Narnian ChroniclesA local companion
Place

Archenland

Also known as Archenlanders

A mountain kingdom immediately south of Narnia and its longstanding ally. Anvard is its royal seat, and the northern pass is a vital route between the realms.

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In the chronicles

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The Magician's Nephew4 cited passages⌄
  1. Chapter XI · paragraph 76…be blessed, and some will be Kings of Narnia, and others will be Kings of Archenland which lies yonder over the Southern Mountains. And you, little Daughter (here he turned to Polly) are welcome. …Open passage →
  2. Chapter XII · paragraph 32"That'll be where Archenland is," said Polly.Open passage →
  3. Chapter XIV · paragraph 22…father and mother of many kings that shall be in Narnia and the Isles and Archenland. Be just and merciful and brave. The blessing is upon you."Open passage →
  4. Chapter XV · paragraph 32…heir children lived happily in Narnia and their second son became King of Archenland. The boys married nymphs and the girls married wood-gods and river-gods. The lamp-post which the Witch had plan…Open passage →
The Horse and His Boy19 cited passages⌄
  1. Chapter I · paragraph 28…l at the time. My mother warned me not to range the southern slopes, into Archenland and beyond, but I wouldn't heed her. And by the Lion's Mane I have paid for my folly. All these years I have be…Open passage →
  2. Chapter IV · paragraph 32…ght pass for a boy's frolic with some spirit in it. But the king's son of Archenland should avouch his deed: not hang his head like a Calormene slave."Open passage →
  3. Chapter IV · paragraph 35…f I came home without thee? Would have been a cause almost of war between Archenland and Narnia which are friends time out of mind. It was naught, playmate, very naught of thee to use us so."Open passage →
  4. Chapter V · paragraph 12…asion against us. Most likely he hopes to make one mouthful of Narnia and Archenland both."Open passage →
  5. Chapter V · paragraph 15…roc goes by the great oasis he can never lead a great army across it into Archenland. For though they could reach the oasis by the end of their first day's march, yet the springs there would be to…Open passage →
  6. Chapter VIII · paragraph 24…second morning I shall be at the gates of King Lune's castle of Anvard in Archenland. They are at peace with us and unprepared and I shall take Anvard before they have bestirred themselves. Then I…Open passage →
  7. Chapter VIII · paragraph 54…with the glory and strength of my throne. If the Prince succeeds, we have Archenland, and perhaps hereafter Narnia. If he fails--I have eighteen other sons and Rabadash, after the manner of the el…Open passage →
  8. Chapter IX · paragraph 61"But we're not in Archenland yet," said Aravis. "And we've got to get there before Rabadash."Open passage →
  9. Chapter X · paragraph 1…ntain range sank to a wooded saddle which of course must be the pass from Archenland into Narnia.Open passage →
  10. Chapter X · paragraph 4"Friends, we are in Archenland!" said Bree proudly as he splashed and churned his way out on the northern bank. "I think that river we've just…Open passage →
  11. Chapter XI · paragraph 30…Cair Paravel and the Western Waste. But we are not yet in Narnia. Here in Archenland it is another thing. In the assault on this castle of King Lune's, nothing matters but speed. Show your mettle.…Open passage →
  12. Chapter XII · paragraph 4"I see," said Shasta to himself. "Those are the big mountains between Archenland and Narnia. I was on the other side of them yesterday. I must have come through the pass in the night. What luc…Open passage →
  13. Chapter XII · paragraph 12"I've come over the mountains--from Archenland, you know."Open passage →
  14. Chapter XIII · paragraph 9…al lower they reached more open ground and from here Shasta could see all Archenland, blue and hazy, spread out below him and even (he thought) a hint of the desert beyond it. But the sun, which h…Open passage →
  15. Chapter XIII · paragraph 20…pool, even to eat or drink, for he knew that great events were on foot in Archenland. Aravis and the Horses gazed into it too. They could see it was a magic pool: instead of reflecting the tree an…Open passage →
  16. Chapter XIV · paragraph 43"His Royal Highness Prince Cor of Archenland," said a voice from outside.Open passage →
  17. Chapter XIV · paragraph 46"His Royal Highness Prince Cor of Archenland desires an audience of the Lady Aravis," said the Herald. Then he and the trumpeter drew aside and bowed and th…Open passage →
  18. Chapter XV · paragraph 31…the moment you give the word. The grimaces didn't look at all alarming in Archenland; indeed Lucy only thought Rabadash was going to be sick.Open passage →
  19. Chapter XV · paragraph 62…veniently. And after King Lune's death they made a good King and Queen of Archenland and Ram the Great, the most famous of all the kings of Archenland, was their son. Bree and Hwin lived happily t…Open passage →
Prince Caspian2 cited passages⌄
  1. Chapter V · paragraph 30… once. Try to get across the southern border to the court of King Nain of Archenland. He will be good to you."Open passage →
  2. Chapter VI · paragraph 1…to their sunny southern slopes where one looked across the green wolds of Archenland.Open passage →
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader2 cited passages⌄
  1. Chapter VI · paragraph 1…ng over a fire. Caspian had ordered a cask of wine ashore, strong wine of Archenland which had to be mixed with water before you drank it, so there would be plenty for all. The work had gone well …Open passage →
  2. Chapter X · paragraph 20…y. After that it turned from tournaments to real wars, and all Narnia and Archenland, Telmar and Calormen, Galma and Terebinthia, were laid waste with the fury of the kings and dukes and great lor…Open passage →
The Silver Chair1 cited passage⌄
  1. Chapter XIII · paragraph 36… as he rode, and sang snatches of an old song about Corin Thunder-fist of Archenland. The truth is, he was so glad at being free from his long enchantment that all dangers seemed a game in compari…Open passage →
The Last Battle6 cited passages⌄
  1. Chapter II · paragraph 56… bearded men from Calormen, that great and cruel country that lies beyond Archenland across the desert to the south. There was no reason, of course, why one should not meet a Calormene or two in N…Open passage →
  2. Chapter IX · paragraph 9…d them away) he next wanted them to go across the southern mountains into Archenland where they might possibly be safe. But they didn't know their way and there was no one to send with them. Also,…Open passage →
  3. Chapter IX · paragraph 34…nd they might gradually get stronger and stronger, for Talking Beasts and Archenlanders would be joining them every day. And at last they'd come out of hiding and sweep the Calormenes (who would have…Open passage →
  4. Chapter XIV · paragraph 10…ures--Talking Beasts, Dwarfs, Satyrs, Fauns, Giants, Calormenes, men from Archenland, Monopods, and strange unearthly things from the remote islands or the unknown Western lands. And all these ran…Open passage →
  5. Chapter XV · paragraph 28… Look, there's Mount Pire with his forked head, and there's the pass into Archenland and everything!"Open passage →
  6. Chapter XVI · paragraph 30…great War of Deliverance. And then from another side came Cor the King of Archenland with King Lune, his father, and his wife, Queen Aravis and the brave prince, Corin Thunder-Fist, his brother an…Open passage →
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PlaceAnvard

The castle and royal seat of Archenland.

→CharacterKing Lune

The genial King of Archenland and father of the twins Cor and Corin.

→PlaceNarnia

The central country of the chronicles, created by Aslan and inhabited by humans, Talking Beasts, Dwarfs, Fauns, centaurs, and many other peoples.

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