eustace returned to Narnia with his friend, Jill Pole. Aslan appeared to both of them, and told them they needed to find Rilian before Kaspian died. With the help of a Marshwiggle called Puddleglum, they journeyed to the Underworld. There, they found Rilian under the control of the Green Witch. They helped him break the enchantment, and Rilian slew the Witch when she became a serpent again. They returned Rilian in time for Kaspian to embrace his son before he died. Rilian became king after his father's death, thus Narnia had begun yet another era.

### Narnian tuhoutuminen

The world of Narnia was finally destroyed some two hundred years later, during the reign of King Tirian, son of King Erlian, and seventh in descent from Rilian.

The events that culminated in its destruction were begun by a talking ape named Shift, who had constructed an elaborate conspiracy, in a selfish attempt to "Modernise" the Kingdom of Narnia to his liking.

By dressing a donkey in a lion's skin, and claiming him to be Aslan, Shift began surreptitiously gaining control of the western portion of the country, by forcing the inhabitants to do his bidding in the Lion's Name. He then made contact with the current Calormen regime, inviting them to take advantage of the situation and fulfill their centuries-old goal of conquering Narnia.

A small group of soldiers under the command of Captain Rishda Tarkaan was soon sent, and by the time King Tirian learned of the ape's traitorous plans, the Calormenes conquer were well on the way to completion.

With the help of Eustace and Jill (who arrived in time to rescue the king from capture), Tirian attempted to rally Narnia and drive out the invaders, but thanks to the dividing effect the False Aslan Affair had had on the populace, and the simultaneous capture of Cair Paravel by a Calormen fleet, his efforts were unsuccessful. Tirian and his remaining supporters were eventually forced into a last stand against Rishda's army in the Battle of Stable Hill.

However, before Calormen could complete its conquest, Aslan proclaimed the end of Narnia, and destroyed it, calling all of its inhabitants to him in the process. All the creatures of Narnia who had been faithful to Aslan were taken with him into his own land, called Aslan's Country, where they met previous people who had lived and died.

Aslan's Country was bigger and better than the "Old Narnia, because it was the real one, whereas the "Old Narnia" had just been a copy of the "New Narnia".

## Triviaa: ihmiskontaktit

There are seven documented events of contact between the world of men and the world of Narnia. Dates are taken from a timeline provided in the book *Past Watchful Dragons* by Walter Hooper (ISBN 0020519702): -

* In *The Magician's Nephew*, four humans, Frank (last name unknown), Andrew Ketterley, and children Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer, were present at the creation of Narnia, having been brought there by a series of unfortunate events. The same day, Aslan called Frank's wife, Helen, from England, and the two remained in Narnia as King and Queen. The children and Andrew returned to London.

* In Narnian Year 460, as alluded to in *Prince Kaspian*, six human pirates and their wives, from the South Sea, entered the land of Telmar through a magic cave. They remained in Telmar, and their descendants formed the Telmarine civilization.

* Kirjassa *Velho ja leijona* (Narnian aikaa vuonna 1000) neljä sisarusta, Peter, Susan, Edmund ja Lucy Pevensie menivät Narniaan Digoryn maagisesta narnialaisesta puusta rakentaman vaatekaapin kautta. Aslan palasi Narniaan samoihin aikoihin, kumosi Jadisin eli Valkean velhon hirmuhallinnon ja asetti nämä neljä lasta kuninkaiksi ja kuningattariksi. He hallitsivat viisitoista vuotta ennen kuin palasivat Englantiin, missä he olivat taas lapsia.

* In *Prince Kaspian*, in Narnian Year 2303, the Pevensie children were summoned to Narnia by magic to help remove a Telmarine usurper, King Miraz, from the Narnian throne and establish the teenage Prince Kaspian as king. After this, Aslan allowed the Telmarines, descendants of the pirates who had arrived long ago, to go back to an island in the South Sea if they so wish.

* In *The Voyage of the Dawn Treader*, in Narnian Year 2306, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie and Eustace Scrubb entered Narnia through a magic painting, and took part in Kaspian's voyage to the edge of the world.

* In *The Silver Chair*, in Narnian Year 2356, Aslan brought Eustace Scrubb and Jill Pole to Narnia, where they rescued Rilian, son of the now elderly Kaspian, from his enchanted captivity. Kaspian died, but was resurrected and briefly crossed over into England in 1942 to help remove a corrupt school administrator.

* In *The Last Battle*, in 1949, King Tirian of Narnia appeared to the Seven Friends of Narnia in England, and Aslan brought Eustace and Jill to Narnia in Narnian Year 2555 to assist Tirian at the end of his reign.