Tweak says, "Yvan eht nioj!"
Edmund's first ever actions in Narnia were to betray his siblings and then lie to them about it, and in some ways, he's been making up for that ever since. Despite being King for fifteen years and helping lead Narnia into a wonderfully prosperous time, deep down, he’s still insecure and worried that people will think the worst of him, especially his family. Jadis was able to recognise that young Edmund was struggling in some way (the war, starting at boarding school and being sent away from home all had an effect on the young boy, and made him pull into himself, lashing out at those around him) and she then manipulated those fears and worries to her advantage. Even though she’s long since gone, he’s still affected by what she did and trying to prove that he’s better than what she made of him. Not that he’d ever admit such a thing.
One of his most defining traits is loyalty to his family. Peter knows Ed will always have his back and is more than willing to act as his second. The girls know that Ed will always go out of his way to protect them, especially Lucy. He’s gone from her spiteful bully to her strongest supporter. This isn’t to say that he blindly follows after any of them, no matter what they do. He has no problems whatsoever with speaking up if he thinks Pete’s being an idiot, and if he thinks an idea or solution to a problem has merit, he will argue that point until it’s either blown out of the water or accepted. However, once a decision has been reached, he will do everything in his power to see that it is enforced and acted upon.
Edmund is intelligent, logical and usually very capable of keeping a cool head in a crisis. He is an excellent strategist, both in battle and on a chess board, and is widely known as a fair and just king. If asked to make a decision or to act as mediator, he makes sure to listen to all points of view and every possible side of an argument, no matter who is involved. Once everyone has had their say, and only then, he will decide what he thinks is the best course of action for all involved, announce his decision and then explain why. As he says, the last time he didn’t listen to someone, he ended up looking rather stupid indeed.
It is perhaps a natural progression from his stance of being as fair and just as possible, but he’s also an excellent negotiator on behalf of Narnia and his brother. He will have prepared as much as possible beforehand, learning as much as he can about whichever situation he finds himself in, whether it’s trade negotiations with their allies in Archenland or forming a treaty with the Calormen to the south of Narnia. Confident enough to negotiate with anyone, no matter their age or experience, Edmund is skilled enough to be able to tease out the best deals for Narnia and also to recognise when the time is right to finish negotiations and withdraw.
This also means that Ed can be seen as quite ruthless at times – he’s already weighed up the pros and cons of all kinds of situations, made his decisions and worked out the strategies required and therefore sees things in a few less shades of grey than his siblings. He is more than willing to make the hard choices where his siblings might be more tempted to be merciful.
Born in Finchley, England, Edmund Pevensie (or Ed, as he prefers to be called) is the third child of four (Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy, in birth order). When the Second World War broke out, the four children were sent off to stay in a large house in the country along with Professor Kirke and his housekeeper, whom the children called "The Macready".
While they were there, the children discovered that a wardrobe in one of the many spare rooms in the house would take them to a magical land known as Narnia. Lucy had discovered it first, but nobody believed her. Edmund was particularly scathing of her stories of Mr. Tumnus and a land covered in snow, but then, he was permanently moody or so it seemed. He was of the opinion that nobody, especially Peter, gave him the respect he knew he was due. He was also missing his father rather more than he was letting on and was not dealing well with boarding school, which combined to make him permanently grumpy and snappy.
It seemed odd, then, that he was the second person to find themselves in Narnia. He met up with a stunningly beautiful woman who called herself the Queen of Narnia, and who fed him hot chocolate and Turkish delight. She asked Edmund to bring the rest of his family with him, the next time he visited, and he reluctantly agreed. Once all four children found themselves in Narnia, Edmund managed to sneak away after a time to let the Queen, now revealed to be the White Witch, know they were all there. After that, any pretence the Witch had made at being nice was dropped and Edmund began to realise just how big a mistake he'd made.
Eventually reunited with the rest of his family when some members of Aslan's army rescued him, Edmund was a much different person. The White Witch claimed that his life was forfeit as all traitors belonged to her, and he could not argue with it as he had indeed betrayed his family and Aslan. The lion argued with the Witch, and it was decided that Aslan would die in Edmund's place. Edmund and Peter joined the main battle after Aslan had died, and while Edmund showed that he was a good fighter, even managing to destroy the Witch's wand, he was gravely injured. Aslan soon returned with reinforcements, and the battle was soon won. Lucy healed Edmund with her present from Father Christmas and the four children were crowned Kings and Queens of Narnia a few days later.
They ruled well for fifteen years. They made sure to deal with the last of Jadis' army. They re-established old alliances with neighbouring countries and expanded Narnia's borders again as Galma, the sea nation, and the Lone Islands were reintegrated into the country. They fought off attacks from Ettinsmoor to the north and from the Calormen to the south. And then one day they all went hunting a white stag and rode too far, vanishing from Narnia. GAME ENTRY. Edmund and his siblings went to hunt the white stag. It led them on a merry chase, out past an old metal post that niggled at Ed's memory, and soon enough they were lost in a fog. As it cleared, Ed was amazed to see that he was no longer in the familiar forests of Narnia.
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