| “ | All get what they want; they do not always like it.
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Aslan is a character in the children's book series Chronicles of Narnia. He is the creator and one true king of the World of Narnia, and is generally a representation of all that is good. Aslan appears in Narnia as a large and terrifying, but equally magnificent and wise, lion with kind eyes. He appears in different sizes to different people, although he himself never changes; as people grow in wisdom and character, they can perceive more of his greatness. Aslan is the one true king of Narnia; all of its inhabitants have faith in him, and obey him absolutely. Generally, he comes to Narnia to aid its leaders and heroes on important missions for external and personal peace, and to protect it from various evils. He watches over Narnia constantly, although he does not choose to solve all of its problems for its inhabitants. Aslan also periodically brings humans from Earth, both to help Narnia, and to teach those people important lessons.
Battle vs. Morgoth (by Jon memeing)[]
The breeze whistled and the sunshine came. The trees danced and the rivers flowed. The birds glided and the deers trotted. The fish raced and the butterflies glowed. It was a glorious morning. Creation was in its full vividness -- a job well done to the gods of this world, and a blessing to the critters that scurried below.
Aslan the magnificent lion slept with a mighty snore. A god deserved rest fit for such an achievement. The world was at peace and its inhabitants were happy. That was all that mattered to him. He only wanted the best for everyone, whoever they may be.
However, a dark reddish smog spread throughout the blue sky. The cold breeze was replaced by searing hot winds. Magma rained upon the earth. The grass dried up and the trees fell down. In the distance came forth a towering armored evil. It was Morgoth, the Devil himself.
The lion leaped up and shook his mane. He sensed danger, horror, and all manner of terrifying foreboding; the dark lord infecting everything in his vicinity. Aslan then sent out a powerful roar that echoed throughout his realm. The message was clear: "Who are you, intruder? And why are you here?"
"I have come forth from the great void," Morgoth replied in a raspy hurtful voice. "I am at war and this world looked to be a good refuge... termporary it may be."
"Refuge?!"
"Yes. Refuge. A refuge to rebuild my army. A refuge so I can plan out and strike. Maybe you would like to help me. You can be my general. Help me and I will reward you greatly, my feline friend."
Aslan pressed his paws deep into the ground, his sharp teeth bear and wrathful. "I will do no such thing and you will do no such thing either! You will leave this place now, or I swear, you will regret it!"
Morgoth raised his war hammer and laughed. "Good. I can use some practice!"
Aslan ran to where Morgoth was, but Morgoth raised a gargantuan stone wall to block the lion's path. Aslan roared and made the wall tumble down, but Morgoth then raised a series of rocky jagged mountains. This did not deter nor trap the lion, however, and Aslan merely crossed them like they were nothing.
Sensing that his opponent was no mere lion, the dark lord pointed his hammer towards Aslan's direction. An army of winged fire-breathing dragons, blind berserking trolls, and hellish balrogs then charged Aslan. The lion stopped in his tracks, and to counter, he sang a song that turned whatever trees left there into his soldiers. Anthropomorphic trees and denizens of the darkness clashed and killed. Trolls were easily smashed by the giant pines and redwoods. The dragons and the balrogs tried to burn as many as they could. But some of the trees tossed around boulders and their fellow fallen brethren, to put them out of the sky.
To give the trees much needed help, Aslan once again hummed, and the river rose up and slammed itself onto the combatants. Thousands of Morgoth's army perished. Angered by this, Morgoth made the clouds into whipping hurricanes. The dark lord also turned the river into a fluid inferno, swallowing whatever remains of the battling trees. The whole sea of fire engulfed a whole valley; turning it all uninhabitable -- turning it into Hell itself.
Morgoth must have thought he had won the battle, for he did not see Aslan lunging towards him out of nowhere. The lion swiped at Morgoth's head, taking out much of his helmet. The dark lord also swung his hammer, hitting Aslan's side and making the lion fly into a nearby hill. With a mighty roar, Aslan destroyed the hill, and walked out to face his foe again. With another roar, he turned Morgoth's hammer into a snake that bit his neck. The dark lord then grabbed the snake and ripped it in two. In a seemingly desperate struggle, Morgoth summoned a malevolent tower that took him up farther into the sky, away from Aslan's reach.
"I will not lose to a mere cat!" Morgoth proclaimed.
"Do you want me to oblige?" replied Aslan. "Then so be it. You can have this world. You can have all of it!"
Aslan then summoned a great sea that washed away the fire and wet his feet. He then entered the waves, seemingly disappearing into the foam. Morgoth then noticed something happening. A cosmic giant suddenly appeared into the sky. "Father Time," the voice of Aslan said. "Let us give him what he wants."
And without wasting another minute, the giant then sandwiched the world Morgoth was in, in between his palms. He squeezed tight, causing a massive supernova that destroyed the world and everyone in it, including Morgoth.
Everyone gets their wish but they don't always like it...
Expert's Opinion[]
Although Morgoth was no easy opponent, Aslan won this undoubtedly by having the better powers (especially when it comes to summons) and the fact that he can negate Morgoth's curses and magic.