Seven Great Lords of Narnia
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The Seven Great Lords of Narnia are fictional characters in The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. They appear in Prince Caspian and are central to the plot in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, the second and third published books, respectively, in the series.
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In the book Prince Caspian, Caspian overthrows Miraz, with the help of the Old Narnians, to take his rightful position as King of Narnia. In The Voyage of the Dawn Treader he sets sail for the Lone Islands and beyond to look for the seven lords who had been sent to explore the lands beyond the Eastern Ocean.
[edit] Miraz and the Lords of Narnia
In chapter 5 of Prince Caspian we learn that after Prince Caspian's father died, Miraz initially ruled Narnia as "Lord Protector" for his young nephew. In order to elevate his status, he arranged for the lords loyal to Caspian IX to be removed from Narnia; some were killed deliberately, some in battle and some were sent on impossible missions with the hope that they would never return. Once these loyal lords were removed from Narnia, Miraz allowed himself to be proclaimed King by his own followers whom he had placed into high office. Dr. Cornelius, Caspian's tutor speaks of Miraz's rise to power thus:
| And then, one by one, all the great lords who had known your father, died or disappeared. Not by accident, either. Miraz weeded them out. Belisar and Uvilas were shot with arrows on a hunting party: by chance, it was pretended. All the great houses of the Passarids he sent to fight giants on the Northern frontier till one by one they fell. Arlian and Eriman and a dozen more he executed for treason on a false charge. The two brothers of Beaversdam he shut up as madmen. And finally he persuaded the seven noble lords, who alone among all the Telmarines did not fear the sea, to sail away and look for new lands beyond the Eastern Ocean, and, as he intended, they never came back. |
[edit] The final seven Lords
[edit] Lord Bern
Bern was the first lord found by the crew of the Dawn Treader, when they landed on Felimath, one of the Lone Islands. Caspian X, Lucy Pevensie Edmund Pevensie, Eustace Scrubb, and Reepicheep went ashore on Felimath and were taken prisoner by slave traders. Caspian is bought as a slave by Lord Bern but reveals his true identity when Bern shows himself to be a good man. Together, they free the rest of the landing party from the slave market.
When Caspian learns that the island's government has become corrupt, Caspian uses his official standing as Emperor of the Lone Islands to appoint Lord Bern as Duke of the Islands. Lord Bern remains on Felimath when the crew set sail again, now in a position to restore order to the island.
[edit] Lord Octesian
Octesian was found on Dragon Island, where the Dawn Treader stopped for repairs after being cauight in the storm around Dark Island. There are two theories about what happened to Lord Octesian when he was on Dragon Island - he either was eaten by a dragon who was already there, or else he succumbed to the temptation to steal the enchanted treasure - the same temptation which later turned Eustace into a dragon. If the second theory is correct, Lord Octesian dies as a dragon and is then eaten by the dragon version of Eustace.
[edit] Lord Restimar
Restimar was found on Deathwater Island, where he had dived into a lake that turned everything in its waters to solid gold. He was discovered by Caspian, Edmund and Eustace who identified the solid gold body as Restimar's because he had left his sword and amulet by the side of the lake.
[edit] Lord Rhoop
Rhoop was found on the Island Where Dreams Come True, also known as the Dark Island. The island has caused Rhoop to live his nightmares constantly in the years he has been stranded there, so when the voyage sets anchor at Ramnadu's Island the crew leave Rhoop behind to enjoy an eternal 'sleep without dreams'. He remains in this sleep until one of the members of Caspian's crew, Reepicheep, sails into the land of Aslan.
[edit] Lords Mavramorn, Revilian and Argoz
These three lords were the last to be found by Caspian, on Ramandu's island, also known as the Island of the Star. There they found that the only way to awaken the three sleeping lords is to sail to the end of the world and leave behind a member of the crew.
[edit] Portayals
[edit] BBC Adaptation
- Lord Bern - Pavel Douglas
- Lord Rhoop - Christopher Godwin
