Screamhole

The Screamhole was a large pit with slippery walls located in the Toadlands. It was the location where Toadland residents would hold their prisoners, most famously Snakefish. The "Screamhole" name originated from the screams that came from those who had been imprisoned within it either as they waited in fear to be consumed by Snakefish, or as they were being eaten.

Martin the Warrior, Young Dinny, and Log-a-Log Big Club were captured by toads while en route to Salamandastron and thrown into the Screamhole. This would have been considered a disastrous incident, except that they were reunited with Gonff the Mousethief, who had been captured and tossed in by the toads much earlier. The four travelers befriended the Snakefish, and all five of them escaped that day. Snakefish was let loose to have his revenge on his toad captors, and the travelers were escorted out of the Toadlands by their leader, Marshgreen.

Seasons later, Mara and Pikkle Ffolger were captured by toads and thrown into the Screamhole with Nordo and some Guossom shrews. They dug a hole to evade the toads' grass-fiber nooses. The prisoners escaped when Log-a-Log and the Guossom shrews came to the rescue.

Books

The Screamhole appears in Mossflower and Salamandastron.