Calormenes
The people of Calormen, the great empire south-east of Narnia.
The Calormenes are the people of Calormen, a large country south-east of Narnia, separated from it by Archenland and a great desert. Lewis probably took the name from the Latin calor, "heat", and spelled the people and adjective with a final e.
Quick Facts
- Country
- Calormen
- Capital
- Tashbaan
- Name origin
- Latin calor, heat
Lore & Background
In The Horse and His Boy Calormen is many times the size of its northern neighbours, and its army is always conquering more land or putting down rebellions. Its empire stretches from the Western Mountains to the Great Eastern Ocean, with its capital at Tashbaan. Lewis introduced them as a people with dark faces and long beards, flowing robes and orange turbans, "a wise, wealthy, courteous, cruel and ancient people".
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