Susan Pevensie

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe

Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie are sent to live in Professor Kirke’s home in the English countryside during Word War II. As the children explore the house, Lucy discovers an old wardrobe in a spare room. The wardrobe is actually a passage to Narnia, a world filled with magic. Lucy goes through the wardrobe and meets a goat-legged man named Mr. Tumnus. She learns that Narnia is ruled by the evil White Witch who keeps Narnia under an eternal winter.When Lucy returns to Professor Kirke’s house, she discovers that though she spent hours in Narnia, no time has passed in her world. Her siblings do not believe her story about Narnia because the wardrobe’s portal doesn’t work when they try to go through it. A few days later, when the children are playing hide-and-seek, Lucy hides in the wardrobe, and Edmund follows her into Narnia. Edmund meets the White Witch, who introduces herself as the Queen of Narnia. The Witch feeds Edmund an enchanted form of Turkish delight and asks him to bring his brother and sisters to her.Edmund and Lucy return home, but Edmund lies about having been to Narnia, which deeply hurts Lucy. Peter and Susan seek advice from Professor Kirke, who tells them that Lucy may be telling the truth about finding a magical country. When Professor Kirke’s housekeeper gives a tour of the house, all four children hide in Lucy’s wardrobe and are able to enter Narnia together. They find Mr. Tumnus’ home empty and read a notice saying he’s been arrested for high treason against the White Witch. The children want to help Mr. Tumnus, but a talking animal named Mr. Beaver tells them they are in danger and must come with him to safety. At the Beavers’ dam, the children are told that Aslan the Lion, the true king of Narnia, has been seen and that he will put a stop to the White Witch’s evil rule. The children also learn that they will play a part in the Witch’s downfall because a prophecy says that when four humans sit in the thrones at the castle of Cair Paravel, the Witch will die.Edmund runs away from his siblings to meet the White Witch, and the Beavers take the remaining children to a hiding place to protect them from her. The next morning, Father Christmas arrives at their new hiding place and gives the children presents. He says the Witch’s magic is weakening. When Edmund reaches the Witch’s house, she is angry that he has come alone until he tells her that his brother and sisters are at the Beavers’ house. The Witch dispatches wolves to kill everyone at the Beavers’ house, but they find no one there. The Witch takes Edmund with her as she journeys to an ancient landmark called the Stone Table. As they travel, the eternal winter thaws into spring. Meanwhile, the other Pevensies reach the Stone Table where Aslan and a large group of Narnians welcome them. A wolf sent by the White Witch attacks the company, and Peter kills it with his sword.The White Witch decides to kill Edmund, but a rescue party sent by Aslan saves Edmund and brings him back to the Narnians at the Stone Table. The White Witch demands that Aslan allow her to kill Edmund because traitors are her lawful victims. That night, Susan and Lucy wake and find Aslan leaving the Narnian camp. They follow him. Aslan goes to the White Witch’s camp, where she and her servants mock, then tie up Aslan before killing him. Susan and Lucy are heartbroken, but rejoice when Aslan comes to life again the next day. Aslan takes the girls to the Witch’s castle, where he breathes on the stone statues, including the one of Mr. Tumnus, and restores them to life. Aslan leads the resurrected Narnians to the battlefield where the Witch fights Peter’s army. Aslan kills the Witch, the good Narnians win the battle and the four Pevensies are taken to Cair Paravel to be crowned. The children rule Narnia until they are adults. A hunting trip through the woods leads them back into their own world, where no time has passed and they are children again. Professor Kirke tells them they will all return to Narnia someday, but not through the wardrobe.

Prince Caspian

Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie ruled the fantasy world of Narnia for many years. When they returned to the human realm, they became ordinary children again. A year has passed since they left Narnia, and the children are sitting in a railway station, waiting for the trains that will take them back to boarding school. They are suddenly pulled back into Narnia, but they don’t recognize the place at first, because they left a thriving civilization and have returned to a deserted wilderness. They find that 1,000 years of Narnian time has passed during the one year they spent in England, and Narnia is in need of their help again. Trumpkin the dwarf finds them in the ruins of their old castle, Cair Paravel, and tells them that an evil king called Miraz now rules Narnia, and his subjects are called the Telmarines. Young Prince Caspian is the rightful heir to the throne. Caspian wants to end the persecution of Narnia’s talking animals and the other magical creatures that were driven into hiding by Miraz.Trumpkin tells Prince Caspian’s story to the Pevensies, and they all decide to travel to his aid. They have a difficult journey, which is further complicated when the children refuse to follow Lucy. She sees Aslan leading them in a different direction. When their attempts fail, they finally do follow Lucy, who leads them to the Stone Table where Aslan greets them. The girls remain with Aslan while the boys and Trumpkin to go into the Mound, a cave where Caspian’s army is staying. They discover a hag and a werewolf who are trying to convince Caspian to follow the White Witch and bring her back from the dead. Prince Caspian and Trumpkin kill the two evil creatures. Peter decides to help Caspian by offering to fight Miraz by himself. Then the winner of the fight will win the war.Two lords of the Telmarines persuade Miraz to accept the challenge. Miraz fights Peter but is killed by his own men during the duel. A battle breaks out between the Telmarines and the Narnians. Meanwhile, Aslan’s magic restores Narnia to its former glory. When the Telmarines see him, they surrender. Aslan establishes Caspian as the king of Narnia, and the Pevensie children are sent back home to England.

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Fatal Flaw

Stubborn, Overprotective, and Selfish

After the "supposed" death of both her childhood friend, Caspian, and her siblings, Peter and Lucy, Susan became overprotective of Edmund. He was the only family that she had left. She had to be realistic and remind him that their siblings couldn't be alive or else they would be there with them now. To protect Edmund she made strict rules that she constantly gets on him about for breaking. She refuses to bend them to give him more freedom stating they needed to be like this to stay together. The rules start to change when Lucy is found alive.

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