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Summary: Aslan said in Prince Caspian that Telmar was once un-peopled until those six pirates came and inhabited it. This is that story.
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History
Chapter 9
King Caspian the Conqueror
The king mounted his horse and led the entire country of Telmar towards the east. The royal cart with her majesty, Queen Aria, followed and then the lords and their families in carts.
Last were the rest of the Telmarines, the subjects who didn't understand where they were going. The rations lasted for about three days when it took a week with that large of a convoy to reach the eastern border.
By day five, the company had thinned to almost half of whom they had brought. Older men and women were the main target. Cries of let's turn back and stop were ignored by the king. The country was to keep moving.
Day seven was a much easier day. A few men went out and brought back three deer on their horse. They were cooked, but little was given since there were many mouths still to feed.
It was a messy business trying to eat the cooked venison, but it was food and it was probably the only thing that the people were going to eat for a while. All of them savored it and some even tried to save a little for the next day.
The company started to slow and soon they were passed a week. It was a week and four days when the scouts rode back and had food with them.
"We found a new land your majesty. But it is inhabited by the queerest creatures imaginable."
"Queer?"
"Yes. There are half men and half animals and little men with long beards. We saw these deer standing on their hind legs, their mouths moving."
"That is queer," the king agreed.
"But the place is inhabited sire. If we want the land we will have to take it by force."
"What of the surrounding lands?" King Caspian asked.
"The surrounding lands are a bit stronger. The North is uninhabitable to us. It is ghastly up there. And to the south is Archenland. They are an organized country ready to defend her land if we try to march in. It is ruled by a king and is still strong."
"And what is this other place called?"
"Narnia, so we have heard by those little monster people."
"And Narnia is the only land that we have more strength over. Beyond Archenland I have heard that it is all desert. Uninhabitable."
Caspian thought and weighed his options over carefully. He then sighed. "Narnia it is. How long till we reach it?"
"By nightfall sire."
"Very well. I want every fighting man we have in full armor by sunrise once we camp outside of Narnia. At dawn, we move in and drive them out."
"Yes sire," the said in unison before moving to the back and spreading the news.
"We have found a new home! We have found a new home!"
Cheers erupted from the Telmarines. King Caspian drew his horse back so that he was by the side of the queen's cart.
"What is this I hear about a new land?" Queen Aria asked happily.
"My scouts have found a new land. It inhabited by vile creatures. We will more than likely have to take it by force."
"And what is its name?"
"Narnia."
"Mm, Narnia… it is a beautiful name."
"A beautiful name for a beautiful land."
"When will we be there?"
"We will reach Narnia's western border by dusk. At dawn, my army will sweep in, drive the creatures out, and we will have a new home."
"Very good my king."
"It seems that our child will be born in this new land."
"Don't say anything. He will hear you and want to come out sooner," Queen Aria teased.
"And why would that be?" King Caspian asked, playing along. "I mean, he will be the first Telmarine born in Narnia. It is a great honor."
Queen Aria smiled and patted her abdomen. "A great honor indeed." The queen laid her head back and slept as the servant drove. King Caspian moved up in front and by dusk, they had reached the outline of Narnia.
The next morning was cold and brisk. King Caspian sat mounted on his horse, his armor shined and ready for battle. He was at the front, his men mounted and ready on both sides.
"Telmarines! Charge!"
The horses were kicked and they galloped heavily into Narnia.
Brum, a black dwarf who was out fishing that morning, had caught a big one. As he reeled it in, he heard a steadily growing roar coming from the west. He was in Lantern Waste where many dryads were out and about.
Suddenly many yells echoed throughout the forest and dryads started running away.
"Oi, what's goin on?" he called.
"We are under attack! Flee! Flee!" one dryad shrieked. Brum's eyes widened and he saw what was coming. An army in their armor, flying down into Narnia from the west. They tore through Lantern Waste and passed Brum. Brum quickly ran, as far as his legs could take him, to Beaversdam. A few animals and fauns were there.
"Quick! Narnia is under attack!" The fauns and the animals all started running to the east where Cair Paravel was. There they could organize and attack.
Unfortunately they just got to the Great River when the Telmarines rushed out and killed most of them. Brum was caught up by his hair and flung into the river. The current carried him east towards Cair.
Eventually he caught hold of a low limb and pulled himself out. He knew he was near a black dwarf smithy and ran there. He yelled for them to go to arms. The black dwarves moved as fast as possible and were somewhat ready for the Telmarines.
They fought bravely, but they were eventually chased off of their smithy and to the north. Brum made it with the rest and from the mountains they saw Narnia fall.
"Where is Aslan? We need him at a time like this."
"Aslan has abandoned us. We are alone," said another dwarf.
"No we are not!" an earthy voice called. Two badgers, three fauns, and many different squirrels and little animals came up the side.
"What do you mean we are not alone? Narnia has fallen and Aslan has not helped us."
"We are not alone. Aslan is not a tame lion. He will come. What we must do now is go into hiding until the right time comes."
"And how do you know when that is?" Brum asked challengingly. There was a low growl of frustration from the badger.
"We will know when there are more of us. We are to few to fight these strangers now. But if we wait, we can rise up and take back our Narnia."
The dwarves didn't agree at first, but with some persuasion they agreed. And the old Narnians went into hiding for many years.
King Caspian smiled greatly as they drove out the last of the vile brood or killed them. Now they had a new land where they could thrive and be powerful again. The only problem was the trees. They were queer as well as the river and wells of Narnia.
"Beware Aslan…" they whispered or "We will come back…" or "The Great Lion will come…" or "from beyond the sea…"
King Caspian didn't like this one bit and it scarred all of his men and people. He turned to them and in a great voice cried, "Men! We Must Stop This! Drive These Foul Beings Back Into The Trees And Rivers! They Will Not Stop Us!"
The men gave a war cry and started driving the Niads and Dryads back into the wells and rivers and trees. How? Nobody knows.
Eventually they made a bridge over the river and crossed it. They needed to check again and make sure that none were in Narnia.
When their search was done they went back to the west and found the women and children already there.
"Are you okay? What shall we do now?" Queen Aria asked obviously worried because the entire invasion took a few weeks and she had not seen her husband yet.
"We will build a new castle. This is our land, we will make our home here next to the river."
"Sire, what if the river whispers again?" asked one soldier.
"They will not here. They are gone, driven deep. I can just tell."
"When shall we start?" asked another.
"We start tomorrow. But now we must rest and eat and drink."
All of the people did eat and drink from the river. They ate and drank so fast that they were woozy when they had finished. Soon they all fell asleep on the ground, but King Caspian awoke in the middle of the night sweating. He had sworn that he had just heard a roar from the east.
We must stay away from there.
