Edmund Pevensie

Edmund Pevensie is a character created by C. S. Lewis for The Chronicles of Narnia. In the framing of the novels he is an English schoolboy and wartime evacuee who first enters Narnia through the wardrobe discovered by his sister Lucy. His actions in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe — including succumbing to the White Witch's temptation, betraying his siblings, and becoming subject to the Witch's claim — precipitate Aslan's sacrificial substitution (Aslan dies in Edmund's place and is restored by a 'deeper magic'). Edmund later grows into an adult king who reigns in Narnia for fifteen years before returning to England and resuming his childhood life. He is a principal character in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and appears to lesser degrees in The Horse and His Boy and The Last Battle.

As presented in the sources, Edmund is the third-eldest of the Pevensie children and an ordinary English schoolboy evacuated during wartime; specific physical details (height, hair color, eye color) are not supplied. In the Narnian timeline he matures into an adult and is depicted as King Edmund the Just who rules for fifteen years before reverting to childhood upon returning to England. Adaptations and media depict him with various actors and castings, but the primary sources give minimal physical description beyond age/status (child evacuee; later adult king).

Edmund possesses no innate supernatural powers in the supplied sources; his notability rests on human agency, moral development, and roles within Narnia. Initially selfish and susceptible to the Witch's temptation (notably enchanted Turkish delight), he betrays his siblings. After his redemption he becomes loyal, courageous, logical, and mature. He fights as a soldier in Peter's army (is wounded in battle and is healed by a magic cordial), neutralizes the Witch's wand in combat, serves as a negotiator and diplomat as king (for example accompanying Susan to Tashbaan over a marriage proposal), and forms confidences with Narnian figures such as Prince Caspian and Reepicheep.