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{{Character|
image=[[Image:Dippler.jpg|Dippler]]
|caption=
|color=background:#ff8080
|character_name=Dippler
|species=[[:Category:Shrews|Shrew]]
|origin=[[Mossflower Woods]]
|gender=Male
|weapon=[[Rapier|Shrew rapier]], [[Sword of Martin]], [[Pike|Halberd]]
|death=Unknown
|books= ''[[Marlfox]]''
|}}

'''Dippler''' was a male [[Guosim]] shrew leader. He assisted in defeating the [[Marlfoxes]]. When Dippler found His logboat, the ''[[Waterfly]]'', hacked to pieces by the Marlfoxes, he was visibly devastated.

Dippler was sleeping on guard duty when [[Mokkan]] and [[Ziral]] stole the Guosim logboats. The hefty shrew [[Fenno]] picked on him and bullied him mercilessly for this, until [[Log-a-Log (Marlfox)|Log-a-Log]] intervened on his behalf, defending and encouraging the young one. As a result, Dippler was very attached to Log-a-Log, viewing him as a father figure.

Later, Dippler was in [[Redwall Abbey]]'s [[Great Hall]] with [[Dannflower Reguba]] and [[Abbess Songbreeze Swifteye]] when Marlfoxes [[Vannan]] and [[Ascrod]] invaded and stole the [[Redwall Tapestry|Tapestry]] of [[Martin the Warrior]]. Dippler was nearly killed by Vannan's axe; his oversized helmet saved his life, though the force of the blow rendered him unconscious. When he came to, he was outraged to learn that Fenno had murdered Log-a-Log and fled. Dippler swore to avenge Log-a-Log's death if given the chance.

After Dann had a vision of Martin the Warrior instructing him to leave the Abbey in search of the Tapestry, Dippler and Song accompanied him into [[Mossflower Woods]] in pursuit of Mokkan, who possessed it. Dippler befriended [[Burble]], who later joined them on their journey; he also used his Guosim's knowledge to select the ''[[Swallow]]'' as the best vessel to sail the [[River Moss]], and identified [[Mighty Megraw|a strange fishing bird]] as an osprey.

Temporarily separated from Song, Dippler and his two remaining travel companions soon became lost in an underground cave system. Burble was nearly consumed by a large fish in the cave pool, but Dippler caught his paws and practically played tug-of-war with the fish until Dann intervened and forced it to let go. After the trio passed out the other side of the caves, Fenno caught up with them, stealing Dippler's rapier and forcing the young shrew to fight with the heavier [[Sword of Martin]]. Dippler won the battle, snapping the rapier blade in two with the sword and stabbing Fenno with the broken blade.

After reuniting with Song, and defeating the Marlfoxes in the final battle on their [[Marlfox Island|home island]], Dippler returned to Redwall Abbey. The shrews informed him that whoever slew Fenno must, by Guosim law, assume the mantle of [[Log-a-Log]]; as such, Dippler took his old friend's place as chieftain of the Guosim, much to the approval of the tribe.

''Not to be confused with [[Dipper]] or with the shrew [[The Dipper|Dipper]]''.
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