Bowfleg the Warlord

Gender: male

Species: ferret

Appears In: Outcast of Redwall




Bowfleg is the old and fat leader of a large vermin army who lives in northeast Mossflower. He is the father of Bluefen, father-in-law of Swartt, and grandfather of Veil. His coat of arms is a white fang inside a green circle, and his court is found inside a massive purple pavilion. He is extremely lazy and has no interest in moving his horde, instead wishing to sit on his throne with Wurgg serving as his gigantic bodyguard. Swartt is a former soldier in his army until he heads northwest, amassing enough vermin to become a byword of terror. Many seasons later the two ferrets are reunited, but both Bowfleg and Wurgg are fatally poisoned by the treacherous Swartt who then orders the bodies burned.