The Lost Islands of Narnia | Chronicles of Narnia Lore | Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Some of the most mysterious locations in Narnia are quite literally off the map. Today we explore the Great Eastern Ocean, following the travels featured in the Voyage of the Dawn Treader. Queen Lucy Pevinse (played by Georgie Henley) mentioned many of these islands during her return to Narnia with her siblings, Peter Pevensie, Edmund Pevensie, and Susan Pevinsie, in the book Prince Caspian. Shasta and Bree also heard about one of these locations in the Horse and His Boy. C.S. Lewis is truly a masterful world builder!
Special thanks to Artist Lena Pigareva (@CuriousLobster). Check out her incredible work at www.pigareva.com
A huge thank you to all the incredible artists featured in this video. Check them out here!
Official Color Map of Narnia by Pauline Baynes
Supplemental map of the Great Eastern Ocean by David Bedell
Lixin Yin @ Artstation
Klaher Baklaher @ Artstation
Forest Gate by Jack Dowell @ArtStationHQ
Wizard by Murat Gul @ Artstation
A Bloody Legacy by Anh Le @ Artstation
Ruins by David Vasin @ Artstation
Giant Tree Swamp by Gabriel Perez @ Artstation
Ruins2 by Christina Fekkes @ Artstation
Jousting3 by Cyril Jedor @ Artstation
Dawn Treader by Gabriel Perez @ Artstation
Ekaterina Burma by Margery Tyrell @ Artstation
Emily Blaske @ Artstation
Tessa Gray by Emma Ronkainen @ Artstation
Enchanting Harmony by Lord Doom Hammer @ Deviantart
Sea Arches by Fausto Hault @ Artstation
Island City by Tayfun Kalafat @ Artstation
Jadis on Throne by Henrik Tamm
The Prince Returns & Lunch by Joseph Freely @ Artstation
Labyrinth by Jeremy Pallotin @ Artstation
Library Mornings by Silver Melody @ Artstation
Philosopher by Grzegorz Przybyś @ Artstation
Old Man by Mateusz Leart @ Artstation
Portrait6 & Portrait2 by Khlaher Baklaher@ Artstation
Several Portraits by Lixin Yin @ Artstation
Island by Maciej Piatek
Concept Art by Justin Sweet
Sea by Zy Bowsman @ Artstation
Medieval Market by Pably Dominguez @ Artstation
Eustace by Rachael Cunningham @ cunninghamzter.blogspot.com
Druid by Roman Zawadski @ Artstation
Dragon Island & Mountain Ruins by Roman Sanchez @ Artstation
Tashbaan by Sedeptra @ Artstation
The Aldeigjuborg Ataraya Ladoga by Andrei Pervukhin @ Artstation
The Treasure by Nele Diel @ Artstation
Halloween by Thiago Baltar @ Artstation
Rillian and Cornelius Concept Art by Vance Kovacs @ www.vancekovacs.com
Waiting Woes Silence is Gold by Sharan Dula @ Artstation

[@IntotheWardrobe]

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[@noahclaycameron]

I suspect your videos will help reawaken Narnia for the children reading them now, letting them explore these stories in the same way that things like Marvel and DC are explored.

[@NerdoftheRings]

For Narnia!! Glad to see a new vid, my friend!

[@shastasilverchairsg]

For Narnia and for Aslan!!!

[@BanazirGalpsi1968]

NotR! I also follow your channel! Glad to know you follow this one!

[@dimaaavrck]

The biggest mystery from the Voyage of Dawn Treader for me is the sea people/mermaids (or something of the kind) that we encounter almost near the end of the world. I recall that Lucy saw them driving sea horses, that they had a busy and arrogant attitude, and that it was said they may be hostile towards travelers. It always seemed to me that they represent some separate civilization underwater, and a quite advanced one. The question of how they are related to Aslan's universe still haunts me Thanks for the marvelous video, as always, by the way!

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Yes! It's such an odd addition at the final stretch of the voyage. I can't help but suspect there's a deeper purpose (no lun intended) to their presence in the story, but it's a puzzle I've not yet solved. Let me know if you figure it out!

[@shastasilverchairsg]

Might have something to do with Atlantis; or they may simply be the Narnian equivalent; I don't know.

[@geoffhorswood6234]

@@IntotheWardrobe Have you read Michael Ward’s “Planet Narnia”? It’s a scholarly work, so not light bedtime reading, but it is really interesting. The reason I bring it up here is that I have a personal theory about what that episode is doing here, but it’s deeply connected with that book. Basically, if you haven’t read it, Ward’s contention, and I think it’s a good one, is that each of the seven Narnian Chronicles are written “through the symbolic lens”, if you like, of one of the seven Medieval planets; Dawn Treader being Sol. The light of the Sun is universal, and so it’s in this book that you find this separate Narnian civilization under the sea, which also presumably answers to Aslan, and also the revelation that Aslan has other names in other worlds including our own. It’s a very symbolically Solar book, in the Medieval sense, and that comes through in numerous ways

[@londonfog2301]

In the voyage of the dawn threader Edmond mentions that the sea people seem to be deferent compared to the ones they knew durring their rule in the golden age, the ones they knew ( back in Narnia ) could live in the air as well as under water , the sea people ( in the chapter, wonders of the last sea ) can't , and they appear to be rather fearfull and hostil towards the Narnians aboard the dawn threader Anyway thanks for this great episode I really injoyed it and all the others, I can't wait to see more of your awesome and amazing content, keep up the good work!

[@somagames]

There was something similar in Peralandra when Ransom sees an underground kingdom in the distance. It seems to echo the notion that Aslan/God has MANY stories and ours is only one of them.

[@Art-nx6ti]

Hooray! I can’t wait for Aslan’s country. I always loved how the infinite mountains were described especially when it was read in the dramatized audiobook version. The first time I read the Narnia series, the Dawn Treader was my favorite one.

[@jakemurphy3352]

The first time. What’s your favorite now? Also those audiobooks are one of the greatest things ever recorded

[@cmw12]

Same. I don’t appreciate FoF’s political agenda, but those radio theater recordings are superb. After they disappeared from YT for the second time, I decided to splash out on the whole collection.

[@GRasputin91]

I grew completely obsessed with this description of the edge of the world. I'm always wondering what that would look like, to see impossibly high mountains behind the sky. Needless to say I was sorely disappointed by the Disney film adaptation. They completely missed everything about the mystery and magic of the edge of the world. I've been trying to draw what I think it would look like but I can never really capture it

[@Roma_eterna]

They made a dramatize audiobook series?

[@mariasirona1622]

The Dawn Treader only found those few islands. I think it's very possible that in the Great Eastern Ocean are many, many more islands that the readers at least don't know about!

[@shastasilverchairsg]

There might be a whole continent of Asiaticus or something... with Nippon, Cathay, Hind, the Spice Islands etc.

[@agenttheater5]

Think the other ones are the ones Caspian went to as an old man looking for his son Rilian?

[@kentslocum]

11:19 He points out that Aslan himself mentioned many other islands in the Great Eastern Ocean. Was it coincidence that the Dawn Treader ran across the few it did, or was it providence?

[@keithtorgersen9664]

@mariasirona, and this is also not counting that there is an unexplained and unexplored western sea as well. The only real clue we have is a brief line in The Last Battle referring to “strange, unearthly creatures from the remote western isles”.

[@ashokkumarjamalapur1212]

Hello to all Narnian fans out there!! I'm glad that finally I found a channel which uploads the content I love! I am a huge fan of 'The Chronicles of Narnia'. I used to feel left out Bcuz no one seemed to be interested in it. Finally found some people who are great fans of the series just like me!!. Your channel certainly deserves a place in my subscriptions . Keep uploading !!

[@lizc6393]

You're a true child of Narnia like myself then, glad you're here!!! ♥️

[@JerryGLoveless]

I love Narnia, partly because of the good story-telling and worldbuilding, partly because of the unique writing style, but mostly because of the incredibly well executed Biblical allegory.

[@cymro6537]

I love this book - so much in fact that I'm in the process of creating a 'ship in a bottle' of the Dawn treader

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Wow! Please send pics when it's finished! [e-mail]

[@lizc6393]

@@IntotheWardrobe Hey, since you're sharing your email in the comments here, would you be ok with folks sending you video topic suggestions?

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Sure thing!

[@lizc6393]

@@IntotheWardrobe Sweet! Promise I won't spam bomb you, lol. I'm just a huge fan of the channel and C.S. Lewis.

[@hallonkatt]

Excellent video as usual. In the books, we never actually get to visit all of the islands. I kinda wish we would've... Narnia is such a magical and diverse place, and islands even in our non-magical world tend to be extraordinary and quirky. Just imagine what we have missed out on!

[@geoffhorswood6234]

Wonderful! Dawn Treader was always my favorite of the books and I remember wanting to live in the Seven Isles as a child, and being disappointed that we never got to see Galma, Terebinthia or the Seven Isles. One thing that always puzzled me was why there didn’t seem to have been any Talking Beasts in the islands. Caspian I the Conqueror is unlikely to have extirpated them; Telmarines fear and shun the sea. And yet Reepicheep is treated like a performing circus animal, so obviously the Lone Islanders didn’t even know about Talking Beasts. Eagerly awaiting part 2

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Wow, great point about the Lone Islanders. Very interesting.

[@shastasilverchairsg]

Maybe no Talking beasts ever settled there; or they went dumb with time and mingled with the regular beasts.

[@AbelMcTalisker]

There is a brief reference to the Lone Island`s in "The Last Battle". From the few hints, it looks like the Islands were always human-inhabited but came under the rule of some of King Frank`s descendants long before that dynasty ended and long before The Witch.

[@white4321]

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[@jonathanwhite8904]

I don't have the Notification Bell turned on for any other channel, but KZbin is so bad at showing me when you post again, that I'm doing it for you. Your videos are so great, and I have started reading the books. Before now I've only read the first one when I was a kid, but your stuff inspired me to go for it and read the whole series.

[@driven333]

You, my friend, are on a roll...… Don't stop!

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Thanks a ton for the comment!

[@tomklock568]

Nice summary! I love The Voyage of the Dawn Treader...well actually all of them!

[@MemoryTroll]

Love it! Great job, man!

[@jonathanbrewer7072]

A definitive study. Unparalleled. Thank you. ( By the way, did you note the chronoscope in the magician's house ? Interestingly - and significantly? - we find such a device in the fourth part of the Ransom tetralogy. An important element within the Dark Tower. Is Lewis telling us something ? I've got my thinking cap on.

[@TimeTravelMaster]

Thanks for another great video! I absolutely love Voyage of the Dawn Treader, because out of all seven books I’ve read that one the most! :-D

[@r-t9266]

As lovely as ever ! Thank you for another great video.

[@JocZayZay1]

Great video, looking forward to part 2

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Coming soon!

[@selenedm999]

I love these deep dives you do, and how much content there still is left to review, even though I've read the books dozens of times. I have one tiny nitpick. You left out Burnt Island, where Reepicheep found the coracle that took him on the last leg of his personal journey. I expect you will go into it in the next video, though. Keep up the awesome work!

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Yes, I did. I cut it for time as it was only briefly mentioned it and it wasn't one of the major islands, but I probably should have just included it. Thanks for watching, and please keep nitpicking! :-)

[@jasminelaury736]

I've been really enjoying these. I am a Sunday School teacher in my church, and we are currently going through a series on The Chronicles of Narnia in our class. I am looking forward to watch more of these videos.

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[@IntotheWardrobe]

Yay! Thank you!

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[@IntotheWardrobe]

Thanks. Not stopping yet! :-)

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WHOOOO! YEAH! THANK YOU! AMEN! remember the names, Cas-pi-an, Lu-cy and Ed-mund!

[@myperspectiveisimnotblind]

Finally!!!!

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Great video, I recently took to reading the Chronicles of Narnia again and lo and behold this channel crossed my recommended. These videos have really inspired my D&D DM'ing as well. So thanks! :)

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Greatly enjoy your videos. Keep up the great work.

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Thank you very much!

[@MrMac6375]

Just found your channel and watching all your videos. Hoping you're well and we see more soon! Thank you for giving us a channel dedicated to Narnia.

[@elflordsjourneys]

Next to lotr Narnia has been a favorite since a teenager. Thanks for creating your videos.😀

[@calummacritchie7840]

Thank you for your Narnian insights.

[@DeokmanOfSilla]

The life of Reepicheep please!

[@NerdoftheRings]

Seconded!

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Yes!

[@aliciamcdowell4711]

Yes

[@gregoryshipunov6340]

Hey! Thank you for your work! I think it’s very important to bring such videos on the KZbin! One question: why did you missed the Burned Island? The one that’s very close to the Dragon’s Island?

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Yes, I should have included it, even though it is a minor waypoint in the book. I have an analysis on the major islands coming up and I had intended on doing the videos back-to-back. I left it off as to not confuse the second video...but that's still to come.

[@taliyap6275]

I subscribed after watching the first 10 seconds of this video!

[@leeannturner494]

Thank you for taking the time & making the effort to make these videos. They are so relaxing. I think you'd really like the BBC Narnia series, I have it on DVD & I prefer it to the films

[@modestflamingo7272]

Thank you for the narnia history!

[@mirandabeaulieu7735]

I love the instrumental of the song go the distance from Disney's Hercules playing in the backround

[@ivoneray1472]

I really enjoyed watching all your videos! Thanks for all your work.

[@GRasputin91]

Awww man, when's the video on Aslan's country coming out? That's the one aspect of Narnia that I'm most obsessed with and I want to dive deeper into it

[@Powerofpeace64]

Loving every minute!! Looking forward to the next one!

[@jonathanbrewer7072]

Superb and definitive study. ( I noted a portal in the magician's house - a chronoscope. For more on this, read the fourth part of the Ransom tetralogy.)

[@LegalSC]

"Not to be confused with the stone table." Well, I'm definitely guilty of that confusion. Guess it makes sense given the stone table broke. What's the distinction?

[@somagames]

The stone table was where Aslan was killed back in LW&W and it was destroyed (at least split in two) when he returns to life a few hours later. It’s also only called a table when in fact it’s more like a slab. Aslan’s table on the island is an actual dinner table.

[@LegalSC]

@@somagames Ah so Aslan's table has no significance beyond it being at Ramandu's island?

[@IntotheWardrobe]

@@LegalSC In addition to @somagames description, it seems to be a magical table with everlasting food that Aslan has put there as a reward to any traveler who successfully completes the journey. Thanks for the great conversation!

[@gustavramirez2891]

Hope this isn't the beginning of the end of this channel - cause it's videos are great! :)

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Don't worry, it's the beginning of the beginning! Thanks for the compliment.

[@asteroidm1ner418]

These videos are amazing. So well done! Thankyou!

[@Epic_Kingdom]

Great video!

[@bangbangrogers2750]

I read voyage of the dawn treader for school, I started reading the whole series.

[@imqxla67]

Yet another fascinating video!! Amazing ❤

[@onenerd9573]

Hey, I just found your channel and I have to say, fantastic work! I was wondering if you could do a video on Narnian Stars? I've always thought that the idea of sentient stars was super interesting.

[@TheOldestSoul]

Lol @ the portrait of Billy Barty as the High Aldwin to represent the hermit

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Might be a slight resemblance there :-)

[@oddball_hb]

I just finished re-watching the 3 movies from the 2000's and also just finished binge re-listening to the Focus on the Family radio theater audio recordings...... So I'ma be here for a bit.

[@enriqueramirez0615]

You know the island of Terebinthia would be the influence and inperation for another fantasy novel which later adapted into films called "Bridge to Terabithia".

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Yes! Although Katherine Patterson said she didn't realize it at the time she was writing, she must have been influenced by Narnia because she was a big fan.

[@enriqueramirez0615]

@@IntotheWardrobe was she the author of the book.

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Yep!

[@enriqueramirez0615]

​​@@IntotheWardrobe I was just wondering if you are familiar with the book "His Dark Materials" by Philip Pullman as well as the Walden media film adaptation "The Golden Compass" and it's BBC series of "His Dark Materials" it was also inspired by Narnia for example it shows Poler bears that can speak and wearing armor, that truly Narnian.

[@TheGlovis]

Finally new video, and obviously a great one too! Pitty there are so few videos on this channel ; ( Great content tho!

[@jasminelaury736]

These are great videos. I have even come up with some of my own theories. In The Last Battle, Shift is behind the operation of taking over, yet eventually Rishda and Ginger took over. I have a theory, "What if Rishda has been behind the operation all this time?" Even before Shift and Puzzle find the lion skin, Jewel does mention in the book that Shift was most likely in secret communication with the Tisroc of Calormen. Then I wondered, "What if Rishda was involved in the communication as well?" After Shift got into drinking, he lost control over Narnia, so it would have made it easier for Rishda to take over, but I have a theory that Rishda may have been in secret communication with Shift even before Calormenes came into Narnia.

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Wow! Really interesting ideas!

[@jasminelaury736]

@@IntotheWardrobe Yeah. It's a theory at least. Who knows when the balance of power fell to Rishda. All Shift was interested in getting all the oranges and bananas he could get. Eventually, Shift lost control over Narnia. And who knows how Ginger got involved. He could have just been sitting there until Shift comes with the idea, "Oh, Tash and Aslan are one and the same." I am still inclined to the theory that Rishda was in secret communication with Shift prior to the Calormenes coming into Narnia. It might be something for Netflix to do.

[@rafaelurgert8224]

Hey, I love your video's man! I have a question, where do you get all those beautiful art works?

[@IntotheWardrobe]

They are incredible aren't they? Most of them come from artstation or deviantart. You can find the credits to each artist in the descriptions of each video.

[@rafaelurgert8224]

@@IntotheWardrobe Yes, they're beautiful! Thanks! I'll check them out

[@omarbinno4390]

What about an episode on Aslan's Country beyond that ocean?

[@twellington4562]

Breathtaking!!!!!!!!

[@Roma_eterna]

I would love a video on the origins of the dark Island!

[@jakemurphy3352]

Love your vids man

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Thanks so much for the encouragement.

[@ambersanders7089]

I think it's so cool that you go into the rich lore of Narnia! Do you think you could post links to books or sources from which you get your information? I'd like to read more about it.

[@Bezanie]

Sorry I'm late! Been pretty busy! So happy there's a new video! XD

[@jacquicoder7160]

Great episode, I will have to meditate on it for a while and look forward to the next episode.

[@footballlover9207]

I love your videos!!! Thank you for making them. I used to feel left out of fan stuff because I wasn't into Harry Potter or LOTR (am into LOTR a little now) and there wasn't anything about Narnia like the other book series. Still upset they never did all the movies, but I'm happy with what we have. Are there any books on Narnia similar to a "history" book or such like there is for LOTR?

[@gustavramirez2891]

There's a book called "The Narnia Code" by Michael Ward. You might also enjoy Lewis' trilogy of sci-fi books, the Space Trilogy. Have you read them?

[@katethegreat4918]

Also Planet Narnia

[@TheNotoriousCheeto]

Great video! One thing I would like clarification on. When I read Voyage of the Dawn Treader, I always had the idea that just touching the dragon treasure was not enough to turn someone into a dragon. I thought it was specifically sleeping on the treasure with "dragonish" greed in his heart. My interpretation was that if you found and took the treasure, but were not overly greedy, you might be fine. Like, if you found it and were like "I am going to feed a lot of orphans with this gold," I expect you'd be fine. It actually bugged me in the movie because they said it was just the cursed treasure, and I thought that removed the guilt from Eustace. I thought that the sin of greed was more the deciding factor than just the treasure itself. So am I way wrong? Do we have notes from Lewis or something on that?

[@daydreamerX200]

It seems like a version of the Nordic myth of Fafnir en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fafnir The gold was indeed cursed, but the curse only affected what was already there

[@MagusMarquillin]

Nice tour! Is that an official map, like by Pauline Baynes or is it a fan art? You say we're "off the map" as it were, but then you pull out a new map. I'd imagine Caspian's crew would have drawn something up as they went, I wonder if they brought a cartographer. I also wonder how many people actually get to dine at Alan's table in the history of Narnia, was it just Caspian's crew and the 3 lords before him? Maybe more have made this pilgrimage/permanent migration Maybe the stars eat from it; I'm not sure if they eat our food or just those sun berries that make them younger. And I don't suppose Aslan himself eats from the table, he seems the sort to hunt and eat fresh food. Doesn't seem like he could use cutlery anyway, not like beavers and badgers could - wait even that Fox in tLtWatW was holding a goblet so who knows, I'm just don't tend to think of talking beasts like that, especially Aslan. Do they all have opposible thumbs? :p Seems like you've covered most of the eastern ocean, have you got enough material for a second video with Alsan's county - I guess there's a lot of room to speculate on that land, like is it part of the same world, or of another dimension (out of the Shadowlands), there's a lot of other rules there as seen in Silver Chair. Plus I suppose you can still cover the strange things that are under the ocean water. :)

[@IntotheWardrobe]

What great comments you always leave! The color map is Pauline Bayne's official map. The second map with the Eastern Ocean Islands is by a fellow named David Bedell. I can't find much info on him, but apparently he created the map based on information he gathered from the books. I'll be taking a deeper look at this map very soon. By the way, Coriakin the Magician created a magical map for the crew, so I guess they did have their own cartographer. :-) But you would think they would have at least kept very detailed charts so they could find their way home, right?

[@MagusMarquillin]

@@IntotheWardrobe Yeah, Pauline's work is pretty nearly canon since she was tight with Lewis, but I don't suppose that extends to Bedell. I have another version of the eastern ocean in the Companion to Narnia (4th edition) drawn by Lorinda Bryan Cauley but she puts Terebinthia above Galma and flatens out the whole bight of Calormen, so I guess it's not to reliable - very pretty though!

[@IntotheWardrobe]

@@MagusMarquillin I'll have to check out Cayley's map! Thanks for the tip!

[@cliffwoodbury5319]

They need to take all of the notes for this universe and come out with them!!! It would be cool if new writers added to the many charctaers that could make great stories

[@crazyrobotlady3391]

I would love to try.

[@pattersonbrown66]

I love the mysterious islands

[@allthings2allmen]

Hey Bro! I love your channel and breakdown of Narnia and C.S.Lewis! You got it goin' on but I just notices a funny gliche @ 1:24 You said Peter and his 4 siblings...whoops! Your alright with me I just think it's Natural and human! Keep up the great work my brother!😁😉💥💯💥👌👍💪👊🤙

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Thanks for the encouragement. Yep, you'll find lots of little errors throughout my videos! :-)

[@elenipalmos9713]

Could you create a video that discusses the Talking Trees across the Chronicles of Narnia?

[@sarrjel]

I read the book The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and watched the movie. The movie was ok, it was nice to see the actors again from the last movie but in the book our characters were not set on conquering they're fears or trying to bring back people who were being sacrificed to a green mist. In the book the characters were just exploring the islands.

[@jaydeepak6451]

Could you do narnia within narnia?

[@jellydarling1008]

Just finishing this book!

[@mortenjrgensen1795]

Another very nice video! May I ask, where you get all those images you use from?

[@BeaverOwl]

I’m a high school teacher and I use the Narnia series as our classroom novels. Would you be able to point me in the direction of the fan art in your videos? Please let me know if you’d like to see some of my students fan fiction or artwork. All the best from Montreal, Canada!

[@enriqueramirez0615]

Dragon Island is the most treacherous of all the islands in the world of Narnia Hey you should talk about the dragons of narnia from first dragon that was slayed by King Gale To Eustace, the boy who changed into a dragon after stealing the forbidden treasures.

[@shastasilverchairsg]

What if there was an island on the Westernmost edge of the world in the shape of a five-pointed star... and it was called Numenor. 😂

[@davidmorris2219]

Great video. I do wonder though about the accuracy of that map near the beginning. On reading Dawn Treader i got the impression they were sailing progressively east from Galma to Terebinthia then the Seven Isles. But judging from the map they were actually going in a very roundabout way.

[@IntotheWardrobe]

I've traced the route in the book and Baynes map seems fairly accurate. There will be a video about this journey one of these days. Some really interesting data to be gleaned from Eustace's log book!

[@trueedge2097]

Love this video. Are you playing Go the Distance in the background? Very fitting. I might have worded the barb at Walden Media differently. It isn't as simple as saying that movie makers don't let something as canon get in the way. Movie makers are often more concerned with how an audience will digest what is on the screen, which is what makes adapting these books so difficult. The books are very episodic - one thing happens, another thing happens, a different island, another island, with little connection between at times. That doesnt always translate well to the big screen. They were attempting to craft a story that was flowing and connected, not only to each element but to the other stories that had been seen on screen. That was the justification for shifting the island order and the addition of a backstory to the Lords and their swords. As for combining Death water and Dragon Island, I gotta say that makes a degree of sense. There is a connection between the two - some sort of magic that transforms a person - and a connection to gold itself. To cut down on runtime, I think I could get behind this edit. All in all, I am very pleased with Walden's adaptation. It is different, but it fits with the film versions and is a great watch.

[@ronaldmccomb8301]

Great video! Wouldn’t be King Peter and his three siblings?

[@aydngray-juarez8935]

Please do a video on Caspian x

[@atikasanggardiyanti3135]

Cool

[@kywanmarshall2192]

I like this

[@marcusaurelius9577]

I hope the next video comes out soon and also if you find it hard to come up with an idea for a video how about doing some Narnia what if’s I’m pretty sure a lot of your subscribers would give you a lot of ideas If you ask them

[@theswedishdude1]

so did Aslan create dark island? if not then who made it and if he did make it why did he destroy it? just because Lucy was put in danger? it really does seem like Lucy is Aslan's ultimate favorite, he always comes to her aid

[@zeusdemi6858]

So... Terebinthia has no relation to the movie 'The Bridge to Terabithia', right? That's just a coincidence?

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Katherine Patterson said she probably subconsciously used Narnia's Terebinthia as inspiration, since she was a big fan of the books. In the book, one of the characters actually lends "The Chronicles of Narnia" to a friend!

[@MagusMarquillin]

I have wondered the same thing. Since we never land there, for all we know Jess and Leslie were imagining it as it really was! They just weren't granted physical access.

[@DeokmanOfSilla]

But Leslie is dead :'-(

[@llewelynshingler2173]

Do you have any plans to make a video comparing Narina Adaptations to the books?

[@joepetto9488]

Land of the Duffers is based on an account of Hy Brasail, an island off the coast of ireland with one legged creatures serving a magician.

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Amazing! I never knew! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@agenttheater5]

I know this is a 'Narnia only' channel but have you ever thought of doing a 'Bridge to Terabithia' video? Since she'd accidentally taken the name from Terabinthia and then wrote in Leslie getting the inspiration for the name from her Narnian books, and later pointed out that Lewis may have gotten the idea from some sort of trees from the bible called something like terebinth trees? (Don't fully remember what she said).

[@IntotheWardrobe]

It would be a very fascinating study to see how BTT was influenced by the Narniad. Thanks for the tip!

[@samuellawrencesbookclub8250]

Given that the entirety of Narnian history comprises less than 3000 years, it's incredible that the world, including these islands, are as inhabited as they are. From Magician's Nephew we know that all life started in Narnia, including all of the creatures created by Aslan, and Jadis, the cabby, the cabby's wife, and the cabby's horse. Human migration in our world took millennia, and while it is true that the cabby, and his wife's, 19th century knowledge would have meant that Narnian humans started out knowing a little more than our ancient ancestors, it is still astounding that - within 300 years of the dawn of time - people would have started to populate somewhat distant islands, like the Lone Islands. There must have been people, and a rudimentary government on the islands by 302, for them to be oppressed by a dragon, and be saved by King Gaile, who then swore fealty to. Also, a surprising amount of cultural drift must have occured before Gaile conquered the dragon, despite the fact that it must have been colonise in recent history, there being no other kind of history at that point in Narnia, there seems to have been no contact between the Narnian mainland and the Lone Islanders before King Gaile arrived. It isn't just humans either, the monopod dwarves on the Island of the Duffers must also descend from Narnian dwarves, all like beginning in Narnia. Given that half-Dwarf Dr. Cornelius taught Prince Caspian seamanship, presumably Narnia's dwarves have some history of seafaring, but even so the Island of the Duffers is a long way out. Also it's been a while since I've read Dawntreader, so I can't recall if the dwarves single-leggedness is the product of a curse or natural, but it is natural that is a substantial mutation away from conventional dwarf appearance. Assuming that the original colony was only a few dwarves, such a substantial mutation is conceivable, with any insular population some level of inbreeding is to be expected, and this can lead to mutation, but it would take a while. I'd be willing to bet that the dwarven ancestors of the Duffers got to that distant island early on in Narnian history.

[@nathanielpayne2681]

I've watched a few of your videos but haven't heard any mention of the BBC live action series covering the first 4 books.

[@thylange]

In VODT ,Eustace's parents are mentioned with some peculiar descriptions. What did Lewis refer to?

[@Fion355]

Probably the book i love the most. The journey into the unknown, strange mysteries and just overwordly things. I just wished it would have been a bit longer and some things more explained. Especially the "Dark island". What was it? Why did it even exist? And correct me if im wrong, but wasn the "Dreams come true" the lie? Because it was not your dream that would come true. (Like the one sailor seeing his dead wife again.) It was a nightmare, born out of fears, taking form and tormenting the person. Nothing good existed on that "land". How did the Lord even survive there?

[@thespellre7382]

I think you forgot a couple islands

[@kitsunefirefox1986]

Is there a connection with the Dragon bowsprit, the name Dawn Treader & Lucifer?

[@Carolina-rd3gh]

Could you make a video of your personal ranking of the books?

[@IntotheWardrobe]

That's a great idea!

[@marcusaurelius9577]

@@IntotheWardrobe Hope you’re doing well can’t wait for a new videos Hope they’re coming out soon

[@_DeathBringerX_]

When will u make next video about Netflix Narnia ? Please reply if u see this

[@robsaberrations4924]

Where is it mentioned that Cair Paravel is on an island? I don't remember that!

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Originally Cair Paravel was not on an island. However, in Prince Caspian the ruins of Cair Paravel are described as being separated from the mainland by water (presumably as the results of erosion over thousands of years). In fact, Pauline Baynes' official map of Narnia is illustrated as such.

[@robsaberrations4924]

@@IntotheWardrobe Thank you so much for your reply! I appreciate it! I'll have to re-check the books!

[@Marie12Joan]

did you ever make the second half of this video? I don't see it on the channel

[@IntotheWardrobe]

Not yet. It's a VERY DEEP dive. I'm still finalizing research--and gathering my strength! Thanks for checking!

[@Marie12Joan]

@@IntotheWardrobe awesome thanks. I loved these books as a kid but I haven't read them in maybe 15 years. I sped through a lot of your videos last night and wow! I really need to reread these. The first time through the Dawn Treader was my favorite. The Islands facinated me so really looking forward to it

[@Millencyne800]

It’s ironic the talmeranians were afraid of the water given they came into Narnia as pirates 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@angelagriffin5130]

Just a tiny correction. It would be King Peter and his three siblings. Not 4.

[@jonathanbrewer7072]

I would like to learn more about the magician and his relationship with the Dufflepuds. It's unclear from the text