Lord Drinian - The Silver Chair

In The Silver Chair, Lord Drinian has remained a good friend and trusted advisor of King Caspian X. Though Caspian is depicted as being significantly older in this work than in the previous one, Drinian is not described in the same manner. In fact, Drinian has even become a close friend of Caspian's son Rilian. After the mysterious and unfortunate death of Caspian's wife, Rilian engages in highly enigmatic activities which he reveals to no one. Drinian speaks to Rilian, however, and convinces him to divulge his secret. When Rilian leads Drinian to the very place where the queen died, Drinian discovers the source of Rilian's behavior: a beautiful but, in Drinian's opinion, evil woman. Although Drinian puzzles over the obsessive attraction Rilian has for this woman, he also, against his better judgment, succumbs to his friendship with Rilian, and allows him to continue visiting the woman. Rilian rides out the next day without anyone accompanying him but he never returns. Lamenting his grave mistake, Drinian approaches Caspian. When Drinian presents his knowledge of Rilian's disappearance to Caspian, he begs Caspian to condemn him as a traitor, for he has allowed the son of his good friend to disappear. Though Drinian implores Caspian for death as punishment for his treachery, Caspian is unable to kill him, and the two mourn the loss of Rilian as friends.

Ten years later, when Eustace Scrubb and Jill Pole arrive in Narnia, Drinian accompanies Caspian as he voyages through the seas explored in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader seeking the help of Aslan in deciding the heir to the Narnian throne. Fortunately for the aging king, that voyage is disrupted by Aslan before they reach the end of the world, who explains to Caspian that he must return home to Narnia. When Caspian is reunited with his lost son Rilian, Drinian is there to rejoice in the efforts of Eustace and Jill. He is also at Caspian's side when the king dies.