The Marking of the Marches was a parade organized by Idga Drayqueen to show off her Royal Banner. However, it quickly turned into a battlefield with the arrival of Gulo the Savage and his horde, who took the parading squirrels by complete surprise and achieved complete victory. There were no casualties taken by Gulo's horde; by contrast, there were only three squirrel survivors: Squirrelking Araltum, Driltig and Pinetooth. The dead squirrels were eaten, as was the tradition of the horde.