The Deplorable Word

The curse Jadis spoke to end all life on Charn rather than lose her war.

The Deplorable Word is a magical curse in The Chronicles of Narnia that ends all life on a world except that of the one who speaks it.

Quick Facts

Spoken by: Jadis
World: Charn
Book: The Magician's Nephew

Lore & Background

In The Magician's Nephew Digory Kirke and Polly Plummer reach the dead world of Charn and wake Queen Jadis in a ruined building. She tells them she fought a world-wide civil war against her sister; when her armies had fought to the last soldier and her sister claimed victory, Jadis spoke the Deplorable Word, killing every living thing in her world except herself rather than lose.

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