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The '''Sparra''' was a variation of sparrows that lived in [[Redwall Abbey]]'s [[The Roof|rooftop]] as an organized tribe, monarchy, and army. Sparras were extremely hostile but accomplished warriors, and their language was notoriously difficult to comprehend, though [[Matthias]] understood them easily. During the time of [[Queen Warbeak]], they numbered approximately 1,000.<br />
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As time went on, relations between the tribe and the Redwallers stayed the same, with neither encountering each other and staying out of each other's way. However, the Abbey's war with [[Cluny the Scourge]], the death of the incredibly xenophobic [[King Bull Sparra]], and the rise of the benevolent and wise Queen Warbeak allowed the tribe and Redwallers to unite and defeat Cluny's [[Cluny's Horde|rat army]]. Shortly after the [[Late Rose Summer Wars|final battle]], the dying [[Abbot Mortimer]] ordered that the Sparras be allowed to come and go as they please, to which both sides agreed, and over the next eight seasons, a new age of peace and prosperity befell the tribe.<br />
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This ended when [[General Ironbeak]] invaded, killing the oldest, sickest, and youngest Sparra members left behind during the mission to deliver information to Matthias (which resulted in the majority of the warrior's deaths, including Warbeak). The survivors later returned and rebuilt the colony under the leadership of [[Sir Harry the Muse]] who, in an ironic twist, was ''not'' a sparrow, but an owl.<br />
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Sparra often referred to creatures and things as "worms", and favored a popular gambling game called "Three Feathers." When a Sparra died, he or she was covered in leaves. The name of their habitat was [[Warbeak Loft]].<br />
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===Sparra Leaders===<br />
[[Image:Sparra.jpg|right|250px|Sparra]]<br />
*[[King Bloodfeather]]<br />
*[[King Bull Sparra]]<br />
*[[Queen Warbeak]]<br />
*[[Sir Harry the Muse]] (owl)<br />
*[[Skyplume]]<br />
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===Known Sparra Members===<br />
*[[Battlehawk]]<br />
*[[Dunwing]]<br />
*[[Greytail]]<br />
*[[Windplume]]<br />
*[[Bigwing]]<br />
*[[Skyfeather]]<br />
*[[Redcrest]]<br />
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===Books===<br />
The Sparra appear in ''[[Redwall]]'' and ''[[Mattimeo (book)|Mattimeo]]''.<br />
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===Media===<br />
The Sparra appear in ''[[The Wildcat Scroll]]''.<br />
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===Trivia===<br />
*Watch [[Brian Jacques]] discuss [https://youtu.be/0PpWyG4DGLk?si=OwAN5m8kMH0F0FFU&t=185 how he came up with the Sparra].<br />
*Brian Jacques said the following on the inspiration behind the Sparra in ''Ask Brian Volume 1'': "The Sparras were actually based on my observation of real sparrows in my garden as I was working. My but they are argumentative and territorial, they made me laugh so much, so fierce and brave but so tiny, and I have seen them all over the world just the same tough little bodies as here in my English garden."<br />
*"I was sitting out in the garden, writing away in the shelter of a big lilac bush and a dwarf apple, and a sparrow landed on the table, and another sparrow after it. And this sparrow shouted at the other fellow. I was watching these, like little people fightin' something terrible, and I suddenly thought the book should have sparrows in it, so I invented the sparrows up in the attic and in the lofts of Redwall, and how they talk in the sparrow language." - ''Locus'' magazine, November [[1995]].<br />
*Since the events of ''[[Mattimeo (book)|Mattimeo]]'', the Sparra have not reappeared in any other books; when asked about this in ''Ask Brian Volume 4'' on [[Redwall.org]], Brian Jacques replied "It is inferred that the Sparras continue to reside in peace at Redwall."<br />
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