By the end of the book, and throughout the rest of the series, Edmund is seen to be loyal, courageous, logical, and mature. By contrast, in the most recent film adaptions Edmund is played by British actor Skandar Keynes, who is of both Lebanese and Turkish ancestry and therefore has darker hair and eyes than his siblings.Įdmund is the most developed character in the series, beginning as a spiteful and mean-spirited boy in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Though Lucy is specifically described as being "golden haired", she, Susan, and Peter are depicted in the illustrations with dark hair, while Edmund is usually blond. ( December 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This section needs additional citations for verification. In the illustrations of him in the final book he is drawn as having fair hair. Edmund is described in one book in a scene in Tashbaan as being part of a group of men "as fair-skinned as, and most of them had fair hair", although whether Edmund is one of the fair-haired ones is not clear. Fulfilling an ancient prophecy, he becomes King Edmund the Just', King of Narnia, and with sisters Susan and Lucy, co-ruler under High King Peter. He is redeemed with the intervention of Aslan and joins the fight against the witch. In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Edmund betrays his siblings to the White Witch while under her influence, but as the story goes on, he accepts the error of his ways. Actor Mark Wells portrays an older Edmund at the end of the first film. In the live-action films The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Edmund is portrayed by actor Skandar Keynes. He is a principal character in three of the seven books ( The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader), and a lesser character in two others ( The Horse and His Boy and The Last Battle). Peter, Susan and Lucy Pevensie (siblings)Įdmund " Ed" Pevensie is a fictional character in C.