King Bull Sparra

Sparra king who inherited the Sword of Martin from the ancient King Bloodfeather. He was clever but insane at the same time. One day while hunting for worms in Mossflower Wood with Greytail, he was attacked by Asmodeus and dropped the Sword. Asmodeus curled his tail around it. King Bull ordered Greytail to retrieve the Sword for his king. Greytail tried but was bitten by the adder. Upon returning to the Sparra court, Greytail told his wife, Dunwing, what really happened while King Bull told everybody that Greytail's injuries were due to a starling fight and pretended that he still had the Sword. Greytail died shortly after. He captured Matthias when he climbed up to the Sparra court. Due to the pleas of his sister, he spared Matthias but kept him as a slave for her. He had a special fondness for candied chestnuts which he demanded of Matthias repeatedly. He noticed that Matthias's belt was of the same leather as his scabbard and took it from him. On the day that Matthias escaped the loft, he was led by a rumor started by Dunwing to believe that Asmodeus was spotted in Mossflower lying dead with the Sword. After hiding the scabbard and belt, he led a party of warriors to find the snake. After finding nothing, he flew back to Redwall Abbey. He saw Matthias on the roof waving the scabbard and belt for Jess Squirrel to see. He attacked Matthias immediately and dug his claws into the belt but was knocked senseless by the mouse's scabbard. He fell off the roof and dragged Matthias down with him. His body was found later along with the injured Matthias in the Abbey pond.