Drinian
Also known as Lord Drinian
Captain of the Dawn Treader and one of Caspian’s most reliable officers. In later years he is involved in the search following Prince Rilian’s disappearance.
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In the chronicles
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treader26 cited passages⌄
- Chapter II · paragraph 1
…cy," said Caspian. "We were just waiting for you. This is my captain, the Lord Drinian."
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"Loyal as a badger, Ma'am, and valiant as--as a Mouse," said Drinian. He had been going to say "as a lion" but had noticed Reepicheep's eyes fixed on him.
Open passage → - Chapter III · paragraph 2
…ed forward. As she went she was joined by Edmund, and they found Caspian, Drinian and Reepicheep already on the forecastle. It was a coldish morning, the sky very pale and the sea very dark blu…
Open passage → - Chapter III · paragraph 7
"Are we to put in here, Sire?" asked Drinian.
Open passage → - Chapter IV · paragraph 3
…he young women joined in for the same reason and also because Caspian and Drinian and the rest were so handsome. And then all the young men came to see what the young women were looking at, so …
Open passage → - Chapter IV · paragraph 10
…ordered most of his own men to remain in the courtyard. He, with Bern and Drinian and four others, went into the hall.
Open passage → - Chapter V · paragraph 1
…eader's prow, and she was a live ship again. The men off duty went below, Drinian took the first watch on the poop, and she turned her head eastward round the south of Avra.
Open passage → - Chapter V · paragraph 4
…ring at a sinister change which had come over the very noise of the wind, Drinian cried, "All hands on deck." In a moment everyone became frantically busy. The hatches were battened down, the g…
Open passage → - Chapter VI · paragraph 18
"Or killed by wild beasts," said Drinian.
Open passage → - Chapter VI · paragraph 46
… and give it battle. I will lead. King Edmund will be on my right and the Lord Drinian on my left. There are no other arrangements to be made. It will be light in a couple of hours. In an hour's tim…
Open passage → - Chapter VII · paragraph 3
"A little hammer with a diamond above it like a star," said Drinian. "Why, I've seen that before."
Open passage → - Chapter VIII · paragraph 7
…ed up on to the poop at this and found that the rain had stopped and that Drinian, who was on watch, was also staring hard at something astern. Or rather, at several things. They looked a littl…
Open passage → - Chapter VIII · paragraph 8
"But they can't be rocks," Drinian was saying, "because they weren't there five minutes ago."
Open passage → - Chapter IX · paragraph 30
"Now, Drinian," said Caspian. "How would it be if we gave up the boat for lost, went down to another part of the bay, and sig…
Open passage → - Chapter IX · paragraph 31
"Not depth for her, Sire," said Drinian.
Open passage → - Chapter XI · paragraph 71
…ce of magic. He laid two blank sheets of parchment on the table and asked Drinian to give him an exact account of their voyage up to date: and as Drinian spoke, everything he described came out…
Open passage → - Chapter XII · paragraph 6
"Not by my advice," said Drinian.
Open passage → - Chapter XII · paragraph 13
…t what manner of use would it be ploughing through that blackness?" asked Drinian.
Open passage → - Chapter XIII · paragraph 5
When they had gone less than a bowshot from the shore, Drinian said, "Look! What's that?" and everyone stopped.
Open passage → - Chapter XIII · paragraph 24
"This one, too, and this," said Drinian.
Open passage → - Chapter XIV · paragraph 31
…t that moment they were interrupted by the sound of many feet and voices: Drinian and the rest of the ship's company were approaching. They halted in surprise when they saw Ramandu and his daug…
Open passage → - Chapter XIV · paragraph 32
"My lord," said the King to Drinian, "pray send two men back to the Dawn Treader with a message to the Lord Rhoop. Tell him that the last of his ol…
Open passage → - Chapter XV · paragraph 18
…her arm had gone "dead" from leaning so long on the rail in one position. Drinian and Edmund were beside her.
Open passage → - Chapter XV · paragraph 20
They both looked, but almost at once Drinian said in a low voice:
Open passage → - Chapter XVI · paragraph 1
Reepicheep was the only person on board besides Drinian and the two Pevensies who had noticed the Sea People. He had dived in at once when he saw the Sea King shaking …
Open passage → - Chapter XVI · paragraph 4
"My Lord," said Caspian to Drinian one day, "what do you see ahead?"
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The Silver Chair3 cited passages⌄
- Chapter IV · paragraph 27
… was with him on that journey: with him and Reepicheep the Mouse, and the Lord Drinian and all of them. I know it sounds hard to believe, but people don't grow older in our world at the same speed a…
Open passage → - Chapter IV · paragraph 48
… signs of hard riding. His chief friend among the older courtiers was the Lord Drinian, he who had been his father's captain on that great voyage to the east parts of earth.
Open passage → - Chapter V · paragraph 40
… went looking for Prince Rilian started from that same fountain where the Lord Drinian saw the lady. They went north, mostly. And as none of them ever came back, we can't exactly say how they got on…
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