Pirates of Earth's South Pacific passed through a link between Earth and the world of Narnia, ending up in Telmar, a land to the southwest of Narnia. They invaded and conquered Narnia, and their first king in Narnia was Caspian I, whose line continued unbroken through Caspian IX, father of Prince Caspian. The Telmarines are afraid of the Old Narnians, the Talking Animals, spirits, and other beings who have populated Narnia at least since the Golden Age of 1000 to 1028 when Lucy, Susan, Peter, and Edmund ruled as Queens and Kings of Narnia, as recounted in the novels The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Horse and His Boy. Because of their fear, the Telmarine humans have suppressed all the Old Narnians to the point that hardly any Telmarines have ever seen an Old Narnian and most think that the Old Narnians are mythical.

Even so, the...