Brocktree



Brocktree is known as the Badger Lord who initiated the modern traditions of Salamandastron. He was the son of Stonepaw, the father of Boar the Fighter, the grandfather of Bella of Brockhall, the great-grandfather of Sunflash the Mace, and presumably the ancestor of other subsequent Badger Lords as well. He founded the Long Patrol by organizing the mountain's hares into a military-like regimental structure. Brocktree was also responsible for organizing the leveret school, the mountain's general laws, and for creating the outer gardens, terraces, orchards and crop-growing areas. It is for these reasons (but primarily for organizing the Long Patrol) that Brocktree is often cited as the first true Badger Lord of Salamandastron.

Brocktree's primary weapon was an enormous broadsword, and physically he was a large, powerful male badger. Throughout the events of the book in which he made his debut (aptly named Lord Brocktree), the badger traveled to Salamandastron with the help and company of Dotti, a young hare from the mideastern hills, to defeat the plague of the wildcat Ungatt Trunn and his Bluehordes. Along the way they collected an army of woodlanders, many of which were strong, young fighting hares, to help against the wildcat's horde. Brocktree eventually killed Ungatt Trunn and rid Salamandastron of his menace; he then took up residence as Lord of the mountain.

At the end of his long lifespan, Brocktree shared the leadership of Salamandastron with his son, Boar. When he died, he was entombed in a secret upper chamber in the mountain in full armor, waiting to be discovered, among mysterious prescient carvings, by his descendents.

Books
Brocktree appears in Lord Brocktree and is mentioned in Mossflower, Outcast of Redwall, and Salamandastron.