What do Narnians drink at their tourney celebrations? Narnian Imbibeables Archbird’s Nutbiter A popular beer brewed by Loren Archbird, owner of the Gray Stag Inn on the outskirts of Anvard. Like all Archenland beers it has a sharper taste than the Narnian ones and includes mountain hops. Archbird is well on in years now …
I found sooooo many pictures of Medieval knights in outrageous Liberace costumes I felt inspired to post more of my findings. These might not fly in Narnia, but perhaps in Galma or Archenland? First of all, this getup on the helmet of John I of Luxembourg. It’s a fanciful golden-furred creature that suggests boar, dog, …
Just as there were tourneys and tournaments in Narnia, surely there were jousts, which were part of King Lune’s future plans for Corin as relayed by Mr. Tumnus. I quoted the passage in last week’s Worldbuilding Wednesday, then realized Tumnus didn’t mention a tourney, only tilting and jousting. But these skills were honed and …
Tourneys, tournaments, and jousts are mentioned several times in the Chronicles. The first time is in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader in which Caspian mentions a tourney the Duke of Galma arranged for his visit. The second occurs in The Horse and His Boy, when Mr. Tumnus tells Cor (who he thinks is Corin) …
What sort of names would the folk of Galma have? Being as I have headcanoned the isle with Scottish roots, they would sound very Gaelic, like these. Galmian Names Male Brailoc Breccan Caelan Dularic Fynian Gaerloch Keirdan Lochlain Maerchor Malric Torloc Female Aerianna Becca Eileina Eillira Faelinn Fighora Lyraena Mairen Saorthen Sorchra Tirena
” [ … ] We had a fair wind from Cair Paravel and stood a little north for Galma, which we made on the next day. We were in port for a week, for the Duke of Galma made a great tournament for His Majesty and there he unhorsed many knights—” “And got a few …
Two more practical people arrived in the little wood. One was a Red Dwarf whose name appeared to be Duffle. The other was a stag, a beautiful lordly creature with wide liquid eyes, dappled flanks and legs so thin and graceful that they looked as if you could break them with two fingers. “Lion alive!” …
Though I don’t care much for Reepicheep, the existence of Talking Mice in Narnia raises the question of “What sort of magic would they use?” And what magic might human wizards and clerics use, when dealing with them or with more mundane mice? Though magic is suspect in canon Narnia, in some AUs it might …
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