The Magician Revealed

The Magician Revealed is the second episode of Season 2 and the fifteenth episode overall of the Nelvana Redwall TV Series.

Summary

Pouring rain awakens the Redwall Abbey residents after Slagar the Cruel drugged them and kidnapped their children. Matthias, Cornflower Fieldmouse, and Constance find Rollo and his deceased mother, Lettie Bankvole.

As the trio attempt to figure out what happened, John Churchmouse emerges, looking for Friar Hugo.

Winifred, Matthias, and Basil Stag Hare search Mossflower Woods for the missing Redwall young ones and find Hugo's body. Meanwhile, the wounded are cared for in a makeshift sickbay in Great Hall.

Abbot Mordalfus, Foremole, Matthias, Constance, Winifred, and Basil meet to determine next steps. Matthias and Cornflower then find John Churchmouse, where he reveals that he, Lettie, and Hugo fought back against Slagar's Gang, and that despite their best efforts, Mattimeo, Sam Squirrel, Tim Churchmouse, Tess Churchmouse, and Cynthia Bankvole were taken. Matthias vows to bring them all home.

At Saint Ninian's Church, Vitch attempts to torment Mattimeo before Threeclaws stops him. Auma and Mattimeo befriend one another.

Slagar directs Fengal and Deadnose to create a false trail heading north for the Redwallers and moves the captives out of the church, southward.

At Redwall, Mordalfus, Basil, Matthias, Constance, and Queen Warbeak discover that Vitch was secretly spying on them. Matthias reiterates his promise to find Mattimeo.

The captives struggle as they journey away from Redwall while Fengal and Deadnose cover up their tracks. Vitch and Mattimeo get into another altercation.

Matthias, Basil, Cornflower, Mrs. Churchmouse, and Jess Squirrel head north to find Redwall's young ones as Slagar's crew takes a rest break. Matthias, Basil, and Jess determine they need to change directions, and leave a note behind for the other members of the search party.

Slagar reveals his true identity as Chickenhound to Mattimeo, and expresses his desire to get vengeance against Matthias.

Matthias, Basil, and Jess locate Slagar's circus cart. Matthias unsheathes the Sword of Martin, and charges.

Official Synopsis

Redwall Abbey awakes to find their young ones are gone, and as they piece the previous night together realize that Mattimeo was right and that Vitch was the slaver's spy. Desperate that he ignored his son's warnings, Matthias vows to pursue Slagar the Fox accompanied by Basil Stag Hare and others. He is unaware that Orlando the badger is already in far away pursuit. Slagar takes his slaves on circuitous routes, laying false trails to confuse the pursuers. The frightened slaves look to Mattimeo for leadership but he is not ready and responds badly. As his father sets off in entirely the wrong direction Mattimeo learns the true story of Chickenhound-- and that he himself is hostage to Chickenhound's revenge on Matthias who will never see his son again.

Differences from Mattimeo

• In the book, the slaves help Mattimeo beat up Vitch. Whereas in the series, it's only Mattimeo that gets into a fight with Vitch.
• When Slagar tells Mattimeo his story in the episode, Threeclaws is present. In the book, only Mattimeo is there.
• In the book, Slagar doesn't tell Mattimeo that he is Chickenhound, instead Mattimeo tells Sam Squirrel the information that Slagar gave to him and it is Sam Squirrel that reveals Slagar to be Chickenhound.
• In the book, Slagar says that it was Asmodeus Poisonteeth who ruined his face. In the series, he makes no reference to Asmodeus.
• In the book, Rollo doesn't immediately figure out that his mother is dead until (presumably) someone tells him, whereas in the series, he knows his mother is dead early on.
• In the book, Winifred figures out that the Redwallers were drugged, while in the series, Basil figures it out.
• In the episode, Cornflower is part of the original search party, as are several other unamed creatures. They aren't in the book.
• Auma uses the word "years" when time in Redwall is measured by seasons.

Featurettes

Segments include:

• "Knights"
• "Medieval Weapons & Armor"
• "Character Spotlight: Tess"
• "Redwall Trivia: What is Matthias' Favorite Food?" (freshwater shrimp with cream and rose leaves)
• "Ask the Author: Brian Jacques - Are you going to come out with any new books for the Redwall series?"

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Streaming

The Magician Revealed is available for streaming on Nelvana's official Treehouse Direct YouTube channel.

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