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|color=background:#996
|character_name=Urthstripe the Strong
|origin=[[Southwest Lands]]
|gender=Male
|parent=*[[Urthound]]
*[[Urthrun]]
|sibling=[[Urthwyte the Mighty]] (brother)
|pred=[[Rawnblade Widestripe]]
|succ=[[Urthwyte the Mighty]]
|weapon=[[Spear]] tipped with double-edged blade, [[Sword]], [[Bow and Arrows]]
|death=Repeatedly stabbed by [[Ferahgo the Assassin]], but [[Mutual Kills|killed him in the process]]
|books=''[[Salamandastron]]''
|ment=''[[Marlfox]]'', ''[[The Long Patrol]]'', ''[[Eulalia!]]''

|}}

'''Urthstripe the Strong''' was a powerful male Badger Lord of [[Salamandastron (place)|Salamandastron]]. He was the grandson of [[Loambudd]] and [[Urthclaw]], son of [[Urthound]] and [[Urthrun]], twin brother of [[Urthwyte the Mighty]], and the adoptive father of [[Mara]]. His primary weapon was a large [[spear]] with a leaf-shaped blade and a twin-barbed crosstree.

Urthstripe was born to Urthound and Urthrun in the [[Southwest Lands]] during the autumn. When he was only a season old, he and his brother were orphaned when [[Ferahgo the Assassin]] betrayed and murdered their parents after offering to talk reasonably with them. Ferahgo left the infant badgers to die in the oncoming winter.

Urthstripe somehow survived the cold and became Lord of Salamandastron, unaware of his brother's existence. As ruler of the mountain, Urthstripe was deadly in battle and badly afflicted with the [[Bloodwrath]]. After finding a young female badger named Mara abandoned near the coast, he took her in and cared for her. Mara then became Urthstripe's adopted daughter.

Urthstripe was easily distracted from his duties by his love for Mara, and his friendship with the pugnacious hare [[Sergeant Sapwood]]. It took a real crisis - the infiltration of his mountain by Ferahgo's mercenary, [[Farran the Poisoner]], to bring out the strength in him.

Over the seasons, Ferahgo's [[Corpsemakers|horde]] attacked the mountain and Urthstripe found himself caught up in a war against his family's murderer in a curious twist of fate. Mara had earlier ran away from the mountain, disliking her guardian's heavy-pawed rules, only to discover his long-lost brother on an [[Marlfox Island|island]] far away. During the final battle, Urthstripe was mortally wounded, but succeeded in taking Ferahgo's life along with his own by jumping off the side of Salamandastron. Mara realized that Urthstripe was the best guardian she could've had and added "Father" to his title.

He was buried along with [[Brocktree|Lord Brocktree]], and his possessions were added to the badger treasury. Urthstripe's armor was repaired and later worn by Urthwyte, who succeeded him as Lord of Salamandastron and ruled there for many seasons.

===Post-Death===
Urthstripe appeared in a dream to an infant [[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===
*Urthstripe the Strong, [[Stonepaw]], and [[Luke the Warrior]] are the only named ''Redwall'' characters who deliberately took their own lives. In these cases, the action might be considered a kamikaze move, as they killed other enemies in the process.
*"Urthclaw" is the name used to describe a badger who appears in visions and dreams in ''[[The Long Patrol]]'' and ''[[Eulalia!]]'', however it's clear that this is an error and intended to be Urthstripe the Strong, the badger ruler.

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