Edmund Pevensie

Edmund follows Lucy through the wardrobe and runs into the White Witch. She gives him enchanted Turkish delight and promises to make him king if he brings his siblings. Back home, he lies that he was never in Narnia. When all four return together, he slips out of the Beavers' house and goes to the Witch's castle to tell her where his siblings are. There he becomes a prisoner and learns what she really is. Right in front of him, Mr. Tumnus is turned to stone for helping Lucy.

Rescued by Aslan's soldiers, Edmund talks with the lion alone on a rock, away from the others. When he comes down, Aslan tells his siblings that what's done is done, and Edmund apologizes. He doesn't know the lion died in his place. In the battle, he sees the Witch going after Peter and smashes her wand, the one that turns enemies to stone. He's badly hurt and saved by Lucy's cordial. He's crowned King Edmund the Just.

In Prince Caspian, Edmund is the one who backs Lucy most. In the ruins of Cair Paravel, he's the only one who brought a flashlight from England, and during the raid on Miraz's castle he climbs the tower to signal with it. When a group of Narnians tries to bring the Witch back through a wall of ice, Peter and Caspian nearly give in. Edmund, who knows that voice all too well, comes from behind and shatters the ice with his sword.

Back in England, Edmund tries to enlist and gets turned away for being too young: he misses being a king. On the Dawn Treader, he needles his cousin Eustace and argues with Caspian over who's in charge. On one island, a pool turns everything to gold and he nearly gives in to greed. On the Dark Island, the mist uses his worst fear: the Witch, offering him what he wants once more. Edmund holds firm. At the world's end, Aslan tells him he won't come back to Narnia.

In C. S. Lewis's books, Edmund also shows up as an adult in The Horse and His Boy. In the films he's Skandar Keynes; in the BBC series, Jonathan R. Scott.