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Character

Rilian

Also known as Prince Rilian, Black Knight, Knight of the Green Kirtle

The only son of Caspian X, enchanted and taken into Underland after the death of his mother. His nightly return to clarity in the Silver Chair creates the opening for his rescue.

This encyclopedia follows the whole story. Plot details from all seven chronicles may appear below.

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Primary sources

In the chronicles

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The Silver Chair20 cited passages⌄
  1. Chapter IV · paragraph 47About ten years ago, it appeared, when Rilian, the son of Caspian, was a very young knight, he rode with the Queen his mother on a May morning in the north p…Open passage →
  2. Chapter IV · paragraph 48…ried the dead Queen back to Cair Paravel, and she was bitterly mourned by Rilian and by the King, and by all Narnia. She had been a great lady, wise and gracious and happy, King Caspian's brid…Open passage →
  3. Chapter V · paragraph 35"Yes, do let's," said Jill. "Can you help us to find Prince Rilian?"Open passage →
  4. Chapter V · paragraph 40…d the Marsh-wiggle very slowly, "all the others who ever 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 th…Open passage →
  5. Chapter VI · paragraph 63…he Gentle Giants that they came from Narnia or that they were looking for Prince Rilian. And they gave him this promise, and went on.Open passage →
  6. Chapter VIII · paragraph 36…'t talk, we've been thinking of nothing else. We'd nearly forgotten about Prince Rilian."Open passage →
  7. Chapter X · paragraph 48"Oh ... you were the black knight who never spoke?" exclaimed Jill.Open passage →
  8. Chapter X · paragraph 50"How?" said the Black Knight with a frown. "If you were not so young a warrior, Boy, you and I must have fought to the death on this quarrel…Open passage →
  9. Chapter XI · paragraph 56…evilments are now over. You may well believe that I know Narnia, for I am Rilian, Prince of Narnia, and Caspian the great King is my father."Open passage →
  10. Chapter XI · paragraph 60"I owe all three of you a greater debt than I can ever pay," said Prince Rilian. "But my father? Is he yet alive?"Open passage →
  11. Chapter XII · paragraph 5Prince Rilian shivered as she spoke to him. And no wonder: it is not easy to throw off in half an hour an enchantment which h…Open passage →
  12. Chapter XII · paragraph 6…renounce it as plain villainy. And second: I am the King's son of Narnia, Rilian, the only child of Caspian, Tenth of that name, whom some call Caspian the Seafarer. Therefore, Madam, it is my…Open passage →
  13. Chapter XIII · paragraph 2Rilian explained that there were quite a lot of outlets by which one could get to the surface; he had been taken out t…Open passage →
  14. Chapter XIII · paragraph 7"By the Lion," said Prince Rilian, "it seems this silent land has found a tongue at last." He rose, walked to the window, and drew aside the curt…Open passage →
  15. Chapter XIV · paragraph 27"My father went to the world's end," said Rilian thoughtfully. "It would be a marvellous thing if his son went to the bottom of the world."Open passage →
  16. Chapter XIV · paragraph 54"Courage, friends," came Prince Rilian's voice. "Whether we live or die Aslan will be our good lord."Open passage →
  17. Chapter XV · paragraph 23…thers out. There are three others, besides the horses. And one of them is Prince Rilian."Open passage →
  18. Chapter XV · paragraph 25…'re quite as good as Dwarfs," said a voice. "What was that she said about Prince Rilian?" said another. "Hush!" said the Panther. "The poor child's crazed, and no wonder after being lost inside the h…Open passage →
  19. Chapter XVI · paragraph 29…green between the castle and the quay to welcome King Caspian home again. Rilian, who had changed his black clothes and was now dressed in a scarlet cloak over silver mail, stood close to the …Open passage →
  20. Chapter XVI · paragraph 64But far off in Narnia, King Rilian buried his father, Caspian the Navigator, Tenth of that name, and mourned for him. He himself ruled Narnia well…Open passage →
The Last Battle6 cited passages⌄
  1. Chapter IV · paragraph 32…as himself. He thought of his great-grandfather's great-grandfather, King Rilian, who had been stolen away by a Witch when he was only a young prince and kept hidden for years in the dark cave…Open passage →
  2. Chapter V · paragraph 16…d ages ago, more than a year ago by our time, and there was a chap called Prince Rilian, and they were keeping this chap underground, and Puddle-glum put his foot in----"Open passage →
  3. Chapter V · paragraph 17…" cried Tirian, "are you then that Eustace and that Jill who rescued King Rilian from his long enchantment?"Open passage →
  4. Chapter VI · paragraph 1…at kind of thing on their great journey through Giant-Land in the days of Prince Rilian. Then he had tried to teach Eustace how to use his sword and shield. Eustace had learned quite a lot about swor…Open passage →
  5. Chapter VII · paragraph 20"I'm Jill," she said. "The same Jill who rescued King Rilian from the enchantment--and this is Eustace who did it too--and we've come back from another world after hundreds…Open passage →
  6. Chapter XVI · paragraph 30…e. There was Glimfeather the Owl and Puddleglum the Marshwiggle, and King Rilian the Disenchanted, and his mother, the Star's daughter, and his great father, Caspian himself. And close beside …Open passage →
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CharacterLady of the Green Kirtle

A shape-changing enchantress who rules Underland and plans an invasion of Narnia.

→ObjectSilver Chair

The enchanted chair in which Rilian is bound during the one hour each night when his right mind returns.

→CharacterCaspian X

The Telmarine heir who restores the Old Narnians and becomes Caspian the Navigator.

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