#ramandu

[fairmerthefarmer]

“She had been a great lady, wise and gracious and happy, King Caspian's bride whom he had brought home from the eastern end of the world. And men said that the blood of the stars flowed in her veins.” - the silver chair, c.s. Lewis

[supernovasilence]

Speculating Wildly About Liliandil's Parentage

In the VDT movie, Liliandil is a star and comes down from the sky. However, in the books, Liliandil is described as the daughter of Ramandu, a star, and that "the blood of the stars flowed in her veins", but she's never called a star herself. In fact, when she first appears (walking very normally out of a door), she's described as carrying a candle for light; when Ramandu comes out, he's not carrying a candle, because he's glowing himself. All this implies Lili isn't a star, only the daughter of one. Which raises the question: who is Liliandil's mother? Some random theories:

Liliandil's mother is one of the Sea People

Liliandil's mother is a sailor or shipwrecked traveler who found her way to Ramandu's island and fell in love

Liliandil's mother is another star. Lili was born in the skies but chose to accompany her father down to earth when he retired

Liliandil's mother is another star, and assumes human form to visit her husband in the world below sometimes. Lili was conceived and born during one of these visits, and because of this the form most natural to her is human, not whatever a star's normal form is. She has to live with her father until she's older and more skilled at transforming

We shouldn't make assumptions about Ramandu's gender or star biology. Maybe he was pregnant when he retired and didn't realize until he'd already come down to land

Stars don't need a partner to reproduce. Ramandu is Liliandil's only parent

Ramandu is Lili's father in that he gave her life and raised her and loves her but she wasn't "born" per se. He created her magically somehow

Coriakin is Liliandil's mom

[whats-in-a-sentence]

"Lady," said Caspian, "I hope to speak with you again when I have broken the enchantments." And Ramandu's daughter looked at him and smiled.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" - C. S. Lewis

[tenth-sentence]

The daughter of Ramandu stood beside him as if she had just helped him into his chair; Ramandu stood behind him and laid both his hands on Rhoop's gray head.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" - C. S. Lewis

[rainintheevening]

five sentence fic asks: Narnia + broken

The silence was broken by Eustace's soft question. "But who exactly is Aslan? Do you know him?"

Edmund looked away over the mossy rocks, and the murmuring stream flashing white through the grey early light, looked out to the sea, to the west, back, back, looking back to the cliffs above the cove, and the shining towers that were no longer, and the great stone slab cracked in two, and he smiled softly to himself.

"Well, he knows me."

[daily-rayless]

Mother Paws

Fandom: The Chronicles of Narnia

Characters: OCs, Ramandu's Daughter, Jadis, Susan Pevensie

Words: 2000 (Complete), Gen.

It has been said that in Narnia, there's no implication Aslan had any sort of lion mother in his leonine incarnation, and in fact the very idea seems strange and so out there that it's not worth thinking about. But what if we did think about it?

[foulrests-a]

the whole aspect of ramandu's daughter is so intriguing to me and it is a pity lewis didn't go further into her lore and her character. seriously? a half-star who lived in a secluded island with a barely-there father and only her star siblings as a company? who watched as voyagers came but never returned? who was immortal, who knew she'd die before her husband/children and still became one of the kindest and most beloved narnia queens?

[principes]

𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑵𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒂, 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑭𝒐𝒓 𝑨𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒏!

[supernovasilence]

hey. hey it's pride month. *throws these at you and then collapses face down on the floor*

Anyway, I'm out of time so please don't look too closely at Liliandil's hair or Eustace's anything or ask why Eustace is still not looking the same direction as everyone else. There are pretty boys everywhere and he is easily distracted, okay? At least he's not staring disconcertingly out of the screen anymore. Lili is deliberately that tall, though; I headcanon her star heritage gives her unusual height.

[whats-in-a-sentence]

"But let's get on. It can't do any harm, just asking. Let's stand side by side, like this. And we'll hold out our arms in front of us with the palms down: like they did in Ramandu's island—"

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair" - C. S. Lewis

[tenth-sentence]

They halted in surprise when they saw Ramandu and his daughter; and then, because these were obviously great people, every man uncovered his head.

"The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" - C. S. Lewis

[bcbliophile]

@reiignonme

"We thought it was going that way from the very start of the first season. Neil Jordan, the creator of the show, denied it from the beginning but we were like "it's all over your writing man." It's in every single line, every single scene: these two are definitely in love with each other. So to me it's really a love story. It came as a natural progression I would say. I didn't judge the characters, it seemed very natural actually." — FRANÇOIS ARNAUD

[zannolin]

still reading the crafting of narnia book but i've GOT to inform you all of some of the things i have learned about the pevensies' armor and weaponry because god knows i canNOT stop posting about the prop work for these films

i know we've discussed it before regarding their crowns but all their armor/gifts ALSO have unique plant imagery per pevensie, chosen for symbolic reasons! peter's oak, susan's ash and daffodils, lucy's yarrow and fire flowers, and edmund is birch

the coloration of edmund's equipment (the red on his shield, his belt, etc) is different from the royal red/gold/silver of his siblings' because of the different origins (father christmas vs the centaurs)

peter's helmet my most beloved is sculpted to evoke the image of a lion's snout (thank u andrew adamson, my best friend forever)

originally on the band of peter's helmet, right above the brow, there was concept art for a tiny etched lamppost and i WISH WE HAD GOTTEN THAT....

edmund's sword and shield are sculpted to subtly reference the lamppost

peter's and edmund's helmets also incorporate the skyline of cair paravel in the etching. what the fawk

i did NOT know this before but the etching on lucy's cordial bottle is meant to reference the scene in dawn treader (the book) where a bird brings ramandu a fire berry, because they figured it must come from the same plant as the fire flower in narnian lore

lucy's dagger is so similar to peter's sword as a nod to their close relationship :((((

i SUSPECTED this but now i know for certain the engraving on the top of peter's shield with the apples and leaves is indeed a reference to the tree of protection planted in the magician's nephew !!!!

[queenlucythevaliant]

Reepicheep could just walk into Mordor. Easy-peasy.

He could definitely get there, but he wouldn't be my first pick as Ringbearer. I definitely don't think he'd have it any easier than Frodo and Sam. If I had to send Narnians to do the Fellowship's jobs, here's who I'd send:

Reepicheep could kill the Witch King of Angmar

Puddleglum and Hwin could take the Ring to Mordor

Caspian could take the Paths of the Dead, with assorted Old Narnians (Trumpkin, Trufflehunter, etc.) as backup. Drinian is along to sail the ships.

Puzzle could unwittingly contact Sauron via Palantir

Tumnus is my pick for improvising Boromir's funeral lament. We know he's musical and HHB shows that he thinks fast on his feet

On the flip side:

Faramir could stamp out the Green Lady's fire

Bilbo could joyously take the coracle over the edge of the world (unless it's the First Age, in which case it's definitely Eärendil)

Sam would do the Jill thing and rescue Puzzle from the stable, then immediately speed bond and refuse to let anyone hurt him

Any number of Middle Earth warriors could do single combat with Miraz, but I think Aragorn would come up with the plan on the spot the way Peter does. Very similar vibe to the attack on the Black Gate

Also:

Father Christmas could hand out gifts and cryptic advice in Lothlorien; Galadriel could arm the Pevensies and patch up the Beavers' dam

Lucy stands the best chance of anyone at finding the Entwives

Pippin and Cor would have a lot to discuss re: first experience in battle. Pippin and Corin would have a lot to discuss re: everything else

Ramandu and Coraikin have a biweekly book club with Tom Bombadil and Goldberry. Gandalf is also invited, but only pops by once in a great while

[fairmerthefarmer]

Hmmmm something something Lilliandils the stars/moon or something Caspians the sun and their son Rillian being trapped underground for ten years without ever seeing the sky.

[freakcliff]

day 31/forever applying my specific autism to narnia why was caspian married to liliandil/ramandu's daughter for like 50-70 years and they only ever had one kid. like outside of the fact that people tended to have an average of way more kids pre-industrial revolution which narnia is, that's Especially shaky re: line of succession, which is a problem they run into in the silver chair literally