Battle of Marshank

Occurs In: Martin the Warrior




This large final battle occurs at Marshank between Badrang's army and the Fur and Freedom Fighters. It first starts when Martin's group (consisting of the Broadstream Otters and Shrews, Noonvale residents, the Highbeats, and Gawtrybe) arrives just as the Fur and Freedom Fighters are about to be killed by the vermin soldiers. They use a big piece of driftwood as a battering ram in hopes of destroying Marshank's main gates, but Badrang's army wins thanks to their experience and the woodlanders retreat. The stoat Tyrant seems to relax despite Clogg's warnings that their enemy will return, and the corsair's words ring true as the following morning the Fighters use the Rambling Rosehip Players' burning cart to wreck the main gates in a surprise assault. Martin's group attacks the fortress's north and south walls thanks to a net dropped by Boldred and the Warden, and ten Gawtrybe squirrels and some moles who tunnel into Marshank via the west side. Seeing that all is lost, Badrang attempts to desert but is temporarily stopped by Grumm and then Rose who beats him with a loaded sling. The battle takes a horrific turn when the mousemaid is brutally killed by Badrang, then he and Martin briefly duel before the mouse Warrior slays his foe with Luke's sword. The only two confirmed vermin survivors are Clogg (who hides during the battle) and Wulpp (who flees when Brome spares his life), and Marshank is left gutted and abandoned.