Aravis

Aravis is presented in the novel as the only daughter of Kidrash Tarkaan and therefore a Tarkheena, a female member of Calormene ruling nobility. Her mother is said to be dead and her brother has been killed; she is left in the household of a hostile stepmother. She is promised in an arranged marriage (to Ahoshta Tarkaan) and, desperate to avoid this fate, decides to commit suicide but is persuaded instead to flee by the talking mare Hwin. Aravis escapes Tashbaan with Hwin and companions, undertakes an overland journey northward, overhears a plot by the Tisroc and Crown Prince Rabadash to invade Archenland, and ultimately marries the rescued heir of Archenland (Shasta/Cor), later becoming queen and mother of Ram the Great. She also appears among the redeemed in The Last Battle's depiction of Aslan's Country.

The provided sources give little detailed physical description beyond Aravis being 'a young Tarkheena' and later queen and mother. She is portrayed with the social bearing and education of Calormene nobility (storytelling as part of her upbringing). A notable physical mark in the narrative is a slash across her back inflicted when a lion chases the party; this wound forces her to remain with the Hermit for a time. No other specific measurements, hair or eye color, or detailed facial features are given in the cited materials.

Aravis is not described as possessing supernatural powers. Her notable capacities are moral and practical: she exhibits courage in fleeing an arranged marriage, resourcefulness in arranging and carrying out escape (including dosing her slave-maid with a sleeping draught to facilitate flight), and loyalty to companions during the journey north with Hwin, Bree, and Shasta. She overhears an invasion plot and aids in warning Archenland and Narnia. After being wounded by a lion (Aslan) she stays with the Hermit, encounters Aslan (an event described as transformative), and later assumes the duties of queen and mother in Archenland. The narrative also records a moral development from arrogance to humility and sensitivity.