directly, but suggests an alternate place and time instead, buying the defenders precious time to prepare themselves. When the hare Rockjaw Grang is killed by the Rapscallions, Cregga's dreams direct her to the ridge where Midge has directed the battle to occur. Meanwhile, the Redwallers have gathered all the allies they can find, and with the Long Patrol, they battle a losing effort against the rat hordes. At a crucial point in the battle when it seems Damug has won, Lady Cregga Rose Eyes appears with the rest of the Salamandastron hares. She seizes Damug and strangles him, but he hacks at her face, blinding her in the process. The hares and Redwallers are eventually victorious, and the treasure brought back from Kotir by the Friar Butty is melted down into medals for the creatures that fought in battle. The ridge is named The Ridge of a Thousand after the vermin horde that lost all thousand of their number. In the end, Tammo marries the beautiful Pasque Valerian, the healer of the Long Patrol, and travels to Salamandastron. Cregga remains at Redwall Abbey as the new Badger Mother, and Russano, later on, journeys to Salamandastron, with Russa's hardwood stick as his weapon. He will turn out to be one of the only Badger Lords never to be possessed by the Bloodwrath (the berserker rage Cregga and others suffered from). Characters in The Long Patrol Tamello De Fformelo Tussock (Tammo) Cornspurrey De Fformelo Tussock Mem Divinia Russa Nodrey Russano the Wise Long Patrol Major Périgord Habile Sinistra Captain Twayblade Sinistra Pasque Valerian Rockjaw Grang Midge Manycoats Drill Sergeant Clubrush Galloper Riffle Swiftback Galloper Algador Swiftback Lance Corporal Ellbrig Shangle Widepad Sergeant Torgoch Lieutenant Morio Corporal Rubbadub Colonel Eyebright Tare and Turry Trowbaggs Deodar Furgale Reeve Starbuck Cheeva Gormad Tunn Byral Fleetclaw Damug Warfang Arven Cregga Rose Eyes Foremole Diggum Abbess Tansy Friar Butty Shad the Gatekeeper Craklyn the Recorder Book divisions (English) Book 1: The Runaway Recruit Book 2: A Gathering of Warriors Book 3: The Ridge Translations (Finnish) Jänisten kaukopartio (French) Rougemuraille : La Patrouille Tome 1 : La Fugue de Tammo Tome 2 : Les Pièges de Mousseray Tome 3 : Sous les remparts de Rougemuraille Tome 4 : La Crête des mille (Italian) La Pattuglia Delle Dune (Swedish) Långa Patrullen (Russian) "Дозорный отряд" References 1997 British novels Children's fantasy novels British children's novels British fantasy novels Redwall books