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{{short description|Fictional girl, the female lead human in The Horse and His Boy (Narnia, book 5)}}
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| title = Aravis Tarkheena / Queen of [[Archenland]]
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| family = [[List of characters in The Chronicles of Narnia#K|Kidrash Tarkaan]] (father)<br>Two brothers, unnamed<br>Rishti Tarkaan (grandfather)<br>Kidrash Tarkan (great-grandfather)<br>Illsombreh Tisroc (great-great-grandfather)<br>Ardeeb Tisroc (great-great-great-grandfather)<br>[[Tash (Narnia)|Tash]] (claimed ancestor)<br>[[List of characters in The Chronicles of Narnia#L|King Lune]] (father-in-law)<br>[[List of characters in The Chronicles of Narnia#C|Corin]] (brother-in-law)
| spouse = [[Shasta (Narnia)|Prince Cor]]
| children = [[List of characters in The Chronicles of Narnia#R|Ram the Great]]
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'''Aravis''' is a
Aravis is a young [[Tarkheena]], a female member of the ruling nobility of [[Calormen]]. With her horse, [[Hwin]], who is eventually revealed to be a talking beast from the land of [[Narnia (country)|Narnia]], she flees
==Fictional character biography==
In ''[[The Horse and His Boy]]'', C. S. Lewis describes Aravis as "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."
Aravis has spent her youth in the heart of Calormen, presumably in Calavar, the province over which her father is
As the two ride through Calormen, they meet Bree and Shasta, the eponymous horse and boy, who are also escaping to Narnia. The four try to traverse Calormen's capital of [[Tashbaan]] undetected, but they are separated. Aravis meets her friend [[Lasaraleen]], who is also a [[Tarkheena]]. Aravis and Lasaraleen explore the [[Tisroc]]'s palace, and accidentally overhear a plan by the Tisroc and his son Crown Prince [[Rabadash]] to invade Archenland. When Aravis meets Shasta and the horses again at the tombs of the ancient rulers of Calormen, they agree they must urgently warn Narnia and Archenland.
As they near the border of Archenland, they are chased by a [[lion]] who slashes Aravis
Shasta is recognized as Cor, the eldest son of [[King Lune]] of Archenland, and Aravis comes to live at the castle of Anvard with the royal family. Many years later, Cor and Aravis marry, and she becomes
The character Aravis, last appears in the book ''[[The Last Battle]],'' attending the Great Reunion in Aslan's Country along with her husband, father-in-law, brother-in-law, and son.
==Race issues==
Several writers, including [[Philip Pullman]],<ref name="Ezard">{{cite news|last1=Ezard|first1=John|title=Narnia books attacked as racist and sexist|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/jun/03/gender.hayfestival2002|access-date=26 March 2015|
==References==
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