Poggin
Also known as Poggin the Dwarf
A Dwarf who rejects his people’s withdrawal from the final struggle and remains loyal to Tirian. He brings important news about the stable and the Calormene plan.
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The Last Battle15 cited passages⌄
- Chapter VII · paragraph 45
"Only me, Sire," came a voice. "Me, Poggin the Dwarf. I've only just managed to get away from the others. I'm on your side, Sire: and on Aslan's. If you can put a D…
Open passage → - Chapter VII · paragraph 48
… their size about the toughest and strongest creatures there are, so that Poggin, in spite of a heavy day and a late night, woke fully refreshed before any of the others. He at once took Jill'…
Open passage → - Chapter VIII · paragraph 22
…d them Puzzle. And there were the Calormene soldiers to be reckoned with. Poggin thought there were about thirty of them. Tirian felt sure that if the Narnians all rallied to his side, he and …
Open passage → - Chapter VIII · paragraph 23
And then, as Poggin pointed out, there was no harm in leaving the Ape to deal with his own difficulties for a day or two. He would …
Open passage → - Chapter IX · paragraph 9
…ey didn't know their way and there was no one to send with them. Also, as Poggin said, once the Calormenes had Narnia they would certainly take Archenland in the next week or so: the Tisroc ha…
Open passage → - Chapter IX · paragraph 10
…those horrible midnight meetings. And Calormenes are never good woodsmen. Poggin thought that even by daylight they could easily get round to somewhere behind the stable without being seen. Th…
Open passage → - Chapter X · paragraph 26
"Mark their subtleties, Sire," said Poggin to the King. "This curst cat is in the plot, in the very centre of it. Whatever is in the Stable will not hurt …
Open passage → - Chapter X · paragraph 31
"I'd give my beard," whispered Poggin, "to know whether that brute is only acting or whether it has really found something in there that frightened i…
Open passage → - Chapter XI · paragraph 3
…uff of the neck, and dashed back to the Stable shouting, "Open the door!" Poggin opened it. "Go and drink your own medicine, Shift!" said Tirian and hurled the Ape through into the darkness. B…
Open passage → - Chapter XI · paragraph 15
…try to shoot all you may before they reach us. Boar and Bear next to her. Poggin on my left, Eustace on my right. Hold the right wing, Jewel. Stand by him, Puzzle, and use your hoofs. Hover an…
Open passage → - Chapter XII · paragraph 5
"'Ware arrows," said Poggin suddenly.
Open passage → - Chapter XII · paragraph 17
…trickle of water coming down the rock and all had drunk eagerly--Jill and Poggin and the King in their hands, while the four-footed ones lapped from the little pool which it had made at the fo…
Open passage → - Chapter XIV · paragraph 12
…e good Bear and Farsight the Eagle, and the dear Dogs and the Horses, and Poggin the Dwarf.
Open passage → - Chapter XIV · paragraph 13
…g he understood very well. But the Dogs remained, wagging their tails and Poggin remained, shaking hands with everyone and grinning all over his honest face. And Jewel leaned his snowy white h…
Open passage → - Chapter XV · paragraph 40
… only the Dogs and the humans but even fat little Puzzle and short-legged Poggin the Dwarf. The air flew in their faces as if they were driving fast in a car without a windscreen. The country flew past …
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