Aravis

Aravis is a fictional character in the children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. She is a main character in The Horse and His Boy. Aravis is a young Tarkheena, a female member of the ruling class of the fictional empire of Calormen, located far to the south of Narnia. Aravis says of her family: "... I am the only daughter of Kidrash Tarkaan, the son of Rishti Tarkaan, the son of Kidrash Tarkaan, the son of Illsombreh Tisroc, the son of Ardeeb Tisroc who was descended in a right line from the god Tash." (from the Horse and his Boy) Aravis has spent her youth in the heart of Calormen, apparently in Calavar, the province over which her father is lord. Her mother and older brother have both died and her father has recently married an unkind woman, who makes no attempt to disguise her dislike for her stepdaughter. She also has a younger brother who is "but a child". Aravis' already difficult home life is rendered impossible when her father announces her... full article at wikipedia