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{{Badger|
image=[[File:Sagaxus.jpg|140px|Sagaxus]]
|color=background:#996
|character_name=Sagaxus
|origin=[[Salamandastron (place)|Salamandastron]]
|gender=Male
|parent=*[[Hightor]]
*[[Lady Merola]]
|pred=[[Hightor|Lord Hightor]]
|succ=[[Lonna Bowstripe]]
|weapon=[[Plugg Firetail]]'s Battle [[Axe]]
|death=Unknown
|books=''[[Triss (book)|Triss]]''
|}}
'''Sagaxus''', also known as '''Sagax''', was a young male badger of [[Salamandastron (place)|Salamandastron]]. He was the son of Lord [[Hightor]] and [[Lady Merola]]. Sagaxus was named after his maternal sixth great-grandfather, [[Russano the Wise]], who was known for his wisdom.

Hightor and Sagaxus did not get on well due to Sagaxus' disobedient streak; Sagaxus and his friend [[Bescarum Lepuswold Whippscut|Bescarum]] (who also had trouble with his [[Colonel Whippscut|father]]) eventually ran away from Salamandastron, meeting up with the adventuring otter [[Kroova Wavedog]] and joining him on his ship ''[[Stopdog]]''; they headed out to sea, effectively making their trail impossible to follow. After joining the crew of the ''Stopdog'', they decided to journey to [[Redwall Abbey]].

Together, the trio had a series of varied adventures. Sagaxus became increasingly annoyed at Bescarum's huge appetite, laziness, disobedience, and general lack of sense or manners as the trip went on. He had to free the hare's teeth from a piece of wood, after a near-shipwreck caused by Bescarum's greed. Later, the trio met the sea otter [[Raura Shellrudd]]. She tried to convince the young ones to go home by singing sentimental songs about sad mothers and fathers; however, though they burst into tears at the memories of home, Sagaxus and his friends escaped the stern otter wife and continued their journey. When they met the [[Migooch Tribe]], Bescarum's appalling manners led Sagaxus to nearly disown him; he contented himself with letting the Migooch members teach the hare a harsh lesson, before relenting and letting the hare back aboard.

The trio were attacked by [[Plugg Firetail]] and his crew; the fox ordered their execution after they burned the ''Stopdog'' and prevented him from stealing it. Sagaxus stopped him by telling him all three adventurers had rich parents; though untrue, this claim halted Plugg from killing them, as he assumed he could hold them for ransom. Sagaxus, Kroova, and Bescarum were held prisoner aboard the [[Shogg (ship)|smaller of Plugg's two ships]]; they were later freed by [[Trisscar Swordmaid]] and [[Shogg]], who stole the boat.

Sagaxus accompanied Triss back to Redwall Abbey, where he helped defend the structure against Plugg and his vermin ally [[Princess Kurda]]. After Plugg's death, the badger claimed the fox's battle axe as his own weapon.

Sagaxus accompanied a small band of Redwallers in the search for [[Brockhall]], trying to rid it of [[Zassaliss|the]] [[Harssacss|three]] [[Sesstra|adders]] who had taken up residence there. Unfortunately, Plugg's crew and Kurda had the same idea; in the ensuing battle, Sagaxus experienced the [[Bloodwrath]], taking out many vermin and killing one of the adders. Sagaxus also slew the rat captain [[Vorto]] in order to rescue a captured Bescarum, but later kicked the daylights out of the hare's tail for disobeying orders (which is how he got captured in the first place).

Sagaxus continued to travel a good deal; he sailed with Triss when she returned to her first home of [[Riftgard]] and freed those who were enslaved there. He also spent a lot of his time at Redwall, but also visited Salamandastron on occasion, and made up with his parents for running away.

His succession of his father as Salamandastron Badger Lord is assumed.

===Trivia===
*Sagaxus' name may have been derived from the Latin word "sagax", meaning wise and perceptive.

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imported>LordTBT at 18:19, 15 April 2026