Prince Caspian (character) of the sea he is known as Caspian the Seafarer. Lewis introduces Caspian as the young nephew of and heir to King Miraz of Narnia. By this time 1300 years have passed since the rule of High King Peter and his siblings, and Old Narnians no longer live openly in Narnia, having been driven into hiding by Caspian's ancestors, the Telmarines. In fact, the talking beasts are believed to be mythical, and stories of them are forbidden in Miraz's castle. When Caspian is a small boy (by which time both of his parents are dead), his nurse tells him of
The Silver Chair life. The cast of characters introduced by later editors seems to promote this, but it is not supported by Lewis's text. The Lady of the Green Kirtle is a were-snake, and it is never implied in any of the books that Jadis "or" the White Witch possess this attribute.(See the Lady of the Green Kirtle for more discussion.) The manner of Rilian's confinement to a chair recalls the imprisonment of Theseus and Pirithous in the Underworld when discovered there by Heracles on his twelfth and final labour, the abduction of Cerberus. The BBC produced a TV series, which aired in