Raventail was originally the leader of a band of about twenty ferrets. They lived east of Redwall Abbey. They attacked Dann, Song, Dippler and Burble, and captured the latter two before torturing them. Later on the ferrets' number was lessened after Song and Dann attacked. Somehow the two squirrels alone beat off the twenty ferrets, and Dann injured Raventail himself while in a grip of Bloodwrath. The band painted themselves with tattoos, giving themselves a barbaric appearance. Despite Raventail's significance in the story, none of his band was ever named.