Boar the Fighter



Boar the Figher is the male Badger Lord that rules Salamandastron during the events of Mossflower. He was the father of Bella of Brockhall, the son of Brocktree, and the grandfather of Sunflash. Physically, he was an aging badger with silver fur and a long beard. He was also very wise, if a bit short-tempered. His primary weapon was an enormous, double-pronged broadsword.

In Mossflower, Bella thought that only her father Boar could bring an end to Tsarmina's evil reign over the woodlanders. Martin the Warrior, Gonff the Mousethief, and Dinny the mole then traveled to Salamandastron to convince Boar to return to Mossflower Woods to fight the wildcat.

However, Boar refused and instead reforged Martin's broken sword into a magnificient blade of unearthly metal. The badger, an extremely talented swordfighter, taught Martin how to wield the sword with terrific skill. Afterwards, having learned of his fate from the strange writing in his chamber, Boar engaged in combat with his mortal enemy, the searat Ripfang and his crew. Boar destroyed his enemy but also perished in the battle.

Two young hares of Boar's Long Patrol, Breeze and Starbuck, also serve under Boar's grandson, Sunflash, when he takes his place at the mountain many seasons later.

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