The Voyage of the Dawn Treader characters

Appears from the start

The Lion of Narnia, known to the reader from the earlier books: the country's maker and true king, who appears when and how he chooses, not always in the same shape, and is never at anyone's command.

Appears from the start

The youngest of the Pevensies, once Queen Lucy of Narnia, staying with her aunt and uncle for the summer while her parents are in America. She is the readiest of the family to believe in Narnia and the one most obviously delighted at any chance of getting back there.

Appears from the start

Lucy's brother, once King Edmund of Narnia, sharing the same unwelcome summer with their cousin. Steady and level-headed, he has been badly wrong once in his life and is careful with other people because of it.

Appears from the start

The cousin the Pevensies are staying with: a boy raised on modern principles by very modern parents, who likes books with facts and diagrams in them, keeps a diary of grievances, and enjoys catching his relations out. He regards Narnia as a childish invention of theirs and says so at every opportunity.

First appears in chapter 2

King of Narnia, three years older than when the Pevensies last saw him and now a confident young ruler who has put his kingdom in order. He has sworn to sail east to find seven lords who were friends of his father and were sent away on a voyage by his usurping uncle, and he is at least as interested in seeing what lies beyond the known seas.

First appears in chapter 2

The Talking Mouse of Narnia, about a foot high, formal, gallant and instantly ready to duel over any slight. He has sailed on this voyage for reasons of his own: a verse spoken over his cradle promised him something in the utter east, and he means to go on to the world's end if the ship will carry him.

First appears in chapter 2

Captain of the Dawn Treader, a solid and unexcitable seaman who is responsible for the ship and says so plainly to his king when the king is being reckless.

First appears in chapter 3

One of the seven lords Caspian is seeking, long settled quietly in the Lone Islands and married there. He left the governor's service years ago and has learned to be careful about what he says in public.

First appears in chapter 4

The governor of the Lone Islands, a fussy, evasive official surrounded by paperwork, who has let a slave trade grow up under him and explains at length why nothing can be done about it.

First appears in chapter 11

A magician living alone in a tidy house on an otherwise deserted island, master of a household of invisible servants. He is old and bearded and barefoot, and though his servants are afraid of him he is neither cruel nor hostile, and he governs them because they cannot govern themselves.

First appears in chapter 12

One of the seven lost lords, found on the edge of a place where nightmares come true. Years of it have left him half out of his wits and desperate for nothing but the open sea and dreamless sleep.

First appears in chapter 13

A young woman living at the eastern edge of the world, who comes out at night with a candle to a long table set with food, and speaks to the travellers gently and without surprise. She knows what has happened on the island and what must be done about it.

First appears in chapter 14

An old man who comes up out of the east at dawn, tall and shining, and who was once a star. He lives on the island in retirement, growing younger each day as a fire-berry is brought to him by birds, and will one day return to the sky.