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Narnia Character Ages

Narnia Character Ages

Most of the main characters in The Chronicles of Narnia have their birth-years listed in C.S. Lewis’s timeline of Narnia history, but a few require some careful reading to determine.

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe: 1940

  • Peter Pevensie: 13 – 28
  • Susan Pevensie: 12 – 27
  • Edmund Pevensie: 10 – 25 [a]
  • Lucy Pevensie: 8 – 23 [a]
  • Digory Kirke: 52

Prince Caspian: 1941

  • Peter Pevensie: 14
  • Susan Pevensie: 13
  • Edmund Pevensie: 11 [a]
  • Lucy Pevensie: 9 [a]
  • Caspian: 13

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader: 1942

  • Edmund Pevensie: 12 [a]
  • Lucy Pevensie: 10 [a]
  • Eustace Clarence Scrubb: 9
  • Caspian: 16

The Silver Chair: 1942

  • Eustace Clarence Scrubb: 9
  • Jill Pole: 9
  • Caspian: 66
  • Rilian: 31

The Horse and His Boy

  • Shasta/Cor and Corin: 14 [b]
  • Aravis: Approx 13 [c]
  • Peter Pevensie: 27
  • Susan Pevensie: 26
  • Edmund Pevensie: 24
  • Lucy Pevensie: 22

The Magician’s Nephew: 1900

  • Digory Kirke: 12
  • Polly Plummer: 11
  • Andrew Ketterley: 60+ [d]

The Last Battle: 1949

  • Eustace Clarence Scrubb: 16
  • Jill Pole: 16
  • Peter Pevensie: 22
  • Susan Pevensie: 21
  • Edmund Pevensie: 19 [a]
  • Lucy Pevensie: 17 [a]
  • Digory Kirke: 61
  • Polly Plummer: 60

[a] Lewis’s timeline lists the birth-years of Edmund and Lucy as 1930 and 1932, but The Lion, the With and the Wardrobe says “there was really only a year’s difference” between them (ch. 4). It is possible that Edmund was born in late 1930 and then Lucy was born in early 1932. Since we don’t know which months each story takes place, we have chosen to keep the math simple for consistency.

[b] Arsheesh says he discovered Shasta as an infant in the same year that the Tisroc came into power (ch. 1). Which, according to Ahoshta Tarkaan, was also the year that the White Witch’s winter ended (ch. 8).  Lewis’s timeline sets The Horse and His Boy 14 years after The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Therefore, Cor and Corin are 14 years old.

[c] Shasta tells Aravis: “You’re not grown up, I don’t believe you’re any older than I am. I don’t believe you’re as old.” (ch. 3)

[d] Andrew says: “There’s no knowing how long I might live if I settled here. And that’s a big consideration when a fellow has turned sixty.” (ch. 9)