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{{Character|
image=[[Image:Meldrum.jpg|Meldrum the Magnificent]]
|caption=
|color=background:#ff8080
|character_name=Field Marshal Meldrum Fallowthorn the Magnificent
|species=[[:Category:Hares|Hare]]
|origin=Unknown (presumably [[Southsward]])
|gender= Male
|weapon=Fishing rod with large rock on the line
|death=Unknown
|books= ''[[The Bellmaker]]''
|}}
'''Field Marshal Meldrum Fallowthorn''', also known as '''Meldrum the Magnificent''', was an overweight but extremely militaristic hare, and the grand-nephew of [[Bracken Woodsorrel]]. He was related by ancestral blood to [[Tarquin Longleap Woodsorrel]]. Meldrum had a large supply of medals which he would award himself after defeating each foe. His weapon was a fishing pole, but instead of a hook it had a large rock on the line. Meldrum also had four nephews, [[Foghill]], [[Runtwold]], [[Coltvine]], and [[Thurdale]], who he enlisted into warrior training. While adventuring out of [[Southsward]], [[Urgan Nagru|Urgan Nagru the Foxwolf]] conquered [[Castle Floret]]. Joining with [[Mariel Gullwhacker]] and [[Dandin]], who had traveled from [[Redwall Abbey]], Meldrum caused the landslide which presumably killed the [[Dirgecallers]], the ermine trackers of the Foxwolf.

Imprisoned in Floret's dungeons, Meldrum, along with Mariel and Dandin, managed to escape from their cell and free [[Gael Squirrelking]]. During their attempted escape from Floret, the party encountered [[Glokkpod]], a violent "Butcher Bird" traumatized by captivity. Meldrum and Glokkpod spent much of their escape exchanging heated words (and even more heated stares). During the last stretch of the escape from Floret's north tower, the Field Marshal called the bird several insulting names in an effort to convince him to fly up.

Meldrum and his nephews participated in the [[Battle of Southsward|final battle]] to liberate Southsward, joining with the army rallied by Gael and [[Bowly Pintips]] and the Redwall/[[Guosim]] war party led by [[Joseph the Bellmaker]], [[Finnbarr Galedeep]], and [[Log-a-Log (The Bellmaker)|Log-a-Log]]. He survived the battle of Southsward and later visited Redwall Abbey.

===Trivia===
*Meldrum is described as wearing a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricorne tricorn] hat, but Allan Curless illustrated him with a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicorne cocked hat]. (In fact, the latter is more accurate, as it was more commonly worn by military officers.)
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imported>LordTBT at 23:11, 21 March 2023