In The Silver Chair, he has remained a trusted advisor of the king, and has also become a close friend of Caspian's son, Prince Rilian.
Armed with these skills and his friendly sense of humor, Drinian greatly aids Caspian and his crew in their search for the seven lost lords.
When Caspian suggests that they anchor in a different section of the harbor, Drinian obeys patiently but with a little reluctance at having his own choice for their resting place denied.
After Reepicheep, Lucy, Eustace, and Edmund continue on their journey to the very edge of the world, Drinian successfully returns Caspian and the crew safely home to Narnia.
The serpent which killed the Queen was in fact the Lady of the Green Kirtle, who ruled the underworld beneath Narnia and was intent on breaking through to invade it.
Caspian had told his people that he wanted to make this voyage to see again the place of his youth, but many believed that he had gone to seek Aslan to ask who could be the next King of Narnia after his death, as he no longer expected to see Rilian again.
But the voyage is disrupted by Aslan before they reach the end of the world, who explains to Caspian that he must return home to Narnia.
In the 1989 BBC miniseries presentation of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, Drinian is played by a 48-year-old John Hallam,[1] whereas in the 1990 BBC miniseries presentation of The Silver Chair (as an elderly man in a scene from some 40 years later) he is played by Roy Boyd, who was 52 at the time but was perhaps portraying a much older man who was relatively active and young-looking for his age; for instance, Drinian was still riding a horse.
Indeed, Dawn Treader follows in the same sea saga as the Odyssey, with the crew encountering mythical creatures and mysterious islands.
Although Drinian is highly proficient in nautical expertise, he is not depicted as being noble or as having an inextinguishable desire for glory and, as a result, does not exhibit any other trait similarities with Odysseus.