Chapter Summaries

Aaron returned to Gaius Castle and learned that the newly lit crystal meant another journey within a year, though he negotiated a month of rest and training first. He visited the forge, where Argus continued work on his Divine Artifact and gave him several custom firearms.

• Jeans told Aaron that the third crystal in the Secret Chamber had lit up and discussed the Gaius Family's tradition of early marriage and journeys to other worlds.
• Aaron agreed to wait for his family to return in three days before departing, then bargained with Jeans for a month of rest and accepted a revised curriculum.
• Aaron complained that he had held back during his fight with the Death Eaters to stall for help, and Jeans softened the planned training schedule.
• Aaron brought Heavy Silver, the Fire Element Crystal, and Phoenix tears to Argus, who said the materials could help complete the sword blank and that Lant's spiritual fluid could replace the tears.
• Argus assembled a revolver, an automatic pistol, a Light Sniper Rifle, and a heavy sniper rifle for Aaron using his blood and explained their features.
• Aaron greeted the ancestors in the Secret Chambers and began this year's studies, including Magic Arrays, medicine, and botany.

Aaron practiced with a magical pistol and sought stronger self-defense tools as danger stirred in the Magic World. After his parents returned, they insisted he meet Clea in a year and teased him about several girls at school, while Aaron denied having romantic relationships.

• Aaron trained with a magical automatic pistol and asked Jeans for useful defensive equipment, but Jeans said the family’s protective treasures were reserved for its heads.
• Jeans told Aaron that Vico and Lisana had delayed their return to clarify the Gaius family’s position amid turmoil following Voldemort’s resurrection.
• Ancestor Weihert punished Aaron for asking to see Forbidden Magic, leaving him in pain while Abei’s healing ability remained sealed.
• Vico and Lisana returned and scolded Aaron for wanting a demonstration of magic powerful enough to destroy a town.
• Aaron’s parents insisted he meet Clea in a year and continued pressuring him about marriage.
• Lisana listed Luna Lovegood, Hermione Granger, and Fleur Delacour as Aaron’s female friends, and Aaron denied that any of them was his girlfriend.

After returning home from the Triwizard Tournament, Aaron prepared for his second journey through the family’s Secret Chamber. He plunged through the portal and landed in the sea beside an unknown shore, unsure whether he had arrived on an island or a continent.

• Jeans recounted Aaron’s encounter with Voldemort’s Killing Curse, and Vico and Lisana scolded him before Lisana asked Jeans to gather information on the Draco Family and Luna Lovegood.
• Aaron spent a family dinner with Vico and Lisana, then recovered from his injuries with Abei’s help.
• More than a week later, Aaron entered the Secret Chamber with his family; Vico gave him supplies, Abei gave him Phoenix Tears, and Jeans handed him Felix Felicis.
• Aaron prayed for an easier destination, and the Giant Tree’s branches swayed; Vico warned him that this journey’s easier difficulty might make the next one harder.
• Aaron entered the portal and fell into the sea, then swam ashore and began assessing the unfamiliar coastline.

Aaron explored a vast wilderness, found an ancient palace ruin, and reconstructed clues about a kingdom destroyed centuries ago. He discovered a secret door beneath the ruins and was poised to investigate what lay beyond it.

• Aaron found a clear stream, summoned a grass carp for food, and refrained from cutting a tree after sensing its consciousness.
• Aaron followed the river to a cliff, camped overnight, and learned through the System that he had signed in at an unknown ruin.
• Aaron climbed the cliff, followed a stone road, and reached an abandoned palace with evidence of a catapult attack.
• Aaron examined the palace and inferred that four kings had ruled the land before pirates or another seaborne force looted and destroyed the kingdom.
• Aaron searched the ruins, found a gold chess piece, and uncovered a fragile wooden secret door beneath ruined walls.

Aaron found magical weapons and a seemingly inexhaustible healing potion in a hidden chamber, then followed a group of riders hoping they would lead him to human society. He ambushed and captured a young man and a dwarf, hid from their pursuers, and ended the night hungry in the pair’s forest shelter.

• Aaron opened the four kings’ chests, tested the healing potion, and took the potion, swords, bow, and arrows.
• Aaron followed the sound of pursuing riders through the forest and watched their young target fall from his horse.
• A dwarf tried to stop the young man from sounding a horn, but the youth blew it and was knocked unconscious.
• Aaron struck the dwarf from behind, captured both him and the young man, and hid them in a tree hollow while the pursuers turned back with a black sack.
• Aaron examined the shelter and guessed that humans had come to dominate the world, then discovered he had left his food behind and searched the kitchen for something to eat.

Aaron interrogated Caspian and Nikabrik after capturing them in a forest, learning about Narnia’s history and its legendary rulers. When he discovered that Caspian had blown Queen Susan’s horn to summon the four ancient kings, Aaron worried that they might be powerful and that his equipment might belong to them.

• Aaron questioned Caspian at swordpoint, and Caspian identified himself as Prince Caspian the Tenth but said he did not know where they were.
• Aaron woke Nikabrik, a dwarf, and used his knowledge to challenge Caspian’s account of the forest’s history and the Telmarines’ conquest of Narnia.
• Nikabrik described the Telmarines’ invasion and said Minotaurs were probably the strongest among the Narnian survivors, while Caspian named the kingdom’s general as its strongest fighter.
• Aaron learned that Narnia’s legends told of Aslan defeating the White Witch and that Queen Susan’s horn could summon the four ancient kings.
• Caspian revealed that he had blown the horn, leaving Aaron worried that the kings might be powerful and that the equipment he carried might belong to them.

Aaron captured Trof to keep him from alerting the Telmarines, then learned that Prince Caspian had fled into the forest after his uncle’s son was born. Though the Narnians prepared to unite against an expected attack, Aaron refused to join the war and tried to leave the forest, only to spot Telmarine soldiers by a river.

• Aaron captured Trof, questioned Caspian about why he was being hunted, and learned that Caspian’s uncle sought the throne after his own son was born.
• Aaron warned that Tumnus had been taken by Telmarine soldiers and that Caspian’s uncle would likely attack the Narnians, but he refused Caspian’s offer to fight in exchange for a legal identity.
• Trof freed Nicabir and Caspian, recognized Caspian as the hope summoned by Queen Susan’s Horn, and ordered the Narnians to gather and leave at dawn.
• Aaron left the tree hollow, rejected the prospect of choosing sides in the war, and decided to escape the forest rather than return to the ruins.
• Aaron traveled toward a river the next morning, saw two armed Telmarine soldiers in a wooden boat, and hid behind a boulder.

Aaron rescued Tumnus from Telmarine soldiers and discovered that the four youths who helped were the kings and queens of Old Narnia. After learning they had returned through a magical journey from another world, Aaron heard that the wardrobe might let him go home, leaving him hopeful of escaping the coming war.

• Aaron prepared to shoot the soldiers holding Tumnus, but Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy arrived and tried to save him; Aaron killed the soldiers with two arrows.
• Aaron healed Lucy's grazed hand, freed Tumnus, and warned him that the Telmarines were preparing to attack while Nikabrik and Trof gathered the Narnians.
• Aaron learned that the weapons and potion he had been using belonged to Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy, and Tumnus recognized them as the kings and queens of Old Narnia.
• Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy explained that they had come from a human world after waiting for a train and being drawn back to Narnia.
• Lucy told Aaron that the magic wardrobe at the Professor's house might take him back to the human world, giving him hope of avoiding the war.

Aaron returned the Pevensies’ weapons and joined them as Tumnus took them by boat through Narnia, where he explained that the Telmarines had driven the survivors into hiding and the talking trees had vanished. After Aaron shot a black bear attacking Lucy, the others questioned his gun and his identity, while Tumnus revealed that Narnia’s intelligent inhabitants had become savage.

• Aaron returned Peter’s sword, Susan’s bow, and Lucy’s potion before boarding a boat with the Pevensies and Tumnus.
• Tumnus told the group that the Telmarines had invaded after the Pevensies left, forcing survivors into the forests and silencing the trees.
• Lucy approached a black bear, which lunged at her, and Aaron shot it with his revolver.
• Peter, Susan, and Edmund questioned Aaron about his gun, and he claimed it was a family heirloom and said it had only five bullets left.
• Tumnus explained that the bear might once have been an intelligent Narnian, but prolonged treatment as an animal had made Narnia more savage.

Aaron accepted a mission to save Narnia and continued with Peter, Susan, Edmund, Lucy, and Tumnus toward Caspian, while Lucy saw Aslan across a cliff. In the forest, Caspian persuaded the Narnians to join him in resisting Miraz, and they prepared to find soldiers and weapons.

• Aaron discovered Peter had led the group toward the Telmarine castle and learned the passage home might not appear until after Narnia was at peace.
• Aaron accepted the mission to save Narnia and agreed to find Caspian with the others.
• Peter led the group to a cliff, where Lucy saw Aslan across the way, but the others chose to follow Tumnus toward Beruna instead.
• Caspian faced the Narnians' anger, then offered to help them regain their freedom by claiming the Telmarine throne and making peace with them.
• The centaur, the mouse, and the other Narnians pledged to serve Caspian, who said they needed to gather soldiers and weapons before Miraz's army arrived.

Aaron and the Pevensies crossed into the Whispering Woods after finding a safe path down the cliff, and Lucy said Aslan had appeared to her in a dream. They encountered Caspian and his Narnians, ending their fight with Peter and reuniting the group.

• Aaron and the others found Telmarine soldiers, catapults, and a half-built bridge at Beruna, then descended the cliff by a hidden path and reached the Whispering Woods.
• At camp, Aaron shared his plentiful provisions while the others ate wild fruit, and Lucy woke early the next morning and told him Aslan had spoken to her in a dream.
• Lucy led Aaron through the woods to look for Aslan, but they encountered a patrolling minotaur instead.
• Peter rushed into the woods and fought Caspian, each mistaking the other for an enemy, until Lucy called for them to stop.
• Peter introduced himself as King Peter, and Caspian realized the summoned kings and queens were younger than he had expected.
• Aaron told Caspian he had joined the fight out of justice and responsibility, though the others knew he had originally wanted to go home.

Peter and the Narnians gathered weapons and prepared for war against Miraz, debating whether to defend their bunker or strike first. Peter chose to plan an attack, while Aaron urged Lucy to sleep and seek Aslan in her dreams, secretly carrying a red potion.

• Reepicheep welcomed Peter and the others, explaining that he had stolen enough weapons and armor for two legions from the Telmarines.
• Caspian led the group to a bunker where Narnians reforged the stolen equipment, and the kings examined murals depicting their earlier reign and Aslan.
• After a Telmarine patrol was spotted, Peter convened a council, where the Narnians debated attacking Miraz's castle, defending the bunker, or retreating.
• Peter rejected retreat and began planning a battle, while Lucy insisted she had seen Aslan and hoped he would help them.
• Aaron reassured Lucy that he believed her, told her to sleep and search for Aslan in her dreams, and secretly checked the red potion in his pocket.

Peter’s force began its night raid on Cair Paravel using Edmund’s flashlight signals, while Aaron raised the city gate with magic and the others carried out their assigned tasks. The raid was underway, but Caspian was searching for his teacher and Peter and Susan were still heading for Miraz.

• Peter set out the raid plan, and Aaron secured a retreat signal of three gunshots using his revolver.
• At midnight, Edmund reached the tower by Griffin and signaled the army, which advanced toward the castle.
• Reepicheep and two mice entered the control room through a drain, while Peter, Susan, Aaron, Caspian, and Tumnus infiltrated through a window.
• Caspian found his teacher’s room ransacked and split off to search the dungeon, while Peter and Susan went toward Miraz’s bedchamber.
• Aaron used Alohomora to raise the portcullis, then waited for the attack signal.
• Reepicheep and the mice killed the control-room guards, and Tumnus joined them and secured the room.

Caspian abandoned the plan to open the castle gates and confronted Miraz about his father's murder, causing the surprise attack to collapse into a frontal battle. The Narnians stormed the castle, but Miraz watched from the battlements as they risked being trapped and overwhelmed.

• Caspian confronted Miraz in his chambers, and Miraz admitted that he had killed Caspian's father; the queen shot Caspian in the shoulder as Miraz escaped.
• The queen's scream startled Edmund, who dropped the flashlight, and a soldier accidentally activated it, confusing the Narnians outside and alerting the castle.
• Aaron opened the City Gate, but he urged Peter to abandon the plan; Peter refused, and Edmund repaired the flashlight and sent the attack signal.
• Peter led the Narnian army into the castle, where they clashed with Telmarine soldiers, while Aaron fought off two attackers.
• Edmund fled a line of archers and barricaded himself in a tower, while Miraz watched the battle from the battlements and planned to trap the Narnians inside.

Aaron’s retreat signal saved most of Narnia’s army from Miraz’s counterattack, and he helped the last stragglers escape before the City Gate closed. Back at the bunker, Peter and Caspian argued over the failed raid as Aaron warned that Miraz’s army would soon attack; meanwhile, Miraz was crowned king.

• Aaron fired three shots to signal retreat, and Peter led the Narnians toward the City Gate while helping the wounded evacuate.
• Edmund escaped by Griffin, and Caspian and Cornelius emerged from the castle as Miraz ordered his archers to attack the retreating Narnians.
• Aaron defended the minotaur from crossbow bolts, then lifted the portcullis and leaped clear of the gate as it fell.
• Aaron returned to the bunker with the army, where he explained to Peter why retreat had prevented a disastrous rout and treated the wounded with Lucy’s cordial.
• Peter and Caspian argued over the failed plan until Aaron reminded them that the Telmarine army would soon attack across the repaired bridge at Beruna.
• Miraz was crowned king in the council hall, and the Telmarine elders accepted him as the ruler best suited to defend the kingdom.

Nicabrik led Caspian to the White Witch, hoping to use her power against Miraz and the Telmarines, but Aaron interrupted the revival ritual and exposed the danger of her bargain. As Peter and the others debated whether to accept her rule, Aaron confronted Nicabrik, who held Caspian at swordpoint.

• Nicabrik knocked Aaron down, then persuaded Caspian to follow him into the bunker and meet allies who promised to help him kill Miraz and reclaim the throne.
• Nicabrik and the Witches began a ritual to free the White Witch using Caspian's blood, but Aaron shot her hand before she could reach it.
• Aaron killed the Vulture Witch and the wolf, but used all his bullets, allowing Nicabrik to resume the ritual and hold Caspian hostage.
• Peter, Edmund, Susan, Lucy, and Tumnus arrived, and the White Witch argued that she would serve Caspian and rule Narnia more gently than the Telmarines.
• Peter and Susan considered cooperating with the White Witch, while Lucy rejected the idea and Aaron approached Nicabrik despite his threat to kill Caspian.

Aaron and the others tried to stop the White Witch from breaking free, but Nicabir’s attack and Susan’s arrow let Caspian’s blood reach the ice seal. As the White Witch began to escape, Aaron proposed killing Caspian to halt the spell, then revealed he had a ninety percent chance of stopping her another way.

• Aaron kicked Caspian clear of the ritual circle, and Susan shot Nicabir in the knee before Tumnus restrained him.
• The White Witch exposed Aaron as a Wizard, and Lucy vouched for him; Aaron admitted he attended a magic school and hypnotized Susan after she kept aiming at him.
• Nicabir broke free and attacked Aaron, but Susan’s arrow killed him, and his bloodied sword struck the ice wall, starting to break the seal with Caspian’s blood on it.
• The White Witch repelled Peter and Edmund with ice spikes, and Aaron explained that Caspian’s death could interrupt the seal’s breaking.
• Caspian offered to sacrifice himself, but Aaron revealed he had a ninety percent chance of defeating the White Witch another way, prompting Caspian to ask whether he could still be saved.

Aaron resealed the White Witch, destroyed her with an enchanted bullet, and showed the Narnians a powerful sniper rifle. As the group prepared for battle against the Telmarines, they debated whether the weapon could help them defeat Miraz’s forces.

• Aaron used Moon Drop to remove the Supreme Grimoire’s protection, restored the ice seal, took the White Witch’s wand, and killed her with a Phoenix-feather bullet.
• Peter, Susan, Caspian, and the others asked Aaron to help against the Telmarine army, but he said the Narnians would have to rely on themselves.
• Cornelius told Caspian he believed Caspian could become a Telmarine who saved Narnia, and Aaron praised him as the group prepared to depart.
• Aaron revealed a magical sniper rifle and demonstrated its range by shooting down a Giant Tree 2,400 meters away.
• Caspian explained that killing Miraz might not stop the Telmarines because their council could choose another leader, while Aaron and Edmund insisted Aaron’s rifle skills would be needed.

Aaron advised the Narnians to turn their fortress into a trap, luring the Telmarine infantry inside before burning it down. Peter agreed to challenge Miraz to a royal duel to buy time, while Lucy offered to seek Aslan’s help.

• Aaron refused to join the fighting directly but agreed to help the Narnians deal with the Telmarines’ heavy weapons.
• After Miraz’s army arrived, Aaron proposed retreating, but the Narnians refused and asked him for a plan to defend the fortress.
• Aaron suggested luring Telmarine infantry into the fortress, escaping through tunnels, and setting the fortress ablaze to destroy the enemy troops inside.
• The Narnians agreed to gather fuel and dig tunnels, while Peter planned to challenge Miraz to a duel to delay the attack.
• Peter accepted the challenge, and Lucy offered to find Aslan despite Tumnus warning that the forest was dangerous.

Aaron and Edmund pressured Miraz into accepting Peter’s duel, scheduled for noon the next day, while the Narnians prepared their own plans. Lucy and Susan set out to find Aslan, and Aaron gave them a pistol for protection.

• Susan, Trof, Reepicheep, and Tumnus agreed to support Lucy’s search for Aslan, while Tumnus stayed behind and Lucy gave Peter her medicine bottle for the duel.
• Edmund and Aaron presented Peter’s challenge to Miraz, and Miraz’s own commander and council elder pressured him into accepting a duel to the death.
• Aaron arranged for the duel to take place at noon the next day and warned Edmund that Miraz’s unstable throne might mean trouble within the Telmarine ranks.
• Peter and Susan planned to move flammable materials under cover of night, while Caspian lent Lucy and Susan his horse, Desky, for their journey.
• Caspian offered Susan the Magic Horn, but she suggested he keep it so they could meet again; Aaron then gave the two women a pistol with twelve bullets.