Post by Susan the Gentle on May 19, 2008 15:38:54 GMT -5
Narnia remained at peace for hundreds of years after its creation, until Jadis the Witch-Queen returned as the White Witch. She conquered Narnia and reigned as a tyrant, using her wand to turn anyone who crossed her into stone. With her magic she covered the land in perpetual ice and snow, making it "always winter and never Christmas." Though she claimed to be Queen of Narnia and Chatelaine of Cair Paravel, Jadis ruled from her own fortress in the north, where her halls were lined with Narnians she had turned to stone.
By this time humans had died out in Narnia, or had been driven out; though humans remained in Archenland and Calormen. Jadis feared a prophecy that "when Adam's flesh and Adam's bone sit at Cair Paravel in throne, the evil time will be over and done." Her spies were thus always watching for human intruders. A hundred years into the endless winter, Lucy Pevensie entered Narnia and was befriended by Tumnus the faun, and Lucy and her siblings managed to reach Aslan before Jadis could kill them. Under Aslan's influence the Witch's spells were broken and the winter came to an end. Aslan restored the Narnians the Witch had turned into stone, and killed the Witch herself at the Battle of Beruna.
By this time humans had died out in Narnia, or had been driven out; though humans remained in Archenland and Calormen. Jadis feared a prophecy that "when Adam's flesh and Adam's bone sit at Cair Paravel in throne, the evil time will be over and done." Her spies were thus always watching for human intruders. A hundred years into the endless winter, Lucy Pevensie entered Narnia and was befriended by Tumnus the faun, and Lucy and her siblings managed to reach Aslan before Jadis could kill them. Under Aslan's influence the Witch's spells were broken and the winter came to an end. Aslan restored the Narnians the Witch had turned into stone, and killed the Witch herself at the Battle of Beruna.
