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{{Character|
image=[[File:Skor_Axehound_by_Sean_Rubin.jpg|250px|Skor Axehound]]
|caption=
|color=background:#ff8080
|character_name=Skor Axehound
|species=[[:Category:Otters|Sea Otter]]
|origin=[[North Shores|High North Coast]]
|gender=Male
|offspring=*[[Ruggan Axehound]]
*[[Swiffo]]
|weapon=Double-headed [[Axe|Battleaxe]]
|death=Unknown
|books= ''[[The Rogue Crew]]''
|}}

Lord '''Skor Axehound''' was a barrel-chested, bearded male sea otter with green eyes; he was chieftain of the [[Rogue Crew]], and the father of [[Swiffo]] and [[Ruggan Axehound]]. He wore a chain-mail tunic with a cloak of vermin hides, and lived with his otters on the [[High North Coast]]; he was said to be one of the strongest sea otters known to the region. He was devoted to his two sons, even though their little idiosyncrasies sometimes annoyed him.

Skor and his Rogue Crew had a long-standing enmity with all [[Corsair|sea raiders and corsairs]], and had learned how to defend their home from them. When [[Razzid Wearat]] and his [[Razzid's Crew|crew]] tried a surprise attack on the High North Coast, the vermin found themselves the ones surprised; Skor's crew ambushed the vermin, slaying many and setting fire to their ship ''[[Greenshroud]]''. Though the corsairs got away, Razzid was badly burned in the incident, and swore revenge against Skor and his otters.

Many seasons later the vermin returned to the [[Northlands]]. Skor again saw them coming before they saw him; however, he was surprised when Razzid suddenly changed his mind, turned about, and sailed away. When Captain [[Rake Nightfur]] and his band of [[Long Patrol]] hares journeyed to the Northlands and told Skor of Razzid's new wheeled ship and the danger it posed to [[Mossflower Woods|Mossflower Country]], Skor realized that Razzid had decided to attack there instead because the pickings were easier.

The Rogue Crew joined forces with the Long Patrol, and marched off in pursuit of Razzid. Along the way, the sea otters and hares tried their best to outdo each other in stamina; Skor called a halt to the foolishness, realizing that worn out beasts were not good fighters. The army journeyed to the [[River Moss]], where they discovered the remnants of an ambush Razzid had made on some [[Guerilla Union of Shrews in Mossflower|Guosim]] shrews. As a survivor informed him that Swiffo had been traveling with the shrews but was now missing, Skor became concerned for his son's safety and set off after him.

The army found Swiffo and some other surviving Guosim and travelers being threatened by [[Ketral Vane]] and his foxes; the otters and hares disarmed the attackers, but they escaped, and returned with a much larger force. Though it went against every grain in his body, Skor fled with the others to a cave system that the vermin were afraid to enter. Afterwards, he helped capture the ferret [[Viglat]] and forced him, by feeding him [[Hotroot Soup]], to lead them to [[Redwall Abbey]]. During the journey, Viglat escaped; he returned with Ketral Vane, who murdered Swiffo with a poison dart. A furious Skor chased after the fox and ferret, but they outran him, and he was forced to allow his son Ruggan to finish the job instead.

Once at Redwall, Skor made arrangements for the interment of Swiffo's body; he then set about helping Rake prepare a defense for the structure. When Razzid [[Battle for Redwall (The Rogue Crew)|invaded]], Skor took out several vermin on his own, but did not get a chance at Razzid himself - he was killed by [[Posybud|Posy]] and [[Jum Gurdy|Jum]]. After the battle, Skor and Rake, along with their crews, commandeered the ''Greenshroud'' and sailed off in it, cutting down the last fleeing vermin.

=== Trivia ===
* ''Skor'' is an Old Norse word for a crack or precipice.
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imported>Leapusthecow at 14:44, 3 June 2026