The Silver Chair


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"The fist step is to remember. Repeat to me, in order, the four signs."

- Aslan to Jill Pole

The Silver Chair takes place in Narnian-year 2356, or Earth year 1948, and tells the story of Eustace Scrubb's return to Narnia with his friend Jill Pole.

Chapter Listing


 * 1) Behind the Gym
 * 2) Jill is Given a Task
 * 3) The Sailing of a King
 * 4) A Parliament of Owls
 * 5) Puddleglum
 * 6) The Wild Wastelands of the North
 * 7) The Hill of the Strange Trenches
 * 8) The House of Harfang
 * 9) How They Discovered Something Worth Knowing
 * 10) Travels Without the Sun
 * 11) In The Dark Castle
 * 12) The Queen of Underland
 * 13) Underland Without the Queen
 * 14) The Bottom of the World
 * 15) The Disappearance of Jill
 * 16) The Healing of Harms

Jill's Task
The Silver Chair tells the story of Eustace Scrubb's second trip to Narnia, accompanied by his friend Jill Pole, who had never been there before. The two of them are running from bullies at their school when they enter a rock which was a door to hide, and find themselves in Aslan's country, next to a great cliff. Trying to show off, Pole wandered close to the edge, and in an effort to keep her from falling off, Scrubb fell off of the cliff himself. Because of this, the lion Aslan tells Jill the task that he has for both of them, but that her part would now be harder because she made Scrubb fall off the cliff. She needed to remember The Four Signs they would need to find Prince Rilian all by herself. Once she had them down, Aslan blew her into Narnia to join Eustace. Scrubb was talking to an Owl named Glimfeather, and he took the two of them to the Parliment of Owls, where it was decided that someone had to be sent with them, to help. A Marsh-wiggle was chosen, by the name of Puddleglum. The Owls flew the children to the Marshlands to see him, and the three of them set off the next day.

Giants
They traveled north, and were in Ettinsmoor. As they traveled, they encountered giants, who did not seem to notice them at all. Days later they come across a giant bridge. While they were crossing it, they met a beautiful woman wearing a fluttering green dress who introduced herself as the Lady of the Green Kirtle. A Knight who wore dark armor was with her, and he did not speak at all. The Lady told them of a castle not far ahead where some friendly giants lived, and that they would love to have guests for their Autumn Feast that was not far off. The children were so desperate for beds and hot baths that they did exactly what the Lady said, and Jill gave up repeating the signs she had gotten from Aslan. Once they were inside the castle Harfang, they realized just how difficult it was going to be to get out. They figured out the sign that they had missed, and began investigating a way to get out of the castle and on with their task. In the process, Jill discovered a giant's cookbook that was open to a page labeled "Man". There was a page for Marshwiggle as well, and they immediately escaped the castle - only to find themselves lost in Underland.



Prince Rilian
The Earthmen who lived in Underland took Eustace, Jill, and Puddleglum on a long journey across the Sunless Sea to the Dark Castle where they would wait for their Queen. A man was there to keep them company while they waited, and they learned that he was the silent Knight who had ridden with the Lady of the Green Kirtle, who happened to be Queen of Underland. After a time Earthmen came and bound the knight into a silver chair, where they were told to leave him no matter what he said, or he would kill them. But as they watched, the Knight spoke the words of the last sign to them, and they had no choice but to free him, for fear of muffing this sign like the first three. Upon being cut loose, the knight took his sword and destroyed the silver chair before introducing himself to them as Prince Rilian of Narnia.

When the Queen arrived, she took some green powder, threw it on the hearth present there, and a fire lit. It had an enchanting smell. Then she took a stringed instrument, and began to play it, and spoke in very beautiful tones to them. The children, the Prince and the Marsh-wiggle talked to her about the Overworld-mainly about the sun, and about Aslan while trying to fight off the enchantment. Though the others were about to be completely enchanted, Puddleglum the Marsh-wiggle fought desperately, and stamped out the fire. This made the others' heads clear, and the Witch-queen was angry. Her instrument dropped from her hands, and she became a poison-colored serpent. Though it coiled around Rilian, they killed the serpent. When the Queen died, a chasm opened in the earth leading to the fiery world of Bism. The Earthmen present, now disenchanted as well, jumped down into it, for it was their home. Soon the chasm was sealed. The three travelers escaped with Prince Rilian through a tunnel the Queen was having dug in order to conquer the land that lay above it. That land was Narnia, and Rilian was returned to the castle to see his father Caspian X before his death and took his place as King of Narnia.

When Caspian died, Aslan appears to the chilren, and blows, but everything seemed to be blown away this time. Then the children saw that they were back on the mountain, with the body of the dead King. Aslan tells Eustace to get a thorn and drive it into his paw, and Eustace obeyed. A very red drop of blood splashes all over Caspian, and he is alive again as a young man. Then the boys get swords and Jill gets a riding crop.

Aslan leads them to the wall of Experiment House and roars, so the wall collapses. Bullies come and the children began to beat them up. The bullies run in pain, and the Head witnesses what was happening. She reported the incident but it is not believed, since Caspian returned to Narnia with Aslan, at whose word the wall is made whole again. The children change clothes, and become good friends.

Far off in Narnia, Rilian buried his father, Caspian, and mourned for him. He became a good king of Narnia and the land was at peace.

Adaptations

 * The Silver Chair (BBC)
 * The Silver Chair is yet to be adapted into a cinematic feature film in 2015

It has also been produced in audio format:
 * The Silver Chair (Focus on the Family Radio Theatre)
 * Harper Audio audiobook read by Jeremy Northam

Locations

 * Cair Paravel
 * Marshlands
 * River Shribble
 * Ettinsmoor
 * City Ruinous
 * Harfang
 * Underland
 * Bism
 * Aslan's Country

Characters

 * Eustace Scrubb
 * Jill Pole
 * Aslan
 * King Caspian X
 * Trumpkin
 * Glimfeather
 * Puddleglum
 * Black Knight/Prince Rilian
 * Lady of the Green Kirtle
 * King and Queen of Harfang
 * Giants of Harfang