Famous children's novels are born from famous villains, whose names almost everyone knows, and anyone could tell you their story, their bad deeds and the name of the hero who was finally smart enough to lead them to their downfall. CS Lewis' Narnia series is no exception, and although it is home to countless different villains, one of them seems to rise above the rest, and his name is mentioned in whispers throughout. throughout the series after his appearance in the first book. The White Queen is first mentioned in the first book in the series, The Wizard's Nephew, when lost adventurers Polly and Diggory find her on her homeworld of Charn, where she is known as Jadis. She eventually follows them to Narnia, where she begins to establish her reputation over the supposed thousand years between the first book and the second. In the most famous Narnia book, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, the White Queen is the vilest being ever known to Narnia, she brought the "Hundred Year Winter" to Narnia, and she is known for her manipulative presence and ability to turn living beings into stone. In the first two books of the series, Jadis, the White Queen, systematically uses her powers of stature and fear as well as manipulation to coerce and frighten the beings over whom she rules; these tactics earned him a reputation for nastiness. The first book in the Narnia series is The Magician's Nephew, the book functions as a sort of prologue to the other books, giving context to some of the most famous characters and also how Narnia itself came to be. . At the beginning of the book, two young children, Polly and Digory, become friends through being neighbors. Digory has only just moved into the house where he... middle of paper ... and a powerful witch, but it's his non-magical "powers" that help him the most in his rise to power. Time and again in both books, author CS Lewis shows the White Queen using her immense stature, ability to instill fear, and naturally manipulative traits to build an army and empire in Narnia. Works Cited1Lewis, CS. The Chronicles of Narnia: the magician's nephew. New York: Harper Collins, 1955. Print.2Lewis, CS and Pauline Baynes. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. New York: HarperCollins, 1994. Print.3"Narnia - Tilda Swinton - Once the White Witch Category: Films and television Subcategory: Other films Type: Villain Game system: DC Heroes (Blood of Heroes SE) Notes: Narnia ( film 2005)". Writeups.org. Np, and Web. May 22 2014. .