Dawn Treader - The Voyage

The Voyage

The Dawn Treader was the first Narnian ship constructed and launched since the Telmarines started avoiding the sea around 150 years ago, Narnian time. She was launched with a twofold mission. The first was to find the seven missing lords that Caspian's uncle, the usurper Miraz, sent to sea to be rid of them. The second was to attempt to sail to the eastern end of the world, where some say that Aslan's country is. This second mission was guided in spirit by the mouse Reepicheep, who told the tale of a dryad who sang a song about the "utter east" when Reep was but an infant in his crib. The story of the voyage is the plot of the book itself, with the outset being revealed in an explanation by Drinian, and the storm related in first person in the form of a diary kept by Eustace.