The Last Battle: Difference between revisions
==Plot==
==Plot==
In the western regions of Narnia, the clever and greedy ape [[Shift (Narnia)|Shift]] persuades the naive donkey [[Puzzle (Narnia)|Puzzle]] to wear a lion’s skin (an echo from [[Aesop’s fables|Aesop’s]] story of [[The Ass in the Lion’s Skin]]p. 359, fn. Paul Ford. 1986. ”Companion to Narnia”. New York: Collier Books.p. 55. David Downing. 2005. ”Into the Wardrobe”. Jossey-Bass) and introduces him to the other Narnians as the Great Lion [[Aslan]]. Shift, posing as Aslan’s spokesman, uses Aslan’s name to persuade the Narnians to cut down the trees for lumber, even [[Dryad|ones that are alive]]. Shift pockets the profits and garners support from the [[Calormen]]es – led by Rishda Tarkaan – by claiming that Aslan is another name for [[Tash (Narnia)|Tash]], a bloodthirsty deity worshiped by the Calormenes. Those who question Shift’s words are invited into a large stable where “Tashlan” is said to reside, only to be stealthily murdered by one of Rishda’s men.
In the western regions of Narnia, the clever and greedy ape [[Shift (Narnia)|Shift]] persuades the naive donkey [[Puzzle (Narnia)|Puzzle]] to wear a lion’s skin (an echo from [[Aesop’s fables|Aesop’s]] story of [[The Ass in the Lion’s Skin]]p. 359, fn. Paul Ford. 1986. ”Companion to Narnia”. New York: Collier Books.p. 55. David Downing. 2005. ”Into the Wardrobe”. Jossey-Bass) and introduces him to the other Narnians as the Great Lion [[Aslan]]. Shift, posing as Aslan’s spokesman, uses Aslan’s name to persuade the Narnians to cut down the trees for lumber. Shift pockets the profits and garners support from the [[Calormen]]es – led by Rishda Tarkaan – by claiming that Aslan is another name for [[Tash (Narnia)|Tash]], a bloodthirsty deity by the Calormenes. Those who question Shift’s words are invited into a large stable where “Tashlan” is said to reside, only to be stealthily murdered by one of Rishda’s men.
King Tirian, a descendant of [[Caspian X|King Caspian X]], is warned by [[Roonwit]] the Centaur that strange and evil things are happening to Narnia and that the stars portend ominous developments. Tirian and his friend Jewel the [[Unicorn]] hear word of the death of the Dryads and rashly set out to confront the danger, instructing Roonwit to gather a small army to join them. Finding two Calormenes abusing a Narnian [[Talking animals in fiction|Talking]] Horse, Tirian and Jewel kill them both in a blind rage. Ashamed, they give themselves up to “Aslan”.
King Tirian, a descendant of [[Caspian X|King Caspian X]], is warned by [[Roonwit]] the Centaur that strange and evil things are happening to Narnia and that the stars portend ominous developments. Tirian and his friend Jewel the [[Unicorn]] hear word of the death of the and rashly set out to confront the danger, instructing Roonwit to gather a small army to join them. Finding two Calormenes abusing a Narnian [[Talking animals in fiction|Talking]] Horse, Tirian and Jewel kill them both in a blind rage. Ashamed, they give themselves up to “Aslan”.
Awaiting judgment, Tirian recognizes the farce that Shift has fabricated in league with Rishda and the Talking Cat Ginger. When he accuses Shift of lying, Tirian is tied to a tree for the night to face judgment the following morning. While the woodland creatures are sympathetic to his suffering, they cannot bring themselves to defy “Aslan”.
Awaiting judgment, Tirian recognizes the farce that Shift has fabricated in league with Rishda and the Ginger. When he accuses Shift of lying, Tirian is tied to a tree for the night to face judgment the following morning. While the woodland creatures are sympathetic to his suffering, they cannot bring themselves to defy “Aslan”.
Tirian calls upon Aslan for help, and sees High King Peter and several others in a vision having dinner on Earth. They recognize him as Narnian even though Tirian cannot speak and he wakes up after a few moments. Shortly afterwards, [[Jill Pole]] and [[Eustace Scrubb]] appear next to him. They explain that Peter and Edmund Pevensie went to London to dig up the magic rings from the old house of Professor Kirke (mentioned in [[The Magician’s Nephew|the previous story]]) in hopes that Jill and Eustace could use them to get to Narnia. After feeling a shock in their railroad car on Earth, Eustace and Jill found themselves in Narnia without ever seeing the rings. This all happened in a week on Earth despite being only a few seconds in Narnia.
Tirian calls upon Aslan for help, and sees High King Peter and several others in a vision. Shortly afterwards [[Jill Pole]] and [[Eustace Scrubb]] . They that Peter and Edmund Pevensie went to London to dig up the magic rings from the old house of Professor Kirke (mentioned in [[The Magician’s Nephew|the previous story]]) in…