History Literature / TheLastBattle

** The "Last Judgment" of Narnia is precisely this. Aslan says not a word; the creatures all come up to him, look him in the face, and either love him or reject him, essentially judging themselves and determining their own fate.

* CoversAlwaysLie: Not an overt lie, but the first edition of the novel went with the rather puzzling choice of depicting Mr. Tumnus and Lucy(?) having a genteel conversation under some trees. Later editions generally chose something more oriented to the action-filled plot.

** The dwarves in the stable are a more concrete example. They believe themselves to be in a dark stable, so they are.

* SillyRabbitCynicismIsForLosers: The dwarves end up in Aslan's Country with everybody else, but they're too cynical to believe it, and manage to delude themselves into believing they're still locked in a dark stable eating rotten food.

* SpeciesLoyalty: After seemingly being betrayed by everyone they trusted, most of the dwarves (though not all) decide that they won't be suckers anymore, and will fight only for their own people in the future.

* StupidNeutral: The Dwarves refuse to ally themselves with the Calormenes or with the heroes. Then they start shooting at either side to prevent either side from gaining the upper hand. The worst example is their passing the MoralEventHorizon by killing a whole herd of horses who were rushing to Tirian's aid, then jeering at him before invoking the StupidNeutral idea behind their behaviour.

--> ''"Thou hast called me Rishda Tarkaan; I have come."''

* VillainousValor: The Dwarves, and to a certain extent the Calormenes, when it's pointed out that although they are the enemy, they're still brave and capable soldiers.

* HollywoodTactics: Averted, most notably when Jill and Farsight - the only ranged combatants - are sent to flank the attacking Calormenes. Also when the Calormene spears are very effective at killing dangerous but unarmed animals like boars, bears, and unicorns.

* NoAnimosityInTheAfterlife: Some people who have opposed Aslan turn towards him in the end. At least two of the dwarves manage to give up their cynicism, and there is that famous heartwarming story about Emeth, a young Calormene soldier and formerly a devoted worshipper of Tash, who accepts Aslan and makes peace with the Narnians.

* OmnicidalNeutral: The dwarves attack both sides in the final battle to prevent either from getting the upper hand, claiming, "The dwarves are for the dwarves."

* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:The ending tells the reader that the previous books were just the covers of the true stories, and that the true stories will continue on forever and ever, each chapter better than the last in the true Narnia - that is, Heaven.]]

--> ''"Thou hast called me Rishda Tarkaan; I have come."''

* NoAnimosityInTheAfterlife: Some people who have opposed Aslan turn towards him in the end. Some of the dwarves manage to give up their cynicism, and there is that famous heartwarming story about Emeth, a young Calormene soldier and formerly a devoted worshipper of Tash, who accepts Aslan and makes peace with the Narnians.

* SignsOfTheEndTimes: Very much like the Biblical signs, in fact. Given that it's a Christian allegory, this should not come as a surprise.

* EasilyForgiven: Aslan has some words with Puzzle over impersonating him, but in the end he's forgiven and is allowed into Aslan's Country. Though to be fair, he ''did'' try to undo the damage he caused.

** The Dwarfs except for Poggin. They pay for it by not being able to see their surroundings in Heaven.

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* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:The ending tells the reader that the previous books were just the covers of the true stories, and that the true stories will continue on forever and ever, each chapter better than the last in the true Narnia — that is, Heaven.]]

* FantasticUnderclass: After the conquest of Narnia by Calormen, Talking Animals have been reduced to the level of dumb beasts — perhaps worse, in that the Calormenes treat them worse than they do many of their own valued animals (such as war horses).

* GodOfEvil: Tash is described this way, with CrystalDragonJesus Aslan outright stating that Tash is his antithesis. Interestingly, while Tash is very much a CardCarryingVillain, his own religion is not a ReligionOfEvil, given that it apparently includes a number of sincere followers who believe Tash to be a just and righteous god. It gets better — Tash is so evil that you cannot commit a good act in his name — they automatically are assumed as your service to Aslan. The opposite is also true — if you do something terrible in the name of Aslan, you're really serving Tash.

* HollywoodTactics: Averted, most notably when Jill and Farsight — the only ranged combatants — are sent to flank the attacking Calormenes. Also when the Calormene spears are very effective at killing dangerous but unarmed animals like boars, bears, and unicorns.

* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:The ending tells the reader that the previous books were just the covers of the true stories, and that the true stories will continue on forever and ever, each chapter better than the last in the true Narnia — that is, Heaven.]]

* FantasticUnderclass: After the conquest of Narnia by Calormen, Talking Animals have been reduced to the level of dumb beasts — perhaps worse, in that the Calormenes treat them worse than they do many of their own valued animals (such as war horses).

* GodOfEvil: Tash is described this way, with CrystalDragonJesus Aslan outright stating that Tash is his antithesis. Interestingly, while Tash is very much a CardCarryingVillain, his own religion is not a ReligionOfEvil, given that it apparently includes a number of sincere followers who believe Tash to be a just and righteous god. It gets better — Tash is so evil that you cannot commit a good act in his name — they automatically are assumed as your service to Aslan. The opposite is also true — if you do something terrible in the name of Aslan, you're really serving Tash.

* HollywoodTactics: Averted, most notably when Jill and Farsight — the only ranged combatants — are sent to flank the attacking Calormenes. Also when the Calormene spears are very effective at killing dangerous but unarmed animals like boars, bears, and unicorns.

* {{Jerkass}}: A lot of the time, Shift doesn't even pretend to be nice. Even while posing as [[FalseProphet Alsan's spokesperson]] he never passes off an opportunity to verbally abuse his fellow Narnians. Even when he does put on a [[FauxAffablyEvil friendly facade]], he's nothing but [[SmugSnake condescending]] and [[ManipulativeBastard manipulative.]]

* FalseProphet: With the help of a lion skin and his dimwitted friend Puzzle the donkey, the talking ape Shift subjugates the Narnians by insisting Aslan wants them to submit to the invading Calormenes; in the meantime he sets himself up as a prophet and demands food and riches. Later he insists that Asian and the Calormene god Tash are the same being, Tashlan. Interestingly, Aslan doesn't punish Shift for his blasphemy.... [[spoiler:The demonic Tash himself does.]]

* TheBigBad: ZigZagged. At first we think it's Shift, pulling the strings with Puzzle, but as soon as he brings in the Calormenes to rule, he loses all his authority and is reduced to a figurehead for Rishda and Ginger. The latter two were [[DragonInChief Dragons in chief]] with Rishda being the dominant. Turns out, though, they're not the Big Bads either-- they all immediately take an extremely distant back seat to [[GodOfEvil Tash]] once he shows up, who has been the evil force behind the antagonists all along.

* TookALevelInBadass

* GodGuise: Puzzle the donkey agrees to wear the skin of a lion while his so-called friend Shift tells everyone that Puzzle is Aslan. Shift's intentions are evil, [[LesCollaborateurs collaborating]] with the [[TheEmpire evil empire of Calormen]], but Puzzle himself is [[GullibleLemmings mostly just impressionable and bad at saying no]]. It was quite an [[WhatAnIdiot idiotic]] move, agreeing to impersonate Aslan and enable the betrayal of the country of Narnia, but the only character who really calls Puzzle out on this is Eustace.

* KillEmAll: Played with. Since the final book deals with the afterlife, the only character who gets effectively written out is the one who ''didn't'' die, nor was she on the train.