Loading ...Last month we brought to you a new series called “Voyage of the Characters,” an exclusive inside look at five main characters from The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. This month features Edmund Pevensie (King Edmund the Just).
After escaping the blitz of London during World War II, Edmund Pevensie and his siblings enter Narnia through a wardrobe, where they help Aslan save Narnia from the White Witch and reign as kings and queens. The four Pevensies return one year later to help Prince Caspian save Narnia from the Telmarines and put him on the throne. When The Voyage of the Dawn Treader opens, Edmund tries to join the army to avoid spending the summer with his pesky cousin Eustace.
Read the full character profile at NarniaCharacters.com. Then test your knowledge of Edmund by taking a quiz!
Quick Question….. Do you know for certain that that was Ed’s purpose in enlisting(to avoid spending the summer with that “rotton stinker Eustace”)? Just curious.
whoops, all I did was show my own ignorance…sorry I didn’t know the website was official!!! My apologies!
No problem! We created the site with Fox, so everything is official.
I actually have a problem with one of your answers. In the book, Aslan Himself in His Lion form tells Lucy and Edmund that they are too old to come back. Not a lamb, and not a Aslan in Lamb form. And I’m a little confused as to how we’re supposed to know his birth year. It’s not mentioned on the site, in the trailer, in any movie, or in any of the books.
Otherwise, great job, and terrific job on the Caspian one!
(Although, I do think that Caspian technically has to bow to Edmund and Lucy, not Edmund to Caspian. But that’s being extra nit-picky.)
I had the same problem with this answer, which I also got wrong (I didn’t create the quiz). But I hope it’s fixed now. Try taking the quiz again and see what you get.
I didn’t know Edmund’s birth year either, but it is mentioned in a timeline fans created about the books. Check out the following sites listed on NarniaWeb. I guessed Edmund would be about 10 in 1940 (during the London Blitz).
http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/lotrmn/timeline.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narnian_timeline
http://members.multimania.co.uk/Jonathan_Gregory76/history.htm
‘Great’ on Edmund and ‘terrific’ on Caspian? So why is the latter better?
Who bows to whom: I think Caspian, Edmund and Lucy are equals and all should bow to one another anyway, out of humility and respect for another. Who is the greater king is not in question. Christ is the King of Kings and He bowed to the Father. Do you see what I’m trying to say?