Redwall Timeline

This page serves as a timeline for all occurrences in the Redwall saga by Brian Jacques.

Primeval Period

• Urthrun the Gripper, Spearlady Gorse, Ceteruler the Just, and Bluestripe the Wild rule Salamandastron.
• King Mortspear rules his northern stronghold and sires two sons, Ungatt Trunn and Verdauga Greeneyes.
• Lady Sable Brock assists Olav Skyfurrow in exchange for directions to Salamandastron.
• Ninian's wife allegedly constructs Saint Ninian's Church.
• Verdauga heads south towards Mossflower Woods; Trunn builds a horde.
• Lord Stonepaw arrives at Salamandastron, forms Stonepaw's Stalwarts.
• Luke the Warrior born at Saint Ninian's Church.
• Lord Brocktree arrives at Salamandastron, defeats an attack led by Trunn, forms the Long Patrol
• Boar the Fighter quests to Salamandastron.
• Verdauga discovers Kotir, takes residence, sires two children, Tsarmina Greeneyes and Gingivere. In the process, he terrorizes Mossflower and drives the tribe of Luke the Warrior north.
• Sunflash the Mace born to Barkstripe and Bella of Brockhall.
• Woodlanders led by Barkstripe fight against the Greeneyes family; Barkstripe slain in battle.
• Lord Brocktree dies after Boar reaches Salamandastron.
• Badrang the Tyrant and Tramun Clogg sail the seas as corsairs.
• Martin the Warrior born to Luke the Warrior and Sayna.
• Vilu Daskar attacks Luke's tribe. Sayna is killed, and several creatures are taken captive.
• Luke the Warrior captures the Greenhawk and sails after Vilu Daskar.

Early Period

• Badrang the Tyrant arrives on the North Shores and abandons Tramun Clogg, taking his vermin northeast.
• Construction begins on Fort Marshank.
• Badrang captures Martin the Warrior.
• Vilu Daskar and Luke are killed during the sinking of the Goreleech. Luke's remaining companions execute any surviving sea rats and establish camp in the ruins of the ship.
• Battle of Marshank occurs. Badrang killed by Martin.
• Martin departs the Northlands and heads south.
• Sunflash the Mace leaves Mossflower searching for Boar the Fighter.
• Ripfang captures the Northwest Shrew Tribe; Log-a-Log Big Club escapes.

Tyrant Period

• A plague strikes Loamhedge Abbey, forcing the residents, led by Abbess Germaine, to flee.
• Martin arrives in Mossflower Woods, and is taken captive by Verdauga Greeneyes.
• Tsarmina and Fortunata assassinate Verdauga Greeneyes, usurping power over Mossflower woodlanders.
• Martin and Gonff the Mousethief escape Kotir with help from the Corim.
• Loamhedgers arrive in Mossflower.
• Martin, Gonff, and Young Dinny quest to Salamandastron to find Boar.
• Boar re-forges the Sword of Martin, upgrading it.
• Boar, the questors, and the Long Patrol battle Ripfang and his crew. Ripfang and Boar are both slain.
• Woodlanders besiege and sack Kotir. Martin defeats Tsarmina.
• Germaine and Martin co-found Redwall Abbey.

Reformation Period

• Construction begins on Redwall Abbey.
• Martin, Gonff, and Dinny quest north to learn about the fate of Luke.
• Construction ends on Redwall Abbey.
• Martin goes off on an unknown quest.
• Gonff steals the eyes of the Great Doomwyte Idol and hides them during the reign of Rigvar Skurr.
• Martin passes away and is buried in a tomb underneath Redwall with his sword.
• Sunflash the Mace comes to Salamandastron.
• Veil Sixclaw born to Swartt and Bluefen but is abandoned and taken to Redwall shortly thereafter.
• Redwallers banish Veil after an attempted murder.
• Swartt's horde defeated.

First Intermediate Period

• Construction begins on The Bell Tower.
• Joseph the Bellmaker commissioned to craft a bell for Rawnblade Widestripe.
• Joseph and his daughter Mariel are caught by Gabool the Wild while delivering the bell.
• Greypatch leads the first known vermin attack against Redwall; Brigadier Thyme and Colonel Clary slain.
• Greypatch and his crew are defeated.
• Sword of Martin retrieved by Brother Simeon.
• Gabool is defeated; Rawnblade gives the Joseph Bell to Redwall Abbey.
• Rufe Brush places Martin's sword on the Abbey weathervane.
• Urgan Nagru and his horde flee the Land of Ice and Snow by ship; they land in Southsward.
• Mariel and Dandin seek adventures.
• The Bell Tower is completed and the Joseph Bell installed inside it.
• Aubretia and Bultip visit Redwall and share the story of Martin the Warrior; the Late Rose is planted in the grounds.
• Urgan Nagru takes over Southsward and Castle Floret, imprisoning Gael Squirrelking.
• Mariel, Meldrum, and Dandin are captured in an attempt to save Queen Serena and Truffen from Urgan.
• Gael escapes the dungeons of Castle Floret and gathers an army.
• Urgan Nagru and his horde defeated by Southswarders and Redwallers.
• Dandin, Bowly Pintips, and Mariel sail off aboard the Pearl Queen.
• Ferahgo the Assassin slays Urthrun and Urthound; Loambudd flees with Urthwyte to the Big Inland Lake.
• Mara absconds from Salamandastron.
• Sword of Martin falls from the weathervane after a lightning strike; it is stolen by Dingeye and Thura.
• Dryditch Fever strikes Redwall.
• Ferahgo and Urthstripe kill each other; Urthwyte succeeds Urthstripe as Badger Lord of Salamandastron.
• Samkim retrieves Martin's sword; Wild King MacPhearsome restores it to the Redwall weathervane.
• Thrugg, Dumble, and MacPhearsome retrieve the Flowers of Icetor and end the Dryditch Fever epidemic.
• High Queen Rhulain Wildlough is slain by cats; Green Isle is invaded.
• Redwallers banish descendants of Gonff for thievery; Gonfelin tribe formed.

Pax Muscaflori

• Period of prolonged peace throughout Mossflower Country.
• The abandoned Loamhedge Abbey is destroyed in an earthquake.
• Holt Rudderwake comes to Ruddaring and drives its Monitor Lizards to Sampetra.
• King Bloodfeather of the Sparra takes the Sword of Martin from the Redwall weathervane.
• Asmodeus Poisonteeth steals the Sword from King Bull Sparra and Greytail.
• Malkariss comes to power.

High Period

• Matthias found orphaned and taken into Redwall.
• Matthias and Abbey residents discover the Warrior's Code.
• Cluny the Scourge enters Mossflower Country.
• Late Rose Summer Wars begin.
• Cluny orders execution of Sela and Chickenhound. Chickenhound survives the attempt and crawls to Redwall, where he is given medical treatment.
• Chickenhound leaves Redwall with stolen property.
• Asmodeus attacks Chickenhound and leaves him for dead. Chickenhound pulls through his injuries but is mutilated.
• Matthias recovers the Sword from Asmodeus' lair in the Quarry; Asmodeus killed.
• Matthias slays Cluny the Scourge, and his horde is subsequently wiped out; Abbot Mortimer dies shortly afterward from fatal injury.
• Brother Mordalfus assumes the abbacy of Redwall.
• Chickenhound adopts a new identity as Slagar the Cruel and begins his wanderings.
• Mattimeo born to Matthias and Cornflower.
• Auma born to Brockrose and Orlando the Axe.
• Slagar the Cruel finds Kingdom of Malkariss and falls into work as a slaver.
• Slagar the Cruel kidnaps several youths from Redwall, including Mattimeo.
• General Ironbeak launches an assault on Redwall. The Sparra reserve garrison, including the old, sick, and children, is wiped out.
• Matthias and his allies track Slagar to the Kingdom of Malkariss.
• Battle of Malkariss occurs; Malkariss is slain.
• Redwallers launch a counterattack on Ironbeak's forces. General Ironbeak is killed in action, and his remaining forces surrender.
• Slagar the Cruel falls down a well; Matthias and Mattimeo return to Redwall.
• Martin II born to Mattimeo and Tess Churchmouse.

Second Intermediate Period

• Holt Lutra destroyed; the Tears of all Oceans are stolen by Graylunk.
• Fermald the Ancient inherits the Tears of all Oceans from the deceased Graylunk and hides them around Redwall Abbey.
• Lask Frildur kidnaps Abbot Durral and transports him to Sampetra as ransom for the Tears.
• Piknim slain by jackdaws at Saint Ninian's; the structure is ordered burnt by Rollo.
• The last of the Tears of all Oceans are discovered after the efforts of Tansy, Rollo, and Craklyn.
• Ublaz Mad Eyes defeated and Abbot Durral returned safely to Redwall.
• Tansy assumes the abbacy of Redwall.
• Gormad Tunn and the Rapscallions attack Salamandastron but are routed by Lady Cregga Rose Eyes and the Long Patrol and forced to retreat.
• Gormad dies of injuries sustained in battle with Cregga; Damug Warfang treacherously slays Byral Fleetclaw to ascend to the position of chief.
• Redwall's South Battlement crushed by a tree; Abbess Tansy and Foremole Diggum discover Kotir ruins far beneath it.
• Battle of the Ridge of a Thousand takes place; Damug and Rapscallions defeated.
• Cregga blinded for life and relocates to Redwall Abbey.
• Russano the Wise succeeds Cregga as Lord of Salamandastron.
• Marlfoxes take over the island in the Big Inland Lake; Silth slays her mate, becoming its sole ruler.
• Gawjo Swifteye leaves Mossflower in search of the Marlfoxes.
• The Tapestry is stolen by Ascrod and hung in the King's chamber of Castle Marl.
• Songbreeze Swifteye and friends recover the Tapestry and return it to Redwall; Gawjo returns home to his wife.
• The reign of the Marlfoxes ends; Mighty Megraw crowned as king of Castle Marl.
• Deyna, the long-lost son of Rillflag, returns home to Redwall after a 15 season absence.
• Cregga, the longest-ruling badger mother in Redwall history, is slain by Vallug Bowbeast.
• Berussca and her family move into Brockhall.
• King Sarengo slain by Berussca, but not before inadvertently creating a monster by binding her children together with a mace and chain.
• Ruggum and Bikkle rediscover the ruins of Brockhall.
• Triss, Shogg, and Welfo escape from Riftgard Island with the help of Drufo.
• Redwall gains its only female warrior chosen to bear Martin's sword, Trisscar Swordmaid.
• Berussca's children are slain by Triss, Shogg, and Sagaxus. Shogg dies in the process.
• The slaves of Riftgard Island are freed.
• Sagaxus succeeds Hightor as Lord of Salamandastron.

Late Period

• Loamhedge rediscovered by Bragoon and Sarobando.
• The Lord of Mossflower falls into The Abyss, taking Kharanjul and his Horde with it.
• Lonna Bowstripe saves Redwall Abbey from an invasion led by Raga Bol and goes on to become Lord of Salamandastron.
• Rakkety Tam MacBurl and Wild Doogy Plumm pledge their swords in service to Squirrelking Araltum and Idga Drayqueen.
• Dramz slain by Gulo the Savage.
• Askor steals the Walking Stone and flees to Mossflower; he dies there shortly thereafter.
• Yoofus Lightpaw finds the Walking Stone and keeps it as a pet.
• Gulo comes to Mossflower, leaving a trail of slaughter behind him.
• Tam defeats Gulo and is elevated to Abbey Warrior.
• Old Quelt establishes the Redwall Abbey Library.
• Petunia is slain by vermin, traumatizing her father Cuthbert.
• Riggu Felis is maimed for life by Pandion Piketalon, and orders the death of all birds on Green Isle.
• Tiria Wildlough answers a call from the spirit of her ancestor and becomes the High Rhulain of Green Isle.
• Riggu Felis is defeated.
• Cuthbert and Slothunog die together in the depths of Deeplough.
• Great Vermin Wars occur.
• Gorath the Flame's grandparents are slain by Codj.
• The Battle of the Plateau occurs; Brownrats and Sea Raiders routed.
• Gorath the Flame kills Vizka Longtooth; he becomes Lord of Salamandastron.

Modern Era

("Thousands of seasons" after the events of Mossflower according to Korvus Skurr)

• Korvus Skurr ascends to the position of Great Doomwyte.
• The eyes of the Great Doomwyte Idol are found by Redwallers.
• Gonfelins return to Redwall after generations of banishment.
• Log-a-Log Tugga Bruster shamed, deposed, and killed.
• Lair of the Wytes destroyed; Baliss and Korvus Skurr slain.
• Armuk Rinn the Conqueror defeated by Feryn Kordyne.
• Vilaya and Zwilt the Shade gain control of the Ravagers and move headquarters to Althier.
• Axtel Sturnclaw comes to Mossflower.
• Ravagers kidnap many Redwall and Mossflower young ones; Flandor slain.
• Zwilt wages war on Redwall; both he and Vilaya are slain.
• Ambrevina Rockflash comes to Salamandastron.
• Razzid Wearat and his crew attack the High North Coast with disastrous results and retreat to Irgash.
• Razzid returns to Mossflower with a wheeled ship to attack Salamandastron and Redwall Abbey.
• The Rogue Crew Sea Otters, Long Patrol, and Redwallers defeat Razzid and his forces.