The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

When everyone is changed, Caspian introduces them to his captain, a dark-haired man named Lord Drinian. Edmund learns it’s been three years since the last time he was in Narnia and that all has been well in Caspian’s kingdom. Trumpkin the Dwarf has been in charge as regent while Caspian is at sea.

Caspian promised Aslan, a talking lion who has authority over even Caspian, that if Caspian brought peace to Narnia, he would go on a sea voyage to find his father’s friends, the seven lords of Narnia, who were exiled by a previous ruler. Reepicheep has a different plan for the voyage: He wants to see Aslan’s home country, which is in the farthest eastern part of the world. When Reepicheep was young, a wood woman sang him a song about how he should seek “where sky and water meet.”

Caspian gives back to Lucy a cordial (a type of medicinal drink) she used to own that can cure wounds. Lucy gives a drop to Eustace for his seasickness, which he has even though the weather is calm. Caspian gives a tour of his ship, which is called the Dawn Treader. While he does this, Drinian and Rhince (the mate) take care of sailing the ship.

Eustace starts a diary that begins on August 7th, after 24 hours at sea, where he complains about everything on the boat. Soon after Eustace writes his diary entry, a fight breaks out between Reepicheep and Eustace. Eustace sees Reepicheep’s long tail once as Reepicheep sits out on the front of the boat and decides to grab the tail and swing Reepicheep around. Reepicheep draws his sword on Eustace. When Eustace refuses to fight back, Reepicheep hits Eustace with the flat of his rapier. Eustace is furious, but once he realizes that everyone on the Dawn Treader is talking seriously about a duel, Eustace apologizes.