Gruntan Kurdly

Gruntan Kurdly was the fierce but overweight warlord of the Brownrats. He had a knack for hard boiled eggs. He ruled the Brownrats by instilling fear, and was a fierce warlord in Mossflower. He was first seen by Maudie and the Guosim at a large rock near the Crookstream. There, he commanded his forces from the top of the rock and then fell down. He then gave chase to them all the way to Redwall, where they got into a conflict with Vizka Longtooth and his Sea Raiders. While his forces were fighting under the command of his second in command Stringle, he was lounging around south of Redwall when he met his demise. A rat said he saw a swan's nest, which was the only egg that Kurdly had never tasted. His craving for the eggs lead him straight into the mute swan whose nest it was, and her two children. The territorial bird hit him, breaking his back and cracking his skull, when he fell into the stream and sunk, never to be seen again.

At the big rock, it was said he had many daughters, three of whom were skinning his favorite food. They were never mentioned after.