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image=[[Image:Songbreeze.jpg|130px|Songbreeze Swifteye]]
|color=background:#406B2E
|character_name=Abbess Songbreeze Swifteye
|caption=
|species=[[:Category:Squirrels|Squirrel]]
|gender=Female
|parent=*[[Janglur Swifteye]]
*[[Rimrose Swifteye]]
|pred=[[Abbot Arven]]
|succ=[[Abbess Mhera]]
|weapon=[[Leafwood]]
|Death= Unknown
|books=''[[Marlfox]]''
|ment=''[[Taggerung (book)|Taggerung]]''}}

'''Songbreeze Swifteye''', also known as '''Song''', was a female squirrel leader of [[Redwall Abbey]]. She was the daughter of [[Rimrose Swifteye|Rimrose]] and [[Janglur Swifteye]] and the granddaughter of [[Ellayo Swifteye|Ellayo]] and [[Gawjo Swifteye]].

Renowned for her singing voice, Songbreeze was frequently called upon to entertain her family and friends. During her early seasons, her family were nomadic [[Mossflower Woods]] residents, until the threat of the Marlfoxes forced them to relocate to Redwall. While there, Songbreeze and her friends [[Dippler]] and [[Dannflower Reguba|Dann]] were placed on guard duty in [[Great Hall]]; however, they were inexperienced, and unable to stop the Marlfoxes [[Ascrod]] and [[Vannan]] from stealing [[Redwall Tapestry|Tapestry]] of [[Martin the Warrior]].

In a dream vouchsafed to Dann, Songbreeze was classified as one of four questors who were destined to travel to [[Marlfox Island]] to retrieve the Tapestry. Song departed the Abbey and traveled towards the island, along with Dann, Dippler, and their new friend [[Burble]]. Her weapon during the journey was a special stick with a green stone on its top known as the [[Leafwood]].

She and Dann rescued Dippler and Burble when the pair were captured by [[Raventail]] and his [[Raventail's band|band]] of ferrets. She was separated from her friends when she spotted the osprey [[Mighty Megraw]] drowning in a river and dove in to save him; both of them were swept over a waterfall.

Song and Megraw were rescued by a male cormorant, but were not allowed to stay in his nest because his mate distrusted newcomers. Later, the pair met [[Torrab]] the hedgehog and her siblings, and the squirrel was reunited with her long-lost grandfather Gawjo, who was living with the hedgehogs.

After the band rescued Dann, Dippler, and Burble from some reptiles and frogs, they completed the journey to Marlfox Island and recovered the Tapestry, defeating the last [[Mokkan|Marlfox]] and freeing a group of slaves and water rats from his service. Song gave her Leafwood to Burble, who later used it as a scepter when he was elevated to chieftain of the [[Riverhead]] tribe of voles. Upon returning to Redwall with the Tapestry, Song was formally appointed Abbess by her good friend [[Lady Cregga Rose Eyes]], who had been told in a dream from Martin the Warrior to give the position to the young squirrel.

As Abbess, Song led the Redwallers for many seasons. As she grew older, her eyesight began to fail; however, she was too proud to use glasses and instead kept the monocle of the late [[Perigord Habile Sinistra]] in her habit sleeve, so she could use it in secret when necessary. She also developed the habit of taking naps in the [[Infirmary]] when it was empty.

Like her predecessor [[Abbot Arven]], Song did not appoint a successor before she died. However, she left a special poem sealed in a wooden squirrel for Cregga to find, which, many seasons later, helped the badger select [[Abbess Mhera|Mhera]] as the next Abbess.

[[Category:Abbey Leaders|Songbreeze,Abbess]]
[[Category:Squirrels]]
[[Category:Marlfox Characters]]
[[Category:Recurring characters]]
[[Category:Heroes]]
[[Category:Females]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Redwallers]]

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imported>LordTBT at 18:40, 6 October 2025