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THE REDWALL CHRONOLOGY

Day 14 - The woodlanders stand triumphant against the vanquished blackrobed horde. They destroy the giant white polecat statue representing the polecat and his kingdom and make their way to the surface once more.

Slagar slays Vitch. Spotted by the woodlanders, Slagar retreats, but falls to his doom into a large pit leading back down to Loamhedge.

Ironbeak attacks Cavern Hole while the Abbeybeasts are asleep.

Stryk Redkite, wing healed, attacks the raven and his forces.

Constance breaks free of the locked gatehouse and assists in the battle.

Ironbeak is slain by Stryk. Constance slays Mangiz. The surviving birds are thrown from the Abbey, but are mercifully unharmed.

Unnamed Days Later - Matthias and Mattimeo, Jess and Sam Squirrel, Tim and Tess Churchmouse, Orlando the Axe and Auma, Basil Stag Hare and Cheek the otter, the Guosim, Sir Harry, and any of the former slaves who had no home to return to arrive at Redwall Abbey.

One Day Later - A new season begins and Abbot Mordalfus names it "Autumn of the Warriors' Return". A great feast is held, both in honor of the new season and the returning of the young ones.

Two Seasons Later - Mattimeo and Tess marry.

Four Seasons Later - Tim Churchmouse becomes Recorder of Redwall Abbey.

Basil officially adopts Cheek.

Jabez and Rosyqueen Stump, along with their daughters and Jube, move into Redwall's cellars with Ambrose Spike.

Constance begins training Auma to be the next Mother of Redwall.

One Season Later - Mattimeo becomes Redwall's Champion. He and Tess have a child. The name of "Martin" is bestowed upon him.

Unnamed Summer - The crew of the vessel, Waveworm, captained by Conva the stoat, slaughters the otter Holt of Lutra, leaving only Lutra's daughter, Grath Longfletch, alive (but, badly injured).

Six perfect pearls, called the Tears of All Oceans, are stolen for Ublaz "Mad Eyes," Emperor of Sampetra Island.

Grath Longfletch is found by two watervoles, Glinc and Sitch. She is taken to their home and nursed.

Two Months (2 moons or 68 days) Later (Autumn) - The weasels, Flairnose and Graylunk, steal the Tears of All Oceans.

Guosim shrews are attacked by robber foxes. Martin II, the Warrior of Redwall, aids them in driving the foxes away.

Grath Longfletch awakes from her coma-like state.

Three Days Later - Flairnose is found. He tells Conva that Graylunk stabbed him and took the pearls. He then dies of his stab wound.

Unnamed Days Later - Graylunk arrives at Redwall Abbey with the pearls and a skull wound. He is taken in.

Two Days Later - Crew of the Waveworm comes to Redwall Abbey secretly searching for Graylunk.

Unnamed Days Later - Conva and crew set sail for Sampetra to tell Emperor Ublaz that the pearls are in Redwall Abbey

Unnamed Days Later - Corsair vessel, Sprayraider, holed on the rocky shoreline.

Unnamed Days Later - Tears of All Oceans are given to Fermald the Ancient. She hides them in various spots around the Abbey.

Graylunk leaves Redwall Abbey to die alone.

Unnamed Spring (5 seasons later) - Martin I appears to Wallyum Rudderwake, leader of Holt Ruddaring, telling him to help his friends triumph over evil. Wallyum does not remember this dream.

Two Autumns (2 seasons) Later - Day 1 - Tansy the hogmaid and Arven the Dibbun squirrel discover a skeleton while gathering herbs

Martin II, Foremole, Wullger the otter, and Friar Higgle investigate the skeleton and discover it is the skeleton of Graylunk.

They meet Cleckstarr Lepus Montisle (Clecky) and Gerul the owl.

Waveworm reaches Sampetra.

Conva is forced to sleep in the barracks of the flesh-eating monitor lizards for failing to bring Ublaz the Tears of All Oceans.

The Waveworm, now captained by Romsca the ferret and sailing with the monitor general, Lask Frildur, and a score of monitors, sets out for Mossflower to retreive the Tears of All Oceans.

The searats and corsairs of Sampetra seal a pact of rebellion against Ublaz.

Grath Longfletch leaves the home of Glinc and Stich.

Day 2 - Ublaz sends his gulls to Mossflower to spy on the Abbey and find the pearls, if possible.

Conva is hypnotized by Ublaz's strange eyes and jumps out a window to his death while thinking he is a bird.

Ublaz hypnotizes a coral water snake he has trapped below the palace.

Grath Longfletch kills the crew of the Sprayraider. She takes the lifeboat as her own.

Grath meets the Guosim shrews.

Rollo the Recorder finds the first riddle left behind by Fermald the Ancient.

Tansy and Friar Higgle are attacked by the gulls. One is slain by Gerul.

Romsca and crew make landfall in Mossflower.

Martin II, Rollo, and Tansy begin the search for the Tears of All Oceans.

The container for the pearls (a scallop shell) and the riddle to pearl #1 are found in Fermald's attic.

Martin I appears to Tansy in a dream.

Day 3 - Sampetra captains (Flaney, Rippdog, Rocpaw, Slashback, Bloodsnout, and Bilgetail) are murdered for leading the rebellion against Ublaz.

Captain Barranca is double-crossed and slain by Rasconza the fox.

Romsca reaches Redwall and learns of Graylunk's visit there.

Viola bankvole and Abbot Durral are taken captive by monitors.

Pearl #1 and riddle for pearl #2 are found in the Great Summer candle.

The two friends, Piknim the mousemaid and Craklyn the squirrelmaid, join in the search for the pearls.

Pearl #2 and riddle for pearl #3 are found in the barrel of the drink called Cup of Cheer.

Lask Frildur delivers an ultimatum to the Abbey: the Tears of All Oceans in exchange for the return of Abbot Durral and Viola.

Late evening: Martin II, Skipper, Clecky, and Gerul leave the Abbey to search for Durral and Viola.

Martin I appears to Tansy in a dream, again.

Day 4 - Martin, Skipper, Clecky, and Gerul attack Frildur's forces before dawn. They later battle the rearguard left behind to slow them up.

Gerul and Skipper head home, both wounded.

Pearl #3 found in the pond.

Martin and Clecky attack the Waveworm from shore with the help of Grath, who is nearby.

Viola escapes.

Unnamed Days Later - There is a battle on the decks of the Waveworm. All are slain except Durral and Romsca (who has a mortal wound).

One Day Later - Romsca dies from her wound, telling Durral to continue sailing west to Sampetra, saying her friends will take care of him.

Day 5 - Rasconza strikes a deal with Ublaz: his loyal service for a share of the plunder and Supreme Captaincy of the fleet.

Martin, Clecky, Grath, and Viola meet up with the Guosim shrews.

Waveworm sets sail for Sampetra.

Martin swears to bring the Abbot home to Redwall.

Grath's small vessel is named Freebeast.

Martin, Grath, Clecky, Plogg, and Welko (Guosim Chief Log-a-Log's sons) (with Bladeribb the searat as hostage and Viola as stowaway) set sail for Sampetra in the Freebeast.

Skipper and Gerul arrive back at the Abbey.

Riddle to pearl #4 found on the binding of Fermald's fishing rod.

Riddle to pearl #5 found in a house martin's nest, but, pearl #4 stolen by jackdaws.

Log-a-Log and the Guosim arrive at Redwall. A search is mounted for the "missing" Viola.

Ublaz foils Rasconza's plans of secretly sailing away from Sampetra by removing the tillers and rudders of all the ships, promising new ones.

On the Freebeast, Viola is discovered.

Day 6 - Freebeast hits an iceberg and gets stuck on it. Bladeribb is killed.

Tansy, Craklyn, Piknim, Rollo, and Gerul follow a jackdaw to St. Ninian's Church in hopes of finding pearl #4. They are viciously attacked by the jackdaws. Piknim is killed before rescue arrives. Pearl #4 found.

Ublaz's Trident-rats refit the Bloodkeel with a brand new tiller and rudder.

Ublaz lets Rasconza sail away on the Bloodkeel, which he has secretly holed. It sinks, killing all crew except Rasconza and Guja.

Day 7 - Rasconza, who has made it back to shore, continues to threaten Ublaz. He sets up a meeting with Ublaz for the following day.

Ublaz trains snipers, planning on killing Rasconza.

Martin and friends meet the seal king. The seals begin the journey to Ruddaring, a hidden holt in the northern seas.

Piknim is buried.

St. Ninian's burned to the ground.

Riddle to Pearl #5 opened.

Pearl #5 and riddle to pearl #6 found in the tapestry.

Day 8 - Rasconza kills snipers, foiling Ublaz's plans. His corsairs steal the rudder and tillerless ships. Ublaz is trapped in his palace.

Martin, Grath, Viola, Plogg, and Welko reach Ruddaring. They meet the holt leader, Wallyum Rudderwake, and his son, Inbar Trueflight.

Wallyum remembers when Martin I appeared to him, and offers Martin II any help he can.

*Midnight* Tansy, Craklyn, and Rollo solve half of riddle #6 and find the other half.

Day 9 - Waveworm reaches Sampetra. Durral is discovered by Ublaz. Ublaz then chains the Abbot inside his private chambers.

Ublaz lays a trap for Rasconza which fails because his Trident rats have joined Rasconza's side.

Martin, Clecky, Viola, Plogg, Welko, Grath, and Inbar Trueflight leave Ruddaring for Sampetra pulled by the sealfolk.

Pearl #6 found in a carpenter bee's nest by Arven. He gives the pearl to Tansy.

Day 10 - Martin, Clecky, Viola, Plogg, Welko, Grath, and Inbar arrive at Sampetra. They split up to scout the island; Inbar, Grath and Viola go northwest while Martin, Clecky, Plogg, and Welko go southwest.

Clecky creates a diversion and is chased all over the island by the Wave Bretheren.

Martin, Plogg, and Welko steal the Waveworm from the jetty and sail it to a small cove on the east side of the island.

Clecky arrives at camp with a captive: Gowja the searat.

Day 11 - Grath starts a fire in the palace with flaming arrows. She then enters the palace with Martin, Clecky, and Inbar while Plogg guards the Waveworm.

Viola and Welko torch five of the vessels, sparing the best ship, Freebooter. They are then forced to fend off searats and corsairs who wish to save the last ship. They are saved by the sealfolk.

Martin and Clecky free Durral; then Clecky, Inbar, and Grath take him from the palace.

Martin battles Ublaz. Ublaz is killed by the venom of the coral water snake.

Chief Trident-rat Sagitar and Rasconza slay each other.

Day 12 - Waveworm is torched.

Freebooter is renamed Seaking.

Seaking leaves Sampetra, headed for Ruddaring, where Inbar and Grath plan to spend the rest of their days together.

Unnamed Days Later (Autumn) - Martin I appears to Tansy in a dream again, telling her to go to the shore and wait for a sea king.

Three Days Later - Redwall party reaches the shore to wait for the sea king of Tansy's dream.

Martin I again appears to Tansy, telling her the Abbess will know what to do with the pearls.

One Day Later - Seaking arrives home.

Tansy throws the pearls back to the seas. She then becomes Abbess.

Unnamed Days Later - Viola takes over for Sister Cicely in the Infirmary. Craklyn takes over as Recorder for Rollo. Durral becomes a Friar.

Unnamed Seasons Later Cregga Rose Eyes becomes Badger Lady of Salamandastron.

Unnamed Seasons Later Cornspurrey De Fformello Tussock runs away from home to join the Long Patrol. His father never forgives him for it.

Unnamed Seasons Later - Winter - Gormad Tunn, leader of the Rapscallions, leads an attack against Salamandastron. He's repelled by Cregga Rose Eyes and mortally wounded.

Cregga Rose Eyes sends Major Perigord Habile Sinistra's Long Patrol to determine Tunn's whereabouts.

One Season Later - Spring - Day 1 - Gormad Tunn dies His sons, Byral Fleetclaw and Damug Warfang fight to the death to determine who would be the next Firstblade. Damug wins and kills Byral.

Russa Nodrey arrives at Camp Tussock.

Mem Divinia has her son, Tamello De Fformello Tussock, run away from Camp Tussock with Russa so he can become a Long Patrol hare.

Day 2 - Damug Warfang tosses the blade of the Firstblade. The blade lands flat side up (through trickery on Damug's part).

Tammo and Russa run into two ferrets, Skulka and Gromal. Russa defeats them, but they run back to their vermin band for reinforcements.

Day 3 - Tammo and Russa are attacked again, this time by the entire horde. They manage to escape only through the help of Major Perigord Habile Sinistra's Long Patrol. The Long Patrol continues to track the vermin.

The Rapscallion Horde begins marching inland.

Borumm and Vendace attempt to assassinate Damug. But, Damug catches them unaware and shackles them (along with Lugworm).

Day 4 - Foremole Diggum discovers that Redwall's South Wall is sinking and tells Arven the Warrior. Arven then tells Abbess Tansy.

Damug Warfang promotes Lousewort and Hogspit to the rank of "Rapscour". The new Rapscours take their scouts and march ahead of the army, surveying the lay of the land.

Tammo is captured by the Painted Ones when he's gathering watercress for the Long Patrol.

The Rapscour scouts encounter Log-A-Log and the GUOSIM. Log-A-Log battles and slays Hogspit. Thirty scouts are slain, as well.

Damug has the remaining scouts stand in the river as punishment for not defeating the shrews. Borumm and Vendace escape and lead the scouts away from Damug. They kill Lugworm first.

Cregga finishes fashioning her axpike.

The Long Patrol rescue Tammo from the Painted Ones and capture their leader, Shavvakamalla, ensuring safe passage through the forest. They later let Shavvakamalla go.

Day 5 - Before Dawn - A large beech tree falls on Redwall's South Wall, destroying most of it.

The Mole Crew digs underneath the wall and finds a large cavern/hole.

The Redwallers discover the little owl, Orocca, trapped in the beech tree with her three eggs. They move her into the Abbey where she makes her home in the apple cupboard.

Tansy ventures into the hole beneath the South Wall.

Orocca's husband, Taunoc, arrives at Redwall searching for her.

The Long Patrol engages in battle with the vermin horde when they begin hounding a helpless badger and a babe. The grown badger is found to be dead, but the Long Patrol rescues the babe.

Russa is injured in the battle.

Most of the vermin horde die in the swamplands whilst running from the Long Patrol. Only one makes it out alive.

Russa dies.

The Long Patrol buries the badger and Russa.

Day 6 - Orocca's egg's hatch.

The Long Patrol arrives at Redwall Abbey.

Borumm and Vendace's band attack Log-A-Log. All but 10 of the vermin are slain. Those 10 are recaptured by Damug Warfang.

The Salamandastron Long Patrol and Cregga begin marching inland.

Day 7 - The badger babe is named Russano after Russa.

Sloey falls into the hole beneath the South Wall and is attacked by a snake. Skipper dives to her rescue and they disappear in the underground current. Sloey is pulled back to the surface.

Log-A-Log meets up with Gurgan Spearback and his hedgehog family. Together they journey towards Redwall to warn them of Damug Warfang's coming.

Gurgan finds a hole with water flowing out of it. Plugging the hole, the ground surrounding it collapses and out comes Skipper admist a flow of water.

Log-A-Log and Gurgan arrive at Redwall Abbey.

Redwall holds a Council of War in Cavern Hole.

Rinkul the ferret returns to Damug's horde with news of Redwall. Damug becomes determined to march there.

One of Damug's horde captures a male squirrel.

During the Council of War, Martin the Warrior speaks through Tammo. He gives Redwall cryptic instructions on how to protect the Abbey from war.

Day 8 - Log-A-Log leads a crew to dam up the river, stopping the flow of water beneath Redwall.

As per Martin's instructions, Tammo and Midge Manycoats, disguised as vermin, journey south of Redwall to pose as seers in Damug Warfang's camp. Rockjaw Grang accompanies them, but not disguised as vermin.

Midge and Tammo reach Damug's camp. Rockjaw stays out of sight so as to not arouse suspicion.

Damug listens to Midge's prophecies.

Tammo sneaks out of the horde camp to contact Rockjaw, then returns.

Tammo makes contact with the squirrel prisoner.

Day 9 - Midnight - Tansy, Friar Butty, and Craklyn discover that the hole is actually part of old Castle Kotir, which the south part of Redwall was built over.

Morning - Tansy, Craklyn, Friar Butty, Shad, and Foremole Diggum journey into the ruins of Kotir.

Taunoc begins relaying messages between Redwall and Rockjaw Grang.

Tansy, Craklyn, Butty, Shad and Foremole find Verdauga Greeneyes' treasure, but become trapped in Kotir after a cave in. They begin searching for another way out.

Day 10 - Taunoc relays Perigord's message to Rockjaw.

Cregga marches ahead of her Long Patrol, then collapses from sheer exhaustion.

Viola begins a search party to locate Abbess Tansy.

Cregga is attacked by rooks. She's saved by her Long Patrol.

Perigord and the army of Redwall march to the ridge in preparation for the upcoming battle.

Midge tells Damug how he would overrun Redwall if he attacked the ridge first. Damug becomes convinced and orders his horde to march the following morning.

Midge and Tammo rescue the squirrel, Fourdun, and escape from Damug's camp. They are pursued, but Rockjaw covers their escape, sacrificing his life so that they might get away.

Day 11 - Damug's army begins marching west towards the ridge.

Tansy, Craklyn, Shad, Butty and Foremole escape from Kotir, emerging in Mossflower woods. They return to Redwall with their findings.

Midge, Tammo, and Fourdun reach the ridge. They report to Major Perigord.

The Rapscallions pitch camp in sight of the ridge.

Martin the Warrior, Matthias, Mattimeo, Martin the 2nd, Gonff, Mariel, Old Lord Brocktree, Boar, Sunflash, Urthclaw, Urthwyte, Rawnblade, Rockjaw Grang, and many other warriors appear to Russano in a dream.

Day 12 - The Rapscallions break camp and attack the ridge.

The army of Redwall and the Rapscallions lock in battle.

The Rapscallions gain the upper hand, but their chances are dashed as Cregga and her army of Long Patrol hares arrive on the battlefield.

Cregga slays Damug Warfang, but loses her sight during the battle.

The Rapscallions are defeated.

Day 13 - The Redwall army returns home.

Cregga is taken to Redwall to recover.

Four Seasons Later - Russano finds his way into Cregga's room. Cregga's bloodwrath days fade into the past and she decides to rear Russano. Cregga also becomes Redwall's Badger Mother.

Orocca's children choose the names Nutwing, Nutbeak and Nutclaw for themselves.

The Redwall army remains at the Abbey to repair the South Wall.

Tammo's family travels from Camp Tussock to Redwall for his marriage to Pasque.

Unnamed Seasons Later - Tammo, Pasque, Perigord and the other Long Patrol hares, journey to Salamandastron with a now grown Russano, now called Russano the Wise.

Russano becomes Badger Lord of Salamandastron.

END RECORDS OF REDWALL

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