The Curse of Kubel DLC is an extension to the popular video game Kubel, which adds new content and features for players to experience. This DLC introduces a new campaign mode that delves deeper into the story of the game, providing players with a fresh and exciting gameplay experience. In this new campaign, players will uncover the dark history of Kubel and the curse that plagues the land. They will embark on a dangerous quest to find a way to break the curse and restore peace to the kingdom. Along the way, they will encounter new enemies, discover hidden secrets, and acquire powerful weapons and abilities to aid them in their journey. The Curse of Kubel DLC also includes additional side quests and missions, expanding the gameplay hours and providing more opportunities for players to explore the world of Kubel.

Literature / The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

The first written, first published, second book chronologically and the most famous of the seven books of The Chronicles of Narnia.

Some forty years after the events of the prequel The Magician's Nephew, four siblings (Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy Pevensie) pass through a magical wardrobe owned by Professor Kirke into the land of Narnia, which has been cursed with eternal winter by Jadis, the White Witch, who calls herself the "queen" of Narnia. In accordance with the prophecy, the children, helped by Aslan (Turkish for "Lion"), defeat her, and are jointly crowned as the four Kings and Queens of Narnia. After fourteen years, the children accidentally return through the wardrobe, reverting to childhood.

The action of The Horse and His Boy takes place during their reign. The Pevensies' journey is continued in Prince Caspian.

The book was adapted to a six-part television series by the BBC in 1988.

The book was adapted to film in 2005.

This book provides examples of:

• Adaptational Badass: The stage musical gives Mrs. Beaver her husband's role and making her leader of a La Résistance while demoting him to a bumbling idiot.
• Always Chaotic Evil: Dwarfs, Wolves, Minotaurs, Hags, Harpies, Giants, and all the other races that are loyal to the Witch initially appear this way, but it's later shown a good portion of them do have Good members, as seen by dwarfs, a giant, and even wolves rescued from the Witch's castle, who later fight for Aslan. Later books and films show many good Narnian dwarves, giants, and minotaurs. Indeed, if you only read those books you'd think the dwarfs are just another of the many Always Lawful Good races in Narnia, with only a few bad apples. Until the revolt of a large amount of them in The Last Battle. However, in the only other appearance of a Hag and a Werewolf, in Prince Caspian, it's implied that they really are Always Chaotic Evil.
• Always Save the Girl: Subverted. Despite realizing that Edmund betrayed all of them, Peter says they need to go find him now and rescue him from the Witch because he's their little brother. The Beavers then go And Then What? because if the children go to the Witch's castle, she'll turn them to stone and win. This convinces the Pevensies to reluctantly go with the Beavers' plan: to make it to the Stone Table and petition Aslan's army to rescue Edmund. Sure enough, Aslan rescues him in time.
• And Then What?: Mentioned by the Beavers when Peter asks first if they can rescue Tumnus for saving Lucy and Edmund when the latter goes to betray them to the Witch. The White Witch's modus operandi is turning her enemies into stone, and she wants the kids dead. If they show up to the castle to mount any rescue, she'll have four new statues to adorn her garden. Edmund is more valuable alive as a hostage and as live bait to the Witch right now, and she's too arrogant to consider that killing him would secure her victory. The kids are heartbroken to realize that to save their brother, they have to trust Aslan.
• Arbitrary Skepticism: Lucy, when she first comes to Narnia, wonders why there's a street light in the middle of the forest… a forest she discovered inside of a wardrobe.
• As You Know:
  • Done in an aside from the narrative, as Lewis notes several times that his readers all know better than to shut themselves into a wardrobe. This was probably done to avoid inspiring kids to lock themselves in by mistake. See also Don't Try This at Home. Ironically, one of the outakes from the 2005 film shows the actor of Edmund shutting the door behind him as he climbs into the wardrobe. and demonstrating why Lewis was careful to emphasize the warning against doing that.
  • In The Gadfly mode, Aslan invites the White Witch to tell him and everyone the Great Magic in the Stone Table because let's pretend he has forgotten it. Enraged at his insolence, she reveals that under the Emperor's law, all traitors fall into her custody for execution.
  • A horde of animals sent by Aslan after the above event arrives just in time to save Edmund from being killed by the Witch.
  • The Chekhov's Army of statues brought back to life by Aslan join the battle when all hope seems lost, and because of the new reinforcements, the battle is over in a matter of minutes.
  • Peter's sword, which he uses to kill Maugrim and to fight in the battle at the end.
  • Susan's horn, which she uses to alert Peter when Maugrim attacks shortly after they meet Aslan at the Stone Table.
  • Lucy's healing cordial, which is used at the end after the battle to heal the wounded. She starts with Edmund.
  • Lucy's handkerchief. She gives it to Tumnus as a parting gift after her first wardrobe trip. Later on, he passes it on to the Beavers on "getting wind of his arrest". They then show it to the Pevensies. This convinces Lucy that the Beavers will help her and her siblings.
  • The fur coats inside the wardrobe. Lucy finds them inside the wardrobe when she first climbs into it and thinks the snow on the ground is mothballs. When all four siblings find themselves in Narnia, they put the coats on to keep warm, and, at the end of the book, they find themselves back in the real world when they start walking through the coats inside of tree branches.
  • The hill where the Stone Table is. It's where the characters have to go in order to meet up with Aslan. It's also where Aslan is killed in Edmund's place by the Witch and restored to life because of the "deeper magic from before the dawn of time" that the Witch did not know about.

  Susan: Is it safe?
  Aslan: Oh, yes. Once the feet are put right, the rest of him will follow.
  Susan: [to Lucy] . That wasn't exactly what I meant.

  • Susan. She's an archer and a good one (both in the films, which added extra action scenes, and the books themselves); yet in this story, she's never part of any of the major battle scenes, being limited to calling for Peter's help and (in the film) shooting one stray dwarf in the ending.
  • The White Witch becomes one in the BBC adaptations. She never does any fighting herself, save for using her wand to turn a few people to stone. And she runs away when Aslan returns. At least part of this was due to SFX limitations; it was very difficult to make a convincing fight between her and the crew's not very mobile animatronic lion.
  • A robin leads the children to Mr. Beaver.
  • Inverted later when they are hunting for a stag, and it leads them back to the gate to the normal world.
  • Tumnus tells Lucy he fears that the Witch would turn him into stone if she finds out he disobeyed her order to bring any children to her. We later find out this did indeed happen when Aslan restores the statues to life, including Tumnus.
  • Tumnus mentions the four thrones of Cair Paravel being filled when talking to Lucy, and when the White Witch meets Edmund, she is very interested in the fact that he has a brother and two sisters. These two points are related, as Mr Beaver says that if/when two Sons of Adam and two Daughters of Eve sit in the four thrones at Cair Paravel, it will end the White Witch's reign and her life. Those same thrones are filled by Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy when they are made Kings and Queens by Aslan.
  • Before all four siblings head to Narnia, Peter and Edmund are looking at a suit of armor. Both Peter and Edmund end up being knighted by Aslan later in the story: Peter is knighted after saving Susan from Maugrim, and Edmund is knighted on the battlefield at the end.
  • Edmund is falsely promised to be made King of Narnia by the White Witch. After he breaks her wand in the final battle and the Witch is killed by Aslan, Edmund is indeed made a king, but by Aslan, when he, Peter, Susan, and Lucy are crowned Kings and Queens of Narnia.
  • The Witch decides to kill Edmund as a traitor when she realises she can't get to the Stone Table before the others can, but Edmund is rescued thanks to a Big Damn Heroes moment caused by animals sent by Aslan. Edmund is later almost killed by the Witch in the climax.
  • Edmund, in the second half, when he realizes that Being Evil Sucks and Aslan saves him.
  • Mr. Tumnus, after his Heel Realization while in the company of Lucy.
  • After Edmund and Lucy return from Narnia, Lucy tells him to tell Peter and Susan about it, hoping he will back up her story. Instead, he decides to let her down and she runs off in tears. After she rushes out, Edmund goes on to insult her behind her back, saying, "There she goes again. What's the matter with her? That's the worst of young kids, they always—" before Peter tells him to shut up. The narration even says Edmund chose to do it because it was the meanest and most spiteful thing he could think of to do.
  • The Witch and her minions do this to Aslan before the Witch kills him by tying him up, shaving his mane off, and muzzling him.
  • The BBC version has a metaphorical version. Edmund throws some nasty taunts at a dog that had been turned to stone by the White Witch, but he immediately regrets it when his conscience reprimands him for it.
  "What a stupid thing to do. It would serve you right if it came to life and bit your head off."

  "Ogres with monstrous teeth, and wolves, and bull-headed men; spirits of evil trees and poisonous plants; and other creatures whom I won't describe because if I did the grownups would probably not let you read this book—Cruels and Hags and Incubuses, Wraiths, Horrors, Efreets, Sprites, Orknies, Wooses, and Ettins."

  • It is very foolish to shut yourself inside a wardrobe.
  • And of course, you want to know what had happened to Edmund.
  • This lasted longer than I could describe, even if I wrote pages and pages about it.
  • You would have cried until there were no more tears left in you.
  • Edmund, for the first half, although it is revealed to the reader at the start of the plot thread.
  • Jadis also fooled Edmund into thinking she was on his side long enough for him to lure his siblings to Narnia .
  • Mr. Tumnus was this to Lucy, then became a mole against the Witch after his Heel Realization
  • Edmund's reaction when the White Witch turns a dinner party to stone for refusing to deny it was provided by Father Christmas over his protests. At that point, Edmund realizes the evil he has sided with and wishes with all his heart that he could undo what he has done. Fortunately, Aslan later helps him do just that.
  • Mr. Tumnus reaches it immediately when he tries to kidnap Lucy for the Witch. Since he's a nice guy who was only doing it on pain of being turned to stone, she's able to talk him out of it.
  • On the first page: "The servants' names were Ivy, Margaret and Betty, but they do not come into this story much."
  • Later, this is averted when describing Edmund's journey on the sledge with the White Witch: "this lasted longer than I could describe, even if I wrote pages and pages about it."
  • Lucy has one when she realizes she is the child that Tumnus intends to hand over to the White Witch. Fortunately, he decides he can't do it and escorts her back to the wardrobe entrance.
  • Peter when Edmund tells him as they follow the robin that they don't have any idea of the way home from where they are.
  • Peter, Susan, Lucy, and the Beavers first when Lucy reveals Edmund has been in Narnia alone and didn't tell her what he'd done and who he'd met, meaning he had met the White Witch and effectively joined her side. Then they get another one when Mrs Beaver reveals the Witch will set out to catch them when Edmund reveals to her where they are.
  • The White Witch at the end when Aslan appears and launches himself at her. Doubly so because she had killed him and didn't know he had been restored to life.
  • Fur and Loathing: Jadis is described as having a magnificent ermine coat.

  When Adam's flesh and Adam's bone
  Sits at Cair Paravel in throne,
  The evil time will be over and done.

  • Race Against the Clock: After Edmund has sneaked out of the Beavers' house to betray them to the White Witch, everybody else realises that they must hurry to get away before the Witch comes to find them. Mrs Beaver seems in no particular hurry, and packs slowly and methodically, to the frustration of everybody else. She even lightly berates them for it later when they are camping in an uncomfortable place, telling them that if they hadn't fussed so much, she would have brought some pillows. Later, it is a race between the Beavers' party and the White Witch to reach the Stone Table first. As the snow melts, the Beavers have an advantage, as they are walking, and the Witch is on a sledge.
  • Rain, Rain, Go Away: The children are prompted to explore the house (and thus kick off the plot) because it's too rainy to do anything outside.
  • Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: The White Witch in the book, with some elaboration in the prequel The Magician's Nephew. As of this story, her pallor has become almost inhuman, though she still remains beautiful. Handled differently in the various adaptations: the BBC version made her up in white face paint, while the American film ignored this aspect of her and made her blonde instead (admittedly, she's still fairly pale, just nothing you wouldn't expect from someone who isn't outside much, though the children, who have been outside as much as she has, have more color).
  • Reasonable Authority Figure:
    • Peter and Susan go to the Professor because they are concerned that Lucy is making up stories about finding a magical country inside of a wardrobe. To their surprise, the Professor takes Lucy's side, logically deducing that since Lucy is neither a compulsive liar nor insane, she must be telling the truth. Of course, we find out in a later book that the Professor has actually been there himself.
    • The Beavers prove to be this as well. Tumnus tells them to find the kids when he realizes he's in trouble, giving them Lucy's handkerchief to reassure them the Beavers are on their side. They hush the children where the trees may overhear them, take them to the lodge to feed them, and explain everything. Mr. Beaver isn't angry that Edmund betrayed them, just disappointed and suspicious. He tells the kids calmly that they can't rescue their little brother or Tumnus unless they get to Aslan first.
    • The Pevensie siblings come to see themselves as Aslan's disciples, and vow to carry out his will in Narnia by fighting the White Witch. The leader of the group is named "Peter".
    • Edmund's betrayal of the group (for Turkish Delight) is based on Judas Iscariot's betrayal of Jesus (for 30 pieces of silver). Aslan chooses to peacefully give himself up to the White Witch after his betrayal, just as Jesus chooses to peacefully give himself up to the Romans.
    • Aslan's death and resurrection at the Stone Table is based on Jesus's crucifixion and resurrection. The innocent Aslan chooses to die in place of the traitor Edmund, just as the sinless Jesus chooses to die to atone for the sins of humanity. Before killing him, the White Witch's minions humiliate Aslan by binding him and forcibly shaving his mane, just as the Roman soldiers humiliate Jesus by stripping him naked, gambling for his clothes, forcing him to drink sour wine, and crowning him with thorns.
    • The two girls in the quartet, Susan and Lucy, stay with Aslan to comfort him before his death, and are the first to find him alive after his miraculous resurrection, just as a group of women close to Jesus (including Mary Magdalene and at least one other woman) witness his crucifixion and first realize that he's alive after finding his tomb empty.
    • The Stone Table, which represents the most ancient laws of Narnia, symbolically stands in for the divine law of the Old Testament (which was engraved on stone tablets given to Moses). Aslan's death and resurrection causes the table to crack, signifying the beginning of a new age built on Aslan's law. In the Christian Bible, Jesus's death and resurrection signifies the beginning of the New Covenant (or New Testament), and the beginning of a new age based on the Law of Jesus Christ.
    • Peter, Susan, Lucy, and the Beavers do this after Edmund slips away, as the Beavers realize they will be captured and likely killed if they stay at the dam. Sure enough, when the wolves sent by the Witch arrive there, they find the dam empty.
    • After the White Witch is killed in the final battle, her remaining forces either surrender or do this.

    Mr. Beaver: There may be two views about Humans (meaning no offence to the present company). But there's no two views about things that look like Humans and aren't.

    Mrs. Beaver: I've known good dwarfs.

    Mr. Beaver: So've I, now you come to speak of it, but precious few, and they were the ones least like men. But in general, take my advice, when you meet anything that's going to be Human and isn't yet, or used to be Human once and isn't now, or ought to be Human and isn't, you keep your eyes on it and feel for your hatchet.

    • The animals having a dinner party before being turned to stone by the Witch (leading to Edmund's Heel–Face Turn) are never mentioned again note some editions even include a couple graphic descriptions of how they're slowly eroded away by the weather over the centuries . Lewis was even asked about this by one of his readers (or the reader's mom) and hastily wrote back a Word of God that of course the animals at the dinner party got turned back, just not on stage, and he was very sorry the child was distressed about the issue.
    • Also, the Dwarf that drives the Witch's sleigh is a fairly prominent aspect of the story, yet his fate goes unaccounted for in the book. In the film, he gets shot by Susan in his attempt to finish off an injured Edmund.

    Characteristics Of Good And Evil In The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

    Register to read the introduction… This can be easily seen throughout her description by the other characters. In the following quote, Lucy is explaining to Edmund who the White Witch is: “She is a perfectly terrible person, said Lucy. She calls herself the Queen of Narnia thought she has no right to be queen at all and […] at least all the good ones—simply hate her. And she can turn people into stone and do all kinds of horrible things. And she has made a magic so that it is always winter in Narnia—always winter, but it never gets to Christmas.” (Lewis 42). Effectively, she holds in fear everyone in Narnia. If they don’t do what she commends them to do, she turns them into stone. She is the perfect incarnation of evil, feared by everyone. She is associated with winter, synonym of coldness and unwanted feeling. The term “White” is a bit ironic because this color is associated with pure and good, but in this case, it is just a cover to disguise the evil of her character. She is manipulative and it is in this way that she gained Edmund trust in the first part. All those characteristics are pointing to the fact that she is pure evil. She has a cold and hard face, she is merciless and cruel. In this quote, the evil is transparent into her expression: “A slow cruel smile came over the Witch’s face” (Lewis 99). In this quote, the children can easily identify the Witch as being the evil character of the story. But, evil won’t ever win in Lewis’ story because good is always defeating …show more content…
    For example, she is the one that drag Edmund into her castle and to betray his sisters and brother. In order to have what she want, she uses maleficent ways. For example, she is cruel when it is time to kill Aslan on the Stone Table. The following quote shows the nature of evil of the Witch: “Stop! said the Witch. Let him first be shaved” (Lewis 153). She is already mean, but in order to humiliate him more, she decided to cut off his fur. This is the real representation of someone good less. Her actions are always towards people weaker than her, she has no pity. Having all Narnians fearing her makes her happy. All those actions make the child easily understand that he portraits evil. But, at the end, she finishes by getting punished for what she has done. Effectively, after the battle, good prevails. At the end of the story, Aslan fight and defeat the White Witch. Consequently, this is really a classic children book that covers good against
    

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