Lucy's Cordial
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- "In this bottle, there is a cordial made of the juice of the fire-flowers that grow in the mountains of the sun. If you or any of your friends are hurt, a few drops will restore them."
- ―Father Christmas[src]
Queen Lucy's cordial was a medicinal potion given to her by Father Christmas.
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[edit] Background
The cordial was made from the juice of the fire-flowers that grew in the mountains of the Sun. A drop would cure any illness or wound, even bringing people back from the brink of death. The bottle of the cordial was in was said to be made of diamond. She also received a little pouch and bandolier to carry the bottle around in.
[edit] History
[edit] The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Lucy received the cordial along with her dagger from Father Christmas in the year 1000, at the end of the Age of Winter. She carried it with her during the First Battle of Beruna, where she used to heal many people, including her brother, Edmund, who was near death. After she was crowned Queen Lucy the Valiant, she did not always carry the cordial with her, evidenced by her not having it during the Battle of Anvard. Lucy left the cordial in Narnia when the Pevensies returned to England fifteen years later.
[edit] Prince Caspian
She recovered it from the royal treasure vault in Cair Paravel when the children returned to Narnia some thirteen centuries later to aid Caspian. It saw use in the Second Battle of Beruna, specifically to heal Sir Reepicheep's many battle wounds. She left it in Narnia again when the Pevensies returned home. Afterward, it was regarded by Caspian as a royal treasure.
[edit] The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Caspian took it with him on the voyage of the Dawn Treader, where he returned it to Lucy when she, Edmund, and Eustace strayed into Narnia via the magic picture. When the trio and Reepicheep traveled to the Utter East, she gave it back to Caspian, where it remained a Narnian treasure supposedly until the end of the world.
[edit] Uses in the Books
It was used on the following people:
- Edmund Pevensie - Being close to death after First Battle of Beruna, completely healed afterwards (LWW)
- Many people after the First Battle of Beruna (LWW)
- Trumpkin the dwarf - Healed a small wound (PC)
- Reepicheep the mouse - Near-death from battle wounds after the Second Battle of Beruna, it healed all but his tail (which Aslan healed afterward) (PC)
- Eustace Scrubb - Used on two occasions (DT)
- Aboard the Dawn Treader, to heal sea-sickness.
- As a dragon, he had a gold ring stuck on one foreleg. Lucy used her cordial on it, easing the pain, but it failed to melt the gold ring.
It is likely that the cordial saw use during her fifteen years as queen, although this is not explicitly stated in the books.
[edit] Differences in the Films
- In the films, the cordial's pouch is shown attached to the same belt she wore her dagger on. In the books, it is explicitly stated that the pouch had a strap that slung over her shoulder like a purse.
