Skipper was the leader of a tribe of otters residing in Mossflower Woods, and the father of Rangapaw. He was a hardened warrior, and was friends with Martin II of Redwall Abbey and Log-a-Log of the Guosim. Skipper joined Martin, Clecky, and Gerul in an attack against the monitors of Lask Frildur and the corsairs of Romsca, resulting in grievous injuries. During the melee, Skipper succeeded in killing a monitor without use of a weapon.