Jess and Basil Stag Hare retrieve the tapestry and place it in its rightful location in Great Hall. The fox encounters Asmodeus in the wilderness and receives a nasty bite. When Methuselah bravely attempts to stop his thieving, Chickenhound hits him with a sack filled with valuables, unintentionally killing the frail old mouse, and flees into Mossflower Woods. Sela is killed, but Chickenhound survives to pillage the Abbey. However, he soon orders their execution for treachery.

The fall was fatal for the menacing sparrow monarch.Ĭluny employs local healer foxes Sela and her son, Chickenhound, to assist his efforts. Matthias attempts to escape, but plunges into the Abbey pond, along with Bull Sparra. Warbeak and her mother protect Matthias and the two young creatures become friends. Matthias and Warbeak visit the loft, but the dangerous king refuses to let Matthias go when he learns the sword is now owned by an adder, Asmodeus. The young Warbeak is taken captive, and Methuselah tricks her into revealing that her leader, King Bull Sparra, possessed the great sword.

The mice enlist the help of Jess Squirrel to scale the Abbey and retrieve the sword, however, she is attacked by the Sparra, birds who reside on the Abbey roof. At night, it reflects moonlight up onto the weathervane. Having discovered Martin's shield and sword belt, another rhyme instructs Matthias to place Martin's shield above the Gatehouse. He directs a horde member to steal Martin's tapestry from inside Great Hall in an effort to reduce Abbey morale. In the meantime, Cluny schemes to take Redwall. Methuselah, the Abbey gatekeeper, finds a riddle behind the tapestry of Martin, which leads the two mice to the warrior's secret underground tomb.

4 Redwall Collector's Editions And ReprintsĪfter marauding brute Cluny the Scourge attacks the peaceful residents of Redwall Abbey with his horde of evildoers, a young mouse, Matthias, embarks on a quest to retrieve the legendary sword of Abbey founder, defender, and hero Martin the Warrior, which he believes will provide victory over the vermin.

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