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| - Raventail is an anthropomorphic ferret and a villain in the Redwall book, Marlfox. Raventail was a barbarian chieftain who lead a band of other ferrets that wandered Mossflower Woods, looking for victims. He wielded a scimitar and had a raven's feather braided into his tail, hence his name. Raventail and his gang first appeared when they attacked Dannflor and his friends as they travelled to Castle Marl. The ferrets captured Dippler and Burble, and proceeded to torture them by dunking them in a river. When they were about to have further "fun" by flaying the pair, Dann and ong came back and scattered them, and Dann beat Raventail black and blue, almost killing him.
- Raventail was a barbaric ferret, the leader of a group of about twenty other ferrets. He got his name from a raven's feather that was braided in his tail. The band originally lived west of Redwall Abbey, where they would ambush and imprison other creatures, presumably to torture them for fun. Their method of torturing included dunking their captives in water for long periods of time. They had distinctive dialects, much like the pygmy shrews in Martin the Warrior.
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| - Raventail is an anthropomorphic ferret and a villain in the Redwall book, Marlfox. Raventail was a barbarian chieftain who lead a band of other ferrets that wandered Mossflower Woods, looking for victims. He wielded a scimitar and had a raven's feather braided into his tail, hence his name. Raventail and his gang first appeared when they attacked Dannflor and his friends as they travelled to Castle Marl. The ferrets captured Dippler and Burble, and proceeded to torture them by dunking them in a river. When they were about to have further "fun" by flaying the pair, Dann and ong came back and scattered them, and Dann beat Raventail black and blue, almost killing him. Later, Raventail and his vermin came across the Marlfoxes who were attacking Redwall. They joined forces, and together, after several defeats, they eventually broke into the Abbey. But when the Skipper of otters and his clan came as reinforcments, the tide was turned. Raventail was killed by the blind Abbey badgermum, Cregga, when she reached through the Abbey door and dragged him inside to an unknown, but lethal fate.
- Raventail was a barbaric ferret, the leader of a group of about twenty other ferrets. He got his name from a raven's feather that was braided in his tail. The band originally lived west of Redwall Abbey, where they would ambush and imprison other creatures, presumably to torture them for fun. Their method of torturing included dunking their captives in water for long periods of time. They had distinctive dialects, much like the pygmy shrews in Martin the Warrior. When they stumbled upon Song, Dann, Dippler and Burble, they attacked them and took the latter two captive. The other two, however, escaped and later returned and chased off the ferrets by slinging. Raventail was savagely attacked by Dann, who wounded him and would have slain him but for Song's intervention on the ferret's behalf. Raventail later had an unseen encounter with the Marlfoxes and their army, initially being chased off. However, Vannan, Ascrod, and Predak, who were besieging Redwall at the time and were in need of reinforcements, sought out the ferret. He was convinced that the Marlfoxes were magic, and joined them in their attack on Redwall. Raventail managed to gather over a hundred other vermin to add to his gang. Due to this large body of soldiers, he was treated with almost as much respect as an actual Marlfox and became a commander in their siege, though he and Ascrod were often at odds with each other. His first, rash plan of attack, a full-on charge upon the Abbey with torches to burn down the gate, failed. Derided by the Marlfoxes (Ascrod especially) for his lack of cunning and subtlety, Raventail soon fell victim to the failure of their plan, as the tree the Marlfoxes were cutting down in order to crush the walls with was inhabited by termites and bees. Raventail's head was disfigured by bee stings, almost beyond recognition. In the final battle, Raventail was fighting with Florian near the Abbey door when the hare knocked on the gate and alerted Lady Cregga Rose Eyes of the ferret's presence. The badger's paws shot out, grabbed the terrified Raventail and pulled him into the Abbey, never to be seen again. Throughout most of the book, he is described as carrying a long scimitar as his weapon. However, during the last battle against Redwall, he is stated to be carrying a cutlass. As both words mean a curved sword, this is more likely due to an interchangeable use of the words rather than an actual change of weapon.
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