#archenland

[applesandpavenders]

#narnia #the chronicles of narnia #edmund pevensie #susan pevensie #the horse and his boy #thahb #corin #archenland #meme

[winter2468]

The way CS Lewis did worldbuilding in Narnia is wild because only four humans could defeat the White Witch so you'd assume "yeah it makes sense that there had to be kids from another universe to save Narnia" but then you read the other books and it turns out that there ARE other humans in the Narnia universe, but they're either

A thinly-veiled metaphor for Scottish people or

A thinly-veiled, very r/acist metaphor for Muslims

so I guess you can only save Narnia if you're English.

#narnia #the chronicles of narnia #books #archenland #calormen

[knightofthenewrepublic]

#chronicles of narnia #peter pevensie #edmund pevensie #shasta #cor #prince cor #narnia #archenland #lion the witch and the wardrobe #the horse and his boy #cs lewis #My memes

[whats-in-a-sentence]

A map of Narnia and adjoining lands

"The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" - C. S. Lewis

#book quotes #the chronicles of narnia #prince caspian #c s lewis #pauline baynes #map #narnia #archenland

[fartherupandfurtherin]

Narnia Headcanons: Archenland

- Has three major cities (Anvard, Perth, and Ende) and then several smaller towns and villages.

- The people are generally hardy and have a reputation for being tough from living in the mountains.

- Archenlanders have an affinity for magic due to most of the human inhabitants having dryad ancestors.

- Good magic practitioners are called Cunning Men or Cunning Women.

- Archenland was hidden by Cunning people during the reign of the White Witch.

- Some of Archenland's humans had ancestors from Finland, Ireland, Scotland. Greece, and France. This is most obvious given their naming conventions.

- They speak a pidgin language called Narn, which mixes English and Old Narnian. Their own language is called Archen, which is a very weird mix of Irish and Old Narnian.

- They have accents that sound Scottish.

- Everyone knows how to use a weapon of some sort due to coming into constant conflict with the Calormen Empire.

- Everyone is also taught survival skills from a young age and children are expected to be self-sufficient, which is why Corin is the way he is.

- Edmund learns Archen so he can talk to his wife's great-grandparents, who never learned Narn due to the reign of the witch.

- Edmund scares some of his classmates later when he starts cursing at someone in Archen. His Irish classmates immediately adopt him, because he's speaking Irish. Very weird Irish but still Irish.

- Archenland's last King and Queen were King Eoin and Queen Ines. They were both murdered by Calormene assassin's and their young blind son Sol (15 during the events of the Last Battle) was placed on the throne as a puppet ruler. This was a mistake and Calormen was pushed out shortly before the last great battle.

- Archenland has creatures unique to them, specifically they have wolverines, moose, and other animals associated with colder places. Some are talking animals.

- Susan Does Not Like the fact many Wolverines can talk but Lucy is very fond of them and they adore her.

- Susan loves the snow bears (polar bears). They're very pleasant and civilized creatures that regularly murder giants.

- Peter likes the moose. They like him and one named Teo would let the High King ride him into battle on occasion.

- Edmund prefers the talking mink as they are clever, excellent spies, and foul mouthed.

- Ariane had a mink friend named Avi. He would ride around on her or Edmund's shoulders and pretend to be a dumb beast to get information or free food. Mr. Beaver thinks he's uncivilized and they bicker about it.

- Boxing is a popular sport, as is skiing.

- Archenland is well known for its poetry and music.

- The nobility favor practical clothes over grand ones. They do have royal clothing but these are brought out for special occasions.

#narnia #the chronicles of narnia #archenland #narnia headcanons #edmund pevensie #peter pevensie #susan pevensie #lucy pevensie #narnia oc: ariane #narnia oc

[vra-luci]

Just out of curiosity, If I decided to post my combination of every map of Narnia and Adjoining Lands + the Eastern Sea, how many people would be interested in seeing it, because I would like to share it because I have spent a lot of time on it. It is not yet finished and won’t be for a few months but when it is…

#narnia #lion witch wardrobe #prince caspian #narnia aslan #wildlands of the north #archenland #calormen #the great eastern ocean #map #cartography #fictional map #book maps #this took for fucking ever #compass #geography #art #digital drawing #digital fanart #drawing #old maps

[lasaraleen]

there’s not necessarily an age limit to Narnia, besties, it’s about how you can serve Narnia and how Narnia can serve you within your own story.

#narnia #like #it’s about what you need and what they need etc #Frank and Helen stayed there their entire lives and their line continues in narnia and archenland #it’s not as simple as ‘you’re too old’ it’s about what both they and you need #etc etc #also it’s implied that the reason the Pevensies originally go home is bc they deeply desire seeing their family again

[jo-does-things]

This has nothing to do with anything but I do occasionally think about how CS Lewis's world is so focused on the East we have a tonne of lore and maps between Narnia and the east end of the world and then to the West its just.... Forest and mountain I guess???? BUT then Tolkeins world everything faces West. From Erebor West to the end of the world is mapped and we know language groups and lore... and then the East is just.... Desert and forest I guess?? I wonder if they ever had discussions about their worlds being connected in their writing group. Personally I think the Blue Wizards wound up in the Ettinmoors and got eaten by those fucking giants from The Silver Chair.

#The lore of the two worlds do not mesh AT ALL #but consider this! Random Rohan patrol wanders too far East and winds up having races and talking horsemanship with the Calormens #Archenland noble decides to go adventuring West and winds up in Mirkwood fucking SURROUNDED by Spiders #Anyway #LOTR #Narnia

[johnny1note]

I don't understand all of you voting for The Silver Chair as your favorite on that Narnia poll, like there are many wonderful things about that book but it's poorly paced imo, they kill the witch way too soon

#i should keep my mouth shut probably bc 'the horse and his boy' is my pet and that one feels very fanficky #like what were all the archenlanders doing when the witch was ruling narnia??? #they just all of a sudden reestablished friendly relationa?

[ellynneversweet]

Narnians (including the adult Pevensies circa HaHB): by the lion’s mane, sir!

Peter and Edmund, directly out of a British boy’s boarding school: by Jove, my good chap!

#the code switching in these is so funny as an adult #the calormen have a very distinct sort pseudo-orientalist style of speaking but Aravis&Shasta (who grew up there) say ‘golly’ to each other #caspian calls himself ‘a kid’ #who did he learn that from? is old narnian peppered with 1940s/50s phrases the Pevensie children used? #Tolkien reading these with a red pen in hand while Clive Staples goes you know the audience is eight year olds? #does the court of archenland use calormen dialect in private because cor and aravis did and it was trendy? #did Ram the Great‚ famous archenland king‚ have a lesser known talent for playing the oud?

[hiqhkinq]

after the royal family's sudden and bewildering disappearance, most believed the woods to be haunted by their either benevolent or vengeful ghosts

#and the rumors that swirled around not long after they 'left' were something else #from an archenland coup to willing and malicious abandonment.... a little bit of everything was there!

[applesandpavenders]

#narnia #the chronicles of narnia #edmund pevensie #lucy pevensie #corin #archenland #meme

[2usan]

the first ever marriage proposal susan had to (gently) turn down was that of a three year old prince corin of archenland

#she was barely fifteen and king lune was barely joking #that was also the same year of her getting kidnapped by jadis loyalists #who tried to frame it as if it were done by archenland…

[knightofthenewrepublic]

#my memes #a song of ice and fire memes #a song of ice and fire #asoiaf meme #asoiaf #stannis baratheon #stannis the mannis #king stannis #chronicles of narnia meme #chronicles of narnia #king lune #king lune of archenland #archenland #the horse and his boy #based kings #King Lune is very underappreciated

[whats-in-a-sentence]

"Well as soon as he saw Corin and me, it seems this Centaur looked at me and said, A day will come when that boy will save Archenland from the deadliest danger in which she ever lay. (...)"

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and His Boy" - C. S. Lewis

#book quotes #the chronicles of narnia #the horse and his boy #c s lewis #pauline baynes #backstory #origin story #corin #shasta #prince cor #centaur #archenland #prophecy

[havepatienceandendure]

Everyone get ready for my thesis this year, ‘how the chronicles of narnia: the lion, the witch, and the wardrobe (2005) awakened questions in me that literally nobody else cares about’

#no fr i have so many questions about the actual world of narnia #i’m happy to accept that all the animals were either made by aslan or accidentally got in from another portal somewhere in ‘our’ world #which is canon in the narnia universe #but i have other questions like: was aslan always a lion? or did he have another form first before he settled on lion? #did aslan create the centaurs and fauns etc? or did they come in from another universe too? #how many human rulers has narnia had? because they can only have got 3 from the family aslan put in at the end of magician’s nephew #like three at the MOST including a regency #but surely there have been others if ‘narnia was never right unless a son of adam or daughter of eve was on the throne’? #also #who is out there giving the prophecies? the centaurs? #we only ever hear of the adams flesh etc one? #yeah the centaur at cor and corrin’s birth said cor would save archenland but that’s a specific future reading rather than a prophecy #anyway i’n having lots of thoughts and questions about this book series which was probably not meant to be thought about this deeply #the chronicles of narnia #the lion the witch and the wardrobe