Brockhall (Redwall)
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Brockhall is the name of a fictional building from the Redwall novel series by Brian Jacques.
Built into a massive tree in Mossflower Woods, Brockhall is the ancestral home of Mossflower's badgers. It is of massive proportions, built to accommodate its large inhabitants. Well furnished and skillfully designed, Brockhall served as Mossflower's county seat before the coming of Verdauga Greeneyes. By this time, only one badger remained to inhabit Brockhall: Bella, one of the renowned founders of Redwall Abbey.
Brockhall was established as headquarters for Corim-the Council of Resistance in Mossflower. Besides Bella, notable members included Skipper of Otters Warthorn, Gonff the Mousethief, Foremole Young Dinny, and Martin the Warrior. From this hidden location, they waged war on the forces of Verdauga's daughter Tsarmina.
After Redwall Abbey was constructed, Brockhall was abandoned and its existence consigned to history. However, during the time when Mossflower was threatened by the Pure Ferrets, Brockhall was rediscovered. In the time since it's abandonment, it had become the dwelling of adders, and at the present time was the home of three massive specimens, all stuck together by the mace and chain of Pure Ferret King Sarengo. Seeking to reclaim Brockhall and add whatever they could find to Redwall's archives, a group of woodlanders set out for Brockhall. Among these were Trisscar Swordmaid, young Badger Lord Sagaxus, and the otter Shogg. After a pitched battle, all three adders died, as did many Pure Ferret soldiers and Shogg. Brockhall has since been abandoned again.
Apart from being an important setting in the Redwall saga, Brockhall has also produced a line of notable badgers. Many of these have become Badger Lords over the mountain of Salamandastron. Known members of this line are as follows:
