Mossflower 1121344 212943809 2008-05-16T23:54:57Z 216.184.14.88 /* Continuity Errors */ {{infobox Book | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books --> | name = Mossflower | title_orig = | translator = | image = [[Image:MossflowerUKCover.jpg|200px]] | image_caption = UK 1st Edition Cover | author = [[Brian Jacques]] | illustrator = [[Gary Chalk]] | cover_artist = Pete Lyon | country = [[United Kingdom]] | language = [[English language|English]] | series = [[Redwall]] | genre = [[Fantasy novel]] | publisher = [[Hutchinson (publisher)|Hutchinson]] (UK) & Philomel (US) | release_date = 1988 | media_type = Print ([[Hardback]] & [[Paperback]]) | pages = 420 (UK Hardback) & 431 (US Hardback) | isbn = ISBN 0-09-172160-1 (UK Hardback) & ISBN 0-399-21549-2 (US Hardback) | preceded_by = [[Redwall (novel)|Redwall]] | followed_by = [[Mattimeo]] }} '''''Mossflower''''' is a [[fantasy novel]] by [[Brian Jacques]], published in [[1988]]. It is the second book in the [[Redwall]] series. == Plot introduction == ''Mossflower'' tells the story of Martin the Warrior, who finds himself trespassing on the land of Verdauga Greeneyes as Verdauga lies sick and near death. With his last strength, Verdauga struggles to make a decision on who should replace him as ruler of Mossflower Woods. Tsarmina has a fox healer named Fortunata give her brother Gingivere herbs to unwittingly poison Verdauga; when Verdauga dies her brother is framed. As Martin and his fellow prisoner Gonff become embroiled in the battle against Verdauga's ruthless daughter, Tsarmina, a bloody fight between good and evil ensues. == Plot summary == [[Image:Mossflower US.jpg|thumb|left|150px|US cover of ''Mossflower'']] The story begins in the [[Mossflower Wood]], where a community of animals suffers under the tyranny of a ruling wildcat. When a mouse from the north, [[Martin the Warrior (Redwall)|Martin the Warrior]], comes to Mossflower Woods, he is captured and brought to the castle Kotir, where [[Sword of Martin|Martin's Sword]] is broken by Verdauga's daughter, Tsarmina. Martin is imprisoned within the Kotir Dungeons. As he is taken away to the dungeons, he says, "You should have killed me when you had the chance, cat, because I swear I will kill you someday!" [[Tsarmina]] poisons Verdauga with the help of the vixen Fortunata and blames it on her brother [[Squire Gingivere|Gingevere]]. She places her brother in prison, and takes the throne for herself, while Martin realizes that with this, he will be staying there for the whole winter. However, the end of winter is when he meets [[Gonff the Mousethief]]. Meanwhile, Abbess Germaine and the surviving members of Loamhedge, an abbey stricken with the Great Sickness, arrive and join the woodlanders. Martin and Gonff escape with help from the Corim ('''C'''ommittee '''O'''f '''R'''esistance '''I'''n '''M'''ossflower) and join with Dinny the mole and [[Logalog|Log-a-Log Bigclub]] of the [[Guosim]], on a quest to find [[Boar the Fighter]], [[Badger Lord]] of [[Salamandastron (Redwall)|Salamandastron]]. [[Badger Mother|Bella]], Boar's daughter, believed only her father could defeat Tsarmina. After a journey through Bat Mountpit and the Toadlands, the companions reach Salamandastron and meet with Boar the Fighter. Boar then reforges Martin's broken sword with metal from a meteorite, but is killed while fighting his mortal enemy Ripfang the searat who had attacked Salamandastron. Ripfang's former oarslaves (including Martin's childhood friend Timballisto, and several members of Log a Log's former tribe) take over the searat ship, Bloodwake, with the help from Martin and his allies and return to Mossflower Woods, where Martin kills Tsarmina and destroys Kotir by flooding it. In the final battle with her, Martin is left near death. However, with the help of the woodlanders, he eventually recovers, but his memory is never the same thereafter, as shown in '''The Legend of Luke'''. From the ruins of Kotir would eventually rise what would later become [[Redwall Abbey]]. The flooded Kotir becomes the lake near Redwall Abbey. ==Characters in "Mossflower"== *[[Martin the Warrior (Redwall)|Martin the Warrior]] *[[Gonff the Mousethief]] *[[Tsarmina Greeneyes]] *[[Badger Mother#Bella of Brockhall|Bella of Brockhall]] *[[Foremole|Young Dinny the Mole]] *[[Squire Gingivere]] * Lord Greeneyes *[[Boar the Fighter]] *[[Logalog|Log-a-Log Big Club]] *[[Lady Amber]] *[[Skipper of Otters]] * Ripfang * Timballisto * Ashleg *[[Fortunata]] * Abbess Germaine *[[Columbine (Redwall)|Columbine]] * Ben Stickle * Goody Stickle * Blacktooth * Splintnose * Scratch * Scragg * Brogg * Old Dinny == Continuity Errors == Scragg, one of the officers in Kotir, alternates throughout the story between a weasel, a stoat, and a ferret, although his rank stays the same. == Book divisions (English) == *Book 1: Kotir *Book 2: Salamandastron *Book 3: Of Water and Warriors ==Translations== *([[Dutch language|Dutch]]) ''Het Moswoud'' **''Het Moswoud: De Koningin van Duizend Ogen'' **''Het Mouswoud: De Weg Naar de Vuurberg'' **''Het Mouswoud: De Afrekening'' *([[Finnish language|Finnish]]) ''Sammalkukkametsän Sota'' *([[French language|French]])'' Rougemuraille : Martin le guerrier'' **''Tome 1 : La Reine aux yeux multiples'' **''Tome 2 : La Montagne de feu'' **''Tome 3 : Le Retour triomphal'' *([[German language|German]]) **''In den Fängen der Wildkatze'' **''Mossflower'' **''Kotir: die Burg des Schreckens'' *([[Italian language|Italian]]) ''Fior Muschiato'' *([[Norwegian language|Norwegian]]) ''Moslblom'' *([[Swedish language|Swedish]]) ''Mossblomma'' *([[Russian language|Russian]]) ''Котир: Воина є ДккпиКошкои'' ==Publication history== *1988, UK, Hutchinson ISBN 0-09-172160-1, Hardback, il. by [[Gary Chalk]] *1988, US, Philomel ISBN 0-399-21549-2, Hardback, il. by [[Gary Chalk]] *2004, US, Philomel ISBN 0-399-24031-4, Hardback (green leatherette), il. by [[David Elliot]] ==External links== * [http://www.redwall.org/dave/mossflwr.html Plot summary] {{start box}} {{succession box | before= [[Martin the Warrior]]| title= [[Redwall|Redwall Series]]| years= (chronological order)| after= [[The Legend of Luke]] }} {{succession box | before= [[Redwall (novel)|Redwall]]| title= [[Redwall|Redwall Series]]| years= (publication order)| after= [[Mattimeo]] }} {{end box}} {{redwall}} [[Category:Children's novels]] [[Category:Redwall books]] [[Category:1988 novels]] [[simple:Mossflower]] [[fi:Sammalkukkametsän sota]]