| NOTE: This page is only about his film incarnation as the BBC adaptation and original book incarnation of Miraz were not voted Near Pure Evil, and thus only the film version of Miraz's info and crimes should be put here. |
| “ | What's the matter, boy? Too cowardly to take a life? | „ |
| ~ King Miraz to King Peter Pevensie during their duel. |
Miraz is the secondary antagonist of the The Chronicles of Narnia film series, based on C.S. Lewis' 1950-1956 novel series of the same name, serving as the main antagonist of the 2008 high fantasy film The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian and a posthumous antagonist in its 2010 sequel The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.
He is the scheming leader of the Telmarines, human pirates who found their way into Narnian years after Jadis the White Witch's death. A member of the royal family, Miraz secretly conspired to have his brother King Caspian IX killed and then plans to do the same to his nephew Prince Caspian X so he can usurp the Telmarine throne, forcing Caspian to go into Narnia's forests for help.
He was portrayed by Sergio Castellitto.
His Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- Killed King Caspian IX, his own brother, just so he could overthrow him and become King of Narnia out of envy for his authority over the Telmarine empire.
- To not raise suspicions, Miraz tried to kill, and after failing, opted to banish seven Telmarine lords who were close to Caspian IX away from the Telmarine-controlled Narnia to ensure they didn't mess with his plans, leading to some of the lords to die from different circumstances.
- Sends General Glozelle to kill his nephew Prince Caspian X upon being informed that Queen Prunasprismia, his wife, has given birth to a son, now finally having an excuse to get rid of Caspian due to having no available heirs before. When Caspian escapes thanks to his tutor's help, Miraz sends his guards to chase him into the Narnian woods, leading Narnia's mythological creatures to rescue Caspian and kill some of his guards.
- Once he learns that his soldiers captured a Narnian dwarf called Trumpkin, Miraz organizes a meeting with the other Telmarine lords and accuses the Narnians for having "abducted" Caspian, declaring his intentions to resume the genocidal campaign their ancestors started to kill all Narnians, essentially scapegoating Narnia's local population to cover up his tracks.
- While he brings Trumpkin in front of his council to prove the existence of Narnians (as they had been mostly forgotten within their own world by the time the film takes place), Miraz unnecessarily slaps the dwarf for considering him "vermin" and then orders two soldiers of his to take Trumpkin away and drown him in the sea.
- Orders Caspian's nurse and professor to be locked up once he refuses to tell him what Caspian knows about the Narnian horn to call the Pevensie siblings back from the real world to Narnia.
- Orders the construction of a bridge connecting Narnia to the Telmarine territory, but harshly refuses to contribute some of his own men to finished the bridge quickly, threatening Lord Sopespian for making the request and instead ordering him and Glozelle to take as many troops as they need from Beruna to find Caspian before the Pevensie siblings do it.
- Slaps Glozelle for lying that none of his men were killed during the Narnians' raid on the Telmarine weapons.
- Incites Prunasprismia to shoot a crossbow's arrow into Caspian's shoulder when Caspian, the Pevensies and the Narnians break into the Telmarine castle to overthrow Miraz, hurting Caspian and distracting him long enough to allow Miraz to escape from his bedroom.
- Coldly pushes off a Narnian who was trying to kill him from his balcony, sending that Narnian to his death despite that Glozelle had disarmed him and Miraz's life was no longer in danger.
- Orders his soldiers to close his castle's gates to prevent Caspian, the Pevensies and the Narnians from escaping, and when them and some others succeed thanks to the minotaur, Asterius holding the gates with his remaining strength, Miraz orders Glozelle and his archers to shoot their arrows at Asterius and some escaping Narnians, then proceeding to massacre the dozens of unfortunate Narnians who didn't get to escape.
- What's worse is that when he gives Glozelle the order, Glozelle points out that some of their own men were still fighting the Narnians in the courtyard yet Miraz still insisted, proving how willing he is of endangering his own forces for complicated orders.
- Gathers all the Telmarine lords and convinces them to pledge their troops to him so they can find the Narnian hideout and kill all Narnians for once to get rid of their threat.
- Accepts to duel Peter Pevensie in a swordfight to the death whose loser must offer total surrender as a reward to the winner, but rather than because of honor, Miraz does so because another Telmarine lord, Sopespian and Glozelle subtly damage his ego by making comments indirectly mocking his tactics. In secret, however, Miraz orders Glozelle to shoot at Peter with his crossbow if things go poorly for him, proving how willing he is of cheating to ensure his victory.
- Tricks Peter during their duel by feigning to take a respite and then trying to attack Peter once he turns his back.
- Tries to provoke Peter or Caspian into killing him after his defeat, though none of the two does so.
- Threatens Sopespian presumably with death for tricking him into accepting the duel, promising to deal with him once they go back to the castle, leading Sopespian to finally kill him and frame the Narnians from cheating, leading the battle to continue unnecessarily and to Aslan to intervene.
- While Jadis the White Witch certainly did worse than him, Miraz doesn't count with the same magical resources she had, instead relying on his military might and his weapons to target the Narnians, essentially keeping them exiled into their woods and intending to exterminate them just to cover up his involvement in his nephew's disappearance. That too, he also has some personal villainy to help him pass as well, engaging in this against Caspian X due to murdering his father and is also shown to be a bad boss, being willing to sacrifice his troops to kill some Narnians.
What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?[]
- No matter how terrible he is, Miraz clearly loves his wife and his son. Though he evidently hated the rest of his family given how he killed his own brother and plotted to murder his own nephew so he could take over as king, Miraz is shown to be a loving husband and father in a few scenes, like when holding his little son at the Telmarine castle's balcony, plus while his wife grows distant of him upon learning what he did to her brother-in-law, Miraz doesn't stop caring for her. That said, Miraz did manipulate Prunasprismia with their son to incite her into shooting an arrow to Caspian on the shoulder by remarking how their son would grow fatherless if he was killed, which shows that he was fine with manipulating his loved ones from time to time.
Trivia[]
- Only Miraz's film incarnation qualifies for Near Pure Evil status, because the literature version doesn't seem to care for his wife and baby (not to mention his wife is just as bad as him there) but it's currently unknown whether he fails the Heinous Standards to Jadis the White Witch, the Lady of the Green Kirtle and Shift or not, whereas the film series didn't adapt the latter two, so Miraz easily stands out far more in the film continuity.
External Links[]
- Miraz on the Villains Wiki
