City of Charn
The dead capital of Jadis's world, crumbling under a dying sun.
Charn is a city in The Magician's Nephew (1955), the prequel to The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Charn and the world of which it is the capital are the birthplace of Jadis, the White Witch, who later seizes control of Narnia.
Quick Facts
- Series
- The Chronicles of Narnia
- Creator
- C. S. Lewis
- Genre
- Children's fantasy
- Ruler
- Jadis
- First
- The Magician's Nephew
Lore & Background
When Digory and Polly visit it briefly, the city is deserted, lifeless and crumbling under a dying sun in a dark blue sky. In a ruined building there they wake Jadis, who tells them how she ended a civil war against her sister by speaking the Deplorable Word, which killed every living thing in her world except herself.
More in Mythos & History
Elsewhere in Narnia
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