Skarlath

Skarlath was a male hunting hawk, a very fierce one at that. He was the loyal friend of Sunflash the Mace. Their friendship began when he was slammed into a tree by the cold winter winds and called out several times. Unfortunately the only beasts that were in earshot was Swartt Sixclaw and his horde, who at the time was keeping the young Sunflash as a captive. Sunflash was roped to the tree which Skarlath was frozen to.

After freeing each other, they escaped into the surrounding woodlands, employing guerilla tactics and whittling away Swartt's band. However, they had come across a woodland family that was being besieged by a band of foxes. After chasing off the vermin, they began to live a peaceful live with the woodlanders they had saved. Skarlath loved making cheeses and ocassionally returned after Sunflash had left to help with harvesting and creating cheeses of all types. However, he always kept an eye out for Sunflash; he had saved his life more than a few times. The hawk acted as a spy, also at all times looking and searching for Swartt and his horde. He was eventually killed by a poison arrow shot by Nightshade the Seer.

Books
Skarlath appears in Outcast of Redwall.