Character

Edmund Pevensie

Also known as Edmund, King Edmund, Edmund the Just

A Pevensie sibling whose betrayal of the others is followed by rescue, reconciliation, and lasting courage. As King Edmund the Just, his clear judgment becomes one of his defining qualities.

This encyclopedia follows the whole story. Plot details from all seven chronicles may appear below.

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In the chronicles

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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe26 cited passages⌄

Chapter I · paragraph 1Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. This story is about something that happened to them when they were sent away from London during the w…Open passage →
Chapter I · paragraph 5"Oh, come off it!" said Edmund, who was tired and pretending not to be tired, which always made him bad-tempered. "Don't go on talking like th…Open passage →
Chapter III · paragraph 8"Batty!" said Edmund tapping his head. "Quite batty."Open passage →
Chapter III · paragraph 21…r very unhappy. The two elder ones did this without meaning to do it, but Edmund could be spiteful, and on this occasion he was spiteful. He sneered and jeered at Lucy and kept on asking her i…Open passage →
Chapter IV · paragraph 2"No, your Majesty," said Edmund, "I never had a beard, I'm a boy."Open passage →
Chapter IV · paragraph 4Edmund stood still, saying nothing. He was too confused by this time to understand what the question meant.Open passage →
Chapter V · paragraph 1Because the game of hide-and-seek was still going on, it took Edmund and Lucy some time to find the others. But when at last they were all together (which happened in the long room…Open passage →
Chapter V · paragraph 2"Peter! Susan! It's all true. Edmund has seen it too. There is a country you can get to through the wardrobe. Edmund and I both got in. We met one a…Open passage →
Chapter VI · paragraph 2"And what a filthy smell of camphor!" said Edmund.Open passage →
Chapter VI · paragraph 7"Let's get out," said Edmund, "they've gone."Open passage →
Chapter VII · paragraph 2"And now what are we to do?" said Edmund, giving Peter a look which was as much as to say "What did I tell you?"Open passage →
Chapter VII · paragraph 11…gh nobody said it out loud, everyone suddenly realised the same fact that Edmund had whispered to Peter at the end of the last chapter. They were lost.Open passage →
Chapter VIII · paragraph 16"She won't turn him into stone too?" said Edmund.Open passage →
Chapter VIII · paragraph 45"I say--where's Edmund?"Open passage →
Chapter IX · paragraph 1And now of course you want to know what had happened to Edmund. He had eaten his share of the dinner, but he hadn't really enjoyed it because he was thinking all the time abo…Open passage →
Chapter IX · paragraph 2…r. Beaver had been repeating the rhyme about Adam's flesh and Adam's bone Edmund had been very quietly turning the door handle; and just before Mr. Beaver had begun telling them that the White…Open passage →
Chapter XI · paragraph 1Edmund meanwhile had been having a most disappointing time. When the Dwarf had gone to get the sledge ready he expecte…Open passage →
Chapter XI · paragraph 3"Take it away," said Edmund sulkily. "I don't want dry bread." But the Witch suddenly turned on him with such a terrible expression on her …Open passage →
Chapter XII · paragraph 2They had been just as surprised as Edmund when they saw the winter vanishing and the whole wood passing in a few hours or so from January to May. They ha…Open passage →
Chapter XII · paragraph 21"Please--Aslan," said Lucy, "can anything be done to save Edmund?"Open passage →
Chapter XIII · paragraph 1Now we must go back to Edmund. When he had been made to walk far further than he had ever known that anybody could walk, the Witch at last ha…Open passage →
Chapter XIII · paragraph 8…t it might be better," said the Dwarf, "to keep this one" (here he kicked Edmund) "for bargaining with."Open passage →
Chapter XIV · paragraph 52… bared her arms as she had bared them the previous night when it had been Edmund instead of Aslan. Then she began to whet her knife. It looked to the children, when the gleam of the torchlight…Open passage →
Chapter XVI · paragraph 35…f the narrow valley and at once she saw the reason. There stood Peter and Edmund and all the rest of Aslan's army fighting desperately against the crowd of horrible creatures whom she had seen…Open passage →
Chapter XVII · paragraph 2"It was all Edmund's doing, Aslan," Peter was saying. "We'd have been beaten if it hadn't been for him. The Witch was-turning our …Open passage →
Chapter XVII · paragraph 3They found Edmund in charge of Mrs. Beaver a little way back from the fighting line. He was covered with blood, his mouth was ope…Open passage →

The Horse and His Boy11 cited passages⌄

Chapter IV · paragraph 40"Your Majesties! Queen Susan! King Edmund!" said a voice: and when Shasta turned to look at the speaker he nearly jumped out of his skin with surprise. F…Open passage →
Chapter IV · paragraph 48"That was my folly, Edmund," said Queen Susan, "of which I cry you mercy. Yet when he was with us in Narnia, truly this Prince bore himsel…Open passage →
Chapter V · paragraph 1"My dear sister and very good Lady," said King Edmund, "you must now show your courage. For I tell you plainly we are in no small danger."Open passage →
Chapter V · paragraph 2"What is it, Edmund?" asked the Queen.Open passage →
Chapter VIII · paragraph 25…able, O my son," said the Tisroc, "that at the taking of the woman either King Edmund or you will lose his life?"Open passage →
Chapter XII · paragraph 42…st, two on great chargers and one on a pony. The two on the chargers were King Edmund and a fair-haired lady with a very merry face who wore a helmet and mail shirt and carried a bow across her sho…Open passage →
Chapter XII · paragraph 43…d Queen reached the cottage and the Dwarfs began making low bows to them, King Edmund called out,Open passage →
Chapter XIII · paragraph 1… right at the rear with the Giants immediately in front of them. Lucy and Edmund and Peridan were busy with their plans for the battle and though Lucy once said, "But where is his goosecap Hig…Open passage →
Chapter XIII · paragraph 14"Why doesn't King Edmund get on?" he said. "I can't stand this waiting about. Chilly too."Open passage →
Chapter XV · paragraph 11Lucy was sitting on the King's right and Aravis on his left. King Edmund sat at one end of the table and the Lord Darrin faced him at the other. Dar and Peridan and Cor and Corin were …Open passage →
Chapter XV · paragraph 13"It is very true," said Edmund. "But even a traitor may mend. I have known one that did." And he looked very thoughtful.Open passage →

Prince Caspian24 cited passages⌄

Chapter I · paragraph 1Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, and it has been told in another book called The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe how they had a remar…Open passage →
Chapter I · paragraph 4"What's up, Lu?" said Edmund--and then suddenly broke off and made a noise like "Ow!"Open passage →
Chapter II · paragraph 3"Ages ago, by the look of it," said Edmund.Open passage →
Chapter II · paragraph 12"But unfortunately without the feast," said Edmund. "It's getting late, you know. Look how long the shadows are. And have you noticed that it isn't so hot?"Open passage →
Chapter III · paragraph 1…glorious morning, there did not seem to be anything else nice to be said. Edmund said what everyone was feeling, "We've simply got to get off this island."Open passage →
Chapter III · paragraph 3"We'll have to swim," said Edmund.Open passage →
Chapter IV · paragraph 13…made Kings and Queens of Narnia, and their names were Peter and Susan and Edmund and Lucy. And so they reigned for ever so long and everyone had a lovely time, and it was all because of Aslan-…Open passage →
Chapter V · paragraph 34…elp--no one can say how strange. It may have power to call Queen Lucy and King Edmund and Queen Susan and the High King Peter back from the past, and they will set all to rights. It may be that it …Open passage →
Chapter VIII · paragraph 2"What time was it?" asked Edmund.Open passage →
Chapter VIII · paragraph 10"And now we know what it feels like for the Jinn," said Edmund with a chuckle. "Golly! It's a bit uncomfortable to know that we can be whistled for like that. It's worse than…Open passage →
Chapter IX · paragraph 17"Oh, don't take any notice of her," said Edmund. "She always is a wet blanket. You've got that pocket compass of yours, Peter, haven't you? Well, then, we're a…Open passage →
Chapter IX · paragraph 21"That's the worst of girls," said Edmund to Peter and the Dwarf. "They never can carry a map in their heads."Open passage →
Chapter X · paragraph 11"By Jove," said Edmund. "We fought the Battle of Beruna just where that town is!"Open passage →
Chapter X · paragraph 12…rious victory, not to mention a kingdom, hundreds of years ago. Peter and Edmund were soon so busy talking about the battle that they forgot their sore feet and the heavy drag of their mail sh…Open passage →
Chapter XI · paragraph 6"I'll go with her, if she must go," said Edmund. "She's been right before."Open passage →
Chapter XI · paragraph 11"Oh, come on," growled Edmund. "We've got to go. There'll be no peace till we do." He fully intended to back Lucy up, but he was annoyed at l…Open passage →
Chapter XII · paragraph 1…und, and two sentinel badgers (the white patches on their cheeks were all Edmund could see of them) leaped up with bared teeth and asked them in snarling voices, "Who goes there?"Open passage →
Chapter XII · paragraph 7"I say, Peter," whispered Edmund. "Look at those carvings on the walls. Don't they look old? And yet we're older than that. When we were last he…Open passage →
Chapter XIII · paragraph 14…have sent these letters by the hand of our well beloved and royal brother Edmund, sometime King under us in Narnia, Duke of Lantern Waste and Count of the Western March, Knight of the Noble Or…Open passage →
Chapter XIII · paragraph 15… said Peter, drawing a deep breath. "And now we must send two others with King Edmund. I think the Giant ought to be one."Open passage →
Chapter XIV · paragraph 1…lmarine baron who faced him on the left. Peter had just shaken hands with Edmund and the Doctor, and was now walking down to the combat. It was like the moment before the pistol goes at an imp…Open passage →
Chapter XIV · paragraph 8"Well done, Peter, oh, well done!" shouted Edmund as he saw Miraz reel back a whole pace and a half. "Follow it up, quick!" And Peter did, and for a few seconds …Open passage →
Chapter XV · paragraph 24…at looked almost exactly like chocolate; so like chocolate, in fact, that Edmund tried a piece of it, but he did not find it at all nice. When the rich loam had taken the edge off their hunger…Open passage →
Chapter XV · paragraph 48"Come on," said Peter suddenly to Edmund and Lucy. "Our time's up."Open passage →

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader29 cited passages⌄

Chapter I · paragraph 3Eustace Clarence disliked his cousins the four Pevensies, Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy. But he was quite glad when he heard that Edmund and Lucy were coming to stay. For deep down inside hi…Open passage →
Chapter I · paragraph 4Edmund and Lucy did not at all want to come and stay with Uncle Harold and Aunt Alberta. But it really couldn't be hel…Open passage →
Chapter II · paragraph 2…one knee and kissed her hand. The only others present were Reepicheep and Edmund.Open passage →
Chapter II · paragraph 4"In bed," said Edmund, "and I don't think we can do anything for him. It only makes him worse if you try to be nice to him."Open passage →
Chapter III · paragraph 2…attering down the ladder and raced forward. As she went she was joined by Edmund, and they found Caspian, Drinian and Reepicheep already on the forecastle. It was a coldish morning, the sky ve…Open passage →
Chapter III · paragraph 3"Same old Felimath! Same old Doorn," said Lucy, clapping her hands. "Oh--Edmund, how long it is since you and I saw them last!"Open passage →
Chapter V · paragraph 8…f one was with decent people instead of fiends in human form. Caspian and Edmund are simply brutal to me. The night we lost our mast (there's only a stump left now), though I was not at all we…Open passage →
Chapter V · paragraph 10…ed to make up to me by offering me some of hers but that interfering prig Edmund wouldn't let her. Pretty hot sun. Terribly thirsty all evening.Open passage →
Chapter VI · paragraph 1…so far and it was a merry meal. Only after the second helping of goat did Edmund say, "Where's that blighter Eustace?"Open passage →
Chapter VI · paragraph 6Something was crawling. Worse still, something was coming out. Edmund or Lucy or you would have recognised it at once, but Eustace had read none of the right books. The thing that c…Open passage →
Chapter VII · paragraph 1"Look at what?" said Edmund.Open passage →
Chapter VII · paragraph 7"It needn't be either," said Edmund. "All dragons collect gold. But I think it's a safe guess that Octesian got no further than this island."Open passage →
Chapter VIII · paragraph 3"Or the dragon's," said Edmund.Open passage →
Chapter VIII · paragraph 5…eep and began to get rather like his old and disagreeable self again, and Edmund said he wished they could have gone to America with Susan. Then Lucy looked out of the stern windows and said:Open passage →
Chapter IX · paragraph 23"You've no idea what sort of creatures they are, Lu?" asked Edmund.Open passage →
Chapter IX · paragraph 34"I really think Reep is in the right this time," said Edmund.Open passage →
Chapter X · paragraph 2…inning to feel very inquisitive about these people," whispered Eustace to Edmund. "Do you think they're human at all? More like huge grasshoppers or giant frogs, I should say."Open passage →
Chapter X · paragraph 3"It does look like it," said Edmund. "But don't put the idea of the grasshoppers into Lucy's head. She's not too keen on insects; specially big one…Open passage →
Chapter XI · paragraph 52… stairs which she had come up so nervously that morning and cannoned into Edmund at the bottom. All the others were there with him waiting, and Lucy's conscience smote her when she saw their a…Open passage →
Chapter XII · paragraph 1…heep played a good deal of chess at this time. Then on the thirteenth day Edmund, from the fighting-top, sighted what looked like a great dark mountain rising out of the sea on their port bow.Open passage →
Chapter XII · paragraph 8"I almost think he is," said Edmund.Open passage →
Chapter XIII · paragraph 2…smell came from it--what Lucy called "a dim, purple kind of smell", which Edmund said (and Rhince thought) was rot, but Caspian said, "I know what you mean."Open passage →
Chapter XIII · paragraph 4…was fine springy turf dotted here and there with a low bushy growth which Edmund and Lucy took for heather. Eustace, who was really rather good at botany, said it wasn't, and he was probably r…Open passage →
Chapter XIV · paragraph 3…he table was far beyond any morning brightness they had ever seen. And as Edmund said afterwards, "Though lots of things happened on that trip which sound more exciting, that moment was really…Open passage →
Chapter XIV · paragraph 16"Golly," said Edmund under his breath. "He's a retired star."Open passage →
Chapter XV · paragraph 11…ds when she was back in England and talked all these adventures over with Edmund, they thought of a reason and I am pretty sure it is the true one. In the sea, the deeper you go, the darker an…Open passage →
Chapter XV · paragraph 18…gone "dead" from leaning so long on the rail in one position. Drinian and Edmund were beside her.Open passage →
Chapter XVI · paragraph 20"What's he going to do?" whispered Eustace to Edmund. "There's a queer look in his eyes."Open passage →
Chapter XVI · paragraph 21"I think we probably all look the same," said Edmund.Open passage →

The Last Battle11 cited passages⌄

Chapter V · paragraph 25… how to get at them. You'll never guess what we did in the end! Peter and Edmund--that's the High King Peter, the one who spoke to you--went up to London to get into the garden from the back, …Open passage →
Chapter V · paragraph 29… Jill. "But we don't think he can use them. When the two other Pevensies--King Edmund and Queen Lucy--were last here, Aslan said they would never come to Narnia again. And he said something of the …Open passage →
Chapter XII · paragraph 49…er his breast and whose face was full of wisdom. "And this is my brother, king Edmund: and this my sister, the Queen Lucy."Open passage →
Chapter XIII · paragraph 7"There's not much to tell," said Peter. "Edmund and I were standing on the platform and we saw your train coming in. I remember thinking it was taking the bend…Open passage →
Chapter XIII · paragraph 9"I mean my Father and Mother--Edmund's and Lucy's and mine."Open passage →
Chapter XIV · paragraph 5…ry roof of the sky as you might call it. "Perhaps it is a cloud," thought Edmund. At any rate, there were no stars there: just blackness. But all around, the downpour of stars went on. And the…Open passage →
Chapter XIV · paragraph 7…world are not the great flaming globes they are in ours. They are people (Edmund and Lucy had once met one). So now they found showers of glittering people, all with long hair like burning sil…Open passage →
Chapter XV · paragraph 25"If you ask me," said Edmund, "Its like somewhere in the Narnian world. Look at those mountains ahead--and the big ice-mountains beyond them…Open passage →
Chapter XV · paragraph 28"Like!" cried Edmund after a moment's silence. "Why they're exactly like. Look, there's Mount Pire with his forked head, and there's…Open passage →
Chapter XVI · paragraph 8"This is absolutely crazy," said Eustace to Edmund.Open passage →
Chapter XVI · paragraph 9"I know. And yet----" said Edmund.Open passage →