The Blue Hordes were a giant army of vermin under the command of Ungatt Trunn. They were known for their blue fur, which was created by a special dye. The Blue Hordes consisted of tens of thousands of vermin and marched in columns of 2,500 members each, fifty deep and fifty long. How many such columns comprised the Hordes is not known; Jukka the Sling and her tribe told Fleetscut they had watched the Hordes march past on foot from the north for days, while the ships carrying one-third of the Hordes to Salamandastron by sea came to rest side-by-side up and down the coast for an entire league.
Also included in Trunn's horde were spiders, which he called "webmakers". He kept them in his bedchamber, observing that they were as sly as he was.
For all their strength and numbers, the Blue Hordes were an extremely difficult challenge to keep fed, something that Lord Brocktree, as well as the hares and otters of the western coast, used to their advantage.
Ungatt Trunn's Tricks[]
Just before the conquest of Salamandastron, Ungatt Trunn demonstrated the vastness of his army by using three illusions. These illusions also were used in his title.
- Make the Stars Fall - A simple trick of the light in which his entire army of vermin held a lit torch. The combined brightness illuminated the land so thoroughly that the stars could not be seen.
- Make the Sands Disappear - Trunn lined up his hordes so that they covered the entire beach, apparently causing the sands to "disappear".
- Make the Earth Shake - The command was given for all his vermin to jump up and down at once; this caused large ripples in the sea and a great rumble reminiscent to that of an earthquake.
High Magician[]
Blue Horde Captains[]
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Trivia[]
- With tens of thousands of fighters, the Blue Hordes was the largest known horde to reach Salamandastron, as well as the largest known horde in the Redwall series, vastly outnumbering the Corpsemakers and the Rapscallions.
Books[]
The Blue Hordes appear in Lord Brocktree.