Which Narnia novel features the character Emeth, a warrior from Calormen?

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The Last Battle features Emeth, a warrior from the Narnian world’s southern neighbor, Calormen.

Published in 1956, The Last Battle is the seventh and final published volume of The Chronicles of Narnia. Emeth has served the Calormene god Tash, but after entering a stable during the story’s final events, he encounters Aslan. The book presents a significant conversation about sincere devotion, moral action, and the relationship between names and realities.

Emeth’s name means “truth” in Hebrew, a detail that reflects Lewis’s use of biblical language and themes. The character appears only in The Last Battle, not in The Horse and His Boy, even though that earlier novel is also set partly in Calormen and includes major Calormene characters.

The novel’s publication order can cause confusion because it was written as the series finale but is sometimes numbered seventh or sometimes treated differently in reading-order discussions. Its place as the final published Narnia book is not disputed.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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