Prince Rilian

Rilian
Narnia character
Rilian, as portrayed by Richard Henders in the 1990 BBC miniseries
Race	Human
Nation	Narnia
Gender	Male
Title	King of Narnia
Family
Parents	Caspian X (deceased) Ramandu's Daughter (deceased)
Family	See relations of Caspian.
Major character in
The Silver Chair
Portrayals in adaptations
1990 BBC miniseries: Richard Henders

In C. S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia fictional series, Rilian (2325-?) is the son of King Caspian and the grandson of Ramandu the star. Rilian appears in two of the seven books, The Silver Chair and briefly in The Last Battle.

When Eustace Scrubb and Jill Pole arrive in Narnia in The Silver Chair, Prince Rilian (the only son of the now elderly King Caspian) has been missing for ten years. After his mother was bitten and killed by a green serpent, Rilian revisited the area of his mother's death many times to track down and kill the serpent, but eventually he vanished and no trace of him was ever found. Since then, many others also went missing while searching for him.

When Eustace and Jill reach Cair Paravel, they learn that Caspian has embarked on a voyage to "see again the places of his youth" – but many believe that he has gone to ask Aslan who the next King of Narnia should be, as he fears he will never see his son again.

Eustace and Jill meet Puddleglum, a marsh-wiggle, and the three seek Rilian to the north in the land of giants. Along the way they encounter the Lady of the Green Kirtle and her silent companion, a knight in black armour. Eventually they find their way underground to the Shallow Lands ruled by the Lady of the Green Kirtle, where they meet the black knight again. He tells the three that he suffers from nightly psychotic episodes and therefore must be bound every night to a silver chair. If he is released, he warns, he will kill everyone within sight, and turn into a deadly green serpent.

Once the knight is tied to the enchanted chair, however, he regains his memory and sanity. He orders the companions to untie him and makes increasingly violent threats. Eventually he begs them to release him in the name of Aslan. The children recognise this as the sign: they had promised to obey the request of one who asks in Aslan's name, so they reluctantly release him. After destroying the chair with his sword, he then reveals that he is Prince Rilian, and informs them of how the Lady kept him prisoner underground, enchanted by day and returning to sanity only at night. He hacks the silver chair to pieces with his sword.