In Northern Lights, the main antagonists are the ‘Magesterium’, a religious entity that controls the world. They are the evil doers who kidnap children and intercise them and their daemons. This is the basis of Lyra’s mission to stop them and save her close friend Roger. The true evil of the Magesterium is displayed at the station as the imagery of the storeroom of intercised daemons represent “all the daemons of the severed children: ghost like forms of cats, or birds, or rats…” which illustrates the sins the Magesterium have done. This piece of imagery affects Lyra immensely as this encourages her to destroy the Magesterium which would end the chaos in the world.
Lyra expresses a lot of love and gains a lot of friendships during her expedition to the North. A perfect example of this is shown in the relationship between Iorek Byrnison and Lyra. This relationship is significant to the storyline as both of these powerful beings cannot reach their goals without the help of one another. This is shown when Lyra persuades Iofur Raknison to fight Iorek fairly. If she didn’t do this the rest of the bears would’ve killed Iorek straight away. Lyra’s encouraging modality “you’re the real king, and he en’t. He’s nothing.” proves to be vital during Iorek’s victory over Iofur. It also starts the climax which is when the two bears fight for the title of bear king. Lyra