Telmar
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Telmar is a country in the world of Narnia created by the British author C.S. Lewis. The Telmarines are prominent in the book Prince Caspian.
[edit] History
Located to the west of Narnia, Telmar was a land colonized first by men of Calormen 300 years after the creation of Narnia; where it is in relation to the Western Waste to Narnia's immediate west is unclear, however. The inhabitants purportedly found their way to a then-leaderless Narnia after "a great famine.". More importantly, it is also the site of a 'chink' that leads from Earth to Narnia. Six pirates and their wives from our world were shipwrecked and fell through this gap into Telmar, producing lines of proud, warlike descendants, the Telmarines. These are the Telmarines who eventually invade Narnia, at the time in disorder, after a famine in their own land and attempt to rid the country of its magic. It is from this line of Telmarines that Prince Caspian (later King Caspian X) is descended.
The story of the pirates, mentioned at the end of Prince Caspian, is apparently based on the factual historical account of the mutiny aboard the HMS Bounty[citation needed]. It is not clear how, if this is so, the Telmarines would have a Northern European appearance, as is often assumed. However, even though Lewis refers to earlier Narnian humans and Archenlanders, "Northerners", as being light-skinned, the Telmarines (who invaded after earlier Narnian kings disappeared and presumably would have strong Polynesian ancestry) are never referred to as such.
| Books: |
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe • Prince Caspian • The Voyage of the Dawn Treader • The Silver Chair • The Horse and His Boy • The Magician's Nephew • The Last Battle |
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| Inhabitants: |
Peter • Susan • Edmund • Lucy • Eustace • Jill • Digory • Polly • Caspian • Aslan • Shasta • Aravis • White Witch • Puddleglum • All characters • All creatures |
| Places: |
Narnia • Archenland • Cair Paravel • Calormen • Charn • Lone Islands • Telmar • Wood between the Worlds • All places |
| Other: |
BBC miniseries • Disney films • First Battle of Beruna • Dawn Treader • Deplorable Word • Popular culture • Narnian timeline |
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