Escape from Marshank

Escape from Marshank is the third episode of Season 3 and the twenty-ninth episode overall of the Nelvana Redwall TV Series.

Summary

Tramun Clogg and his corsairs sail towards Fort Marshank to attack Badrang the Tyrant.

Martin the Warrior and Felldoh comfort Brome, who's concerned Laterose of Noonvale and Grumm Trencher might be captured. Skalrag berates the trio and announces that no more food or water will be entering the prison pit. The captives pound the walls to attract Grumm's attention underground as Brome tells the others about Noonvale, his home.

In his tunnel, Grumm detects the noise, and heads in their direction.

Clogg and his crew disembark their vessels, and head up to Marshank. As some members of Badrang's Army observe displaced sand from Grumm's tunnel, the pirates commence a siege of the fort. Skalrag alerts Badrang about the attack, and the stoat directs him to take archers to Clogg's abandoned ships.

As the battle takes place above Martin, Felldoh, and Brome, Grumm arrives in the prison pit to free them.

Clogg spurs his crew onward as they ram Marshank's gates. Badrang expresses confidence in the strength of the fort, while Skalrag oversees the archers shooting fire arrows at Clogg's fleet.

Brome, Martin, Felldoh, and Grumm meet Rose outside the tunnel, successfully escaping. The new friends vow to defeat Badrang for good, while Clogg notices his ship burning in the distance.

Martin and his companions find themselves caught between Clogg's corsairs and Badrang's soldiers, and they flee into a small boat. The corsairs give chase, but their boat sinks - the result of Badrang's vermin having put holes into it. Grumm unveils a hole in their boat too, and they continue forward.

Badrang looks over the battle scene as Clogg threatens Skalrag, who he's taken as his prisoner. Skalrag promises to do anything to avoid getting injured, so Clogg tells him his plan.

Barkjon and Keyla provide inspiration for the Marshank slaves, and they stash weapons under the former's bunk as Druwp looks on.

A giant fish wrecks Martin's boat and everyone goes overboard, separating the group. Brome and Felldoh find themselves together, and they head to shore. Rose saves Martin from drowning, and they desperately hold onto a floating plank with Grumm amidst a storm.

Official Synopsis

As Clogg's attack on Badrang continues, Martin and his friends emerge onto the beach and meet Rose-- Martin instantly falls in love with her, and she begins to fall for him. Badrang leads his fighters to Clogg's ship and burns it. Martin tries to calm Felldoh who plans to immediately rescue his father-- saying they must journey to Noonvale and seek reinforcements.

It is becoming clear to all, especially to Rose, that Martin is a born leader. They steal one of Clogg's longboats and begin the dangerous journey to Noonvale.

While out at sea they decide to land a long way down the shoreline. In Marshank the slaves steal weapons in preparation for their revolt-- but Druwp is watching them. Outside, Clogg spares Badrang's fox Skalrag, using him to secretly open the gates. Martin and his friends creep up the coast but are attacked by a huge fish which destroys the boat, leaving them clinging to wreckage as a storm grows. As the sea is churned to foam and they are battered by rain and waves, thunder rolls and lightening crashes around them. They are free-- but lost at sea.

Differences from Martin the Warrior

• As Clogg watches his ship burning he yells and he threatens Badrang; in the TV series, he threatens Skalrag.
• Brome cries that he, Martin, and Felldoh are going to die; in the book, Brome does not address this.
• Martin tells Brome that moles are sensitive to noises; in the TV series, it's Felldoh who tells him this.
• During Skalrag's interrogation, he is accompanied with other vermin; in the TV series, it is just him.
• During the battle between Badrang and Clogg, Badrang throws javelins at the corsairs; in the TV series, Badrang only watches as his beasts fight Clogg's corsairs.

Storyboards

• Check out storyboards from the episode provided exclusively to the Redwall Wiki here.

Featurettes

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Note: Brian Jacques' first sentence on moles was reproduced from Season 1 episode "A Favour Returned".

• Presenters: Featurette Girl 1, Featurette Boy 1

• Brian Jacques transcript:

Now you've seen a mole haven't ya, little dark velvety fairy creature with their little black noses and their button eyes and their huge digging claws on their little hands.

All my accents come from the British Isles. The moles are the old-fashioned villagers in Somerset, they all talk like that, "bo 'urr aye, my dear, my beauty, my heart, ho ho."

Nobody understands mole, ha!

Segments include:

• "Grumm"
  • "Molespeech with Sound Editor Scott McCrorie"
• "Pirate Language"
• "Storyboards with artist Dimitrije Kostic"

Streaming

Escape from Marshank is available for streaming on Nelvana's official Treehouse Direct YouTube channel.

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