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
[#Jill is Given a Task]--59.161.116.246 14:47, July 21, 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Behind the Gym
 * 1) The Sailing of a KingSilverchair.jpeg
 * 2) A Parliament of Owls
 * 3) Puddleglum
 * 4) The Wild Wastelands of the North
 * 5) The Hill of the Strange Trenches
 * 6) The House of Harfang
 * 7) How They Discovered Something Worth Knowing
 * 8) Travels Without the Sun
 * 9) In The Dark Castle
 * 10) The Queen of Underland
 * 11) Underland Without the Queen
 * 12) The Bottom of the World
 * 13) The Disappearance of Jill
 * 14) 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 find themselves in Aslan's country, next to a great cliff. Trying to show off, Jill wandered close to the edge, and in an effort to keep her from falling off, Eustace 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 needed to remember The Four Signs they would need to find Prince Rillian all by herself. Once she had them down, Aslan blew her into Narnia to join Eustace. Eustace 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 Marshwiggle was chosen, by the name of Puddleglum. The Owls flew the children to the Marshlands to see him, and the three of them soon set off.

Giants
On the road, they met a woman who introduced herself as the Lady of the Green Kirtle. A dark Knight was with her, who 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 Rillian
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 spoke the words of the last sign to them, and they had no choice but to free him. Upon being cut loose, the knight took his sword and cut the chair to shreds before introducing himself to them as Prince Rillian of Narnia.

The Queen arrived, and there was a fight between her - in the form of a great green snake - Rillian, Eustace, and Puddleglum. When the Queen died, a chasm opened in the earth leading to the fiery world of Bism. The three travelers escaped with Prince Rillian through a tunnel the Queen was having dug in order to conquer the land that lay above it. That land was Narnia, and Rillian was returned to the castle to see his father Caspian X before his death and take his place as King of Narnia.

Adaptations

 * The Silver Chair (BBC)

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

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