Redwall Wiki | Brian Jacques and Redwall Information

Welcome to the Redwall Wiki, your communal Redwall and Brian Jacques information resource! Free registration eliminates the ads!

READ MORE

Redwall Wiki | Brian Jacques and Redwall Information
Register
Advertisement
Redwall Wiki | Brian Jacques and Redwall Information

Rasconza was a male corsair fox who frequented the island of Sampetra, the only known corsair of his species to visit this locale. He was intelligent, ambitious, and strong, as well as a very highly regarded blade thrower and a collector of daggers, always having at least 10 blades on his person. First serving as bosun to Captain Slashback aboard the Bloodkeel, he later became captain of the ship after Slashback's death. When Rasconza killed Barranca, the fox took over the mass rebellion against Ublaz Mad Eyes.

A game of parlay began, with both opposing leaders speaking politely but secretly loathing each other. Ublaz placed Trident Rats as Captains aboard the corsairs' ships, but one of them was "accidentally" slain. Ublaz, not wanting more bloodshed (or simply trying to get rid of Rasconza) consigned to promote Rasconza to Captain-in-Chief of the corsair ships. He also allowed Rasconza to take the Bloodkeel out on a plunder voyage. Secretly, however, Ublaz sabotaged the ship, intending to kill Rasconza and his close allies.

Unfortunately for Ublaz, Rasconza survived with his steersrat Guja, reorganized the corsairs into an army dubbed the Wave Brethren, and began a mass revolt against Ublaz. Rasconza and Ublaz constantly tried to outwit one another; most of the time Rasconza was the victor. During an attempted siege of the palace, the Wave Brethren noticed that their ships had been set afire by Martin II, Grath Longfletch, and company. Rasconza tried to get them to stay behind, but failed. Only Sagitar Sawfang, chief Trident-rat and traitor to Ublaz, stayed behind. Rasconza decided it was all her fault and mortally wounded her with a thrown dagger. However, he made the mistake of leaning down to her dying body and in her last breath, Sagitar stabbed Rasconza with her trident and slew him.

Advertisement