Blademaster's Medal by Sean Rubin
The Blademaster's Medal, also known as The Coin, was a symbol of status and pride for the Blademaster of Salamandastron. It was derived from a golden coin with "strange marks" on one side found by Lord Brang Forgefire in a wrecked corsair ship. The Badger Lord polished it, formed it into a medal, inscribed "Blademaster" with a picture of a paw holding a sword on it, and added a scarlet and black cord through its hole.
Brang Forgefire bestowed the Blademaster's Medal upon Feryn Kordyne, who passed it down through the Kordyne family to each first-born son. It was eventually given to Clerun Kordyne, who, though not a warrior, kept it and took it with him when he moved away from Salamandastron to a farm with his wife, Clarinna. The medal was stolen by Zwilt the Shade, and, when the sable was killed, Clerun's younger brother Buckler Kordyne, reclaimed it.
Known Wearers of the Blademaster's Medal[]
Books[]
The Blademaster's Medal appears in The Sable Quean.
Trivia[]
- The original coin that served as the template for the Blademaster's Medal may be the only currency mentioned in the Redwall series.