Prince Caspian (character) reach the end of the world, the mouse Reepicheep (who had fought to liberate Narnia in "Prince Caspian") goes on to Aslan's Country, described as a blissful paradise. During the voyage, Caspian meets the unnamed daughter of the retired star Ramandu. They marry and have a son, Rilian. In this novel, Caspian is an ailing elderly man. About ten years earlier, his wife died of a serpent's bite, and their son Rilian rode to exact revenge but disappeared. Eustace and his school friend Jill Pole arrive in Narnia while fleeing a gang of bullies at their school, Experiment House. They
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