Ginger

[[File:3774.jpg|left]]As word spreads about Aslan arriving in Narnia, all manner of Narnians flock to Stable Hill to try to see him, Ginger the Cat among them. Shift the Ape tells the Narnians that Aslan is very angry with them and has chosen to ally himself and Narnia with Calormen. Shift goes on to assert that Aslan and Tash (the god of the Calormenes) are one and the same. Ginger asks the Calormene commander Rishda Tarkaan if he agrees with Shift and when Rishda affirms the "Tashlan" claim, Ginger is satisfied with the answer. Ginger then begins to take part in the schemes of Shift and Rishda Tarkaan, inventing new lies to corroborate theirs (like claiming that he saw Aslan angrily swallow Tirian whole). As Shift begins to lose control of the situation, the fate of Narnia falls into the power of Ginger and Rishda, with Shift becoming their puppet. When the Narnians start muttering that it is all a trick and there is nothing in the Stable after all, Ginger boldly announces that he will look upon the face of Tashlan willingly (in order to give credence to the plot). But when Ginger walks through the Stable door, he looks upon the face of the ''real'' Tash. Ginger flies out of the Stable hissing and spitting and runs up a tree. The Narnians try to question him about what he saw, but Ginger has become a dumb beast and cannot answer. He climbs farther up the tree and is never seen again.