Lord Brocktree 1123156 213327821 2008-05-18T21:15:25Z 82.27.107.103 {{infobox Book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = Lord Brocktree | title_orig = | translator = | image = [[Image:BrocktreeUK.jpg|200px]] | image_caption = UK 1st Edition Cover | author = [[Brian Jacques]] | illustrator = | cover_artist = [[Chris Baker]] | country = [[United Kingdom]] | language = [[English language|English]] | series = [[Redwall]] | genre = [[Fantasy novel]] | publisher = [[Hutchinson (publisher)|Hutchinson]] (UK) & Philomel (US) | release_date = 1 September 2000 | media_type = Print ([[Hardback]] & [[Paperback]]) | pages = 388 (UK hardback) & 370 (US Hardback) | isbn = ISBN 0-09-176877-2 (UK hardback) & ISBN 0-399-23590-6 (US Hardback) | preceded_by = [[The Legend of Luke]] | followed_by = [[The Taggerung]] }} '''''Lord Brocktree''''' is a [[fantasy]] novel by [[Brian Jacques]], published in [[2000]]. It is the thirteenth book in the [[Redwall]] series to be published. It is also the earliest chronological installment in the Redwall series. ==Plot introduction== The book focuses on a [[badger]], [[Badger Lord#Lord_Brocktree|Lord Brocktree]], and haremaid Dotti as they journey towards [[Salamandastron (Redwall)|Salamandastron]], the mountain fortress of badger lords, to recapture it from the wildcat [[Ungatt Trunn]]. With Brocktree's help, the army is able to save the fortress from being held by the vermin hordes. ==Plot summary== [[Image:Lord Brocktree US.jpg|thumb|left|150px|US cover of ''Lord Brocktree'']] This book revolves around the badger Lord Brocktree, father of [[Badger Lord#Boar_the_Fighter|Boar the Fighter]], grandfather of [[Badger Mother#Bella of Brockhall|Bella of Brockhall]], and great-grandfather of [[Badger Lord#Sunflash_the_Mace|Sunflash the Mace]]. He sets out to find the ancient badger mountain stronghold of Salamandastron, aided by the quick talking haremaid Dorothea Duckfontein Dillworthy and otter Ruffgar Brookback. Meanwhile, in Salamandastron, trouble comes for Brocktree's father, Lord [[Badger Lord#Stonepaw|Stonepaw]]. Years of peace have left the mountain stronghold with few fighters, and those that remain are long past their prime, including Stonepaw himself. The wildcat [[Ungatt Trunn]], son of Mortspear, Highland King of the North, lays siege to the fortress with his Blue Hordes. Eventually the mountain is overrun, leading to the deaths of many hares and even of Stonepaw himself, who dies valiantly defending his hares, taking many vermin with him as he does. The wildcat takes at least sixty hares as prisoners, but through the efforts of warrior [[Stiffener Medick]] and his [[otter]] friend Brogalaw, they escape. Lord Brocktree gets an army from [[Bucko Bigbones]], after Dotti defeats him in a contest. Thanks to the [[Otters in Redwall#Bark_Crew|Bark Crew]], the group of [[guerilla]]s formed by Stiffener and Brogalaw to harass Trunn, the Blue Hordes are slowly starved, their supplies cut off. Ungatt Trunn tricks the Bark Crew into putting up a last stand in battle, but Lord Brocktree joins forces with the hares and saves the day. The book culminates in a massive final battle, with many memorable characters killed, such as [[Jukka the Sling]], a female [[squirrel]] chieftain, and [[Fleetscut]] the hare. Eventually, when the battle ends up a near-stalemate, Trunn and Brocktree face off in a duel. After a failed assassination attempt on Brocktree by the searat Doomeye and the corsair fleet captain Karangool ( Trunn's second in command) the badger eventually paralyzes Trunn. Trunn is thrown into the water but survives, only to be drowned by Groddil, one of his former advisors. ==Characters in "Lord Brocktree"== *[[Lord Brocktree (Redwall)|Lord Brocktree]] *Dorothea Duckfontein Dillworthy (Dotti) *Ruffgar Brookback (Ruff) *Lord [[Badger Lord#Stonepaw|Stonepaw]] *[[Stiffener Medick]] *[[Torleep]] *[[Sailears]] *[[Ungatt Trunn]] *Mortspear, father of Ungatt Trunn *[[Brogalaw (Brog)]] *[[Jukka the Sling]] *[[Fleetscut]] *Groddil *The Grand Fragorl, advisor of Ungatt Trunn *Bucko Bigbones, march hare of the North Mountains *Karangool, Captain of Trunn's fleet *Skittles, a precocious baby hedgehog *Ripfang & Doomeye, searat brothers ==Trivia== {{Trivia|date=June 2007}} *The Blue Hordes of Ungatt Trunn appears to be the largest of the vermin hordes in the Redwall novels; ''Mattimeo'' is the only other novel in which a horde of unspecified but vast numbers is seen, and the Blue Hordes are repeatedly emphasized for their size, something the blackrobe horde in ''Mattimeo'' did not share. The [[Rapscallions]] have the largest specified horde to date, at one thousand vermin soldiers. *In ''Lord Brocktree'' the confusing Redwall/Salamandastron chronology was made clearer. The earliest Redwall books published made it clear there were many lords of Salamandastron before Brocktree, but in later books he was credited as the first lord to lead the Long Patrol and occasionally credited as the very first Badger Lord. Both are explained as true in this book, as Brocktree was the one who founded the Patrol. *The chronology is also expanded to make clear that the events described take place approximately one generation before book two of ''[[The Legend of Luke]],'' because in ''Legend of Luke'' it is stated that Luke’s clan fled Mossflower to the north after Lord [[Verdauga Greeneyes]] invaded Mossflower and that Martin was an infant or not yet born at this time. However, in ''Lord Brocktree'' it is made clear that [[Ungatt Trunn]] left home to conquer [[Salamandastron (Redwall)|Salamandastron]] before his brother Verdauga left for Mossflower. Also, at the time Lord Brocktree leaves his home in Mossflower, Mossflower is still safe, and in the book ''[[Mossflower]]'' it is made clear that it remains so until after Brocktree's son Boar leaves and travels to Salamandastron, which does not happen in the book and is implied to occur much later. == Book Divisions (English) == *Book 1: The Days of Ungatt Trunn (also entitled: "Dorothea Leaves Home") *Book 2: At the Court of King Bucko (also entitled: "The Tribulations of a Haremaid") *Book 3: Comes a Badger Lord (also entitled: "A Shawl for Aunt Blench") ==Translations== *([[French language|French]]) ''Rougemuraille : La Forteresse en péril'' ==External links== * [http://www.redwall.org/dave/brocktree.html Plot summary] * [http://www.redwallwiki.org/lordbrocktree] {{start box}} {{succession box | before= ''none''| title= [[Redwall|Redwall Series]]| years= (chronological order)| after= [[Martin the Warrior]] }} {{succession box | before= [[The Legend of Luke]]| title= [[Redwall|Redwall Series]]| years= (publication order)| after= [[The Taggerung]] }} {{end box}} {{redwall}} [[Category:Children's novels]] [[Category:Redwall books]] [[Category:2000 novels]] [[simple:Lord Brocktree]]