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Mabel Kirke's brother, Diggory Kirke's uncle, and the titular magician in ''Literature/TheMagiciansNephew''

Mabel Kirke's sister and Diggory Kirke's aunt.

* ExactEavesdropping: Diggory overhears her saying to a neighbor that nothing but a panacea would do her sister any good at this point, prompting him to search for one in other worlds [[spoiler:and eventually ask Aslan, who grants it with his blessing]].

** She's adamant that she won't lend her brother any money, or let him draw Diggory into his studies of black magic, either.
* [[NiceGuy Nice Old Lady]]: One of the kindest people you'll ever meet, first taking in her wayward brother Andrew; then later her ill sister and her nephew, caring for Mabel and supporting Diggory. Letty usually has a kind word or a kind thought for everyone - unless you get on [[BewareTheNiceOnes her bad side]].
* ParentalSubstitute: To her nephew Diggory Kirke while his father is deployed in India and his mother is unable to care for him because of being terminally ill - with the implication that she will become the foster parent to him should his mother die. She generally supports him and tries to protect him as best she can from the titular magician (her brother), too.

Diggory Kirke's mother

* DelicateAndSickly: She is suffering from terminal cancer and at death's door. This is what spurns Diggory and his new friend Polly to quest through other worlds hunting for a cure as soon as they have the means to travel to them, bringing them first to Charn and eventually Narnia.
* {{Panacea}}: Diggory searches for it[[spoiler:, and eventually is gifted one by Aslan,]] to heal her.

* IneptMage: He's able to create magic rings that teleport people to other worlds but he's completely outclassed and humiliated once he meets the likes of Jadis and Aslan.
* MadScientist: He's willing to sacrifice Diggory's friend Polly in a magical experiment.

Character page for the Creator/CSLewis book saga ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia'' and its 2005-2010 [[TheChroniclesOfNarnia film adaptation]].
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* CompellingVoice: One of her abilities, courtesy of some enchanted incense and MagicMusic.

* MusicalAssassin: The Lady carries a magical mandolin that enhances her brainwashing abilities.

* CompellingVoice: One of her abilities.

* HeroicWillpower: [[spoiler:He is the only member of the party who manages to resist the [[MagicMusic hypnosis]] of the Lady Of The Green Kirtle, and breaks the enchantment on the rest of the party.]]

* FlatEarthAtheist: Exploited. [[spoiler:She pretends to be an atheist and makes [[CompellingVoice magically-augmented arguments]] about Aslan and the land above being nothing but stories in an attempt to brainwash the protagonists. It nearly works.]] This is in spite of living in a world in which Aslan frequently appears and shapes history.

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

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Explores Narnia barefoot by preference in ''Prince Caspian''.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: She has this recurrent trait in more than one continuity, possibly symbolizing her purity and plucky nature. In ''Voyage of the Dawn Treader'', she kicks off her shoes in the middle of the ocean to be able to swim easier and is consequently shoeless for the first part of the book. She clearly doesn't mind and even finds it pleasant (as long as it is not on rough terrain) until she gets a pair at the Lone Islands.
** In Film/PrinceCaspian, she gleefully kicks her shoes off upon returning to Narnia and is still barefoot a few scenes later when she and her siblings explore the ruins of Cair Paravel.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Though not to the extent of Lucy, she still enjoys feeling the giants's bath stuff under her feet.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: [[https://narnia.wikia.com/wiki/File:Caspian_and_Lilandil.png She is shown barefoot in the book illustration]].

* DoesNotLikeShoes: {{Lampshaded}} by the Dufflepuds: "He always did go about with his bare feet on, making no more noise than a great big cat".

* DoesNotLikeShoes: "His silver beard came down to his bare feet".

* DoesNotLikeShoes: He is always barefoot, which allows him to walk around very quietly.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: ''The Magician's Nephew'''s [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/narnia/images/5/53/Queen-jadis-charn-tmn.jpg illustration shows her barefoot]].

* EvilVsEvil: She describes the sister she warred against in Charn as bloodthirsty and tyrannical. Jadis herself is no saint and pulled an EvilerThanThou on her by using the Deplorable Word to destroy Charn entirely rather than surrnder. In addition, [[UnreliableExpositor we only have her word]] on how bad her sister really was.

* GodzillaThreshold: Invoked in ''Prince Caspian'', where the Black Dwarf Nikabrik, a [[WickedWitch hag]] and a werewolf attempt to perform a ritual to bring Jadis BackFromTheDead to fight against Miraz. It is worth noting that all three of these are on the [[AlwaysChaoticEvil eviler end of magical creatures]], and therefore have not particularly suffered under the reign of the WhiteWitch. On the other hand, when the heroes realize what their plan entails, they refuse to even entertain the possibility and kill the three of them - summoning a force as uncontrollable and powerful as Jadis to deal with a relatively mundane tyrant would be akin to dropping a nuke on a city to get rid of a rat infestation.

* EvilVsEvil: She describes the sister she warred against in Charn as bloodthirsty and tyrannical. Jadis herself is no saint and pulled an EvilerThanThou on her by using the Deplorable Word to destroy Charn entirely rather than surrnder.

* LastOfHerKind: The sole survivor of the entire population of Charn, her home universe. [[SelfMadeOrphan She killed all the rest herself.]]

* SuperBreath: He sometimes [[HealingHands lays on a paw]] or [[WordsCanBreakMyBones says something]] for aditional emphasis, but most of the time Aslan's supernatural power is conveyed through breathing on people or things. His breath [[HealingWinds restores]] those who have been turned into stone (and it's hinted generally undoes enchantment and evil), breathes [[HeroicSecondWind courage]] into the protagonists (and the narration implies it turns them into better versions of themselves) and sentinence into ordinary animals (turning them into talking beasts), and carries Jill and Eustace on an intercontinental flight. As a [[MakeMeWannaShout roar]] it wakes rivers and whole woods into sentinence, teaches a whole people the fear of God, and absolutely terrifies the BigBad. And as a [[MagicMusic song]] it brings whole worlds into existence.

* {{Expy}}: 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]]. Other attributes of Prospero were given to Ramandu[[spoiler:, who is also a star like Coriakin]].

* {{Expy}}: Of Prospero from ''Theatre/TheTempest''. Like Prospero, he is a magical being who came to live on an island with his beautiful daughter. When a crew of sailors comes to his island, he welcomes them, and their captain (Caspian) falls in love with his daugher and eventually marries her. Other attributes of Prospero were given to the magician [[spoiler:and fellow star]] Coriakin.

-->'''Aslan:''' Nothing happens the same way twice.

* GodOfEvil: His role. His cult even includes idols and sacrifices in the vein of the [[MesopotamianMonstrosity pre-Yahweh Middle Eastern gods, which were considered devils by the Bible]].

* SmugSnake: Keeps insulting the Archenlanders and Narnians despite being their prisoner, and goes so far as to yell in Aslan's face.

%%* PlatonicLifePartners: With Digory Kirke.

* PlatonicLifePartners: With Digory Kirke.

%%* TroubledButCute

%%* PlatonicLifePartners: With Digory Kirke.

%%* TheSmartGirl: Frequently.

%%* TheConscience

** In ''Film/PrinceCaspian'', Edmund charges into the final battle with a crossbow ''on horseback.'' After retreating for a bit with his siblings and Caspian, he goes back in ... only this time with [[DualWielding two swords]] and can be seen using them quite efficiently. Not bad for someone who'd only recently touched a sword again after at least a year of next to no practice.

--> '''Played by:''' Ben Barnes

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