Polly Plummer
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| Polly Plummer | |
|---|---|
| Birth–Death | 1889-1949 |
| Home | Earth/England |
| Gender | Female |
| Species | Human |
| Family | |
| Occupation | Inhabitant of Earth |
| Affiliation | Narnia and Earth |
| Appearances | The Magician's Nephew The Last Battle |
Polly Plummer was a human most notable for witnessing both the creation and end of Narnia.
Polly was born in 1889 in England. For her early life she lived in London, possibly in the Colney Hatch district of London. In 1900, she met Digory Kirke. Polly and Digory became friends and frequently met to play together in the attic which connected all of the row-houses on their block.
One day the children accidentally entered the study of Digory's Uncle Andrew, who had made a set of magic rings which could transport the wearer to other worlds via the Wood between the Worlds. Uncle Andrew tricked Polly into trying on a ring; after she disappeared, he blackmailed Digory into following her with another ring, in order to bring her back.
After being reunited in the Wood, Polly and Digory traveled to the dying world of Charn. There, against Polly's advice, Digory broke an enchantment which released Jadis, the future White Witch. Jadis followed the children back through the Wood to London. Polly helped Digory return Jadis to the Wood and thence to the new world of Narnia, where they witnessed the creation of the world by Aslan. Polly, Digory, and the flying horse Fledge then traveled to a walled garden in the Western Wild to retrieve a magical apple. This apple, once it was planted, grew into a tree that protect the young land of Narnia from Jadis. Polly and Digory returned to England, where they remained friends.
Over the following decades in England, Polly became an elderly woman. She maintained contact with the other British "friends of Narnia", and was present with them when the apparition of Narnia's King Tirian appeared to request their help. She was later killed in a railway accident and transported to Aslan's country along with most of the other friends of Narnia. Once she arrived in Narnia, she became a young woman again, as well as Digory.
