Salamandastron-Update

It turns out that Thrugg is not alone in his quest. His friend, the little dormouse Dumble, is coming with him, partially to avoid sickness, and partially because he and Thrugg are closen friends. Thrugg and Dumble have found a young falcon named Rocangus. Rocangus’ wing was broken by crows, who later attack the trio. Where I am right now, the crows are ready to fight, and the three are not expecting to win the battle.

Meanwhile, Ferahgo has sent Farran the Poisoner, a black fox, into Salamandastron. He was supposed to poison all the food and drink in the mountain, but he made it too strong. Someone died, and everyone else caught wind of the Poisoner’s scheme. They chased him and have him cornered. Now, Urthstripe is ready to duel him one-on-one.

Mara (a badger) and Pikkle (a hare) are two young ones who ran away from Salamandastron towards the beginning of the book. They were frustrated with all the rules there, and decided to run off with their newfound “friends” Klitch (a weasel, Ferahgo’s son) and Goffa (some random ferret from Ferahgo’s horde). It turns out that Klitch and Goffa were just tricking them, and they were captured by Ferahgo’s horde. A couple hares from Salamandastron helped them to escape, but then, they were captured by toads. They were thrown in a hole, to be eaten later. There are many shrews in the hole, members of the Guosssom – Guerrilla Union of South Stream Shrews of (did they mean in?) Mossflower. One of them is Nordo, son of Log-a-Log, their leader. Just when it looks like they’re done for, Log-a-Log and the Guosssom come and rescue them. Now, they are on a mission. You see, once, when Nordo was little, he was playing with the Blackstone – whoever holds the Blackstone is Log-a-Log by Guosssom law – and he lost it on an island in the middle of a huge lake. A white badger took it, so they’re sending Mara to get it back. However, in that lake lurks a monster known as the Deepcoiler…

Samkim the squirrel and Arula the mole are going after the sword of Martin the Warrior. It was taken earlier by two stoats, but both of them are dead now – one by Dryditch Fever, the other by decapitation. He was found by a search party from Ferahgo. He was a deserter, and Ferahgo wanted to make sure that no one escaped him. Now, a fox has the sword. Samkim and Aurula met a hedgehog, Spriggat, who is helping them track the fox and his party.