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THE REDWALL CHRONOLOGY
Day 9 - Spriggat dies due to wounds taken during the Deepcoilers attack.
Bremmun dies due to Dryditch Fever.
Dumble and King MacPhearsome arrive at Redwall with the Icetor Flowers. All the Abbeybeasts are healed.
The Deepcoiler is found dead on the shores of the island. Mara retrieves Martin's sword from it's mouth.
The Guosssom, along with Urthwyte, Loambudd, and Ashinin, set off for Salamandastron to aid Urthstripe against Ferahgo.
The Guosssom come across the watershrews and Alfoh. Mara returns the sword of Martin to Samkim. The group agrees to help the Guosssom against Ferahgo, as well.
Thrugg, journeying back to Redwall with Rocangus and his friends, takes a sidetrip to Crows Pine Grove to pay back the crows for their attack.
Urthstripe is challenged to a duel of leaders. He agrees. Nearly slaying Ferahgo and Klitch, Urthstripe is double-crossed the same way Ferahgo double-crossed his parents, Urthound and Urthrun. Urthstripe is injured badly and is taken back to Salamandastron by Oxeye, the vermin army close on their heels.
The entrance to Salamandastron, unable to be reclosed, is guarded by hares who are fending off the oncoming onslaught of vermin.
The shrew troupe find Sapwood bobbing in the sea. He joins them.
Day 10 - Ferahgo's horde gains entrance to Salamandastron. Klitch leads an attack from the ground, Ferahgo leads a force to the crater.
The Guosssom, watershrews, Mara, Pikkle, Urthwyte, Loambudd, Ashinin, Samkim, and Arula reach Salamandastron.
Urthwyte, Samkim, Arula, and Alfoh's tribe climb the mountain to face the vermin in the crater.
Urthstripe awakens and summons up his last vestages of strength. He attacks Ferahgo in the crater and leaps over the side of the mountain. He and Ferahgo tumble down the side of the mountain and die.
With the reinforcements, the Long Patrol hares quickly defeat the vermin. Klitch, eluding the hares, drinks some of the poison water and dies before he finds his way out of Salamandastron.
Day 12 - Urthstripe is buried in "Emllor", the hiding place of the treasure of Salamandastron.
Thrugg arrives home at Redwall.
Both Samkim and Mara have dreams of Martin the Warrior.
Day 13 - Urthwyte takes his place as Badger Lord of Salamandastron.
Mara and Samkim talk. Mara decides to return to Redwall Abbey with him and become Mother of Redwall.
Unnamed Days Later - Day 1 - MacPhearsome contacts the shrewboats carrying Samkim and Arula back to Redwall. He leads them through tributaries back towards Redwall.
Day 2 - Abbess Vale and Faith Spinney depart to pick violets and saxifrage at St. Ninian's Church for Brother Hollyberry. They fall asleep while Thrugg pulls them in a cart to the church.
Vale and Faith awaken to find them well past Ninian's. They question Thrugg, but are interupted when they hear singing. Samkim, Arula and the Guosssom march up the path to the Abbess. Overjoyed to see Samkim and Arula again, the Abbess and Faith have Thrugg take them back to the Abbey to prepare a feast for the squirrel and mole's return.
Vale and Faith are locked out of the Abbey.
Samkim, Arula, and the Guosssom arrive at the Abbey to find Vale and Mrs. Spinney still waiting at the door. When Mara calls out, the door opens and the Nameday feast lays out prepared for them all.
Vale names the season "Autumn of the Homecomers".
Mara becomes Badger Mother of Redwall Abbey.
Rocangus wing is healed.
Day 3 - King MacPhearsome returns Martin's sword to the weathervane atop of the Abbey.
Unnamed Seasons Later - King Bloodfeather of the Sparra steals Martin's sword off of the weathervane.
Unnamed Seasons Later - Cedric reigns as Abbot of Redwall Abbey.
Unnamed Seasons Later - Bull Sparra and Greytail encounter Asmodeus. They lose Martin's sword to the adder. Greytail is killed.
Unnamed Seasons Later - Mortimer becomes Abbot of Redwall.
Unnamed Seasons Later - A young Matthias and Cornflower, along with Abbot Mortimer, Old Methuselah, Brother Alf and Constance, solve the riddle of the Redwall Warrior's Code.
Unnamed Seasons Later - Summer of the Late Rose - Day 1 - Matthias gathers chestnuts.
Abbot Mortimer has a talk with Matthias telling him ,"It is an unwritten law that Redwall mice can go anywhere, throughout any territory, and pass unharmed".
Cluny and his army head towards Redwall in a cart drawn by a horse.
Feast celebrating Golden Jubilee of Abbot Mortimer.
Constance, Matthias, the Fieldmouse Family, and the Churchmouse Family observe Cluny and rats in cart heading towards Saint Ninian's. They return to the Abbey to warn everyone.
Old Methuselah recounts stories he has heard of Cluny the Scourge.
Cluny the Scourge has nightmares about a certain shadowy figure.
Day 2 - Frogblood and Scumnose recruit over a hundred new members for Cluny's army.
Methuselah tells Matthias of Martin the Warrior.
Rat pretending to be injured comes to the Abbey. He lets important information of their camp slip.
Ambrose Spike leaves to warn inhabitants of Mossflower Woods of Cluny's horde.
Mossflower inhabitants are called to Redwall by the Joseph Bell.
Cluny and his horde march towards Redwall.
The Abbot, Constance, and Matthias meet with Cluny and Redtooth, who give the Redwallers the articles of surrender.
Matthias rips the articles into pieces.
Constance challenges Cluny and tells them to get out.
Cluny stares transfixed at the tapestry of Martin the Warrior, the shadowy figure of his dreams.
The Vole family is captured by Cluny's horde.
*Evening* Foremole, Gaffer, and Marge rescue an injured Ambrose Spike.
Ambrose recounts the story of how he sustained his injuries while warning the Vole family.
Cornflower tells Matthias that he is a true Warrior.
Cluny tells Shadow, the rat/weasel, to sneak into the Abbey and steal the tapestry of Martin the Warrior.
Day 3 - Matthias and Constance take charge of the weapons training.
Methuselah tells Matthias of the sparrowhawk he treated. The sparrowhawk had told Methuselah of a treasure that the sparrows had stolen from the mice.
Shadow steals into the Abbey.
Matthias has a dream in which he hears a voice calling him "Matthias, help, don't let them take me." It was the voice of Martin the Warrior.
Matthias observes Shadow stealing the tapestry and tackles him.
Shadow kicks Matthias repeatedly in the head until he blacks out.
Mr. Fieldmouse (Cornflower's father) grabs Shadow, who in turn stabs Mr. Fieldmouse twice in the shoulder.
Constance injures Shadow who falls off the wall to the ground below.
Cluny takes the tapestry from Shadow's broken body.
Cluny returns to his army at St. Ninians.
Ragear gets lost in Mossflower woods.
Day 4 - Mr. Fieldmouse survives his attack.
Matthias leaves the Abbey for St. Ninians with plans to recover the tapestry.
Cluny and his horde march towards Redwall, taking the tapestry with them. They attack Redwall.
Ragear observes Matthias in the Woods and decides to follow him. Matthias takes Ragear prisoner, tying him to a sturdy oak.
Matthias meets Basil Stag Hare, who helps him rescue the Vole family. Matthias and Basil battle rats during the escape.
Asmodeus attacks Ragear.
Basil takes the Vole family to his home.
Killconey and another find Ragear's body being eaten by Asmodeus and flee.
Cluny attempts to gain entrance to the Abbey by climbing the rear wall, but is foiled by Constance. Many are slain, Cluny is injured badly. Cheesethief kills the badly injured weasel, Scragg.
Matthias gets lost in Mossflower. He encounters Silent Sam, who leads him in the direction of Redwall. They witness Cheesthief murdering Scragg as they arrive at Redwall.
Methuselah discovers the rhyme beneath the tapestry.
Day 5 - Sela the vixen is summoned to heal Cluny.
Methuselah shows Matthias the rhyme and they begin to solve the riddle. With the mole crew'shelp, they discover a hidden passageway beneath the stairs that leads to Martin's tomb. They obtain his shield and belt.
Sela gives her son Chickenhound a note to deliver to Abbot Mortimer. Constance takes the note instead and agrees to meet with Sela.
Basil and the Vole family arrive at Redwall.
Basil gives Silent Sam a dagger.
Methuselah figures out what the threshhold is.
Foremole and Constance help Matthias and Methuselah figure out a part of the riddle.
Chickenhound returns to Sela with Redwall's response.
Cluny places false plans under his pillow for Sela to steal and supply to Redwall.
Matthias, Methuselah, and Constance see the moon reflect off the shield to the weathervane. They determine that the sword is attached to it.
Day 6 - Jess climbs to the Abbey roof. On the way down, she is attacked by sparrows. Using arrows, Redwallers attempt to scare the sparrows off. By accident, a stray arrow struck one of the sparrows, Warbeak. Constance removes the arrow and places Warbeak in a basket.
Jess reports the sword was not to be found on the weathervane.
Sela goes to meet Abbot Mortimer, but instead meets Constance. The badger steals the plans, injures Sela and kills Redtooth.
Constance delivers the plans of the battering ram to the Abbot.
Sela and Fangburn make up a story to fool Cluny. Cluny sees through the lie, secretly pleased his plans were delivered.
Methuselah tricks Warbeak to reveal that the Bull Sparra has the sword.
Asmodeus finds the body of Redtooth.
Day 7 - Methuselah discovers a route to the Abbey roof from the inside.
Matthias, with Warbeak in tow, begins journeying to the roof.
Warbeak attacks Matthias, but he defends himself. Matthias and Warbeak become friends.
Cluny decides to tunnel into Redwall.
Sela and Chickenhound eavesdrop and are caught. Cluny sentences them to death. Their bodies are dumped into the ditch.
Matthias and Warbeak reach the Abbey attic. Matthias is attacked by Bull Sparra and his court. Matthias is kept prisoner by Warbeak and Dunwing (Warbeak's mother). (Secretly, they are keeping him from Bull Sparra's wrath.)
Chickenhound, who survived the rats attack, crawls away in the ditch towards Redwall Abbey.
Chickenhound reaches Redwall. He is taken in and cared for. The fox tells the Abbeydwellers of Cluny's real plans.
Dunwing takes Matthias to Bull Sparra's chamber. Matthias sees the scabbard of Martin's sword.
Bull Sparra forces Matthias to give him the swordbelt.
Day 8 - Jess and Basil leave on a secret mission to recover the tapestry from Cluny.
Basil and Jess recover the tapestry and return it to Redwall.
Dunwing and Warbeak devise a plan to free Matthias.
Warbeak contacts Methuselah to get the Abbeydwellers help in freeing Matthias.
Bull Sparra and his court leave to hunt in Mossflower when he learns that Asmodeus has been spotted. (The sighting was actually a rumor started by Dunwing.)
Matthias recovers the swordbelt and finds the scabbard. He escapes to the Abbeyroof.
Bull Sparra attacks Matthias. They both plummet into the Abbey pond.
Chickenhound awakens and steals items from the Abbey. During his escape, he kills Methuselah while the Recorder was repairing the tapestry.
Chickenhound hides in a hollow tree. He is bitten by Asmodeus.
The Joseph bell rings out a message of sadness to Mossflower.
Matthias and Bull Sparra are found in the Abbey pond. Matthias is still alive and his injuries are immediately treated to.
Warbeak is crowned Queen of the Sparra.
Day 9 - Cluny and his horde march to Redwall.
Matthias dreams of Methuselah, Martin, and Asmodeus.
The Abbot informs Matthias of Methuselah's death.
Day 10 - Basil tells Matthias of Asmodeus. He gives him a medal awarded to him by Captain Snow.
Matthias sneaks out of Redwall and begins journeying to meet Captain Snow and find Asmodeus.
Redwall is attacked by Cluny's horde. The horde begins attacking Redwall's gates with a battering ram.
Cluny's horde begins tunneling into Redwall.
Matthias encounters Guosim, Log-a-Log, and the Guerrilla Union of Shrews in Mossflower.
They agree to accompany him to Captain Snow.
Day 11 - Matthias and the GUOSIM reach the farm. Matthias falls into the mouth of Squire Julian Gingivere.
Squire Julian Gingivere takes Matthias to Captain Snow.
Captain Snow tells Matthias where to find Asmodeus. He also agrees to stop eating the shrews should Matthias slay the adder.
Silent Sam and Jess use a hornet's nest and oil to render the battering ram useless.
Matthias makes camp by the river.
Day 12 - Cluny's horde regroups.
The GUOSIM rejoin Matthias by the river, deciding to accompany the mouse to Asmodeus' lair.
Constance and the solitary beaver begin building their large bow.
Cluny departs into Mossflower to begin constructing a new weapon, leaving Cheesethief in charge.
Matthias and the GUOSIM cross the river.
Cheesethief, dressed up in Cluny's armor, is slain by Constance's bow and arrow.
The GUOSIM are attacked by Asmodeus. Mingo is killed and drug off to the adder's lair.
Cluny takes a family of dormice prisoner.
Cornflower accidentally sets the wooden battle platform of Cluny on fire, saving Redwall from invasion.
Day 13 - Log-a-Log, Guosim, and Matthias find an entrance into the quarry, Asmodeus' lair. Guosim falls in.
Log-a-Log and Matthias split up to find Guosim and the sword.
Matthias finds Guosim, dead. He enters another tunnel and finds a sleeping Asmodeus and the sword of Martin.
Matthias gets the sword and sneaks out of the tunnel. Log-a-Log runs into Matthias and wakes Asmodeus.
Cluny's tunnels are completed and ready for use.
Asmodeus pursues Matthias and Log-a-Log.
The Redwallers flood Cluny's tunnels with boiling water, scalding the vermin inside.
Matthias slays Asmodeus with Martin's sword.
Matthias returns to the farm to tell Captain Snow of Asmodeus' demise.
Squire Julian Gingivere and Captain Snow reconcile.
Plumpen, the father of the dormouse family Cluny captured, is taken into Redwall Abbey.
Warbeak meets Matthias on his journey back to Redwall with grave news of Cluny's plans.
Warbeak returns to Redwall.
Day 14 - Plumpen opens Redwall's gates, giving Cluny's horde access to the Abbey.
A battle ensues.
Cluny emerges victorious and takes all the Abbeydwellers prisoner.
Matthias reaches Redwall and, clad in full armor with Martin's sword, shield, and scabbard, battles Cluny.
The Sparra and GUOSIM flood Redwall, attacking the vermin.
Matthias cuts the Joseph Bell's rope. The bell falls onto Cluny, killing the warlord.
Redwall wins it's final battle.
Abbot Mortimer is killed. As his final act, he makes Brother Alf the Abbot, names Matthias Abbey Warrior, and declares that Matthias and Cornflower should be wed. He declares the Sparra and GUOSIM have a home in Redwall. He names the sword of Martin "Ratdeath".
Chickenhound escapes from the adder's lair, permanently scarred. He blames the Redwallers, vows to take his revenge on them one day, and changes his name to Slagar the Cruel.
Unnamed Seasons Later - John Churchmouse becomes Recorder of Redwall Abbey.
Slagar begins working for Malkariss capturing slaves
One Year After Cluny's Defeat - Summer of the Talking Squirrel
Silent Sam speaks for the first time.
Matthias and Cornflower have a son named "Matthias Methuselah Mortimer"-- Mattimeo, for short.
Basil Stag Hare departs to bring Squire Julian Gingivere and Captain Snow to Redwall.
The Joseph Bell is recast into smaller bells, the Matthias and Methuselah bells.
Unnamed Seasons Later - Redwall holds a great feast in honor of Abbot Mordalfus. The Abbot goes on a quest for a Bobbaton Weary Nod.
Unnamed Seasons Later - Slagar kidnaps Auma the badger and is pursued by her father, Orlando the Axe.
Unnamed Days Later - Slagar and his band of slavers camp in St. Ninian's abandoned church. Vitch, a young mouse-like rat is sent to Redwall as a spy for Slagar.
Unnamed Days Later - Day 1 - A large annual feast is celebrated at Redwall Abbey.
Slagar poses as the Lord of Mountebanks, the mysterious leader of a traveling band of entertainers, gaining entrance to Redwall.
Mattimeo, son of Matthias the Warrior, Cynthia Bankvole, Tim and Tess Churchmouse, and Sam Squirrel are all taken captive by Slagar after he slips a sleeping drug into the drinks of the adults and exits the Abbey.
Day 2 - The residents of Redwall awaken to find their children stolen and a few adults slain by Slagar and his band.
The Redwallers bury and mourn their dead.
Day 3 - Matthias the Warrior, Mrs. Churchmouse, Basil Stag Hare, Jess Squirrel, Warbeak and her Sparra set out searching for Slagar.
The team splits when Basil injures his paw.
Matthias, Jess, and Basil meet Cheek the otter on the deserted slavers' cart.
The captive young ones meet Scurl the newt, who tells them he can set them free in exchange for some of their things. They give him various baubles, but he runs off without helping them.
The slavers capture Jube (short for "Jubilation") the hedgehog.
Day 4 - Martin the Warrior appears to Abbot Mordalfus in a vision instructing him to "Seek the Founder in the stones where the little folk go."
Baby Rollo finds a trail of ants, or "little folk", and the older Abbeybeasts follow it to an underground monument of Redwall's first leader, Abbess Germaine. A stone tablet comes loose from the statue. It is deciphered as another riddle.
Matthias and Co. meet Orlando the Axe, father of Auma the badger, and Jabez Stump, father of Jube. They decide to track Slagar together and set off to the south. They catch Scurl along the way. He reluctantly tells them about their young ones and exactly which direction they were heading.
A dagger dropped by a stoat is found by the young woodlanders and is used to pick the locks on their chains. After the vermin doze off, the young ones escape into a river nearby.
Matthias, Basil, Jess, Cheek, Orlando, and Jabez catch up with Slagar and rush into a cave they think his band is in, but are trapped inside by a landslide begun by the fox.
The young ones run out of hiding to help, but are captured once more.
Day 5 - Log-a-Log and his Guosim shrews free the trapped woodlanders from the cave and agree to help them.
The stone tablet is found to have some letters filled with green dye. Unscrambled, the letters spell "abbey top crow".
Warbeak and the Sparra assist by flying to the roof of Redwall and making a rubbing of a map and yet another riddle printed on the crow statue there.
Day 6 - The Abbeybeasts make copies of the rubbing and give them to the Sparra.
Warbeak and her warriors fly off to find Matthias and the others to give them their findings.
Ironbeak, the raven, and his fighters kill off the remaining Sparra in the rooftop of Redwall Abbey.
After receiving a signal from Slagar, Stonefleck, the rat, drops two ladders from the top of a large cliff. Slagar's slavers and their captives climb to the top and pull the ladders up, prohibiting anyone from following them.
The Redwallers, Orlando, Jabez, and the Guosim set off toward the cliff while Skan, the former Guosim shrew, betrays their position to Slagar.
Slagar enslaves Skan and his few followers despite their help. The slave line reaches the forest of the painted ones and they are attacked, but narrowly escape with their lives.
Day 7 - Matthias and Co. meet Sir Harry, the owl, who flies to the cliff top and drops the ladders for them to climb.
They arrive at the forest and are assaulted by the painted ones. Jess captures their leader. They reach the edge of the forest, near the bank of a river.
Slagar and his slave chain cross the river.
A barrier is erected across the dormitory's entrance to Cavern Hole to stop the birds from entering freely.
Day 8 - Cornflower, Mrs. Churchmouse, and baby Rollo are captured by Ironbeak and his birds.
The woodlanders construct a raft to float across the river, but are attacked by Stonefleck's rat horde of archers. The woodlanders escape by floating down the river.
In Redwall, the Abbeydwellers plan a trap for the magpies of Ironbeak's small army.
Day 9 - The woodlanders, headed by Matthias, are attacked once more by Stonefleck and his army, but defeat them with the help of Warbeak and the Sparra, who show up just in time.
Warbeak is slain by an archer.
The Sparra give Matthias a copy of the map and poem and turn back toward Redwall. The rest continue south after Slagar and his slavers.
The magpies arrive in Redwall's orchard, gathering food. They eat the berries Sister May had drugged and are caught in fishnets set by the Abbeybeasts.
Ironbeak agrees to swap hostages and does so in the evening. However, while the exchange is taking place, the rest of his birds were gathering supplies from the orchard and had moved down into the infirmary and dormitories, leaving Cavern Hole the only safe haven.
Foremole and his moles create a tunnel system from Cavern Hole to the pond, orchard, and gatehouse.
Day 10 - The slave line arrives at a huge, seemingly-bottomless canyon and crosses it, severing the bridge after them.
The woodlanders that are tracking Slagar arrive at the rift and with Sir Harry's help, they slide across on a piece of rope from the broken bridge that is connected to Orlando's axe. Jess swings across last with the large weapon.
General Ironbeak and his fighters attempt to steal Redwall's tapestry, but are stopped.
The Sparra arrive safely at Redwall once more.
Cornflower dons the Warrior's armor which Matthias left behind and plays the part of Martin the Warrior's ghost. With Constance, the badger, using her booming voice, frightening Ironbeak's forces.
Slagar departs with Nadaz and his blackrobed rats, Vitch, and the slaves, leaving the rest of his band behind.
Day 11 - While the remainder of Slagar's band battle for leadership, the woodlanders overcome them. Disarmed, the vermin are taken captive.
Cheek spots the Lord of Mossflower, a gigantic fir tree, in the distance. They set off toward it.
Cornflower resumes her role of Martin's ghost, further discouraging Ironbeak and his birds.
Slagar and the slave line arrive at the Kingdom of Malkariss, previously Loamhedge Abbey, which had sunk beneath the ground in an earthquake.
The woodlanders reach the huge Lord of Mossflower and follow its shadow to the hidden entrance of Loamhedge.
Day 12 - Stryk Redkite sees Redwall from afar and, with a broken wing, makes her way toward it.
The captured vermin of Slagar's band are banished from the area and are followed closely by Sir Harry the Muse to ensure their departure.
Stryk arrives at Redwall and she is attacked by Ironbeak's fighters. Constance rescues her and brings her into the Abbey. Stryk's injuries are tended to.
Matthias, Jess, Basil, Cheek, Log-a-log, and the Guosim all enter the Kingdom of Malkariss, searching for the enslaved young ones. They meet Nadaz and his rat horde and battle ensues.
Slagar escapes above-ground via a secret passage. Cornflower, Constance, and Sister May continue to plague the birds with the phantom of Martin.
Day 13 - Matthias challenges the horde to bring forth their best warrior. Wearet, the slavemaster, is chosen. Matthias is thrown off of the edge of a tall platform down onto a basket containing Malkariss himself.
The old polecat is attacked by the many slaves previously forced to build his kingdom and he is buried under a small mountain of rocks.
Matthias releases the slaves from their chains. They are anxious to take revenge on their captors. They join the battle above.
Constance is locked in the gatehouse by Ironbeak as she deposits the armor inside.
Log-a-log is wounded in the large battle that follows the duel between the Wearet and Matthias. A number of the shrews remove him from the area and stumble upon the cell of the young ones. They are set free.
Log-a-log perishes, passing on his leadership of the Guosim to Flugg.
Led by Mattimeo, the children meet with their parents to help with the battle.
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