Badger Lord

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. A Badger Lord is the ruler of Salamandastron in the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. Salamandastron, the mountain fortress on the coast, defends itself and Mossflower Woods from vermin and searats or corsairs. The mountain is populated by fighting hares that serve the Badger Lord or Lady, known as the Long Patrol. Many Badger Lords and Ladies come to find Salamandastron later in their life, guided by their destiny to rule there. Sometimes the mountain does not have a badger ruler for extended periods of time, and then it is only inhabited by the Long Patrol. The son of a Badger Lord usually, once he reaches adulthood, will go off on his own to wander for a time, as two grown male badgers find it hard to get along sometimes. Badger Lords and Ladies are often inflicted with the Bloodwrath, a condition which comes upon them in battle that causes them to enter into a berserker rage. While in the bloodwrath, the badgers disregard wounds, their strength is increased, but they cannot distinguish between friend and foe.