"MY AURA"(MY LEG)
*I,AM WEARING MY REVELATION 12 LOTR ETC.
* WHITE SUMMER NIGHTGOWN AGAIN.
*I,TOOK TWO-BATHS FOR REAL TODAY.
*(THIS HELPS TO RELAX ME.)
*MY AURA IS WHITE BUT FOR SOME REASON IT APPEARS,
*MY SKIN COLOR IN THESE COLOR PICTURES.
- "And when they looked at her they thought they had never before known what beauty meant."
- ―[src]
Ramandu's daughter, known as Lilliandil in the 2010 adaptation of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, was the wife of King Caspian X, as well as the mother of King Rilian.
Description
Lilliandil was an inexpressibly beautiful, young woman; tall, with long yellow hair that hung down her back, and she dressed in a single long garment of clear blue that left her arms bare. According to the illustrations in the book, she went barefoot, just like her father.
Biography
Childhood
Lilliandil was the daughter of Ramandu, a resting Star, and an unknown mother. Since she was not a Star herself, her mother might have been human. She grew up on her father's island at the Beginning of the End of the World. Together, she and her father watched over Aslan's Table and the Stone Knife with which he was killed, which was kept on the table in his honour. Circa 2290 NY, the Narnian lords Revilian, Argoz, and Mavramorn landed on the island and fell into an enchanted sleep after one of them touched the Knife.
Caspian and Ramandu's daughter (illustration in the book)
In 2306, another ship landed on the island, which was met by Lilliandil. They identified themselves as Narnians, friends of the three sleepers, and were led by the young King Caspian X, who was instantly smitten with the Star's beautiful daughter. He asked her what breaking the spell on the sleepers would require, mentioning something about Sleeping Beauty and the kiss required to wake the princess. Lilliandil, however, replied that it was the opposite here; he must break the spell before he could kiss the princess.
The young king immediately decided to break the spell, and asked her what he must do. Ramandu gave him instructions, and Caspian and his crew sailed away, leaving behind a Lord named Rhoop and a sailor called Pittencream. Ramandu and his daughter cared for both men during their stay.
Marriage and Queenship
Lilliandil meeting Caspian for the first time.
In time, the spell was broken, and the sleeping Lords awoke. Shortly after, King Caspian and his crew returned to the island to take their people back to Narnia. While there, Caspian asked Lilliandil to come to Narnia with him, which she did. Soon after, the two were married and Caspian made Lilliandil his queen.
She was a good and dearly beloved queen. After about fifteen years of marriage, she gave birth to a son and Caspian's heir apparent, Prince Rilian, who, like his mother, had some Star's blood in his veins. When Rilian was newly knighted, and about twenty years old, he and the queen, together with some courtiers, went maying in the Narnian forests. While resting apart from the others, the queen was attacked by a green serpent. Her screams were heard by the courtiers, who rushed to her aid, but they were too late to save her. Before she died, the queen seemed to try hard to tell Rilian something, but was unable to say it before the serpent's venom took hold.
It is unknown what she was trying to say to Rilian before she died, but it was discovered later that the serpent who killed her was a witch who was plotting to kidnap the prince. It is possible, although speculative, that the queen knew this and was trying to warn her son.
Afterlife
Following her tragic death, Lilliandil went to Aslan's Country where she lived happily, and was eventually reunited with her husband ten years later. Rilian later joined his parents, though it is unknown when he died. Lilliandil was among the many Narnians present at the Great Reunion following the end of Narnia, along with her husband, son and father.
Adaptations
- In the Focus on the Family audio drama adaptation of Voyage of the Dawn Treader, she is voiced by the late Katherine Kellgren.
- In the 1989 BBC TV series, Ramandu's daughter is played by Gabrielle Anwar. In the 1990 sequel, she is un-credited, but possibly played again by Gabrielle Anwar.
- In the 2010 film adaptation, Ramandu's daughter was played by the Australian actress, Laura Brent. This is the only adaptation to name her (the book series simply called her "Ramandu's daughter"). Her name was created by producer Douglas Gresham, which was created to evoke imagery of the sea of lilies from the book. In the movie, she is apparently a full-blooded star (being the Blue Star that guides the crew of the Dawn Treader to Ramandu's island and the Dark Island), not a half-star, though again there is no mention of her mother, and her father is mentioned by her (and is the namesake of the island), but does not make an appearance. In this adaptation, she wears a white dress and is surrounded by a bluish-white glow.
During his time as an earth-bound star, he and his daughter together guarded the ancient Stone Knife of the White Witch, which she had used to kill Aslan during the Winter Revolution. It lay on Aslan's Table, and was forbidden to be touched by anyone.
In the 2290's NY, however, Ramandu's island was discovered by three of the Seven Lost Lords, Mavramorn, Argoz and Revilian, one of whom touched the knife in a fit of anger, causing all three of them to fall into an enchanted sleep.
In 2306, a ship called the Dawn Treader docked at the Island, searching for the three lords and Aslan's Country. This party was led by King Caspian X of Narnia, who quickly fell in love with Ramandu's daughter.
When Ramandu first appeared to the travelers of the Dawn Treader, he did not greet them, but joined his daughter; with her he raised his arms toward the east and sung a ritual song of welcome to the Sun. Afterward, a Bird flew by and placed a bright fruit into his mouth. This was a Fire-berry, which renewed his strength each day until the time when he would be able to once more join the great dance.
He told Caspian that in order to break the enchantment of the Three Sleepers, it was necessary for someone to sail as far east as possible, and to leave there a volunteer who would continue on to the Utter East. However, he could not give Caspian navigational information about the journey there, because he had only a star's perspective of Narnia.
When Ramandu first told the visitors his name and there was no recognition from them, he realised that he had ceased being a star long before they were born. He also corrected Eustace for equating what a star is made of, stating that although in our world stars are made of balls of flaming gas, that is not what they are.
He also informed the adventurers that they had already met another star, Coriakin, who he indicated was earthbound because of some personal failure. However, he would not reveal the circumstances of Coriakin's fall, on the grounds that humans are not meant to know such things about stars.
Dismissing this line of questioning as useless, he pressed Caspian to decide about sailing east. When the king mentioned the weariness of his crew, Ramandu said that enchantments can be broken only by knowledgeable and willing participants. He also assures them that should the adventurers wish to winter on this island, Aslan's Table would supply them daily with royal fare.
Finally, Ramandu laid his hands, radiant with a faint silver glow, on the head of Lord Rhoop, so that he could experience rest in the company of the three sleepers.
When the crew finally left for the Utter East, they left behind Lord Rhoop and one other Narnian with Ramandu, who cared for them until their return. When the ship eventually returned, they took the Narnians back home with them, including Ramandu's Daughter who left to be with King Caspian whom she had fallen in love with. Presumably, she left with Ramandu's blessing.
It is most likely that Ramandu eventually returned to the skies when he was fully rejuvenated, and shone once again as a full star. It is further likely that Ramandu went to Aslan’s Country following the Battle of Stable Hill along with fellow stars, as his daughter, son-in-law and grandson (Rilian), along with his grandsons five unnamed royal descendants and the sixth (Erlian) and seventh (Tirian) and their family as well as all good Narnians were also there.
Appearances
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (book, appearance)
- Prince Caspian & The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (BBC serial)
*YES,JESUS REALLY IS MY REAL DNA-FATHER,
*FIRST-COUSIN,
*HALF-BROTHER,
*HUSBAND ETERNAL AND "HOLY SON."
*I,AM EVER IO ETC.
*"SOPHIE"
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*MIND&RUN WITH IT RIGH TOFF A CLIFF!!!!
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*GOD EVEN POURED FORTH THEE REVELATION 12 LOTR ETC.CONFIRMING SOOOO MANY TIMES THAT HE REALLY IS MY REAL DNA-FATHER!!!!!
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Stars (or Star People) were an innately magical species of sentient beings found in the World of Narnia. They exist in celestial bodies, except for occasional periods of rest on the surface in humanoid bodies, and other special circumstances.
History
Stars were the first things created by Aslan's song at the dawn of time, and they immediately joined him in his song. They appeared fully formed in the sky, in constellations and individual positions.
Stars were seen in their sky form throughout their existence, and were also briefly encountered in human form while at rest.
At the end of the world, the stars were called to earth by Father Time. After falling as shooting stars, they entered Aslan's country through the "stable door" on Stable Hill.
Description
Stars' precise form in the sky was unclear, though it was evident that they could see and think like humans, making them sentient beings rather than mere gaseous celestial objects (like the stars seen from Earth). This is the form, however, that stars took for the majority of the time. It was possible that stars in the sky also had a somewhat human appearance, though it was impossible to tell their true appearance beyond the tremendous amount of blinding light they emitted.
Some stars spent time in fully human form, in which they did not emit light or heat, but looked and behaved like most human beings. This was not a normal occurrence, and few fully human stars were seen in the World of Narnia. It is believed that stars could naturally exist in these human bodies under two circumstances. First, if stars were extremely old (possibly thousands of years) to the point of losing their celestial power, they would fall to the Eastern Ocean where, waiting on one of its many islands, they could gradually recover their powers over long spans of time (specifically by the daily consumption of fire-berries). For stars, this recuperation period while in human form was known as "retirement", though it was only temporary until the star regained enough strength to rise into the sky once more. Second, if a star had committed some crime, Aslan could assign the star some earthly duty as punishment, in which the star would also take a human form.
During Caspian X's voyage, only two stars in human form were ever seen (both male). The first was Coriakin, who was banished from the sky to govern the Duffers as punishment. He appeared fully human, but had magical information at his disposal. The second was Ramandu, who lived in retirement, with his human daughter, on his own private island. He seemed to have light coming from him, and thus could be interpreted to be more star-like than Coriakin.
Ramandu's retirement was not indefinite. Every morning, he was brought a fire-berry from the sun, which made him a day younger. He said that when he became as young as a child born yesterday, he would return to the sky, once more in a star form.
Another human appearance was at the end of the world, when the Stars were called out of the sky by Father Time. They appeared in a very bright human form.
Stars at Rest
Stars at rest take a humanoid form. The only known star met in such a condition was Ramandu.
Children
Ramandu's daughter.
It was possible for stars, in human form, to have human mates and to produce human children. The only known child of a star was Ramandu's daughter.
It is not known who her mother was (or if she had one at all). Thus, she was either the child of Ramandu and a human, or a female star (though she only ever existed in human form until her death, suggesting that she was not a star, but rather, fully human, for Stars are immortal), or was somehow produced by him without a wife.
Ramandu's daughter eventually married King Caspian X of Narnia, and was the mother of King Rilian, and ancestress of all Narnia's subsequent monarchs.
Astonomy and Astrology
Both astronomy and astrology were practiced in Narnia.
Astronomy was well known, particularly among nobility, and the positions of stars and constellations were studied by Narnians, who knew about human stars, as well as by Telmarines, who did not.
Centaurs studied the stars astrologically, and made prophecies based upon their positions. The prophecies were accurate.
Comparison with Other Celestial Objects
Stars were very distinct from other celestial objects in the World of Narnia.
The Sun of Narnia was not a star. This was obvious right from its creation, when it appeared far brighter than the stars. It is also evident that the Sun is not a person (like the stars), but a place. (It is often mentioned that the sun has terrains and climates.)
Another difference between it and the stars at that point was that the sun did not sing. Another implication occurred when Father Christmas said Lucy's Cordial came from fireflowers in the mountains of the sun. A similar reference was later, during Caspian's Voyage, when the birds carrying Ramandu's fireberry were said to have come directly from the sun. Later in the voyage, the sun could be seen past the edge of the world, presumably in Aslan's country. Stars, in contrast, were evidently within the World of Narnia. Finally, at the end of the world, the sun did not get called to earth by Father Time with the stars. Instead it became "old" and red, like the sun in Charn, before eventually fading altogether.
The sun in Narnia rose in the east and set in the west, as was evidenced by Narnia being flat, but it was also mentioned to have an end, which is Aslan's Country.
Planets existed in Narnia, but were considered comparable to stars in their sky form, instead of being compared to Narnia.
Known Stars and Constellations
Stars
- Alambil, the Lady of Peace
- Aravir, the morning star
- Coriakin
- Ramandu
- Ramandu's daughter
- Tarva, the Lord of Victory
Constellations
The Ship, Leopard, and Hammer were constellations seen in the summer skies of Narnia. Lucy's favourite constellation was the Leopard.
- The Hammer
- The Leopard
- The Ship
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