Battle of Southsward

Occurs In: The Bellmaker




This large final battle occurs in Southsward between Nagru's horde and the combined forces of the woodlanders. It starts when Bowly leads his group in moving Nagru away from Floret so the otter holt can sneak inside and rescue a trapped Mariel, Muta, and Rab. As Silvamord stays behind with her soldiers, Bowly leads the Foxwolf to a plain where, just as the vermin climb up the hill, they are attacked and forced to retreat back into the valley. The woodlanders keep them back with arrows as they know that if the rats manage to make it to the top of the hill they will be defeated. During all this, Pearl Queen's crew has arrived and Blerun agrees to help. Unfortunately for the woodlanders, Nagru's experience and soldiers begin to overpower them and it appears as if the goodbests are doomed until Josephs's group arrives at Floret, and Silvamord's fighters are defeated along with her. Joseph and Mariel reunite, and the entire group bands together to stop Nagru. The Foxwolf, still fighting Bowly's army on the plain, realizes that he will be victorious if his rats can fight them in close quarters so he sends two groups to the back so they can ambush Bowly's group. This plan fails as the vermin never arrive thanks to Blerun's otters stopping them, and soon rat soldiers drop their weapons and surrender. Nagru bolts for the shore, protected by a circle of spear-wielding rats, but is confronted by Finnbarr who challenges him to single combat. During the duel the otter is fatally wounded by Bladetail's spear but he manages to lift Nagru up and ram his head into a nearby tree, causing the wolf fang on his head to dig into his brain and instantly kill him. Finnbarr dies not long after, and a monument is constructed on the site.