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|color=background:#996
|character_name=Sunflash the Mace
|origin=[[Mossflower Woods]]
|gender=Male
|parent=*[[Barkstripe]]
*[[Bella of Brockhall]]
|pred=[[Boar the Fighter]]
|succ=[[Rawnblade Widestripe]]
|weapon=[[Mace]]
|death=Unknown
|books=''[[Mossflower]]'', ''[[Outcast of Redwall]]''
|ment=''[[Mariel of Redwall]]'', ''[[Salamandastron]]'', ''[[The Long Patrol]]'', ''[[Eulalia!]]''
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'''Sunflash the Mace''', later known as '''Sunstripe''', was a male [[Salamandastron (place)|Salamandastron]] Badger Lord who sported a unique golden stripe running down the center of his snout. He was the son of [[Bella of Brockhall]] and [[Barkstripe]], the grandson of [[Boar the Fighter]], the great-grandson of [[Brocktree]], the great-great-grandson of [[Stonepaw]], the great-grandfather of [[Rawnblade Widestripe]], and a descendant of [[Lady Sable Brock]].

Sunflash was born at [[Brockhall]] in [[Mossflower Woods]] less than a season before [[Verdauga Greeneyes]] and his [[Thousand Eye Army]] arrived and took control of [[Kotir]]. When his father Barkstripe was slain in a failed attempt at eradicating the wildcat from Mossflower, a very young Sunflash swore to avenge him and ran away from Brockhall. After failing to return for many seasons, he was presumed dead and his mother, Bella, eventually gave up hope of his return.

The badger had in fact been captured by [[Swartt Sixclaw]] and his [[Swartt's Horde|gang of vermin]] in the cold [[Northlands|north]]. The prisoner was used by the evil ferret as a slave and an outlet for vermin cruelty. Swartt called him "Scumtripe," and Sunflash accepted the name as he could not remember his original one. However, when he met [[Skarlath]], the pair helped each other escape. Sunflash and Sixclaw became mortal enemies and each swore to destroy the other. The kestrel Skarlath gave Sunflash his name.

Sunflash and Skarlath became inseparable friends and grew up together as they wandered through Mossflower, defending the weak and helpless. Sunflash's original hornbeam branch was molded into a formidable club, spiked with arrowheads and speartips, that came to be called his "[[mace]]". Sunflash and Skarlath then made their way into Mossflower woods where they rescued the families of both [[Tirry Lingl]] and [[Bruff Dubbo]] from a group of foxes. The two befriended the families and stayed with them for five seasons. When Sunflash saved the children of Tirry Lingl from adders, he received deadly wounds. While near death, Sunflash had a vision of his father Barkstripe, his grandfather Boar, and his great grandfather Brocktree. They told him that he must live on and journey to Salamandastron to become Badger Lord. With this message Sunflash awakened from his slumber and journeyed to Salamandastron the next day. He encountered many conflicts on his journey, and with the assistance of Skarlath, successfully made it to the mountain. Sunflash became Badger Lord of the mountain and was widely respected and loved by many. When Swartt laid siege to the mountain, Sunflash rose to protect it. After his beloved friend, Skarlath was killed by Swartt's vermin, Sunflash went into a berserk rage. He and his hares hunted down the horde and the badger made an end of the ferret at the summit of [[Bat Mountpit]]. Shortly after, he traveled to [[Redwall Abbey]] and was reunited with his mother, Bella of Brockhall. He stayed with her until her death before journeying back to Salamandastron to continue to rule.

Sunflash enjoyed writing poetry. He later became interested in farming, and cultivated the slopes of Salamandastron. When not influenced with the [[Bloodwrath]], Sunflash was very gentle and kind and enjoyed playing with youngsters - and seeing any young ones come to potential harm sparked a rampage, as was the case when he rescued infant shrews from [[Warpclaw]] in the time before he became Lord of Salamandastron. After his fighting days were over, he took up a life of peaceful farming and changed his name to Sunstripe.

===Post-Death===
After Sunflash's death, he appeared in a dream to [[Russano the Wise]], along with other heroes of Redwall and Salamandastron. He also appeared in a dream to Lord [[Asheye]], warning him of danger headed for Redwall.

===Trivia===
*Sunflash the Mace was the first Salamandastron badger lord to visit Redwall Abbey.
*Both Skarlath and Bella gave Sunflash the same name. Bella reveals that she named her son in ''Mossflower. '' Skarlath names him in ''Outcast of Redwall''. This is likely a retcon of ''Mossflower''.
*It was said that Sunflash the Mace was the first ever Badger Lord to show an interest in poetry, an uncharacteristic hobby for those possessed of the Bloodwrath.
*Badger Lords of [[Brock Family|Sunflash's bloodline]] ruled Salamandastron longer than any other family of badgers.

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