<P> After much hardship at the hands of the Witch and her sledge driver, Edmund is rescued from their camp and reunited with his siblings . Jadis approaches in truce to parley with Aslan . She insists that, according to "deep magic from the dawn of time", she holds the right to kill Edmund following his treason . Aslan bargains with her privately and she renounces her claim . </P> <P> That evening, Aslan secretly returns to the Stone Table, shadowed by Susan and Lucy . Upon noticing them, Aslan welcomes their company but warns them not to interfere with what is about to happen . He has traded his own life to the witch for Edmund's, and the girls watch as Jadis oversees his shaming before her underlings . She orders Aslan tied to the Stone Table, shaved and muzzled; and she administers the killing blow herself . </P> <P> Confident now of victory, the Witch leads her army away to battle . Susan and Lucy remain weeping over Aslan's abandoned body . They un-muzzle him and see mice gnaw away his bonds . The Stone Table breaks and Aslan is restored to life . He tells Lucy and Susan that Jadis was unaware of the "deeper magic from before the dawn of time" that will resurrect an innocent killed in place of a traitor . </P> <P> Aslan carries Lucy and Susan on his back as he hurries to Jadis's castle . He breathes upon the stone statues in the courtyard, restoring them to life . </P>

The lion the witch and the wardrobe cast of characters