Charn was the capital city of a world-wide, war-like empire that was forged on a world separate from both Narnia and Earth (of a name unknown), which is here called the world of Charn. That world was destroyed by Jadis, the last Empress of Charn, who later ruled Narnia as the White Witch. There are indications that Charn had originally been a benevolent nation, but by Jadis's time it was an aggressive empire that had conquered and destroyed the other nations of its world. Jadis mentioned three of them: Felinda, Sorlis, and Bramandin.