Maugrim
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'''First Appearance:''' ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', Ch. 9 (1950), first referenced in Ch. 6 | '''First Appearance:''' ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'', Ch. 9 (1950), first referenced in Ch. 6 | ||
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| + | ===~ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ~ (1950)=== | ||
| + | [[File:3784.jpg|left]]Maugrim is the chief of the [[White Witch]]'s secret police. When the [[White Witch|Witch]] learns that [[Tumnus]] helped [[Lucy Pevensie|Lucy]] escape instead of handing her over to the [[White Witch|Witch]], she orders Maugrim to arrest [[Tumnus]] and bring him to her. The Pevensies find the note left by Maugrim in [[Tumnus]]' cave and decide to try to rescue the Faun. Later when [[Edmund Pevensie|Edmund]] comes to the [[White Witch|Witch]]'s castle, he first thinks Maugrim is a stone wolf like the statues in the courtyard. But Maugrim surprises him by being alive and makes him wait outside while the wolf informs the [[White Witch|Witch]] of his arrival. Maugrim returns shortly to invite [[Edmund Pevensie|Edmund]] inside. When the [[White Witch|Witch]] learns that the other three Pevensies are with the [[Mr. and Mrs. Beaver|Beavers]], she sends Maugrim to the Beavers' Dam to kill anyone he finds there. When Maugrim reaches the dam he finds it empty, so he and another wolf track the children to the Stone Table. There Maugrim tries to attack [[Susan Pevensie|Susan]] and [[Lucy Pevensie|Lucy]], but [[Peter Pevensie|Peter]] comes to their rescue. [[Aslan]] instructs the other Narnians nearby to let [[Peter Pevensie|Peter]] fight Maugrim alone. After a brief struggle, Maugrim dies upon [[Peter Pevensie|Peter]]'s sword. | ||
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Though there are no clear precedents known for this character, it seems logical that Maugrim's role as the chief of the secret police was inspired at least partly by the secret police of Nazi Germany. Both the Gestapo and Maugrim's secret police force used covert, brutal tactics designed to strike terror into the hearts of the people and weaken any resistance to the will of the dictator. | Though there are no clear precedents known for this character, it seems logical that Maugrim's role as the chief of the secret police was inspired at least partly by the secret police of Nazi Germany. Both the Gestapo and Maugrim's secret police force used covert, brutal tactics designed to strike terror into the hearts of the people and weaken any resistance to the will of the dictator. | ||
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| - | *[[File:BBCMaugrim2.jpg|left]]Martin Stone: BBC TV series, | + | *[[File:BBCMaugrim2.jpg|left]]Martin Stone: BBC TV series, 1988 – 1990 |
