Ketral Vane

Ketral Vane was a very tall, slim, muscular fox. He carried a crossbow, and led a small band of similarly armed foxes in a gloomy area of Mossflower Woods known as the Hinterwoods. He referred to himself as the "Lord of the Hinterwoods", and had no mercy for tresspassers in his self-proclaimed domain.

When Drogbuk Wiltud led a group of Guosim and woodlanders through the Hinterwoods, on their way to Redwall Abbey, Ketral and his foxes ambushed them, demanding that they leave at once. Uggo Wiltud and Posybud argued with Ketral, and the fox pronounced a death sentence on the duo. Fortunately for the two young hedgehogs, a band of Rogue Crew Sea Otters and Long Patrol hares arrived, disarming the foxes and forcing them to flee. A humiliated Ketral later followed behind the woodlanders and shot Swiffo Axehound with a poisoned dart; his revenge was short-lived, as Swiffo's brother Ruggan chased down the fox and beheaded him soon after.