History Characters / TheChroniclesOfNarnia

* RedOniBlueOni: Blue Oni to Lucy and Peter's red. Susan is more cautious, calm, and down-to-earth than the [[{{Tomboy}} tomboyish]] Lucy and extroverted, impulsive Peter.

* AntiHero: He's the darkest of the four siblings, initially being a selfish traitor and a spiteful jerk. Even after his HeelFaceTurn, he's often the one arguing for practicality over chivalry, and it's telling that his Kingly title is "[[GoodIsNotNice The Just]]".

* CharacterDevelopment: Over the course of the first two books, we see him move from a rude and sassy jerk to an outright traitor to a much nicer person.
* TheComicallySerious: While Edmund matures to the point of being the most serious one in his family, he still has some hilariously snarky moments.

* TallDarkAndSnarky: As he grew up to be mature, intelligent and rational, he still kept his sarcasm and wittiness.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Until he realized how much of a jerk he was and that the Witch was a monster.

* HateSink: She's so loathsome and despicable as a villain that when she dies, it's incredibly satisfying to watch due to how cruel and psychotic she is.

* ManipulativeBitch: She tricks Edmund into giving up his siblings just so she could kill the four of them.

* InhumanlyBeautifulRace: Both she and Jadis (the only witches in the series) are described as otherworldily beautiful. Rilian fell in love with her at first sight.

* OurWitchesAreDifferent: The name "White Witch" refers to her attire and complexion. Confusingly in folklore a "White Witch" is one who practices WhiteMagic -- [[LadyOfBlackMagic she does the opposite]].

* BitchInSheepsClothing: He was quite gallant while a guest in Narnia, hence why Susan considered marrying him in the first place, but seeing his behavior in his home country was enough to convince her otherwise.

* MemeticLoser: An InUniverse example, [[spoiler:Due to his HumiliationConga, Rabadash is remembered by his people as "Rabadash the Ridiculous" rather than his preferred title "Rabadash the Peacemaker." It is also stated that if a Calormen student were to do something stupid, they would be labeled a "Second Rabadash."]]

* TalkingAnimal: A significant plot point, since he's the brains behind the escape.

[[folder:Aravis Tarkeena]]

* RebelliousPrincess: She is a Tarkeena from noble family who loves adventures, bows, arrows, dogs and horses and hates the high-class conventions.

%%* SlapSlapKiss: With Aravis, and canonically no less.

[[folder:Aravis Tarkheena]]

* BelligerentSexualTension: With Shasta. {{Lampshaded}} by the author who says that she had many quarrels and fights with him, [[spoiler:and eventually they got married so that they could quarrel and make up more conveniently]].

* GildedCage: This trope was the fate that Aravis was running from.

* NiceToTheWaiter: {{Averted}} as part of Aravis's CharacterDevelopment; she drugged one of her servants in order to escape. When Shasta asked what happened to the servant, Aravis casually speculated that she was whipped for it. Shasta pointed out that this was hardly fair to the servant, which Aravis coldly rebuffed by insisting that the servant in question was a lackey of her WickedStepmother. Aravis did get her just desserts when Aslan attacked the party as a lion and slashed her back, giving her [[LaserGuidedKarma the same wounds as the servant received]].
* RebelliousPrincess: She is a Tarkneena from noble family who loves adventures, bows, arrows, dogs and horses and hates the high-class conventions.
* RunawayFiance: When her father [[ArrangedMarriage arranges her marriage]] to [[OldManMarryingAChild a hump-backed, sycophantic old man many times her own age, when she's only about 12,]] she "steals" a horse and runs away from home, intending to flee the country.

* SlapSlapKiss: She and Shasta have a stormy relationship that leads to them getting married so they can go ''on'' having a stormy relationship indefinitely.
* TheStoryteller: As a Tarkheena, she was educated in the art of storytelling, so she can tell stories really well (albeit overloaded with PurpleProse), and apparently enjoys doing this.

* TomboyPrincess: A girl from Calormen's upper-class warrior caste with several 'unfeminine' interests. Though she does have those too...

* {{Tsundere}}: She behaves this way towards Shasta, flipping between cold and arrogant and warm and friendly. Overlaps with DefrostingIceQueen.

[[folder:Emperor Beyond The Sea]]
He is the God of all life and all of Narnia who has made the Deep Magic.
* {{God}}: Just as Aslan represents Jesus the Emperor represents God.
* TheGhost: He has not made any physical appearances in any of the books or movies and is mainly talked about with Aslan being the one who mentions his power.
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* BelligerentSexualTension: With Shasta. {{Lampshaded}} by the author who says that she had many quarrels and fights with him [[spoiler:, and eventually they got married so that they could quarrel and make up more conveniently]].

* {{Expy}}: [[{{Downplayed}} To some extent]], of Prospero from ''Theatre/TheTempest''. Like Prospero, he is a magician who is exiled to an island inhabited by foolish and unruly beings, and has to govern them with the use of "rough magic" (Coriakin directly quotes Prospero when he describes his magic as such) in order to guide them to wisdom. He also helps the sailors who arrive to his island, and looks forward to the day he can return to his homeland[[spoiler:, that is, the sky]]. Some other attributes of Prospero were given to Ramandu[[spoiler:, who is also a star like Coriakin]].

** Lewis mentions the reason for his Jerkass behavior in "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe" was because before the book began he was sent to a BoardingSchoolOfHorrors that made him go "wrong". His talk with Aslan turns him into his nicer pre-school self.

* ValuesDissonance: Some of the views Eustace learned from her and displays in the Voyage of the Dawn Treader before Aslan gets a hold of him come off as [[UnfortunateImplications unfortunately like]] "white man's burden" and "soft bigotry of low expectations" views. This is [[AuthorTract deliberate]].

* HalfHumanHybrid: A hybrid of Telmarine and Dwarf.

* BigDamnHeroes: He comes roaring (literally) to the rescue in the battle at the end of ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', together with Lucy, Susan, and everybody they rescued from the Witch's castle.
** Lucy is very disappointed in ''Prince Caspian'' when Aslan ''doesn't'' do the same. Of course, he does still help, even if it isn’t in the exact same way.

* BigDamnHeroes: He comes roaring (literally) to the rescue in the battle at the end of ''Literature/TheLionTheWitchAndTheWardrobe'', together with Lucy, Susan, and everybody they rescued from the Witch's castle. Lucy is very disappointed in ''Prince Caspian'' when Aslan ''doesn't'' do the same.
-->'''Aslan:''' Nothing happens the same way twice.

* BaritoneOfStrength: Basically a prerequisite for actors playing the King of Beasts and savior of Narnia.

* ArcherArchetype: The graceful, elegant, and lady-like type. Her bow was a gift from Father Christmas, and she became a famously skilled archer as Queen, yet hated to fight or use her skill in battle. One of the ways the Pevensies prove their identities to Trumpkin in ''Prince Caspian'' is by Susan beating him in a target-shooting contest.

** "Not a tame lion" is a frequent and accurate description of Aslan, who ranges from a warm, welcoming [[GuardianEntity protector]] and insuperably gentle, kind caregiver (at times bordering on a ParentalSubstitute to the books' child protagonists); to being deft, almost abrasive, and definitely prone to CruelToBeKind and BrutalHonesty where He deems it necessary; overall an aloof, stern, and inscrutable, but ReasonableAuthorityFigure; or even an [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm unknowable eldritch power]] that is outright threatening (at times borderline ''traumatising'') to allies and antagonists alike - to outright ''trolling'' characters (mostly [[TeasingParent in a]] friendly [[DopeSlap manner]], for when they get [[KnowNothingKnowItAll too full]] of themselves and Aslan knows better; but still) - sometimes all within the same book. As a Biblical allegory, this is actually incredibly spot on. Including the part where God likes to troll the self-righteous.

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Uncle Andrew talks a good game about necessity and the high and lonely destiny of men like him, but as Diggory observes it only means that Andrew thinks he can do whatever he likes to get whatever he wants.
* PhlebotinumInducedStupidity: Enforces this on himself by making himself believe that the Lion could not possibly be singing, causing Andrew to become incapable of understand Aslan or any of the talking beasts.
--> ''Now the trouble trying to making yourself stupider, is that you very often succeed.''

** "Not a tame lion" is a frequent and accurate description of Aslan, who ranges from a warm, welcoming [[GuardianEntity protector]] and insuperably gentle, kind caregiver (at times bordering on a ParentalSubstitute to the books' child protagonists); to being deft, almost abrasive, and definitely prone to CruelToBeKind and BrutalHonesty where He deems it necessary; over an aloof, stern, and inscrutable, but ReasonableAuthorityFigure; or even an [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm unknowable eldritch power]] that is outright threatening (at times borderline ''traumatising'') to allies and antagonists alike - to outright ''trolling'' characters (mostly [[TeasingParent in a]] friendly [[DopeSlap manner]], for when they get [[KnowNothingKnowItAll too full]] of themselves and Aslan knows better; but still) - sometimes all within the same book. As a Biblical allegory, this is actually incredibly spot on. Including the part where God likes to troll the self-righteous.

* SealedEvilInACan: Most of the Calormenes didn't think he really existed when they prayed for him to appear before them. They got quite a nasty shock.

* VileVulture: Is described with the head of a vulture, and not particularly pleasant.

* PhlebotinumInducedStupidity: Enforces this on himself by making himself believe that the Lion could possibly be singing, causing Andrew to become incapable of understand Aslan or any of the talking beasts.

-->'''Grown Edmund''' ''(advising clemency for Prince Rabadash):'' Even a traitor may mend. I have known one that did.

->"he'd become very commonplace and tiresome, and it must have been the influence of those Pevensie children".

-> Then, after an awful pause, the deep voice said, "Susan." Susan made no answer but the others thought she was crying. \\

--> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/EddieIzzard (''Prince Caspian''), Creator/SimonPegg (''Voyage of the Dawn Treader'')

* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: It's revealed in the final book that he found his way to Aslan's Country without the usual prerequisite of dying first. In fact, he's at the door to greet the others as they arrive.]]

* HumiliationConga: A very good example that went on for the rest of his life. [[spoiler: During the battle for Archenland, he gets stuck on a hook on a wall. He demands to be released in order to duel King Edmund, but is denounced as a traitor, due to attacking during peacetime. After this, he is put on trial for his treachery and given multiple opportunities to redeem himself, but keeps threatening his captors. As punishment, Aslan temporarily turns him into a donkey and tells him that he'll be healed in the temple of Tash in Calormen but if he goes more than 10 miles from the temple, he will be permanently transformed. Since this prevents him from waging war, he is known as Rabadash the Peacemaker during his rule as Tisroc. But after his death, he is known to history as Rabadash the Ridiculous and the expression 'Second Rabadash' is also used for students who act incredibly stupid.]]

** He delivers the final blow to [[spoiler: the White Witch, which in the film version consists of biting off her face.]]

* KungFuJesus: He plays more of a direct fighting role in the plot than you would [[GodsHandsAreTied expect]] for a deity, such as personally killing [[spoiler: the White Witch.]]

* OffstageVillainy: Tash doesn't actually harm anyone "on page" except for the villain who summoned him [[PayEvilUntoEvil serving as karma for the lack of faith in it and for using it for his own agenda in spite of that]]. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as he's not there for a long time besides in that scene, and it's implied that if [[spoiler: King Peter]] hadn't stopped him, he would have gone after the heroes. Even so, it's mentioned that he requires HumanSacrifice.

* {{Determinator}}: In the first film, he gets a front-seat view to Oreius the Centaur and an unnamed white rhino [[spoiler: be turned to stone by the White Witch]], and then [[spoiler: his little brother get ''impaled'' with the shattered remains of her wand]]. His response? To charge ''harder.''

* {{Knighting}}: Peter has an awesome one after he kills [[spoiler: Maugrim]] in defense of his sisters.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Goes on one after he sees [[spoiler: Edmund get stabbed by Jadis.]] Not even a charging Minotaur can get in his way.

** In the first film, after [[spoiler: Aslan]] is thought to be dead and receiving a much-needed YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech from his brother, Peter employs modern war tactics, such as making the gryphons fly over head ''a la'' bomber plane and drop boulders on the Witch's army. [[HollywoodTactics Negative points however]], for abandoning a well-defended position and charging at a numerically superior army beyond the range of his supporting archers.

* DemotedToExtra: Her role in later books is severely decreased, to the point that she doesn't even appear in the last book, despite the rest of her family playing roles. [[spoiler: Of course, that's because she isn't dead.]]

* ThousandYardStare: Sports one of these at the end of the third film, after it is revealed that he and Lucy [[spoiler: have visited Narnia for the last time.]]

* TookALevelInKindness: By the time of the sequels, Edmund has become more selfless and loyal to his siblings. [[spoiler: Best established when he stops the White Witch from being resurrected.]]

* SpoiledBrat: It's discussed that he's such a pill [[spoiler: prior to his HeelFaceTurn]] because of vapid educational and parenting philosophies that over-indulged his sense of self-importance.

* TookALevelInBadass: In ''The Silver Chair'' it's obvious that Eustace, both during the previous book and in the time between, has focused a lot more on practical skills and helping others. The film of ''The Voyage of The Drawn Treader'' takes this a little farther and [[spoiler: lets him fight in dragon form]].

Introduced as Digory's neighbour in ''The Magician's Nephew'' and is caught up in Uncle Andrew's plot [[spoiler: and transported to The Wood Between the Worlds]], starting the main adventure of the book. Returns in ''The Last Battle'' as a 'Friend of Narnia'.

* BelligerentSexualTension: With Aravis. {{Lampshaded}} by the author who says that they had many quarrels and fights after which they made up again [[spoiler: and eventually they married so that they could do this in a more convenient fashion]].

* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: {{Inverted}}: he was once a star shining in the sky, but was demoted to a mere magician in human form for some sort of misdeed. It is implied that eventually he served his penance and returned to the sky.]]

* CelestialBody: [[spoiler: A star in human form. In the past, he was prideful and this led him into errant ways, so Aslan punished him by making him ruler of an island of fools.]]

* GoodIsNotSoft: By his own admission, he has to resort to "rough magic" sometimes to rule the Duffers, such as [[PrankPunishment transforming them into funny one-legged creatures called Monopods as a punishment for disobedience]]. However, he only wants them to learn the necessary life skills and spiritual lessons and eventually achieve enlightenment and meet Aslan. [[spoiler: He succeeds in this, since in ''The Last Battle'' the Dufflepuds are seen entering Aslan's Country alongside other creatures.]]

* MysteriousPast: [[spoiler: Ramandu reveals that Coriakin is a former star in human form who was assigned to rule the Dufflepuds as a punishment for some misdeed, but he refuses to tell what kind of misdeed it was.]]

* SentientStars: [[spoiler: Revealed to be a star in human form.]]

* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: In ''Literature/TheLastBattle'', they are seen entering Aslan's Country, which implies that Coriakin did eventually succeed in enlightening them.]]
* BizarreAlienLocomotion: They have only one leg, so they move around by making huge leaps. [[spoiler: They can also use their huge feet as canoes.]]

* CursedWithAwesome: [[spoiler: Eventually they come to see their new one-legged form as this, especially after they discover that their giant feet can be used as boats for swimming.]]