Rawnblade Widestripe

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Rawnblade Widestripe is a character from the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. He is a Badger Lord, great-grandson of Sunflash the Mace.

Rawnblade is the lord of Salamandastron who is featured in the book Mariel of Redwall. His sworn enemy is the pirate king Gabool the Wild, who killed three hares under Rawnblade's command. Rawnblade commissioned Joseph the Bellmaker to craft the Joseph Bell for him, but it was later stolen by Gabool. Setting out to gain vengeance for his friends and to end Gabool's threat, Rawnblade was overtaken by the Bloodwrath, slaying an entire ship's worth of rats and taking their vessel, the Waveblade.

Fleetleg comments "No badger Lord has suffered the Bloodwrath since Boar the Fighter." meaning that between the reign of Boar the Fighter and Rawnblade Widestripe, only those two suffered the Bloodwrath. However in the book Outcast of Redwall, a hostage situation causes Sunflash the Mace to slaughter the captors single-handedly. Skarlath the kestrel describes Sunflash's berserk condition very similar the Bloodwrath, "[setting] off the bloodwrath in him."

Rawnblade later found Mariel out at sea, and together the two traveled to Gabool's stronghold. Meeting up with Joseph and Mariel's companions, Rawnblade set out to attack Gabool's fortress. He entered into a competition with Mariel, Joseph, and several others, all of them swearing to slay Gabool. In the midst of battle, Rawnblade was overtaken by the Bloodwrath, and made his way to fight Gabool.

Inside the fortress, Rawnblade faced his hated foe. Falling into a trap, he became locked in battle with a giant scorpion. However, Rawnblade threw the beast upward and it slew Gabool. Rawnblade accompanied the freed slaves and heroes back to Redwall, where he gave the Joseph Bell to the Abbey. He later returned to Salamandastron.

Like many Badger Lords, Rawnblade is a skilled swordbeast. He carries a massive blade called Verminfate, and is the first badger lord to fall to the Bloodwrath since Sunflash the Mace.

Rawnblade was voiced by Marc Jacques in the full-cast audiobook.