Gawjo Swifteye

Gawjo Swifteye was the husband of Ellayo Swifteye, father of Janglur, and later found he was a grandfather when he met Songbreeze. He also adopted a number of orphaned hedgehogs, who he raised as his children. He was a fat, stern, and old squirrel, with silvering fur. He had the same lazy, drooping eyes as his son.

Gawjo was a wanderer and an adventurer, leaving his family to search for the Marlfox's island. He found the island, but was captured and enslaved. He eventually escaped and made it across the lake where he found Torrab and her friends, all hedgehogs whose parents had been slain by the Marlfoxes. He raised the hedgehogs as his children and sometimes tried to get back to the island to free the slaves, but was always deterred by magpies, fish, and archers.

When he found Song and her friends, they went all went back to the raft where Gawjo and the hedgehogs lived. Gawjo re-located Megraw's wing, allowing them to be able to get to the island. Megraw kept off the magpies, who were never able to warn the archers anyone was coming.

After freeing the slaves he went back to Redwall to live with his wife and family.