OMG, it's SO LONG! A TSG Short Cut
So, I've started this new thing called, Part 3 of The Stone Gryphon, Apostolic Way, and there’s no way a reasonable person could possibly figure out what has already happened in the previous 500,000 words of Part 1 and 2 and the attendants Narnia-based stories. Is there a short cut? The beginning of Chapter 1 to Part 3 in fact does include a brief synopsis of what has gone on before.
But, for animus_wyrmis and others who might wish to read a few more things, as I will concede that not every chapter or word is crucial, here are a few shorthand links that might allow you to get a flavor for things and/or to focus on the things that interest you.
This chapter is a Very Important Chapter (hereinafter VIP Chapter). Really. If you read nothing else, read this one. Yes, I recognize that it’s mostly about Edmund and Peter but there is a good dollop of Lucy. Susan is there, too, but she’s off talking with Aslan about how it totally is not her fault that Rabadash was an ass. More to the point, it is about why and how the Narnia experience is relevant to the journeys the Friends of Narnia all undertake in Spare Oom.
Chapter 1 of Part 3 is really important to the direction of Lucy's story. Also, this chapter (Heart and Mind) tells you a lot about where Lucy is coming from, including that she was a Knight in Peter’s Order, she talks to dead people, she talks to Aslan, she was the Sword Master, and she’s got some issues with religious authority. This chapter summarizes what Susan’s goals are for Part 3 (key word filing system).
OK, enough about backstory. Characters! Canon characters!
If you want to read about Peter -- Here is Peter as CEO (and here), as the warrior/leader (search for Ibiza), as the Boy Who Isn’t, and as shirty King in Spare Oom.
If you want to read about Edmund -- Here he is doing spy sorts of things with Susan, soldier, Just King ( VIP Chapter above and here (keyword shirtsleeves).
Enough about the males, if you want to read about Susan -- Heh, that’s what all of TQSiT is, but, Susan as manager (search for Hell Bitch), warrior Susan (same as Peter, key word Ibiza), Susan using lockpicks, knives, guns and admiring the male form, Susan as godsend (keyword Georgetown)
And Lucy? As it happens, Lucy (and Susan - keyword hummingbird) are both rubbish at stitching (see VIP Chapter). Lucy also was raised by wolves (key word snappish). Also, see the above links about Lucy’s story.
Wow, who are all these OCs? Are they important, even if you kill so many of them off?)
Richard Russell is a manipulative bastard (key word truth) and scientist, was Polly’s lover and is in the hospital, and is a polygamist and wants to kill himself.
Asim bin Kalil is … err, you know, just read this, and this, and if you are really interested, this (Asim’s pov appears in the last half of the chapter).
Mary Anning Russell is one of Richard’s wives, is fascinated by drooling lizards (keyword magnificent), is very insecure and quotes Alice in Wonderland (key words cram and Alice).
Polly is here; Digory is here.
Evil Banker Morgan of the House of Linch is the person Edmund keeps trying not to think about in Chapter 1 of Part 3, even though he heard her at the End of the World (key word unguarded). She’s also in the VIP Chapter.
Aidan is Lucy’s consort; he is in the VIP Chapter and referenced here (key word Briony).
Jalur is Edmund’s surly Tiger Guard; he is in the VIP Chapter. Fooh and Beehn are Peter’s Guards and they are in the VIP Chapter too.
Other stuff
This vision of Narnia can seem pretty cracky. The otters swear (key word effing), the hummingbirds are brutes (keyword hummingbird), the beaver is a lazy sot (key word fool), and the songbirds are promiscuous (key word Willa). The staff of Cair Paravel are based upon the staff of Vorkosigan House in Bujod’s Vorkosigan series (keyword Hoberry). The Sword Master is very abusive here and here (key word Leszi).
The Pevensies’ parents are clueless, right? We don’t know about John Pevensie, but Mrs. Pevensie knows a lot more than her children think (key word boarded).
Narnia and Spare Oom are totally separate right? And not relevant at all to one another? That would be, no.
See discussion of genocide, race, and homosexuality here. Moral use of power in the previous links the Boy Who Isn’t and Peter as CEO here and here. Death (and massive spoilers) here, here, and here. See also the VIP Chapter, and attitudes about race here and here.
You want a romance? You can go here for Peter and his OTP; Susan and her OTP are here.
Wait a minute, she’s a Cheetah and he’s a Wolf. Does this mean that there’s incest?
Nope (key word garbled).
So they are all virgins, right? Because none of them is married?
Nope. Lucy, Susan, Edmund, and Peter.
Also, everyone is out having wild dryad tree sex except Edmund because he is allergic to tree pollen.
But shouldn’t there be lots of children then?
No, because there are reproductive specialists in Narnia who can detect female ovulation (key word certified).
The Pevensies are really depressed in Spare Oom and eventually find Aslan in the Christian Bible, right? Not exactly.
Aslan is with Lucy (Heart and Mind), and with Eustace (key words stoat and valiant), and with Edmund (key word union), and with Susan, Richard, and Asim (key word cat) and at Russell Hall (key word traffic).
So Susan has totally forgotten Narnia and Aslan during her time in America? No (key word Aslan)
There's a War on, too, but you know, that's in practically every chapter.
Errr, if you are wondering anything else, someone else can add it in comments or I can.
But, for animus_wyrmis and others who might wish to read a few more things, as I will concede that not every chapter or word is crucial, here are a few shorthand links that might allow you to get a flavor for things and/or to focus on the things that interest you.
This chapter is a Very Important Chapter (hereinafter VIP Chapter). Really. If you read nothing else, read this one. Yes, I recognize that it’s mostly about Edmund and Peter but there is a good dollop of Lucy. Susan is there, too, but she’s off talking with Aslan about how it totally is not her fault that Rabadash was an ass. More to the point, it is about why and how the Narnia experience is relevant to the journeys the Friends of Narnia all undertake in Spare Oom.
Chapter 1 of Part 3 is really important to the direction of Lucy's story. Also, this chapter (Heart and Mind) tells you a lot about where Lucy is coming from, including that she was a Knight in Peter’s Order, she talks to dead people, she talks to Aslan, she was the Sword Master, and she’s got some issues with religious authority. This chapter summarizes what Susan’s goals are for Part 3 (key word filing system).
OK, enough about backstory. Characters! Canon characters!
If you want to read about Peter -- Here is Peter as CEO (and here), as the warrior/leader (search for Ibiza), as the Boy Who Isn’t, and as shirty King in Spare Oom.
If you want to read about Edmund -- Here he is doing spy sorts of things with Susan, soldier, Just King ( VIP Chapter above and here (keyword shirtsleeves).
Enough about the males, if you want to read about Susan -- Heh, that’s what all of TQSiT is, but, Susan as manager (search for Hell Bitch), warrior Susan (same as Peter, key word Ibiza), Susan using lockpicks, knives, guns and admiring the male form, Susan as godsend (keyword Georgetown)
And Lucy? As it happens, Lucy (and Susan - keyword hummingbird) are both rubbish at stitching (see VIP Chapter). Lucy also was raised by wolves (key word snappish). Also, see the above links about Lucy’s story.
Wow, who are all these OCs? Are they important, even if you kill so many of them off?)
Richard Russell is a manipulative bastard (key word truth) and scientist, was Polly’s lover and is in the hospital, and is a polygamist and wants to kill himself.
Asim bin Kalil is … err, you know, just read this, and this, and if you are really interested, this (Asim’s pov appears in the last half of the chapter).
Mary Anning Russell is one of Richard’s wives, is fascinated by drooling lizards (keyword magnificent), is very insecure and quotes Alice in Wonderland (key words cram and Alice).
Polly is here; Digory is here.
Evil Banker Morgan of the House of Linch is the person Edmund keeps trying not to think about in Chapter 1 of Part 3, even though he heard her at the End of the World (key word unguarded). She’s also in the VIP Chapter.
Aidan is Lucy’s consort; he is in the VIP Chapter and referenced here (key word Briony).
Jalur is Edmund’s surly Tiger Guard; he is in the VIP Chapter. Fooh and Beehn are Peter’s Guards and they are in the VIP Chapter too.
Other stuff
This vision of Narnia can seem pretty cracky. The otters swear (key word effing), the hummingbirds are brutes (keyword hummingbird), the beaver is a lazy sot (key word fool), and the songbirds are promiscuous (key word Willa). The staff of Cair Paravel are based upon the staff of Vorkosigan House in Bujod’s Vorkosigan series (keyword Hoberry). The Sword Master is very abusive here and here (key word Leszi).
The Pevensies’ parents are clueless, right? We don’t know about John Pevensie, but Mrs. Pevensie knows a lot more than her children think (key word boarded).
Narnia and Spare Oom are totally separate right? And not relevant at all to one another? That would be, no.
See discussion of genocide, race, and homosexuality here. Moral use of power in the previous links the Boy Who Isn’t and Peter as CEO here and here. Death (and massive spoilers) here, here, and here. See also the VIP Chapter, and attitudes about race here and here.
You want a romance? You can go here for Peter and his OTP; Susan and her OTP are here.
Wait a minute, she’s a Cheetah and he’s a Wolf. Does this mean that there’s incest?
Nope (key word garbled).
So they are all virgins, right? Because none of them is married?
Nope. Lucy, Susan, Edmund, and Peter.
Also, everyone is out having wild dryad tree sex except Edmund because he is allergic to tree pollen.
But shouldn’t there be lots of children then?
No, because there are reproductive specialists in Narnia who can detect female ovulation (key word certified).
The Pevensies are really depressed in Spare Oom and eventually find Aslan in the Christian Bible, right? Not exactly.
Aslan is with Lucy (Heart and Mind), and with Eustace (key words stoat and valiant), and with Edmund (key word union), and with Susan, Richard, and Asim (key word cat) and at Russell Hall (key word traffic).
So Susan has totally forgotten Narnia and Aslan during her time in America? No (key word Aslan)
There's a War on, too, but you know, that's in practically every chapter.
Errr, if you are wondering anything else, someone else can add it in comments or I can.