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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Dark Forest&#039;&#039;&#039; is the transcendental realm where many creatures seemingly go after their life ends. [[Martin the Warrior]] and [[Sunflash the Mace]] are the only characters known to have actually visited its &quot;gates&quot; upon near-death experiences, spoken with the deceased, and returned to the living to tell the tale afterwards. <br /> <br /> In &#039;&#039;Mossflower&#039;&#039;, [[Boar the Fighter]] and [[Ripfang]] are described as &quot;going together&quot; to the gates of Dark Forest. When [[Fortunata]], a conniving and duplicitous fox, was slain, [[Lady Amber]] told her to &quot;tell your deceitful tales to whoever meets you at the gates of Dark Forest.&quot;<br /> <br /> A &quot;Lord of Dark Forest&quot; is spoken of in the mole song &quot;Wurpledown Durr&quot; as snatching away the titular character to Dark Forest.<br /> <br /> &quot;&#039;&#039;&#039;Hellgates&#039;&#039;&#039;&quot; seemingly serves as the vermin equivalent, though whether it refers to the same place or not is indeterminable. According to [[Ermath]], [[Vulpuz]] is the ruler of Hellgates; at other times, this domain&#039;s ruler has been referred to as the Dark One. Worth noting, the badger [[Melutar]] uses the term &quot;Hellgates&quot; in &#039;&#039;[[Eulalia!]]&#039;&#039;.<br /> <br /> The phrase &quot;Dark Forest&quot; appeared less as a reference to the afterlife in later novels, with the most recent usage occurring in &#039;&#039;[[Taggerung (book)|Taggerung]]&#039;&#039;. Phrases such as &quot;sunny slopes and silent streams&quot; seemingly replaced it.<br /> <br /> ===Books===<br /> Dark Forest appears in &#039;&#039;[[Mossflower]]&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;[[Outcast of Redwall]]&#039;&#039;, and &#039;&#039;[[Taggerung (book)|Taggerung]].<br /> <br /> ===Trivia===<br /> *A fan asked [[Brian Jacques]] if Dark Forest and Hellgates were supposed to be the equivalent of Heaven and Hell, inquiring because Dark Forest sounded bad. He replied that he tried &quot;not to have any religious connotations at all&quot; so it was an unintended comparison. Dark Forest is supposed to be &quot;mysterious rather than menacing.&quot;<br /> [[Category:Places]]</div>

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