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* PetMonstrosity: Nagru keeps a pair of feral female ermine that he uses to track his enemies.



* PetMonstrosity: Nagru keeps a pair of feral female ermine that he uses to track his enemies.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The wolf's skull he wears as a helmet proves his undoing in the final battle; kicked hard against a tree so that he strikes his head, the impact drives the fangs ''into his brain'', killing him.]]

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The wolf's skull he wears as a helmet proves his undoing in the final battle; kicked hard against run headfirst into a tree so that he strikes his head, by Finnbarr Galedeep, the impact drives the fangs ''into his brain'', killing him.]]



* SdrawkcabName: The name that he bestowed upon himself is the name of the wolf, Urgan, spelled backwards. He says this is so that his enemies know that he can come at them from any side.

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* SdrawkcabName: The name that he bestowed upon himself is the name of the wolf, Urgan, spelled backwards. He says this is so that his enemies know that he can come at them from any side. [[spoiler:If Silvemord was telling the truth about him simply finding the wolf already dead, he's almost certainly making this up; possibly Urgan is just his own real name.]]
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* BadBoss: After Serena, Truffen and Muta escape Castle Floret with the help of Rab's otters, one of Nagru's captains [[TooDumbToLive that the escapees are too far gone to catch, and that pursuit would be a waste of time]]. Nagru kills the rat on the spot and threatens anyone who thinks likewise with the same. It's even explicitly mentioned that his rats largely fight mostly [[MotivatedByFear by fear of his wrath]].


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* PetMonstrosity: Nagru keeps a pair of feral female ermine that he uses to track his enemies.

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%%* * ButtMonkey: Oh, so much!His entire life up to the point where [[spoiler:he strangles Slipp to death]] is a chain of disasters and mistreatment.


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* TokenHeroicOrc: One of the '''''very''''' few good-hearted vermin in the series, and as a result easily one of the most popular one-off characters.
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* KnifeNut
* SurroundedByIdiots: [[spoiler: After being fished out of the moat of Castle Floret]], Silvamord expresses this view about a horde rat who whacked her over the head in the process. She generally holds this view about her minions and her husband, to be fair.

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* SurroundedByIdiots: [[spoiler: After [[spoiler:After being fished out of the moat of Castle Floret]], Silvamord expresses this view about a horde rat who whacked her over the head in the process. She generally holds this view about her minions and her husband, to be fair.



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* TheQuietOne: As her name implies, she's mute.



* TheSpeechless: As her name implies, she's mute.



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* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: He gives the Redwallers the option to kill him after Slipp [[spoiler:causes the death of Mother Mellus]]. They don’t take him up on it, as it wasn’t him who did it and because he came back.
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* NemeanSkinning: He wears a the pelt of a wolf he killed with the head and paws still attached. [[spoiler:…Except, in actuality the wolf was already dead, at least according to Silvamord.]]

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* JabbaTableManners: He and Slipp are even compared to hogs.



* JabbaTableManners: He and Slipp are even compared to hogs.



* MookFaceTurn: Quickly comes to realize he's much happier being an honest-working "goodbeast" than a sea-faring pirate.



* MookFaceTurn: Quickly comes to realize he's much happier being an honest-working "goodbeast" than a sea-faring pirate.

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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: After escaping Foxwolf's captivity, he rallies the support of those subjects still loyal to him in Southsward and personally fights in the battle to free the kingdom from Nagru.



* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: After escaping Foxwolf's captivity, he rallies the support of those subjects still loyal to him in Southsward and personally fights in the battle to free the kingdom from Nagru.
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* LethalChef: The Redwallers put him to work in the kitchen after he claims to be one. His results send the abbot straight to the nearest washroom.

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* LethalChef: The Redwallers put him to work in the kitchen after he claims to be one.a cook. His results send the abbot straight to the nearest washroom.
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* GeniusDitz: May not have much in the way of common sense, but he ''is'' a good boatbuilder.
* GoodFeelsGood: It doesn't take long for him to come to this conclusion during his time in the abbey.

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* GeniusDitz: May not have much in the way of common sense, smarts, but he ''is'' a good boatbuilder.
boatbuilder and shipwright, to his own surprise. And he's got more common sense than his more-confident boss.
* GoodFeelsGood: It doesn't take long for him to come to this conclusion during his time in the abbey. He also finds he likes building things and has a knack for it, as opposed to his old career of destroying things he never was much good at.

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* TheGoodKing: His subjects consider him this.



* SacredHospitality: He believes in extending this. [[TooDumbToLive It may not have been the best idea to extend it to two foxes]].



* SurroundedByIdiots: [[spoiler: After being fished out of the moat of Castle Floret]], Silvamord expresses this view about a horde rat who whacked her over the head in the process.

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* SurroundedByIdiots: [[spoiler: After being fished out of the moat of Castle Floret]], Silvamord expresses this view about a horde rat who whacked her over the head in the process. She generally holds this view about her minions and her husband, to be fair.

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The squirrel king of Southsward, battling to reclaim his homeland from the usurper Nagru.

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: When Nagru and Silvamord turned up at his castle in the middle of a storm, starving and bedraggled, Gael insisted the pair be given food and shelter, despite the protests of his otter best friend and guard captain, Rab Streambattle, who insisted it would end badly. When Rab stormed out, taking the castle's otter guards with him after a bitter argument between him and Gael on the matter, Nagru and Silvamord promptly took Gael's family hostage and forced him to open the gates of his castle to their army of rats.
* HappilyMarried: To his Queen, Serena.
* IHaveYourWife: Nagru and Silvamord took his son, Truffen, hostage to force him to yield his castle to them.




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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: After escaping Foxwolf's captivity, he rallies the support of those subjects still loyal to him in Southsward and personally fights in the battle to free the kingdom from Nagru.
* TooDumbToLive: Offering shelter to a pair of malevolent foxes was not a good idea.


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* EvilIsPetty: Silvamord frequently tries to humiliate and abuse Muta for no more reason than the fact the badger's devotion to her charge Truffen irritates Silvamord.


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* SurroundedByIdiots: [[spoiler: After being fished out of the moat of Castle Floret]], Silvamord expresses this view about a horde rat who whacked her over the head in the process.
-->'''Silvamord''': I said ''save me'', you addle-brained toad, not ''brain me''!


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* ArchEnemy: Silvamord. The vixen loves nothing more than to humiliate her for [[EvilIsPetty little more reason than spite]].
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Gabool the Wild, whom he chronologically succeeds as antagonist to Mariel, Dandin, and Joseph. Where Gabool was an OrcusOnHisThrone who sat on an island going mad and waiting for the heroes to come to him, Foxwolf is a far more active antagonist who tries to hunt down the resistance himself.
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* VillainousUnderdog: The book doesn't draw attention to it, but as a sea otter, Finnbarr Galedeep may be upwards of twice Nagru's size, putting the Foxwolf at a distinct disadvantage during their final fight.

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!!Slipp

Searat captain of the ''Pearl Queen''. He loses both it and most of his crew to the heroes and has no choice but to retreat into Mossflower with his only surviving flunky, Blaggut.

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!!Finnbarr Galedeep

A former sailor who lost his ship and his family in an attack by Captain Slipp, Finnbarr joins forces with Joseph
the Bellmaker to retake his old ship, ''Pearl Queen''. He loses both it Queen'' and most of his crew to sail for Southsward. Probably the heroes and has no choice but best fighter to retreat into Mossflower with his only surviving flunky, Blaggut.join the rebellion against the Foxwolf, Finnbarr intercepts Nagru when the latter tries to escape, resulting in a final lethal confrontation between the two.


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* TheBigGuy: On land, Finnbarr takes on the role of Big Guy in the rebellion against Foxwolf, which makes sense given his species. Described as a very large sea otter, Finnbarr would tower over almost any other character in the setting--including the badgers--which likely explains how easily he manhandles Nagru in their final duel.
* TheCaptain: When at sea, Finnbarr acts as captain of the ''Pearl Queen''.
* DualWielding: Carries a pair of matching sabres, though he doesn't use them in his battle with Nagru.
* EyepatchOfPower: Has a missing eye which he covers with a patch, and is probably one of the best fighters in the story.
* HandicappedBadass: Finnbarr's missing eye doesn't slow him down any.
* HeroesFightBarehanded: In close quarters, and unable to easily draw his sword, Finnbarr doesn't bother trying, taking on Foxwolf with only his bare paws.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Finnbarr's impaled with a spear by a rat named Bladetail, a wound that eventually kills him.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: With a side dose of BigGuyFatalitySyndrome. After mentoring Drury and Rufe, and leading the charge against Foxwolf, Finnbarr's killed during his battle with the horde leader.

!!Slipp

Searat captain of the ''Pearl Queen''. He loses both it and most of his crew to the heroes and has no choice but to retreat into Mossflower with his only surviving flunky, Blaggut.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:He is slain when he's knocked against a tree and bumps his head against the wolf skull he wears; the teeth pierce his own skull.]]

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:He is slain when he's knocked [[spoiler:The wolf's skull he wears as a helmet proves his undoing in the final battle; kicked hard against a tree and bumps so that he strikes his head against head, the wolf skull he wears; impact drives the teeth pierce fangs ''into his own skull.brain'', killing him.]]



* MookFaceTurn: Eventually [[spoiler:strangles his boss to death]], saying that he's "bad all through" and will never change.

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* MookFaceTurn: Eventually [[spoiler:strangles his boss Quickly comes to death]], saying that realize he's "bad all through" and will never change.much happier being an honest-working "goodbeast" than a sea-faring pirate.


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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: As he [[spoiler:strangles his boss to death]], he vehemently proclaims that this is necessary, as he's "bad all through" and will never change.

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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: She and Rab spend the book working to take revenge on Urgan Nagru and Silvamord.



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!!Gael Squirrelking

* MeaningfulName: His name comes from the word "gaol", an old word for "jail", and a reference to how he's held prisoner in his own dungeon.

!!The Foxwolf/Urgan Nagru
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A fox from the Northlands, Urgan Nagru arrived in the kingdom of Southsward broke, starving, and completely out of luck. Taking advantange of Gael Squirrelking's kindness, Nagru effectively stole the squirrel's kingdom out from under him, making himself and his mate Silvamord the rulers of all Southsward. A thorough barbarian, he wears the pelt of a wolf that he claims to have slain.
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* BigBadDuumvirate: Of ''The Bellmaker'' with his wife, Silvamord, whom he rules jointly with.
* CreepySouvenir: The wolf pelt he wears ([[spoiler:despite the fact that it was dead when he found it]]).
* CunningLikeAFox: Though not nearly to the degree of Slagar or Mokkan.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:He is slain when he's knocked against a tree and bumps his head against the wolf skull he wears; the teeth pierce his own skull.]]
* OrcusOnHisThrone: He is generally like this for most of the book, until the end when [[spoiler:he fights Finnbarr.]]
* SdrawkcabName: The name that he bestowed upon himself is the name of the wolf, Urgan, spelled backwards. He says this is so that his enemies know that he can come at them from any side.
* UnholyMatrimony: With Silvamord, although their relationship is a bit rocky in places.
* WolverineClaws: He replaces the claws in the wolf pelt he wears with iron hooks.

!!Silvamord

Mate and partner of Urgan Nagru, Silvamord is the more cunning of the two, though she lacks Nagru's raw physical power. More of a manipulator than a fighter, Silvamord helps her mate keep his control over the kingdom of Southsward, despite their intense mutual dislike of one another.
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* CreepySouvenir: She wears a skirt made out of the tails of other creatures. That would be like wearing a skirt made of people's arms or something.
* CunningLikeAFox: She considers herself more clever than her mate. She's not wrong.
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* UnholyMatrimony

!!Muta

A badger who serves as nursemaid to Truffen, the squirrel prince.

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* TheQuietOne: As her name implies, she's mute.
* TelephonePolearm: Rips a ''gigantic'' limb off a tree and swings it around as a weapon.

!!Slipp

Searat captain of the ''Pearl Queen''. He loses both it and most of his crew to the heroes and has no choice but to retreat into Mossflower with his only surviving flunky, Blaggut.
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* BadBoss: Constantly abuses and bullies his underling, Blaggut, despite the latter's friendly demeanor and loyalty.
* BadLiar: The Redwallers never buy for a second that he and his cohort are not searats.
* ButtMonkey: Bad things just happen to him from beginning to end. He loses his ship and all of his crew. He's treated with suspicion by everyone at Redwall due to his criminal past and unpleasant demeanor, he's forced into doing all sorts of humiliating chores for them, he tries and fails to find any sort of treasure in the abbey due to constantly getting outwitted by children, and the only person he has any power over is his dimwitted subordinate. [[spoiler:And after he pushes things too far, [[TheDogBitesBack Blaggut finally has enough and kills him]].]]
* JabbaTableManners: Mellus compares him and Blaggut to pigs at a trough.
* {{Jerkass}}: Unlike [[KindheartedSimpleton Blaggut]], he's just greedy and unpleasant all around.
* LethalChef: The Redwallers put him to work in the kitchen after he claims to be one. His results send the abbot straight to the nearest washroom.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: For most of the book, he comes across as too inept, pathetic, and comical to be a real threat to anyone besides Blaggut. [[spoiler:Then he kills Mother Mellus, despite the sheer difference in size between them.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: When it's revealed that the Abbey’s "treasure" is just some dibbun toys, he loses it and attempts to attack the kids.

!!Blaggut

The former boatswain for Slipp and the only member of the crew to survive after Joseph and company steal their ship.
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* AntiVillain: He can only be considered a villain because of his association with the less ambiguously evil Slipp. He eventually becomes a straight-up good guy with minimal change to his personality.
* ApologeticAttacker: The last thing he says to [[spoiler:Slipp as he strangles him to death]] is: "Sorry, Cap'n."
* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:After he avenges Mother Mellus by killing Slipp, he returns to Redwall to return what the latter stole and face their judgment.]]
* ButtMonkey: Oh, so much!
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:After Blaggut has to put up with his crap for the entire book, Slipp finally crosses the line when he murders Mother Mellus. Blaggut promptly kills him afterwards.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Blaggut is one of a very few vermin throughout the entire series who showed any signs of being good, and he got to live in the end after his HeelFaceTurn, as opposed to Veil Sixclaw and Romsca, who both suffered from RedemptionEqualsDeath]].
* FriendToAllChildren: Despite having lived with bloodthirsty searats for most of his life, he gets along surprisingly well with the dibbuns at Redwall.
* GeniusDitz: May not have much in the way of common sense, but he ''is'' a good boatbuilder.
* GoodFeelsGood: It doesn't take long for him to come to this conclusion during his time in the abbey.
* KindheartedSimpleton: Not the brightest character around, but very big-hearted, despite his criminal past.
* JabbaTableManners
* MinionWithAnFInEvil: He's just too damn nice for a searat.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: One of the ''very'' few vermin characters in the series who lacks the violent, greedy, and selfish tendencies of his brethren and is a genuinely friendly sort.
* MookFaceTurn: Eventually [[spoiler:strangles his boss to death]], saying that he's "bad all through" and will never change.
* ThePigpen: Blind Simeon can tell when he's near just by the stench alone.
* TokenGoodTeammate: His pleasant demeanor likely made him this among the searat crew of the ''Pearl Queen''.
* VitriolicBestBuds: He acts under the assumption that he and his captain are best friends, even though Slipp only abuses him.
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