Lone Islands

The Lone Islands are mentioned as a possible destination in the uncertain course of Caspian X’s final voyage east. Their significance here lies in the distance they represent: if the king continues beyond Terebinthia toward the islands and farther east, Jill Pole and Eustace Scrubb cannot count on his return to help them search for Prince Rilian.

Place in the Voyage

Glimfeather reports a rumor that Aslan has been seen in Terebinthia, where Caspian hopes to meet him and ask who should succeed him. If that meeting does not happen, the king may continue toward the Seven Isles and the Lone Islands, and then farther east. Glimfeather says Caspian does not speak openly about this possibility, but the Narnians believe he has never forgotten his earlier voyage to the world’s end and longs inwardly to make the journey again.

Relation to the Search for Prince Rilian

The Lone Islands enter the conversation as part of a practical uncertainty: nobody knows how long Caspian will be away. When Jill asks whether there is any point in waiting for him to return, Glimfeather answers that there is not. He regrets that the children did not speak to the king sooner, since Caspian might have arranged everything and perhaps provided an army for their search. Thus the islands mark not a place visited in the narrated action, but a possible extension of the voyage that leaves the children without the king’s assistance.