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Voices - Prompt One - Who Am I?
My name is Aravis.

I used to be known as Aravis Tarkheena, or the Tarkheena and I come from Calormene. I have no desire to go back there, ever.

I live in Narnia now, and although sometimes Aslan still calls me Tarkeena or Little Tarkheena, he is the only one that is permitted to do so.

The way I came to Narnia was that my horse stopped me from killing myself and we travelled to her original home of Narnia. Hwin saved my life and she is indeed my best friend, and honestly always has been.

I guess you can say that I liked my life in Calormene just fine until my mother died and my father wed with that woman. That woman who convinced my father to arrange for me to marry a horrible man who was so many times my age. I was indeed going to end my life in my own way instead of committing myself to a long life of slow death as my stepmother had planned.

However, Hwin convinced me not to do that by putting her head between my knife and my chest.

We set out to travel and ended up travelling with Shasta and Bree. Shasta, who as it turns out is actually a prince and the next king of Archenland. He may be a prince, but he is still an infuriating young man. I wouldn't change that for anything -- though I may often say I wish he would be something different.

I may not really know who I am, but with a new start in Narnia and Archenland, I do believe I am free to discover who I am meant to be.


Muse: Aravis Tarkheena
Fandom: The Chronicles of Narnia
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