<P> He is first mentioned by Mr. Beaver, who tells the Pevensie children (Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy) that "Aslan is on the move". He explains that Aslan is the true king of Narnia and that the children (as Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve) are the chosen ones to help end the tyrannical rule of the White Witch . Even as the children explore Narnia, Aslan's presence begins to weaken Jadis' grip on the land; the ice begins to melt and Father Christmas appears at last and gives the children gifts . </P> <P> Edmund, who was enchanted by the White Witch on his first visit to Narnia by eating enchanted Turkish Delight, attempts to betray his siblings and is not present to receive a gift . Mr. and Mrs. Beaver lead the others to Aslan at the Stone Table at a large gathering of Loyal Narnians preparing for war . Aslan sends his creatures to rescue Edmund . Peter slays Maugrim the Wolf, chief of the Witch's secret police, and Aslan makes Peter a knight . He then sends his soldiers to rescue Edmund as the White Witch orders the wolf that witnessed Maugrim's death to rally her army . </P> <P> The next day, the White Witch comes in parley and demands her right to execute Edmund for his betrayal, citing Deep Magic from the Dawn of Time that gives her power over all traitors . In private conversation with her, Aslan offers himself in Edmund's place, and she accepts his offer, though none of Aslan's followers know this . Susan and Lucy, unable to sleep, follow Aslan to the Stone Table that night . They watch from afar as the White Witch asks her evil people to tie him up . The hags do so as they are assisted by the black dwarves and evil apes . Before a bound Aslan can be loaded onto the table, the White Witch quotes "Let him first be shaved" as an ogre with scissors clipped off his mane . This led to the White Witch's army doing domestic cat taunts to him . When a bounded Aslan is loaded onto the Stone Table, the White Witch kills Aslan with her knife . </P> <P> With her greatest adversary dead, the White Witch leaves with her army to prepare for war against the Narnians, convinced that she will win . Lucy, Susan, and a number of mice remove the bonds from Aslan's body; but as the Stone Table breaks they find that his body is gone . To their shock, Aslan reappears alive and well, thanks to a Deeper Magic from before the Dawn of Time . The Witch, having entered Narnia only at the Dawn of Time, had not known of this . Aslan explains that the Deeper Magic is invoked when an innocent willingly offers his life in place of a traitor's, causing death itself to be reversed until the victim is reborn . </P>

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