Lord Sopespian

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Lord Sopespian
Alias	Sopespian My Lord
Origin	Prince Caspian
Occupation	Telmarine general (formerly) Self-proclaimed ruler of all Narnia
Powers / Skills	Manipulation
Hobby	Attending meets with other Telmarine lords.
Goals	Manipulate Miraz into declaring war on the Narnians and later betray him (succeeded). Seize control over the Telmar Empire (briefly succeeded, but failed). Exterminate all Narnians (failed).
Crimes	Attempted genocide Treason Usurpation Regicide (film only)
Type of Villain	Traitorous Monarch

“	Crush them all!	„
	~ Lord Sopespian

Lord Sopespian is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Glozelle) of the 1951 novel Prince Caspian, the second installment of The Chronicles of Narnia book series and one of the two main antagonists (alongside Miraz) of its 2008 film adaptation.

He is a high-ranking Telmarine lord during King Miraz's reign over Narnia. However, Sopespian secretly hates Miraz and conspires with Glozelle to usurp him, with the perfect opportunity coming when Miraz's nephew Caspian X recruits the returning Pevensie siblings, Narnia's former kings, to assist him and the surviving Narnians in taking back their world.

He was portrayed by Rory Edwards in the BBC series. In the film, he was portrayed by Damián Alcázar, who also played Juan Vargas in La ley de Herodes.

History

During the Narnian Revolution, Sopespian fought the Narnians in the war. He eventually plotted with his cousin and sub-commander Glozelle to overthrow their king Miraz and take over the kingdom themselves. Their plan almost worked, as they convinced Miraz into accepting the challenge to a duel with Peter Pevensie, so Peter would kill him and Sopespian could take over the Telmarine army. During the fight, Sopespian was a Marshal of the Lists for Miraz, along with Glozelle, during the fight, Peter wounds Miraz, having the chance to kill him, Peter spares him instead, ruining Sopespian's plan, he helps Miraz to get up, but betrays him killing him with a Narnian arrow, Sopespian then blames it on the Narnians and a battle begins, during the battle Glozelle is knocked out by a living tree, and when the Narnians start to take over, Sopespian orders to retreat to the river, but they are intercepted in the bridge by Aslan and Lucy, Sopespian tries to attack them but Aslan invokes the River God, the Telmarines escape in terror but Sopespian stays in the bridge, the River God lifts the bridge with Sopespian still on it, Sopespian is then devoured and drowned by the River God, his death formally marked the end of the Telmar Empire and it's 1,000 year rule over Narnia.

Trivia

• The Chronicles of Narnia director Andrew Adamson stated that Lord Sopespian is similar to Iago from William Shakespeare's Othello. "Where it seems that Miraz has the upper hand at the beginning, we see that Sopespian, like Shakespeare's Iago, is trying to manipulate the situation", as Adamson describes it.
• Damián Alcázar was originally offered the role of Miraz, but once he informed the filmmakers that his height was of 1.68 meters, meaning that he would not look intimidating while facing Ben Barnes' Prince Caspian, as Barnes measures 1.88 meters, Adamson changed his mind about casting him as Miraz but promised Alcázar to give him a larger role in the film, eventually casting him as Lord Sopespian.
• Lord Sopespian is, alongside Glozelle and Governor Gumpas, one of the few The Chronicles of Narnia villains to not be depicted in any official illustration.

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