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Before the book starts, Sunflash was enxlaved by Swartt Sixclaw, over time forgetting his real name, only knowing what the vermin call him, 'Scumtripe'
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Skarlath the kestral was caught in a freak storm and was blown away from his home, and captured by Swartt Sixclaw.
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Skarlath and Sunflash free each other and attack the vermin camp, killing some and premanently maiming Swartts paw. Swartt swears revenge and Skarlath and Sunflash flee.
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Skarlath and Sunflash rest awhile, and Skarlath makes a name for Sunflash. Sunflash the Mace!
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Swartt starts tailing Skarlath and Sunflash. They occasionally pick off some of the vermin
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Swartt goes to Bowflegs horde, planninng to take control of the horde.
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Skarlath and Sunflash scare off foxes sieging a group of hogs and moles stuck in their cave. They then stay with them for many seasons.
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Sunflash saved 2 baby hedgehogs from adders, but was bitten twice himself. He was healed by a skilled old squirrel.
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Sunflash and Co. are ambushed while sleeping by shrews, who thought they were sea rats. They sort things out however, and help the shrews to look for their young, who have been kidnapped by corsairs.
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Sunflash frees the slaves on the "Gutprow", and sinks the ship with the hep of the shrews, Skarlath and otters.
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Sunflash solves a song/riddle that has been puzzling him. The answer is Slalmanastron, so he leaves the hogs and sets off to Salamanastron.
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sunflash is stuck in a treacherous swamp, but he meets two otters who lead him safe out of it, and travel with him.
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A fox called balefur is starting to challenge Swartt's leadership, so he lures him into an old quarry lunnel. balefur was told there was treasure there, but in fact it was a snake den.
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Redwall warriors (otters and squirrels mainly), drove off swartt's horde by hiding in the woodland and making them think there was more of them than there was. They find an abondoned ferret baby, and decide to rear it. They name it Veil.
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Myrtle, a hedhehog, drank some poisoned water, but luckily survived. Later, it is found that veil did it, and he is banished from Redwall.
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Vermin try to climb Salamanastron, but most are killed by boulders knocked from the top by hares.
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Sunflash charges Swartt alone, but he is injured and trapped by weighted nets, Hares quickly come to the rescue, however, and cut him free.
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Bryony follows Veil out of the abbey, with the help of Togget, a mole.
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Logalog and his shrews, plus many other woodlanders, arrive as reinforcements, and get some hares out of a tricky situation.
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Swartt hires an assassin to kill Sunflash, who fails miserably.
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Veil robs mice and clubs one.
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Bryony and Togget hitch a ride on a hedgehog's boat
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The hares win, the vermin run away. Sunflash gives chase to Swartt.
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Skarlath is killed by a vermin arrow. Sunflash is not amused.
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Swartt flees to a cave, which leads to the top of a mountain, and Sunflash and the hares follow. By chance, bryony and togget are also in that cave, chasing veil. Sunflash is captured by Swartt, but veil sacrifices himself to save Bryony and Sunflash, and Sunflash kills Swartt.
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They try a frontal attack, and one of Swartt's generals, Zigu, is slain, along with some of the horde.
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After his victory against Swartt, Sunflash goes to Redwall and meets his mother, Bella of Brockhall. A huge feast is held