War

it says in a book, i have that with calormens war was a way of life, with who? nanria? what happend at zulindreh? could narnia have had any wars or raids against the following: evil creatures (werewolves, boggles minotaurs, etc) that emmerge sumwhere and form and army, calormens, archenland (i dont think so, but im not sure) black dwarfs, telamarines, people of galma, terebinthia--- could narnia have battled these people in places that lewis DIDNT describe?
and were narnias armies, as big as in medieval history, or in the movie?
 
Mage Scribe Chakal here. Let's look in the Royal Archives for your answers.

Over the course of Calormene history there have been a number of internal power struggles. Approximately one in three royal successions were contested in some form or another leading to violence. There were five full blown civil wars such as the War of Kadesh, the two Jarisite Conflicts, the War of the False Artiban, and the strangely named Apple Blossom Crisis.

In addition you are too used to staring at the map of Terra (the World) and thinking of the whole as Narnia. In fact Narnia made up less than 1/5 of the inhabitable parts. It's the bits you don't see to the North, West and South on the map that throw you. In addition to what you see in the Chronicles, there is a City State of Terebinth, a northern wasteland of Thule, a western mountain kingdom of Jardonia and the various small provinces of Lagri, Dobril, Omri, Deligath and Transestivaal.

It has been our interest to secure the independence of these small realms, some of whom border on the edge of the world. We do not militarily intervene but we do send them materials they need to defend themselves, and the trade routes are kept open by the Knights of the Soverign Order of Saint Chesired, nominally independent and made up of all the member nations, but many of which were battle hardened Narnian warriors.

The war against the White Witch was literally one population against another. Everyone that could bear a weapon came running. She herself called up the people of the toadstools and the hags and whatnot. The fact that the war was fought using a lot of amateurs explains, for instance, why neither side used the classic "pincers" manoever...outflank, surround, close in. The commanders used the raw courage of their relatively green armies and two walls of folks basically collided and hacked away at each other. The White Witch actually had the advantage. Her army camped along the ridge and therefore was on higher ground. Charging downhill gives an advantage in traditional warfare. The other side, having to run uphill, is not going to have it as easy. That's what almost cost William the Conqueror the Battle of Hastings in 1066. But like ol' Billy the Conqueror, the brave Narnians kept plugging away and eventually won. With, of course, some help from Aslan and the additional army he brought that could attack the Queen's ranks from the BACK. Oh, and these folks got to run DOWNHILL making their rush doubly devastating.

Yes, there were lots of clean-up campaigns aimed at rooting out the baddies. While there was no organized resistance after Jadis died, there were some malevolent creatures that wanted to get back their former legal standing and rights under Jadis. They were not about to be honored as citizens of the realm they tried to overthrow through treachery and blood. Hags, ogres, and the Peoples of the Toadstools never became citizens again...EVER. As such they were not entitled to legal protection though there was never an organized campaign of genocide against them. The wolves got back the right to be citizens after 10 years IF they swore an oath of allegience to the crown. Many did. The few that refused did not cause much trouble though some lived as outlaws and committed petty thefts.

Hope that helps.
 
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thanx a bunch

where did you get the names of those battles and provices, are they real in the history of nanria

so did narnia have any wars with calormen, or other countries that in battles that lewis didnt mention

is it possible that evill creatures summoned a small force and attcked?

whaqt is the calormens army like, could they have creatures in their army as mercenaries, like efreets who are based in islamic myhtology?

looking forward to ur reply
 
me=extremely confused
If Lewis didn't mention them then there is no way for us to know that they existed. The world that Lewis created is all that we can know. What ever that could exist, doesn't actually exist because Lewis didn't create it. The only question I have left is, are there any books or documents or anything other the 7 chronicals that lewis created that also described the world of narnia?
 
anything is possible within the scope of the creator, same goes for books, anything is possible within what the writer wrote.
 
There is much mentioned by Chakal that I knew next to nothing about, but I especially enjoyed his description about the war against Jadis, and the tactics involved in that battle that lasted only a few pages in the LWW, and yet with great imagination (much like what we watched in the movie) one can take to higher peaks and lower depths.

Unless I'm mistaken, I think Lewis, after publishing the Chronicles, came up with extra information concerning the world surrounding Narnia. This must no doubt explain where Chakal has got his information, but then again I may be entirely incorrect in the matter.
 
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i wonder where he got that info and if it is true

was the army that big, in the book, as well as the camp,could all of those strategies (gyrphons dropping rocks etc.) have happend but just lewis didnt explain it?

did every few memebrs of the army pitch a tent in a CAMP like in the movie?
 
I got it from a book right here in the royal library right here at Cair Paravel. I guess that makes it canon information, hmm?? ;)
 
Chakal, for one who seems to know everything about Narnia, I'm surprised that you signature claims eternity is spent in Aslans land across the sea when everyone knows its spent in the real narnia... unless both are one and the same (for which I have no bookly evidence) then you'de be correct... :mad: :D
 
I think you've got it down, my friend mejonny. This "real Narnia" and "Aslan's Country" are one in the same thing (otherwise I don't think our LB group would've come across King Frank and Queen Helen, Reepicheep, Mr. Tumnus and the like).
 
oh yeah... I REMEMBER NOW!!!
wait a second... that means the real narnia was reachable by earthly... err... narnian means (a boat). The real narnia is supposed to be an anology of heaven... so... I would think that would mean it wouldn't be reachable by anyway other than aslan but perhaps C. S. Lewis was going for an anology of perhaps a journey through life... maybe... I don't know... with the voyage of the dawn treader thing... hmm... thats a bit to think about!
 
Well, if you think about it carefully, the boat was made to turn around and go back to Narnia, and only Reepicheep was allowed entrance (and the children returned home). As for Reepicheep, it was his time to enter into the Kingdom, and it was more or less a harpazo (rapture) of sorts. But no, I don't think Lewis was conveying the idea that one could enter into "Aslan's Country" by another means.
 
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