Golden Compass- Lyra’s World
Have you met your daemon? Do you believe in that? We’ll I’ve been waiting for this film to be shown here in the Philippines, just yesterday I had watched it and it’s really nice and full of adventure. Indeed I learn to know about “daemons”. What are they? Are they evil? Let’s find out!
In Lyra’s world, a person’s soul lives on the outside of their body, in the form of a daemon- an animal spirit that accompanies them through life. A child’s daemon can change shape, assuming all the forms that a child’s potential inspires; but as a person ages, their daemon gradually settles into one form, according to their character and nature.
For example, a person with a dog daemon would tend to follow authority, whereas one with a cat daemon would tend to be more independent. A person’s daemon is usually of the opposite sex to its human partner.
Golden Compass characters:
Golden Compass-it is a mystical, powerful device that can tell the truth, reveal what others wish to hide and foreshadow – and even change – the future.
Lyra Belacqua(Dakota Blue Richards) Twelve year-old, a precocious orphan growing up within the precincts of Jordan College in Oxford, England.
Pantalaimon(voiced by Freddie Highmore)-a small, ever-changing animal that serves as a constant voice of reason.Lyra’s daemon.
Lord Asriel (Daniel Craig)- is embarking on a trip to the Arctic Circle to investigate a mysterious element intriguingly called Dust, but the Magisterium would go to any lengths – including shutting down Jordan College – to stop him.
Marisa Coulter(Nicole Kidman) – a beautiful and bewitching woman. Mrs. Coulter is a scholar and an explorer – seemingly everything that Lyra could ever hope to be. Mrs. Coulter takes Lyra under her wing and employs her as an assistant to help in the next expedition to explore the Arctic North.
Roger (Ben Walker)loyal friend- Serafina Pekkala – the witch queen who reveals that the fate of universe lies in Lyra’s future.
Lee Scoresby – a Texan aeronaut and commander of a hot air balloon.
Iorek Byrnison - a renegade armored polar bear, deposed as king of his clan by a deceitful brother.
The Gobblers – the party responsible for the disappearing children. It is revealed that these kidnapped children are taken to Bolvangar.
Bolvangar – a place in the far North, to participate in Dust experiments whereby they are severed from their dæmons through a process called intercision. Lyra also learns that the Church has captured and imprisoned Lord Asriel in the Arctic region of Bolvanger where he has undertaken Dust experiments of his own.
The Magisterium – The councils that form the heart of government in Lyra’s world. Now tightening its control over the populace, the Magisterium seeks to eliminate free will and calls Lord Asriel’s research into Dust heresy.
