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| + | ''See '''[[Charn (world)|here]]''' if you are looking for the World of Charn'' |
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| + | ''See '''[[Charn (city)|here]]''' if you are looking for the capital city of Charn'' |
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| − | [[File:Charn(Nation).png|thumb]]'''Charn''' was the name of the now dead world and the capital city, of which [[Jadis]] was empress. The world was a cold, silent world where nothing lived because of Jadis. |
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| + | | name= Charn |
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| + | | image=[[Image:Charn(Nation).png|270px]] |
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| + | | type= Empire |
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| + | | head= [[Royal Family of Charn]] |
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| + | | capital= [[Charn (city)]] |
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| + | | location= [[Charn (world)]] |
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| + | | inhabitants= [[Giants]], <br> [[Jinn]] |
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| + | | currency= Unknown |
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| + | | date= Before the Creation of [[Narnia (world)|Narnia]] |
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| + | | conflicts=War between [[Jadis]] and [[Jadis' Sister|her sister]]}} |
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| + | {{Quote|It is silent now. but I have stood here when the whole air was full of the noises of Charn; the trampling of feet, the creaking of wheels, the cracking of the whips and the groaning of slaves, the thunder of chariots, and the sacrificial drums beating in the temples. I have stood here (but that was near the end) when the roar of battle went up from every street and the river of Charn ran red. All in one moment one woman blotted it out forever.| [[Jadis]] | The Magician's Nephew}} |
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| + | '''Charn''' was the name of the nation that existed in the [[Charn (world)|World of Charn]] and the [[Charn (city)|capital city]], of which [[Jadis]] and the royal family ruled. The nation ceased to exist upon the world's destruction and before the creation of [[Narnia (world)|Narnia]]. |
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| − | She had destroyed all living things in Charn with the [[Deplorable Word]] in order to defeat her [[Jadis' sister|sister]] in a war for the throne. The lifesize [[Hall of Images|images]] of Charn's royalty, which Digory and Polly encountered in the great hall of the palace of Charn, showed the degeneration of the Kings and Queens from generation to generation, culminating in Jadis herself. |
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| + | ==History== |
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| − | The last years of Charn's nation were ones of great cruelty, slavery, human sacrifice, and endless warfare. |
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| + | Many thousand years ago, Charn was once a vast empire ruled by a powerful royal family; all of them were humanoid and were of Giant and Jinn heritage. One of these rulers was [[Jadis' great-grandfather]], the infamous Emperor of Charn, who killed seven hundred nobles at a feast due to their "rebellious thoughts". |
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| + | At some point, [[Jadis]] and [[Jadis' Sister|her sister]] clashed over who would take the throne as Empress of Charn. During a long and violent war, where violence, slavery and human sacrifices had occured. During what Jadis called the "last great battle", many of Jadis' armies had fallen during three days and her sister appeared to have the upper hand until Jadis spoke the [[Deplorable Word]], destroying all life on Charn except herself. |
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| − | In the end, the pool of Charn in the [[Wood Between the Worlds]] had dried up; according to [[Aslan]], ''"That world ended, as if it had never begun"''. |
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| + | The life-size [[Hall of Images|images]] of Charn's royalty, which Digory and Polly encountered in the great hall of the palace of Charn, showed the degeneration of the Kings and Queens from generation to generation, culminating in Jadis herself. As time passed, the great cities of Charm collapsed and the capital city fell to ruin. Jadis had created [[Charn Bell|a bell]] to wake her and placed herself in a spell; [[Digory Kirke]] and [[Polly Plummer]] would ring the bell many thousand years later and managed to leave Charn before its destruction. |
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| ⚫ | In the end, the pool of Charn in the [[Wood Between the Worlds]] had dried up; according to [[Aslan]], ''"That world ended, as if it had never begun"''. He added that Sons Of Adam and Daughters of Eve should take that as a warning, which is clearly intended as a warning to the children that their world, too, may be destroyed through unchecked despotism and weapons of mass destruction. |
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Revision as of 01:04, 29 June 2015
See here if you are looking for the World of Charn
See here if you are looking for the capital city of Charn
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- "It is silent now. but I have stood here when the whole air was full of the noises of Charn; the trampling of feet, the creaking of wheels, the cracking of the whips and the groaning of slaves, the thunder of chariots, and the sacrificial drums beating in the temples. I have stood here (but that was near the end) when the roar of battle went up from every street and the river of Charn ran red. All in one moment one woman blotted it out forever."
- ― Jadis [src]
Charn was the name of the nation that existed in the World of Charn and the capital city, of which Jadis and the royal family ruled. The nation ceased to exist upon the world's destruction and before the creation of Narnia.
History
Many thousand years ago, Charn was once a vast empire ruled by a powerful royal family; all of them were humanoid and were of Giant and Jinn heritage. One of these rulers was Jadis' great-grandfather, the infamous Emperor of Charn, who killed seven hundred nobles at a feast due to their "rebellious thoughts".
At some point, Jadis and her sister clashed over who would take the throne as Empress of Charn. During a long and violent war, where violence, slavery and human sacrifices had occured. During what Jadis called the "last great battle", many of Jadis' armies had fallen during three days and her sister appeared to have the upper hand until Jadis spoke the Deplorable Word, destroying all life on Charn except herself.
The life-size images of Charn's royalty, which Digory and Polly encountered in the great hall of the palace of Charn, showed the degeneration of the Kings and Queens from generation to generation, culminating in Jadis herself. As time passed, the great cities of Charm collapsed and the capital city fell to ruin. Jadis had created a bell to wake her and placed herself in a spell; Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer would ring the bell many thousand years later and managed to leave Charn before its destruction.
In the end, the pool of Charn in the Wood Between the Worlds had dried up; according to Aslan, "That world ended, as if it had never begun". He added that Sons Of Adam and Daughters of Eve should take that as a warning, which is clearly intended as a warning to the children that their world, too, may be destroyed through unchecked despotism and weapons of mass destruction.