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Narnia character 
Trumpkin, as portrayed by Peter Dinklage in The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince CaspianTrumpkin Race Dwarf Nation Narnia Gender Male Title Lord Regent of Narnia Birthplace Narnia Major character in Prince Caspian Portrayals in adaptations 1988 BBC miniseries: Big Mick 2008 Walden/Disney film: Peter Dinklage[1] Trumpkin is a fictional character in C.S. Lewis' fantasy novel series The Chronicles of Narnia. Trumpkin is a loyal, but skeptical, dwarf who lives during the reigns of King Miraz and King Caspian X. He is a major character in Prince Caspian, briefly mentioned in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and is a minor character in The Silver Chair.
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Fictional biography
Trumpkin the dwarf is first introduced in the second published book of The Chronicles of Narnia, Prince Caspian. When he enters the story, he is a leader of the "True Narnian" underground, a group hiding from the Telmarine King Miraz, whose ancestors had invaded Narnia centuries earlier and defeated the "Old Narnians".
Trumpkin is intensely loyal to the underground king, King Caspian X, but does not believe in Aslan, white magic, or the "fairy tale" of the two kings and two queens from Narnia's Golden Age.
When the underground's army is being badly beaten in a siege on Aslan's How, Caspian sounds Queen Susan's magical horn, with hope that it will bring magical help. Trumpkin is sent to the ruins of Cair Paravel to meet any help, should it arrive there. At the ruins he meets ancient kings and queens Peter, Edmund, Susan, and Lucy. He journeys with them to Aslan's How, the military base of the underground. There he meets Aslan, and believes in the "fairy tales" from ages past.
After the war, King Caspian names him Lord Regent of Narnia. He is mentioned in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader as the one who is ruling the country during Caspian's voyage. About sixty years after, in The Silver Chair, Trumpkin is an old, deaf dwarf who is again running the country while Caspian is away. Glimfeather the owl brings Eustace Scrubb and Jill Pole to Trumpkin, who gives them lodging in the castle of Cair Paravel.
Trumpkin is known for using alliterative exclamations such as "Tubs and tortoise-shells!", "Beards and bedsteads!", and "Crows and crockery!"
Portrayals
Trumpkin, as portrayed by Big Mick in the BBC serials Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader and The Silver Chair
Actor Year Medium Big Mick 1989 & 1990 BBC television miniseries Richard Griffiths 1994 BBC Radio broadcast Chris Emmett 2000 Focus on the Family Radio Theater production Peter Dinklage 2008 Theatrical feature film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian Notes
- ^ "More Prince Caspian Casting Announcements". NarniaWeb. 2007-02-05. http://www.narniaweb.com/news.asp?id=1088&dl=11625280. Retrieved 2007-02-05.
References
- Lewis, C.S. (1951), Prince Caspian, Macmillan, New York
- Lewis, C.S. (1952), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Macmillan, New York
- Lewis, C.S. (1953), The Silver Chair, Macmillan, New York
Categories:- The Chronicles of Narnia characters
- Fictional dwarves
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