Pevensies
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The Pevensies were the newest dynasty of the Kingdom of Narnia following the Age of Winter, during which a single ruler, the White Witch Jadis, had reigned for a hundred years. The Pevensie oligarchy lasted from Narnian-year 1000-1015 before the disappearance of all four Pevensie siblings from the World of Narnia (they had in fact found their way back to Earth). Their reign was widely accepted as the Golden Age of Narnia.
The Pevensies were a group of four siblings (two brothers and two sisters) from London, England, all of whom were adolescents (though of varied ages) when they entered the wardrobe for the first time into the world of Narnia, in Narnian-year 1000, during the Hundred-Year Winter. Their humanly virtues proved influential to the many oppressed talking beasts of the Kingdom of Narnia and their arrival coincided with Aslan's return, so that both events rose the Narnian beasts' otherwise crushed spirits. Though merely children, the Pevensie siblings helped motivate the Narnian morale and thus led the Narnians into an uprising against Jadis in the Winter Revolution. One of them, Edmund, nearly defected to Jadis' side, though ultimately betrayed her in order to maintain loyalty to his siblings. After the glorious victory, the Pevensies were all four coronated as kings and queens, establishing the first Narnian oligarchy. Peter Pevensie, the eldest (nearly of adult age), was deemed the High King of Narnia.
After the fifteen-year Golden Age of Narnia, the four had grown into noble adults and they all went out one day on a recreational hunt, in search for a legendary White Stag in Lantern Waste. Though none were seen again, they had in fact found the wardrobe portal in Lantern Waste and re-entered it, returning again to Earth, where they found themselves transformed once more into their original adolescent bodies.
The Pevensies would return again to aid Prince Caspian in claiming his throne 1300 years later in Narnian time, one year later in our time. Edmund and Lucy would then return again with their cousin Eustace Scrubb to sail with the now King Caspian to the end of the world; Peter, Edmund, and Lucy would return to the real Narnia. Susan's final fate is unknown.
In Narnia, the Pevensies were known as:
- High King Peter the Magnificent
- Queen Susan the Gentle
- King Edmund the Just
- Queen Lucy the Valiant
In our Earth, they were mere children and were referred to as the Pevensie Children:
