Trumpkin
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| Narnia character | |
| Trumpkin | |
|---|---|
| Race/Nation | Dwarf / Narnia |
| Gender | Male |
| Title | Lord Regent of Narnia |
| Birthplace | Narnia |
| Major character in | |
| Prince Caspian | |
| Portrayals in Adaptations | |
| 1988 BBC miniseries: Big Mick | |
Trumpkin is a fictional character in C.S. Lewis' fantasy novel series The Chronicles of Narnia. Trumpkin is a loyal, but 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.
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[edit] Biographical Summary
Trumpkin the dwarf is first introduced in the second book of The Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian. When he enters the story, he is a leader of the "True Narnian" underground, a group hiding from the Telmarine King Miraz. Trumpkin is intensely loyal to the underground king, King Caspian X, but does not believe in Aslan, white magic, or the "fairy tale" of the two kings and two queens from Narnia's Golden Age.
When the underground's army is being badly beaten in a siege on Aslan's How, Caspian sounds Queen Susan's magical horn, with hope that it will bring magical help. Trumpkin is sent to the ruins of Cair Paravel to meet any help, should it arrive there. At the ruins he meets ancient kings and queens Peter, Edmund, Susan, and Lucy. He journeys with them to Aslan's How, the military base of the underground. There he meets Aslan, and believes in the "fairy tales" from ages past.
After the war, King Caspian names him Lord Regent of Narnia. He is mentioned in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as the one who is ruling the country during Caspian's voyage. About sixty years after, in The Silver Chair, Trumpkin is an old, deaf dwarf who is again running the country while Caspian is away. Glimfeather the owl brings Eustace Scrubb and Jill Pole to Trumpkin, who gives them lodging in the castle of Cair Paravel.
Trumpkin is known for using alliterative exclamations such as "Tubs and tortoise-shells!", "Beards and bedsteads!", and "Crows and crockery!"
[edit] Portrayals
- Trumpkin was voiced by Richard Griffiths in the BBC radio broadcast of Prince Caspian
- Chris Emmett provided the part in the Focus on the Family Radio Theatre productions of Prince Caspian and The Silver Chair
- It is unknown who will act as Trumpkin in the upcoming The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, scheduled for release in 2008.
[edit] References
- Lewis, C.S. (1951), Prince Caspian, Macmillan, New York
- Lewis, C.S. (1952), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Macmillan, New York
- Lewis, C.S. (1953), The Silver Chair, Macmillan, New York
