Prince Caspian

A whole year has passed in England after the adventures described in the book “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ”. The children of Pavance (Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy) are again ordinary students. But when the time comes to board the train and go to school, a miracle suddenly occurs. The "former kings" again find themselves in their possessions. It turns out that 1300 years have passed since their last visit. The animals went wild, the trees forgot to speak, the castle of Cair Paravel was destroyed, the country's topography changed. In the ruins of Cara Paravel, children find a hidden treasury where their weapons, armor and other royal items are still stored. But who and why urged them to return to Narnia? The answer to this question is received by four children from the gnome, whom Telmarin soldiers are about to drown not far from Cara Paraval. Saved by the children, Mr. Tram (in another translation - Trumpik) says that ordinary people, aliens from the distant country of Telmar, now live in Narnia instead of talking animals and bizarre creatures. They are ruled by the evil usurper Miraz, the lord regent of Narnia and the uncle of Crown Prince Caspian. He wants to become king and occupy the Narnian throne, which can be controlled only by the will of Aslan. True Narnians were killed or driven out into the woods - the only place the Telmarines were afraid of - and they lived there illegally, since even fairy tales and everyday talk about “old Narnia” are officially forbidden.

But this ban at your own peril and risk is violated by the learned mentor of the young prince Caspian, a half-breed gnome named Dr. Cornelius. Under the guise of school, he tells the prince, the nephew of Miraz, the whole truth, and Caspian begins to dream of life in old Narnia. Suddenly, events take a new turn: a child is born to a childless Miraz and his wife, Prunaprimy, and Caspian becomes an obstacle to the future heir. Miraz, who once killed the father of Prince Caspian, will not stop before another murder. Dr. Cornelius helps the young man escape from the palace in the midst of celebrations on the occasion of the birth of the “heir” and before parting gives him the magic horn of Queen Susan, once abandoned by her in Narnia and miraculously acquired by the learned gnome.

Wandering around the country, Caspian falls into a remote gloomy forest. Frightened by a thunderstorm, a horse throws Caspian to the ground. Unconscious, wounded, he finds himself in a cave of the old Narnians, where two gnomes and a talking badger live. One of the gnomes sees in the prince only a hated thelmarine and offers to kill him, but it turns out that Caspian is the only legitimate heir to the throne, that he is not the enemy of old Narnia, but, on the contrary, wants to restore it and therefore needs allies against Miraz. Encouraged by this news, the Dwarves and the Badger find other Narnians in their forest and help Caspian to assemble his own army. The headquarters of the rebels are the catacombs (Aslan Hill), dug in time immemorial around the sacred Stone table, on which the White Witch killed Aslan. But the army of Caspian is too small against the army of Miraz, and therefore fails. After the most severe defeat, fraught with complete defeat, Caspian decides to use the last resort - the horn of Susan, after sending the gnome Tram to the ruins of Car-Paravel to meet for help.

To meet with Caspian and his army, children go through wild uninhabited forests and mountains, experience difficulties, lose their road several times, and are almost ambushed by the Telmarines. But along the way, Aslan begins to appear, whom Lucy sees this time, and the rest of the travelers are either too tired or do not believe in the reality of the vision. Through Lucy, Aslan shows the children the path through unfamiliar places and leads to the Stone Table.

However, not all old Narnians want the reign of Caspian and the return of Aslan. The witch and werewolf , invited by the black dwarf Nikabrik, suggest using witchcraft to call the White Witch to Narnia. Because of this, a battle begins between supporters of Caspian and evil creatures, but at the decisive moment the ancient kings finally appear in the catacombs. Having met with Caspian, they decide to free Narnia from the usurper’s power and help the rightful heir take the throne.

A battle takes place between the armies of the Narnians and Telmarians, which begins with the duel of King Peter and Lord Miraz. The duel is needed by the Caspian army to delay time and wait for Aslan's help. Aslan really is - he wakes up the sleeping trees, which the telmarins are most afraid of. The Narnians win, and Caspian by the will of Aslan becomes the rightful king. The captive Telmarines, who do not want to remain under Caspian rule in a country inhabited by fabulous creatures, Aslan opens the door back to the human world, from which they once penetrated into Telmar. But it’s time for the Pavansi children to return to England, with Aslan saying that Peter and Susan will no longer return to Narnia, as they grew up. The heroes again find themselves at the train station waiting for the train, and Edmund realizes that he left a new flashlight in Narnia.

• Peter Pavensi - a boy from our world, High King of the Golden Age of Narnia
• Susan Pavensi - a girl from our world, Queen of the Golden Age of Narnia
• Edmund Pavensi - a boy from our world, the king of the Golden Age of Narnia
• Lucy Pavensi - a girl from our world, Queen of the Golden Age of Narnia
• Prince Caspian - heir to the Thalmarin throne, son of Caspian IX
• Miraz is the Telmarian ruler, the self-proclaimed lord regent of Narnia, the uncle of Caspian and the murderer of his father, Caspian IX.
• Dr. Cornelius is Caspian’s teacher and mentor, a descendant of the dwarves who has a little mastery of good magic.
• Aslan - The Great Lion
• Tram (in another translation - Trump ) - red gnome
• Nikabrik - the black gnome who has taken the path of betrayal
• Borovik (in another translation - Trufflelov ) - talking badger, ally and assistant of Caspian
• Ripichip - brave Mouse, leader of a military detachment of talking mice
• Glozel and Copespian - Telmarin lords and military leaders intriguing against their ruler Miraz

• 1989 - “Prince Caspian and Swimming at the Conqueror of the Dawn” ( BBC series ; dir. Alex Kirby )
• 2008 - The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian ( Walt Disney Company film; directed by Andrew Adamson )

• "Prince Caspian" on the site " Fantasy Laboratory "