Oh, this was such an awesome chapter! I think, like Jill, I was getting tired of being "stuck" in Anvard castle so this trip into town was such a refreshing change. I don't think I'm liking Archenlanders very much at this point, not only the Humans but the Talking Beasts that call themselves Archenlanders as well. Jill's Narnian prejudices come out loud and clear in her thoughts of them and as she sees how Narnians are treated in the town.
Graynor has an admirer, how cute! It reminds me a little of the scene between Mayor and the girl in the mine a few chapters back. :-) So he was sold into slavery by the Calormenes and made it back to Narnia. Definitely a true Narnian there. And Adelchis was a university professor. You know, I could see that, at least in this setting. His speech in the Lion's Paw was a little like lecturing a group of wayward students, I suppose. But of course, what he says here is far more important than teaching students at the moment. At any rate, I love that you've given us a bit of backstory on these two characters.
And the butcher is a Narnian knight as well! From the very place that made the wine Jill enjoyed at the pub. :-) I hope perhaps he will change his mind and return with them to Narnia. With the Pevensies here, maybe that will help convince him to return and take a stand and fight for his home once more (not to mention redeeming himself for fleeing).
So Cybele makes an appearance here, driving Tash out of the city. Would I be wrong in assuming she was the one that Susan heard not so long ago over breakfast when that Tarkaan interrupted? And what exactly IS Tash doing here? Very, very interesting... Would his appearance now affect any of the politics going on in Anvard and will it alter Susan's plans of hoping to bring home an army in any way at all?
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Date: 2012-01-05 02:29 am (UTC)Graynor has an admirer, how cute! It reminds me a little of the scene between Mayor and the girl in the mine a few chapters back. :-) So he was sold into slavery by the Calormenes and made it back to Narnia. Definitely a true Narnian there. And Adelchis was a university professor. You know, I could see that, at least in this setting. His speech in the Lion's Paw was a little like lecturing a group of wayward students, I suppose. But of course, what he says here is far more important than teaching students at the moment. At any rate, I love that you've given us a bit of backstory on these two characters.
And the butcher is a Narnian knight as well! From the very place that made the wine Jill enjoyed at the pub. :-) I hope perhaps he will change his mind and return with them to Narnia. With the Pevensies here, maybe that will help convince him to return and take a stand and fight for his home once more (not to mention redeeming himself for fleeing).
So Cybele makes an appearance here, driving Tash out of the city. Would I be wrong in assuming she was the one that Susan heard not so long ago over breakfast when that Tarkaan interrupted? And what exactly IS Tash doing here? Very, very interesting... Would his appearance now affect any of the politics going on in Anvard and will it alter Susan's plans of hoping to bring home an army in any way at all?