Tuesday, August 19, 2014

The Ships of Mossflower

Although Mossflower is not a maritime story it does have a maritime element to it; there are two ships mentioned within its pages.

Waterwing


Waterwing was built by Log-a-Log, a shrew. (The land of the shrews was sacked by Ripfang and his band of sea rats. The shrews that were not killed were put to the oars as galley slaves.) Waterwing is a gallery that is fit with a sail. She was lost on her maiden voyage after she came in contact with cataracts on the Great South Stream.

Bloodwake


The Bloodwake like the Waterwing is a galley that is fit with sails. Bloodwake is commanded by Ripfang the sea-rat, the “most black hearted sea-rat or’em all”, and is crewed by a crew of murderous sea-rats and other assorted misfits. The Bloodwake is painted black and has a large bleached skull and fin of some sea-fish on its bow.

The Bloodwake, once captured by Martin and his friends and was renamed Wuddshipp. Wuddshipp would be scuttled in order to flood the River Moss. She was eventually refloated and used to ferry stone from the quarry to the location for the new Redwall Abby. 

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