Lucy Pevensie

Lucy Pevensie (1932-1949) was the youngest of the four Pevensie children and was the first one to discover Narnia through the wardrobe. Although none of her siblings believed her, Lucy went there several times before the rest of them came, finally realizing she was telling the truth all along. She was crowned as "Queen Lucy The Valiant" at Cair Paravel. Lucy was the most faithful of the four and never stopped believing in Narnia, and along with her brothers Peter and Edmund, died in a train crash in England were transported to Aslan's Country with the other Narnians.

Childhood
Lucy Pevensie was born in 1932, the fourth of four children. She grew up in London with her mother, father, eldest brother Peter, sister Susan, and brother Edmund. In 1940, World War II began, and Lucy and her siblings were evacuated from London for their safety, taking up a temporary residence in the country manor of an old man known as Professor Kirke.

Winter Rebellion
While staying at the house of Professor Kirke, Lucy discovered a spare room containing a wardrobe. Upon entering the wardrobe, she soon found herself in a snowy wood, where she soon encountered a lamppost, and then a faun, who introduced himself as Mr. Tumnus. Mr. Tumnus explained to Lucy that she had come into the magical realm of Narnia, and invited her to join him for tea. During her stay in his house, Tumnus attempted to use an enchantment on Lucy, which she shook off. At her insistence that she return home, he became distressed and admitted to her that he was in the service of an evil-witch Queen who had cast an eternal winter over Narnia, and commanded Tumnus to kidnap all humans in the land. Horrified, Lucy pleaded for her freedom, and Mr. Tumnus mercifully relented, helping her back to the lamppost and promising to tell no one of her visit. Lucy returned to England and attempted to tell her siblings about her adventure, only to be met with open disbelief. Unable to prove her story, Lucy stopped speaking about it. Days later, however, she succeeded in stumbling into Narnia again. After a visit to Mr. Tumnus, she was reassured that no one had found out of his saving her, and that he was safe. Departing, she found her brother Edmund wandering in the woods, having followed her through the wardrobe. Later, she tried to tell Peter and Susan of their adventure, but Edmund refused to back her up, and instead mocked her baby-story, much to her distress.

Several days later, all four children together crossed the wardrobe into Narnia, prompting sincere apologies from Susan and Peter. Both were annoyed with Edmund and his dishonesty, and agreed to go and see Mr. Tumnus. Upon arriving at his home, however, Lucy was horrified to find that he had been arrested by the Queen for helping her. Peter and Susan reluctantly agreed to remain and help him in what way they could, after which all four children were led into the woods, where they were met by a talking Beaver.

The Beaver, who also opposed the witch-queen Jadis, told them that Tumnus had been arrested and was being held at the White Witch's castle. He described the horrors that were likely being done to them, but offered hope by telling of the true king of Narnia, called Aslan. Aslan, he told them, had promised his people that four future kings and queens were coming who would defeat the Witch and take her place. He promised also that when these four came, Aslan would come to Narnia as well, and the Long Winter of the Witch would end.

In the midst of their dinner, the Beavers and the Pevensies were startled to realize that Edmund had disappeared. Mr. Beaver lamented that Edmund had gone to betray them to the Witch. Edmund's siblings unhappily concluded that on his first visit to Narnia, he had met with the Witch and been won over to her side by deception or magic. They immediately fled to meet Aslan and his army. On their way, they met with Father Christmas, who greeted them as princes and princesses, and gave them each gifts. For Lucy, a magical cordial that could heal any injury instantly, and a small dagger.

After a long journey, the five reached the Stone Table, the site of Aslan's camp. There, Aslan greeted the Pevensies as the future king and queens of Narnia, and was very grave at the news of their brother's betrayal. Lucy and Susan were sent away to rest and refresh themselves. While alone with several ladies-in-waiting, the sisters were attacked by a wolf (in the service of the Witch). Lucy and many of the others managed to run away as Peter, Aslan, and many soldiers arrived to rescue them. Though the first wolf was slain by Peter, a second one escaped, and was followed by several Narnian soldiers.

The next morning, the soldiers returned, bringing Edmund from the enemy's camp. Lucy welcomed him back and forgave him easily for his treachery. Later that day, however, Aslan recieved a visit from the Witch, who called upon an ancient law that gave her a right to Edmund's blood. Lucy waited in fear as Aslan debated privately with the Witch, and was overjoyed when the Witch renounced her right to kill Edmund. She was, however, one of the first to notice that afterwards, Aslan had become very despondent.

That night, camp was moved from the Stone Table to the Fords of Beruna. Aslan's behavior affected her so strongly that she and Susan were unable to sleep. Sneaking out of their pavilion, the two of them found Aslan leaving the camp, and followed him. In time he stopped, aware of their presence, and allowed them to walk with him and comfort him. Several times he stumbled or began to weep, and at long last, stopped and ordered them to remain hidden.

Both princesses did so, hiding in the bushes and watching as he proceeded up to the Stone Table itself, where they saw the Witch Witch and all her army gathered. The sisters witnessed Aslan give himself up to be, tortured, mocked, and killed, both of them weeping as they watched. After the Witch's triumphant departure, both girls went to Aslan's body and remained with him all night, weeping and untying his bonds.

At dawn, both sisters faced into the east until they heard a crack behind them and turned to find the Stone Table broken in two and Aslan's body gone. A moment later, both were overjoyed to find Aslan alive again by a Deeper Magic. The three celebrated, and Aslan bade both girls climb onto his back, upon whch he carried them with all speed to the White Witch's Castle. There, they found many victims and prisoners of the Witch, including Mr. Tumnus, all of whom were freed. Aslan then led the creatures to join the battle in which Peter and the army were already engaged.

Lucy fought briefly in this battle, and quickly rushed to the sidelines to find Edmund gravely wounded. Using her magic cordial, she healed him at once and then witnessed his knighting. Later, she took to healing many wounded soldiers. The next day, at the royal castle of Cair Paravel, Lucy and her siblings were crowned the Kings and Queens of Narnia, thus fulfilling the ancient prophecy and officially ending the White Witch's reign. This took place in spring of 1000 NT.

Golden Age of Narnia
The four-part reign lasted fifteen years, and was known as the Golden Age of Narnia. Lucy grew up to become a sweet and beloved queen, dubbed 'Queen Lucy the Valiant' by her people. Not only a lovely lady and an accomplished queen, she was also a fierce warrior, known to ride into battle in times of need. She remained close friends with Mr. Tumnus.

In 1014, Narnia's ally of Archenland was under attack. Lucy rode with her brother King Edmund to wage battle for their defense, and helped to win the day. In 1015 NT, Mr. Tumnus brought the news that the magical White Stag had returned to Narnia. Lucy and her siblings set out on a hunt, in the course of which they got lost in the woods. Stumbling through the woods, they found themselves in England again, back on the other side of the magic wardrobe.

1940-1941
One English year after the events with the White Witch, the four Pevensies were waiting for a train to come and take them back to school after the summer holidays when they felt a strange pull, and looked around to find themselves no longer on the platform. Instead they were on a strange beach, next to a forest, on what they soon found by following the water to be an island. Having no way to get off of it, the four of them traveled farther inland, and soon found the ruin of an old castle. It was not too long after this that Edmund found a gold chess man with one ruby eye - the second one had fallen out that Lucy and the others realized that this was the ruin of their castle, at Cair Paravel. As Narnian time moves differently than the time in our world, while the children were all only one year older, approximately 1300 years had passed in Narnia.

A few days later the children happened to be near the river that divided the island and the ruin from the mainland when a shout drew their attention in that direction. Out on the river there were two men in a boat, with a dwarf. The men were beating the dwarf up, and spoke of throwing him overboard, still tied. The children - except for Edmund, who had not been present - had found their gifts from Father Christmas and Susan used her bow to shoot an arrow at one of the men. (While Susan's bow and quiver had been with the other gifts, her horn was missing). The other man jumped ship and the children lost no time in getting the boat to shore and untying the dwarf.

The dwarf's name was Trumpkin, and once Peter questioned him he told the children the whole story of a boy called Caspian. It was Caspian who had Susan's horn, and he had blown it, hoping for help to come, at just the same time as the Pevensies had been pulled away from the railway station. The children realized this during Trumpkin's story, and Lucy thought by the end of it that he was rather dim for not guessing who they were. He didn't believe them at first, but when Peter beat him in a match, and Susan beat him in a shooting contest and Lucy used her cordial to heal his hand, he came around quickly enough, and soon after he began to lead them to Caspian and his army. When Trumpkin had left them, they had been camped inside Aslan's How, a system of hallways and rooms built into a hill that had formed itself around the Stone Table.

"That's the worst of girls. They never carry a map in their heads." "That's because our heads have something in them."

- Peter and Lucy

The journey to Aslan's How had barely begun when Lucy was chased by a bear - a dumb bear of course, and not a Talking one - which Trumpkin shot down just before it reached her. Though Peter and the dwarf disagreed about the quickest way to the How, they followed Peter, who found the river Rush where he expected it to be...but deep inside a gorge, with no apparent way across. Just when the two of them had decided to follow the gorge north until it met the Great River and a place where they could cross, Lucy saw Aslan on the other side. The others, however, did not, and Trumpkin didn't think that it was even Aslan who she saw. Upon voting, Edmund sided with Lucy, on account of not believing her about Narnia back when they had first found it a year before; but the others all chose Trumpkin's way, and up the gorge they went. Not long after there was a run in with a Telmarine outpost, forcing them to go back the way they had come. "I suppose we'll have to go right up the gorge again now." "Lu, you're a hero. That's the nearest you've got today to saying I told you so."

- Lucy and Peter

Lucy woke up during the night and made her way through the nearby trees, finding Aslan there in the clearing. Aslan told her that when the others didn't believe her, she should have followed him alone. He told her to follow him now, to wake the others and tell then that he was there. The catch was, however, that none of the others could see the Lion. Peter agreed to follow - in his sleep. Susan told Lucy she had only been dreaming, and Edmund at first thought that she was seeing things. When she explained that he had said they would not be able to see him, Ed believed her and helped her to wake the others.

Only Edmund wanted to go with her, but Lucy insisted she would go whether they came with her or not, and Peter finally agreed.

Edmund was the first to be able to see Aslan as well, and when Peter finally could he did nothing but apologize. Aslan sent Peter, Edmund and Trumpkin to the How to help the others, but Lucy stayed with Susan, with the Lion.

Main article:Second Battle of Beruna 

Aslan took the girls to a nearby village, allowing them to ride on his back once again, as they had during the First Battle of Beruna. Once they reached the river, the voice of the river-god spoke, bidding Aslan to rid him of his chains. The bridge that the Telmarines' had built was promptly destroyed, and the kings who had been in battle all this time trapped the Telmarine army between the river and the wood, which had awoken at Aslan's call and joined into the battle. When the Telmarines' caught sight of the Lion, the battle was done.

Caspian was introduced to Aslan, who said that because he did not feel ready, he would be King of Narnia, under himself and the High King. This conversation was interrupted however by the mice, for Reepicheep had been wounded. Using the diamond bottle given to her by Father Christmas, Lucy healed him, but it didn't regrow his tail, Reepicheep was dismayed by the loss of his tail, when his people (the other mice) were going to cut off their tails to, For the love of your people the Lion restored his tail.

After everything had been sorted, Aslan had a door set up in the meadow, a door that led to no where. Messengers were sent to tell the scattered Telmarines that if they wished to go to a new home instead of living with the Narnians that they should gather there. Aslan told the people that they of Telmar were descended from seafarers from the very world the Pevensies came from, and that he would, if they wished sent them back to the island from which they came. One man chose this, and walked through the door. Seeing him disappear, the other Telmarines became suspicious, wondering if they were being led to their deaths. Reepicheep offered the example of himself and his mice, but Peter and Susan led the others through the door, explaining to Lucy and Edmund that time was up, and while the older two would never return to Narnia, Aslan had said nothing of Ed and Lucy.



Another year later during the summer holiday Edmund and Lucy were, much to their dismay, sent to live with their cousin Eustace. Susan was on a trip to America with their parents and Peter was studying with Professor Kirk, so there was little choice. Eustace was a rather nasty boy, and while he was making fun of them in Lucy's bedroom the painting of a rather Narnian-looking ship on the wall came to life and dumped the three of them in the sea. Lucy and Edmund knew at once that they were back in Narnia, and when they had been pulled onto the ship found that it belonged to none other than Caspian; only three years had passed in Narnia while they had been gone. Caspian was on a journey to find the seven missing lords - friend's of his father's whom Miraz had banished. Reepicheep was on the ship as well, with a higher hope than that: to find Aslan's Country - at the very end of the world.

Eustace set himself on being miserable so well that he mostly just made himself sick, but the Dawn Treader soon came into sight of the Lone Islands. Lucy wanted to walk on the island Felimath, which she remembered from being queen, so Caspian sent the ship to meet them on the other side of the island while Lucy, Ed, Caspian, Eustace and Reepicheep walked across on foot. What they had not accounted for was meeting several burly men about halfway who turned out to be slavers and captured all of them. No one told them that Caspian was King of Narnia, but the Pug - the head slaver - took them all to Narrowhaven and Caspian was purchased by a fine looking man who had no use for Pug and his trade. Lucy begged the man not to separate them, but he could not afford to buy all of them and commanded Pug to treat the others well while he had them.

They were taken to a slave market and sold, but Caspian came back just in time to rescue them. The man who had bought him had actually been one of the seven lords, Lord Bern, and Caspian had unseated the governor of the Islands, replaced him with Bern, and outlawed slavery.

After three weeks, the Dawn Treader finally set out again and had several days of fine weather. It did not last, however, and soon a storm came up that lasted twelve days. It was so bad that no one had any rest, and no one could cook anything, and when it finally ended they were all exhausted. Land came into sight soon after that, and upon landing they all realized that the ship would have to undergo serious repairs before they could sail on.

Before they could even begin with the repairs, Eustace went missing. A search party was sent out, but no sign of him could be found. It was late one night when a dragon flew over the camp and landed on the beach - between them and the ship. They were watchful for the rest of the night, until Lucy saw that the dragon was crying. Drinian warned that they were crocodile tears, but the dragon shook his head. Reepicheep asked if it understood, and if it would swear friendship with them, when Lucy saw what was wrong with it's leg. A gold bracelet was deeply embedded in the flesh of the dragon's leg, and Lucy used the juice in her diamond bottle, which Caspian had brought aboard the ship at the beginning of the journey. The bracelet was still there, however, and Caspian suddenly realized that it was the arm-band of the Lord Octesian. Through a series of questions Lucy and the others worked out that the dragon was Eustace.

Eustace was so glad to be recognized that he helped with repairs more than almost anyone else - carrying heavy things and flying with timbers, but no one could see how they were going to disenchant him. A few days later, Eustace showed up at the camp, human, with Edmund, and explained the whole story to them. Octesian's arm-ring was hung on a projection from the side of the cliff, and when repairs were finished Caspian named the place Dragon Island.

The next day they found another land, but did not stay long as there was nothing there. A few more days passed, and a serpent wound itself around the Dawn Treader, neither blade nor arrow could pierce it. Reepicheep called out to push, not fight, and they rolled the creature off the stern of the ship, which cracked off and freed them. Finding an island, they decided to harbor in one of the streams until the rain passed.

Up on the island was found a rusted sword, and Lucy was sitting on the remains of a mail shirt, and coins were found, of Narnian currency. At the bottom of a nearby pool was a statue that looked to be made of solid gold. They discovered that anything that touched the water in the pool was instantly turned to gold. Caspian and Edmund began to disagree, and when Lucy called for them to stop, they all suddenly saw Aslan on a nearby hill. Reepicheep named the place Deathwater Island and they all went back to the ship.

The next island that the Dawn Treader came to was surprisingly modern. As the others headed inland along the path, Lucy stopped to get a stone out of her shoe, and she heard a strange thumping. Soon there were voices talking too, and more thumping, an strange depressions in the ground, and Lucy realized that voices belonged to invisible people. Not only that, but they did not seem exceptionally intelligent. She hurried to find Edmund and Caspian, who had found a working water pump and a very English looking house. She told her story, and they knew that they could not risk going back to the boat if there were invisible enemies between them and it on the shore.

Deciding to go back down to the boat and at least see what they wanted, they found that these Dufflepuds were not only unintelligent, but also lacking in courage. The story was that the house up on the island belonged to a magician who had "uglified" them, and turned them all invisible. Only a girl could say the spell that would un-uglify them, and they wanted Lucy to do it. The spell had to be read from a book in the magician's house, and they were too frightened to allow their own sisters or daughters to do it. Lucy agreed, and was supported by Reepicheep, so it was decided.

The next day Lucy made her way up the stairs and down the hall as the Duffers had instructed her and found the room in which the magician's book lay on the table. Leafing through it she came across a spell that was said to make her beautiful. About to utter it, she stopped when she looked back at the opening words of the spell and saw Aslan's face staring into hers. Eventually, Lucy found the correct spell, and spoke it. Then both Aslan and the magician whom the Duffelepuds so feared were in the room with her. The Duffelepuds were now visible, and could be seen for the one-footed hopping creatures that they were. The magician fixed the Dawn Treader's stern by magic where it had been damaged by the sea serpent, and they went on their way.

Twelve days passed by without event. A mist appeared in the distance and at nine the next morning they found it was not a mist, but a dark. Although everyone else wished to turn back, Reepicheep talked them around to it and lights were put out as they rowed on, as there was no wind to catch the sails. It remains unknown how long they traveled, but after a time there was a call from out in the water and a man appeared, swimming out to them. He was quickly hauled on board. The stranger warned them to fly away as quick as they could, for this dark harbored the island where dreams came true: the dreams had at night that keep you awake the next.

Instantly they began to frantically row their way back out, but after a while they began to think that they were caught, forever, and they would never get out. Lucy whispered to Aslan, begging for his help, and a beam of light appeared in the dark. A bird came out of the beam, an albatross, that spoke to Lucy with Aslan's voice and led them out of the dark. The man they had rescued was Lord Rhoop, and upon learning who Caspian was asked only to never be returned to the island from which they had come. When they looked back however, the island, and the dark, were gone forever.

The next days were beautiful, and and at the end of the most beautiful of them one more island came into sight. Once on the island pillars could be seen in the distance, which Lucy guessed belonged to a ruin. Inside the pillars, on a paved floor, was set a long table prepared with a banquet such had never been seen. At one end, three of the chairs were filled, and in them sat the Lords Revilian, Argoz, and Mavramorn; but they were all under an enchanted sleep.

While the others went back to the ship, Lucy, Caspian, Edmund, Eustace and Reepicheep sat at the table and made themselves comfortable to spend the night. They had decided not to eat the food, thinking it to be what had caused the sleep. Late in the night, they all found themselves awake and a lady carrying a light was before them. She told them that the three lords had never tasted the food, for they had disagreed whether to go on to the east, to stay on this last island, or to go back to Narnia. One of them had seized the Knife of Stone in the course of this quarrel, and they had fallen asleep. The place was called Aslan's Table, for the food was placed there by him. This island was the beginning of the end of the world.

A man came then, a very old man, and light seemed to come from him. His name was Ramandu, and he told Caspian that to break the enchantment that held the lords asleep he must sail as near as he could to the end of the world and then return, leaving at least one person behind. He told them then that he was a retired star, and he became younger everyday that he lived on this island, and the lady was his daughter. Lord Rhoop was brought to the table and Ramandu gave him a deep and dreamless sleep. All of the sailors except one agreed to continue on the voyage as far as they could, and the set off very soon after.

There were many wonders in the Last Sea. The water was very clear, and when Lucy realized that she could see all the way to the bottom of the sea she discovered the Sea People. She watched them for some time, that is until Reepicheep jumped overboard. They pulled him back up and Drinian warned him not to tell the others about the underwater world, but the mouse said only "Sweet!" The water they now sailed on was not salt, it was sweet, fulfilling a prophecy made over the mouse when he was born. They decided it was drinkable light. Soon the water became covered with lilies, but they were not like lilies in England for the water was still fathoms deep. It soon became clear that the Dawn Treader could sail no farther East, and Aslan came to Caspian and told him Reepicheep was to take his small boat and Lucy, Edmund and Eustace were to go with him to the World's end. There were sad goodbyes and then they did so.

When they came to a shore Reepicheep took his boat up a high wave, and some say that he made it safely to Aslan's country, while Lucy and the others made their way ashore. There was a lamb there, and as it spoke to them it changed to become the Lion himself, and he told Lucy that she and Edmund would never come back to Narnia. Then Aslan kissed their foreheads and they were back in Lucy's room in Eustace's house.

In the Narnian year 2555 (English 1949), Lucy, Edmund, and Peter were having dinner with Eustace, Jill Pole, Polly Plummer and Digory and reminiscing about their days in Narnia when a Narnian-dressed figure appeared to them as a specter. The figure did not speak, even when Peter demanded as High King that he do so. After the specter disappeared again they all felt sure that something was dreadfully wrong in their beloved country, and they needed to find a way to get there on their own. Remembering the rings that Digory and Polly had used to get to Narnia in the very beginning Peter and Edmund went to London to find them, while the others waited for news. Lucy, and the others got on a train and went to meet them, but never made it. Their train crashed.

The next thing Lucy knew was that she and Edmund and Peter and Digory and Polly as well were in a great green field with fruit trees and a door that led to nowhere. Once everything on the other side of the door (which led to the stable on Stable Hill and the battle that was going on there) had been straightened out Eustace and Jill and many others had joined them, and the Kings and Queens and Friends of Narnia stood by as Aslan brought about the end of Old Narnia through the door.

Then Aslan gave a great roar and called "Further up and further in!" and everyone ran after him up the field until the children, who all - even Digory and Polly - found that they were children again, realized that this was Narnia, but that it was the real Narnia. The Shadowlands were all that they had seen before. They all ran and ran until they reached Cair Paravel, but a bigger and better Cair Paravel, and met all of their old friends from all of their adventures in the Shadowlands alive and better than ever before, as well as many people of whom they had only heard.

But Lucy was as Aslan said, not quite so happy as he meant her to be. She explained that it was because they (the English Narnians) were so afraid of being sent home. It was then that Aslan explained that there had been a train accident back in England, and that in their world, the children were all dead. This, the real Narnia, was Aslan's country, and a Narnian equivalent of heaven. Lucy was not going to be sent back. Upon this, Lucy was seventeen when she died.

Personality and Traits
Lucy is the most faithful out of all her siblings; which is why she saw Aslan across the gorge and her brother's and sister didn't. As a young child, she was often teased by Edmund; and he thought she was playing "childish games" about Narnia. Of course, even though he knew Lucy was right about Narnia all along, he only said they were pretending when he himself went through the wardrobe.

Lucy loves animals, and makes friends with many creatures; and was sad to see that all of Narnia was invaded by humans. But she is full of courage; and is much more adventurous than her sister, Susan, which is why she never stopped believing in Narnia. Lucy has a great desire to help others, and uses her cordial that was given to her by Father Christmas. Lucy is the closest to Aslan, and often seeks his guidance. Despite being called a "liar", Lucy has come to forgive her siblings, which is why she is a very admirable character; she still has a loving heart and can forgive anyone.

Movies
Lucy Pevensie is portrayed by Georgie Henley and the older Lucy by Rachael Henley in the 2005 Disney/Walden Media movie, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, and again by Georgie Henley in 2008 in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian.

In the 1988 BBC television adaptation of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and its 1989 sequel, Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Lucy is portrayed by Sophie Wilcox.

In the 1979 cartoon adaptation of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Lucy is voiced by Rachel Warren.

Lucy Pevensie