#calormenes

Currently rereading The Horse and His Boy for a project, and I can't help but be fascinated by some of the world-building for Calormen, Telmar, Archenland and Narnia. Because Narnia is not the planet, it's a country on the unnamed world. Which means Aslan is heavily invested in the geopolitical state of one part of his world, not the world itself.

There were fifteen Calormenes, a Talking Bull of Narnia, Slinkey the Fox, and Wraggle the Satyr.

Two Calormenes were driving a horse which was harnessed to a log.

"Master Horse, Master Horse," said Tirian as he hastily cut its traces, "how came these aliens to enslave you? (...)"

For one second all the Dwarfs were staring at Puzzle with wide open mouths and then one of the soldiers said sharply, "Are you mad, My Master? What are you doing to the slaves?" and the other said, "And who are you?"

Two Calormene soldiers at the head of the column, seeing what they took for a Tarkaan or great lord with two armed pages, came to a halt and raised their spears in salute.

Tirian looked up and saw that Calormenes (mixed with a few Talking Beasts) were beginning to run toward them from every direction.

And they were not dressed like men of Calormen.