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|color=background:#996
|character_name=Gorath the Flame
|origin=Far Southern lands
|gender=Male
|mate=[[Salixa]]
|offspring=[[Rowanbloom]]
|pred=[[Asheye|Lord Asheye]]
|succ=[[Brang Forgefire]]
|weapon=[[Tung]]
|death=Unknown
|books=''[[Eulalia!]]''
|}}

'''Gorath the Flame''' was a male badger [[Salamandastron (place)|Salamandastron]] ruler. He was the husband of [[Salixa]] and the father of [[Rowanbloom]]. Before he learned to control his anger, he experienced a fierce and raging [[Bloodwrath]]. His weapon of choice was [[Tung]], his farmer's pitchfork.

Gorath's family originated from the far southern lands. After his parents died fighting in the [[Great Vermin Wars]], Gorath and his grandparents fled the dangerous region, hoping to find a place of peace. However, a storm wrecked their boat on the [[Northern Isles]], stranding them. They attempted life as agrarians, tending a small farm for many seasons, but the terrain and climate were very rough, and Gorath's grandfather had to goad him into Bloodwrath to get the massive amount of work done.

Many seasons later, [[Sea Raiders]] led by the fox [[Vizka Longtooth]] raided the islands, and Vizka's brother [[Codj]] slew Gorath's grandparents. After knocking Gorath unconscious with his [[Mace and Chain|mace and chain]], Vizka brought Gorath aboard his ship, the ''[[Bludgullet]]'', hoping to convert the badger into a Sea Raider. The wound from Vizka's mace formed a large scab on Gorath's forehead, and he was said to be the only creature to survive such a blow.

Gorath, after displaying a bad case of the Bloodwrath, refused to become a Sea Raider. Vizka decided to let him starve, hoping that would break his will. Gorath was rescued by [[Orkwil Prink]] from [[Redwall Abbey]], after the hedgehog himself was captured, but was able to easily pick the locks. As they fled the ship, Gorath spotted Codj and proceeded to strangle him to death, under Bloodwrath, avenging his grandparents. Gorath quickly snapped out of the Bloodwrath because of a vision from [[Martin the Warrior]]. The team returned to Redwall soon thereafter.

Gorath retired into the [[The Infirmary|sickbay]], mortally ill from his time on the ''Bludgullet''. He was healed by the good [[Sister Atrata]], and the scab on his head from Vizka's wound peeled off, leaving a flame-shaped scar. [[Maudie Mugsberry Thropple|Mad Maudie]], who had been sent from [[Salamandastron (place)|Salamandastron]] to find Lord [[Asheye]]'s successor, recognized the flame-shaped symbol as one of the old badger's omens and knew Gorath would come to the mountain with her.

When the Raiders tried to attack Redwall, Gorath went into Mossflower to slay Vizka. But instead of locating the fox, the young badger found a wise badger named [[Melutar|Tabura]], and his female assistant, Salixa. Tabura taught Gorath how to control his wild Bloodwrath, and convinced him to travel back to the Abbey. However, after arriving at the Abbey, he had to set out again to find Orkwil, Maudie, and [[Rangval the Rogue]], who originally had set out to find him. Salixa joined him, and the two confessed their feelings for each other.

Gorath and Salixa, along with their three friends, [[Battle of the Plateau|fought off]] the combined forces of Vizka and the [[Brownrats]] on a [[Plateau|gigantic sandstone plateau]] with the assistance of [[Log-a-Log]] [[Osbil]] and his [[Guosim]] shrews. During the night, Gorath received visions from Martin the Warrior, Asheye, Tabura, and his own late father.

The forces of good fought off the vermin when a crew of Redwallers led by [[Abbot Daucus]] arrived to help them. The Brownrats and Vizka's crew scattered, and Gorath set off in pursuit of Vizka. He found the Raider at his ship on the [[River Moss]], where the two battled. Gorath eventually slew Vizka by snapping his spine.

Instead of returning to Redwall, Gorath set out on the ''Bludgullet'', now renamed ''Eulalia'', to Salamandastron. There, he was presented to Lord Asheye, who named him as his successor. He wed Salixa, and many seasons later sent their daughter Rowanbloom, along with Lord Asheye, to visit the Tabura at Redwall.
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imported>Leapusthecow at 00:41, 7 April 2026