Disclaimer: I don't own any of this! Lord of the Rings and everything it contains was originally the idea of J.R.R. Tolkien. Credits for Narnia and everything associated with it go to C.S. Lewis. This was based on the video 'The king, the girl and the lion – Trailer' by Nonokun24 on YouTube.
Author's note: Well, this is more of a story. 'Now' is the moment when the Narnians first arrive in the actual story. Sorry, but it's all quite complicated.
This is the story of Narnia before the Free Peoples intervene. Where is the Kingdom situated? How has it become what it is? This is the answer.
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The setting
"The board is set…The pieces are moving."
Gandalf, Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King
The Chronicles of Narnia
Narnia is an independent Kingdom in Middle-Earth that answers neither to Sauron nor the Free Peoples. It is situated north of the river Limlicht (the border with Rohan), south of Lothlórien and Mirkwood, east of the Misty Mountains. It contains a part of the Great River Anduin, and stretches east all the way to the Sea of Rhûn – the Narnians call it 'the glistening Eastern Sea'.
The nation was forged by Aslan, who was sent by his father, the Great Emperor, to do so. Originally the country only existed of the great Western Woods – a part of Fangorn Forest. Aslan convinced the trees there – who had their powers of old – to join him. He learned the animals, of which rarely various species were found, to talk. The Lion succeeded in creating a new race: the Centaurs. Soon the Griffins, the Satyrs and the Fauns followed. With their help, he claimed the Field of Celebrant as a part of Narnia. The Anduin, the river Nimrodel and the southern borders of Lothlórien became the new borders. Many Dwarves and Men joined the new, powerful realm. The Men – called 'Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve', or simply 'Narnian Humans' – soon became Aslan's favorites. They were more faithful than anyone else.
500 years before the actual story begins, Aslan decided Narnia should expand. He called upon the Narnians, and they came to fight for their Divine King. The Narnian Humans were first to contribute an armed force. Soon the others followed, until Aslan had a grand army. He crossed the River Anduin and declared war on the Easterlings. Rhûn hadn't had a ruler for years – The Dark Lord Sauron had been defeated by the Last Alliance, but he still had followers in the East who forbade to pick another leader. The Narnians could easily take on Clan after Clan, and claim victory after victory. The first victory in the famous Eastern Campaigns was claimed by a Narnian Human, a certain General Pevensie. Later he would be rewarded. In a matter of a few years, the Easterlings were crushed and capitulated the land between the Anduin and the Sea of Rhûn, retreating to the south and the east. The Lone Islands – some shreds of land in the Sea of Rhûn, ruled by an Emperor – tried to resist the Narnian invaders, but their fleet was overrun and the Emperor capitulated.
General Pevensie became one of the most powerful nobles in Narnia. He managed to maintain and reinforce his new position. The House Pevensie practically came to rule over all the Narnian Humans. They would lead for many years a strong minority.
But not all of Aslan's enemies were beaten. Far away in the Northern Wasteland, in the icy north, a powerful sorceress rose to power. Many forgotten and neglected creatures joined this new leader, who called herself Jadis, the White Witch. The Minotaurs, the Ogres, Demons, Hags, Werewolves… All pledged their allegiance to the Witch. One day, she sneaked into Narnia and convinced the Talking Wolves to join her cause. Whenever Aslan turned his back at them, they ran to the north to tell Jadis all they knew and to teach the animals in the north how to talk. Polar bears, snow panthers, they too could talk now. The Wolves told them it was the White Witch who had instructed them to teach the Northern Beasts how to talk, and they too joined her. In Narnia, the Wolves persuaded one of the two major Dwarf Clans in Narnia, the Black Dwarfs, to join the Witch. Then the day came she thought her army and knowledge of Narnia great enough to attempt an attack. And she had success. She seized power, defeated the Narnian Army, and crowned herself Queen of Narnia and Empress of the Lone Islands.
She especially hated the Narnian Humans. Two reasons for that. First: their devotion to Aslan. If anyone would try to overthrow her, it would be them. Second: she had heard something about a prophecy stating something she interpreted as she would be defeated by 'two sons of Adam and two Daughters of Eve'. If she killed all of the Narnian Humans, she thought, no one could defeat her.
The Narnian Humans united in a few settlements, built close together. Safety in multitude. They called their federation 'the Narnian Freetowns'. They decided the Lord of the House Pevensie would be Lord of the Freetowns and Knight Captain of their armed force, the 'Narnian Human Free Army'. For almost a hundred years the House Pevensie fought off the Witch's army. One Knight Captain in particular was known to be a military genius. His name was Lord Frank Pevensie. Each spring he cost the Witch thousands of soldiers. Then she got tired of those little pests and gathered a grand army. Lord Frank wouldn't ever know anything but a Narnia occupied by the Witch, for two years ago he died in battle. Leading the last Narnian Human Free Army.
The year after, Jadis decided to rid herself of the Narnian Humans once and for all. Her army attacked the Freetowns. All Narnian Humans died, except Lord Frank's widow, Lady Helen Pevensie, and her three children: her sons Peter (15) and Edmund (12) and her daughter Susan (14). They made contact with the Narnian Rebels, with help from the Faun Tumnus. But tragedy struck: before they left for Aslan's camp (the Divine King had been assembling the Narnian Free Army, in a final attempt to crush the Witch's forces) a Minotaur found them and killed Lady Helen. Peter struck down the follower of the Witch with a knife, but his mother was gone. The three orphans decided to make for Aslan's camp. But Edmund accidentally met the Witch, who tried to make him hand over his siblings. When he came back alone, she repaid him by throwing him in the dungeons.
Peter and Susan reached Aslan and the Narnian Free Army. They rescued Edmund, but the Witch demanded Aslan's sacrifice in return. Peter took command of the Narnian Free Army and held out for quite a while. But thanks to the Deep Magic, which governs all of Narnia, Aslan was revived. He made for Jadis' empty palace and breathed the Narnians she had turned to stone back to live. With this new army, he made it to the Battle of Narnia in time. Edmund destroyed the Witch's wand and in retribution, she smashed him against a rock. Peter tried to avenge his brother, but would have been killed if Aslan hadn't shown up. He and his army defeated the followers of Jadis. The Divine King himself destroyed Jadis. Amazingly, Edmund wasn't dead, so the Narnians still managed to save him.
Peter and his siblings have recently been crowned Kings and Queen of Narnia, as a sign of gratitude for their help. They are eager to establish a good relationship with the Free Peoples. They only know the name Sauron from documents found at the Witch's palace.
