Ruggan Bor
Ruggan Bor was a fearsome male fox warlord and chieftain of the Juskabor. His fur was an unusual golden color, and he had green wavy lines tattooed on his forehead, along with yellow circles on the cheeks, his clan symbol.
Ruggan was imperturbable and persistent. He had the strange ability to get someone's attention by simply staring at the back of their head, demonstrated when he needed to contact guards outside his tent. He was also described as very skilled in swordplay, although he never actually fought anyone.
Ruggan took over the Juskazann tribe while its current leader, Gruven Zann, was off hunting Deyna the Taggerung. Gruven's mother Antigra plotted to remove Ruggan from power, but she was discovered and executed by the fox. When Gruven returned and found he had been deposed, he lied to Ruggan, claiming that he had killed the otter, which would make him the new Taggerung. As a visibly unnerved Gruven kept changing his story, Ruggan patiently continued to question him on the subject, also consulting his seers Grissoul and Ermath to see if they could tell him the truth.
Upon arriving at Redwall Abbey with Gruven to test the stoat's latest lie (he claimed to have killed Deyna in the ditch outside the Abbey), Ruggan demanded that the Abbey residents tell him the truth. Deyna, who recently had his Juska tattoos removed and was unrecognizable, decided to confirm Gruven's story that the Taggerung was dead. Since this made Gruven the new Taggerung, Ruggan slew the stoat and proceeded to proclaim himself as the Taggerung. Elated by his newfound power, Ruggan laughed and prepared his troops to attack the Abbey. Lucky for the Redwallers, Russano the Wise arrived with Long Patrol hares at that very instant. Ruggan, having heard of the Badger Lord's might, refused to fight him and surrendered. Afterwards, he was forcibly escorted back to the south coasts with his clan by the hares.
Trivia
[edit]- Ruggan Bor, along with Badredd and Cap'n Tramun Clogg, is one of the few major villains in the Redwall series not to die by the end of their respective books.
Note
[edit]- Ruggan Bor is not to be confused with Ruggan Axehound.