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Stable Hill by Traitors stead

Stable Hill

Stable Hill gets its name from the stable that the ape Shift had built on it for Puzzle while he was masquerading as Aslan.

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The sole purpose of the structure was to hide Puzzle from view during the day so that the Narnians could not see that he was not really Aslan. At night, when it was dim and harder to see, Puzzle would be let out and displayed for all to see, dressed in the skin of a dead lion. Since nobody had seen any real lion in several decades, the dim light was sufficient to deceive the unsuspecting Narnians. Shift used his "Aslan" to manipulate the inhabitants of Narnia, ordering them around on "Aslan's" orders.

Stable Hill was also the location of the engagement that gives the final Chronicle its name: The Last Battle. After a short while Shift invited the Calormenes into Narnia to help enforce his corrupt rules. Eventually this led to an attempt at blending Aslan with Tash, the demonic god of the Calormenes. In order to put a stop to the perpetrators, Tirian, the last king of Narnia, staged a sort of coup in an attempt to reveal Shift's deception. However, he was unsuccessful.

After Jill Pole rescued Puzzle, Ginger came up the idea of a false Aslan running around and that the real Aslan, really a Calormene sentry, was still in the stable refusing to come out. He went in to prove Aslan was there, only to find Tash, which they had unintentionally summoned, inside. Ginger lost his voice and sapience, ran out, and disappeared into a tree. This inspired Emeth to go in and see "Tashlan", but he found that inside was also Aslan’s Country. He killed the sentry, threw him out, and journeyed through eventually finding the real Aslan himself. Everyone thought the sentry was Emeth and was convinced at the deception, this caused Tirian to begin the Battle of Stable Hill by throwing Shift into the stable where Tash ate him.

During the battle, Eustace Scrubb, Jill, Griffle, Diggle and the other dwarves, were thrown into the stable by the Calormenes. Although Eustace and Jill were fine, the dwarves, having lost all faith in both Aslan and Tash, are forever led to believe that they are in an old stable. As a last stand, Tirian dragged Rishda Tarkaan into the stable where Tash took him to his country. Outside, Calormenes were discussing whether or not they should go in or set the stable on fire. But then Aslan awoke Father Time who called everyone to the stable door and had Narnia destroyed.

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