#sunflash the mace

[theredwallrecorder]

outcast: the necessity of the mace

The kestrel spoke around a beakful of chestnut: “I am Skarlath; I was alone, but you saved my life; now I am with you. Where come you from, friend?”

Scratching his golden stripe, the badger chewed thoughtfully. “I’m not sure. I think I had a mother, Bella or Bellen or something, it’s hard to remember. I must have been very young. Boar the Fighter, that’s a name I recall, maybe he was my father, or my grandsire, I’m not certain. Sometimes I dream about home, or maybe it’s my imagination, but it feels nice. Then there’s the mountain, was that my home? It is all very mixed up.”

Sunflash speaks about himself, excerpt from Chapter 2 of Outcast of Redwall

one of the reasons outcast differs from every other novel of redwall is in the fact veil, the titular character, does not even exist until the eighteenth chapter of the book. the previous seventeen chapters are spent building the rivalry between swartt sixclaw, the primary antagonist, and sunflash the mace, ascendant badger lord. though he may not have done so intentionally, mister jacques’ inclusion of the experience of sunflash allows us to draw comparable narrative lines with veil’s story. sunflash is fortunate to bear memories of his early childhood that become the lynchpin for his growth into a just, kind, and wise badger lord and friend. this foundational aspect of backstory, echoed more explicitly in the narrative of deyna in taggerung and rooted in current theories of psychology and human development, postulates that positive experiences with a parental guardian in early life are necessary for healthy growth and formation of the self. in future posts, we will weigh the differences between sunflash’s early childhood and veil’s early childhood; here, we will extrapolate what sunflash’s early memories imply about his childhood environment.

though his memories are certainly sparse, the tone and descriptive words sunflash uses to talk about his early childhood betray more about it than he is consciously aware of. he begins his reminisce with his mother: she is the largest figure in his memory as a baby. her name comes to his lips immediately, though when he presses against the fog of memories, he falters in his confidence. so much of the secure base of his babyhood has been eroded by the cruelty he experienced at the hands of swartt. bella likely spoke to sunflash of boar the fighter even before he could understand speech, sharing the legacy of their bloodline and imparting some of the sense of the destiny of badger lords to her son--whom she knew, even as he was a babe, he would one day take on that heavy mantle. perhaps boar even visited little sunflash in his early dreams, as is the mysterious power of some badger lords, which could explain sunflash’s vague sense of the existence of salamandastron. it is one of the latter lines of sunflash’s dialogue that gives us the most information about his formative environment. he dreams of his home and the emotions those dreams conjure for him are inherently positive. these dreams bring him comfort and they are totally unlike his reality at the mercy of swartt. “... it [thematic elements of home] feels nice.” what does “nice” mean for a baby? we can easily guess. there was safety. there was security. there was warmth. baby sunflash’s basic needs were met: he did not go hungry, somebeast tended to him when he cried, and he was groomed and cared for.

swartt tried his absolute damndest to beat any sense of personhood out of sunflash. swartt gave sunflash a degrading name, forced the young badger to commit acts lower than a slave, deprived sunflash of food and drink, and left him exposed to suffer the full effects of the weather. swartt did not succeed in breaking him because sunflash carried his verifiable sense of self borne out of the scant memories of his childhood. sunflash knew he had a benevolent mother figure. he knew he had a family history, the promise of having come from somewhere and something of any measure of meaning. he knows he had a home: a place where he was wanted, where he belonged. it was a place where he was safe, where his needs were met, and where his worth as a living creature was imparted. sunflash subconsciously knew that swartt could not truly define him.

veil, in strikingly direct contrast, was given none of these things.

#i have tried my best to avoid using clinical language to describe sunflash's connection with his babyhood #commonly known psych buzzwords are fun #but often lack the true nuance of their meaning #clinicians would posit sunflash was likely 'securely attached' to his mother #due to the rapidity of creature development in the redwallverse #my theory is that one significant positive experience with a benevolent caregiver is enough for a creature to form a secure attachment #evidence of this could be deyna/tagg of taggerung #his first swim with his father became the anchor of his humanity #outcast of redwall #text #sunflash #sunflash the mace #skarlath #bella #boar the fighter #make no mistake #veil was wronged

[redwalltournaments]

#redwall #redwall tournament #brian jacques #round 1 #sunflash the mace #mariel Gullwhacker #best Warrior

[knightofthenewrepublic]

My interpretation of Long Patrol uniforms

#redwall #redwall series #redwall abbey #salamandastron #the long patrol #hares #lord brocktree #boar the fighter #urthstripe the strong #sunflash the mace #cregga rose eyes #badgers

[lostmidnightwriter]

Sunflash and Skarlath the second they met:

#redwall #redwall series #brian jacques #outcast of redwall #i know it's deeper than that #but it's still both funny and epic #that their friendshio bloomed from the second sunflash saw him #sunflash the mace #skarlath #my stuff

[rose-of-redwall]

Sunflash the Mace is a trans allegory because he has a new name with his new life and I choose to call him Sunstripe.

#redwall #brian jacques #queer redwall #sunstripe #sunflash the mace

[montytherabbit]

Sunflash the Mace watercolor.

#redwall #sunflash #sunflash the mace #Brian Jaques

[alexsrandomramblings]

I know I haven't really mentioned the guy this entire reread, but I really do like Sunflash.

#alex rambles #outcast of redwall #redwall #sunflash the mace

[mirielsart]

My brother asked me to draw Sunflash the Mace. So there he is.

Folgrim next, because he’s my favourite character.

#redwall #mossflower #sunflash the mace #sunstripe #brian jacques #mirielsart

[skidar]

Sunflash the Mace and Skarlath the Kestrel

***Spoilers below for Outcast of Redwall if you haven’t read it yet, I know its an older book but new people pick up the series for the first time every day <3

Here I often gaze out o’er the seas,

When winter snows have gone to spring so fair,

Alone, except for butterflies and bees,

Remembering the times we used to share.

Not holding any friend on earth so true,

Upon my shoulder, good and faithful hawk,

O Skarlath, there was never one like you!

With a heavy heart I sit alone in grief,

Lord of the mountain, ruling over all.

Wishing I could split a single leaf,

To bring you back again, with our old call.

-Sunflash

Despite the everything wrong with Outcast of Redwall, Sunflash and Skarlath do their damndest to save the book with their wonderful freindship. Sunflash remains my favorite badgerlord in the whole series and this is one of the few books that has actually made me cry, and cry I did when Skarlath was slain and I felt Sunflash’s grief.

But there are no sad time here, as Sunflash and Skarlath take a stroll along the coast near Salamandastron enjoying one another’s company and protect and serve all the good beasts who look to them for help. Is this in the afterlife of the sunny valleys, brooks and meadows? Or just a memory? That’s up to you <3

#skidar art #sunflash the mace #badger #skarlath #european kestrel #european badger #redwall #outcast of redwall #badger lord #salamandastron #anthro #fanart #fantasy

[garydoodles]

Sunflash the Mace, from the Redwall series of novels. The best Badger Lord.

#my art #artists on tumblr #redwall #sunflash the mace

[redwalltournaments]

Time for the Best Warrior Tournament! I meant it to come out sooner but it turns out setting up thirty-two polls is a lot of work and I couldn't even include everyone who can be considered a warrior.

I am going to have each round last a week again, our fandom is relatively small and I know not everyone is online all the time so I want to give plenty of time to vote.

And I didn't do this last time cause I wasn't sure if I could pull it off but I think I can so I will be reblogging tagged/commented propaganda, please argue for who you think is best.

Round 1:

Gorath the Flame vs. Tiria Wildlough Winner: Tiria Widlough

Trisscar Swordmaid vs. Skarlath Winner: Trisscar Swordmaid

Buckler Kordyne vs. Sarobando Winner: Buckler Kordyne

Finnbar Galedeep vs. Axtel Sturnclaw Winner: Finnbar Galedeep

Maudie Mugsberry Thropple vs. Dippler Winner: Maudie Mugsberry Thropple

Luke the Warrior vs. Dandin Winner: Luke the Warrior

Nimbalo the Slayer vs. Dipper Winner: Nimbalo the Slayer

Lord Brocktree vs. Samkim Winner: Lord Brocktree

Folgrim vs. Matthias Winner: Matthias

Dannflor Reguba vs. Martin II Winner: Martin II

Finnbar Galedeep vs. Rakkety Tam MacBurl Winner: Rakkety Tam MacBurl

Felldoh vs. Skor Axehound Winner: Felldoh

Rufe Brush vs. Russa Nodrey Winner: Russa Nodrey

Honorable Rosemary Woodsorrel vs. Rockjaw Grang Winner: Honorable Rosemary Woodsorrel

Cregga Rose-Eyes vs. Inbar Trueflight Winner: Cregga Rose-Eyes

Rusval Reguba vs. Denya/Zann Juskarath Taggerung Winner: Denya/Zann Juskrath Taggerung

Lonna Bowstripe vs. Grath Longfletch Winner: Grath Longfletch

Sunflash the Mace vs. Mariel Gullwhacker Winner: Mariel Gullwhacker

Boar the Fighter vs. Warbeak Winner: Warbeak

Rab Streambattle vs. Keyla Winner: Rab Streambattle

Rake Nightfur vs. Tamello De Fformelo Tussock Winner: Tamello De Fformelo Tussock

Lord Stonepaw vs. Mattimeo Winner: Mattimeo

Wild Doogy Plumm vs. Ambrevina Rockflash Winner: Wild Doogy Plumm

Martin the Warrior vs. Cuthbert Blundale Frunk Winner: Martin the Warrior

Urthstripe the Strong vs. Bragoon Winner: Urthstripe the Strong

Basil Stag Hare vs. Ranguvar Foeseeker Winner: Basil Stag Hare

Songbreeze Swifteye vs. Jess Squirrel Winner: Jess Squirrel

Leatho Shellhound vs. Arven Winner: Arven

Log-a-log (Mossflower) vs. Log-a-log (Redwall/Mattimeo) Winner: Log-a-log (Redwall/Mattimeo)

Lady Amber vs. Jukka the Sling Winner: Lady Amber

Fleetscut vs. Skipper (Mossflower) Winner: Skipper (Mossflower)

Orlando the Axe vs. Laird Bosie McScutta of Bowlaynee Winner: Orlando the Axe

Round 2:

Quick note based on what I noticed in the last round! First off, feel free to vote based on whatever criteria you desire. Any and all votes are good votes and I love them all. I simply realized I never clarified what I meant by Best Warrior.

My intention for Best Warrior is who best embodies the concept of Warrior as portrayed in the books. I.E who's the bravest, most chivalrous, who is most willing to defend other creatures at cost to their own life simply because it's the right thing to do.

You are more than welcome to vote however you want, that was just my intention for what I mean by Best Warrior.

Tiria Wildlough vs. Trisscar Swordmaid Winner: Trisscar Swordmaid

Buckler Kordyne vs. Finnbar Galedeep Winner: Finnbar Galedeep

Maudie Mugsberry Thropple vs. Luke the Warrior Winner: Luke the Warrior

Nimbalo the Slayer vs. Lord Brocktree Winner: Lord Brocktree

Matthias vs. Martin II Winner: Matthias

Rakkety Tam MacBurl vs. Felldoh Winner: Rakkety Tam MacBurl

Russa Nodrey vs. Honorable Rosemary Woodsorrel Winner: TIE

Cregga Rose-Eyes vs. Denya/Zann Juskarath Taggerung Winner: Cregga Rose-Eyes

Grath Longfletch vs. Mariel Gullwhacker Winner: Mariel Gullwhacker

Warbeak vs. Rab Streambattle Winner: Warbeak

Tamello De Fformelo Tussock vs. Mattimeo Winner: Mattimeo

Wild Doogy Plumm vs. Martin the Warrior Winner: Martin the Warrior

Urthstripe the Strong vs. Basil Stag Hare Winner: Basil Stag Hare

Jess Squirrel vs. Arven Winner: Jess Squirrel

Log-a-log (Redwall/Mattimeo) vs. Lady Amber Winner: Lady Amber

Skipper (Mossflower) vs. Orlando the Axe Winner: Skipper (Mossflower)

Round 3:

Trisscar Swordmaid vs. Finnbar Galedeep Winner: Trisscar Swordmaid

Luke the Warrior vs. Lord Brocktree Winner: Lord Brocktree

Matthias vs. Rakkety Tam MacBurl Winner: Matthias

Russa Nodrey vs. Honorable Rosemary Woodsorrel vs. Cregga Rose-Eyes Winner: Cregga Rose-Eyes

Mariel Gullwhacker vs. Warbeak Winner: Mariel Gullwhacker

Mattimeo vs. Martin the Warrior Winner: Martin the Warrior

Basil Stag Hare vs. Jess Squirrel Winner: Basil Stag Hare

Lady Amber vs. Skipper (Mossflower) Winner: Lady Amber

Round 4:

Trisscar Swordmaid vs. Lord Brocktree Winner: Lord Brocktree

Matthias vs. Cregga Rose-Eyes Winner: Cregga Rose-Eyes

Mariel Gullwhacker vs. Martin the Warrior Winner: Martin the Warrior

Basil Stag Hare vs. Lady Amber Winner: Basil Stag Hare

Semi Finals:

Lord Brocktree vs. Cregga Rose-Eyes Winner: Lord Brocktree

Martin the Warrior vs. Basil Stag Hare Winner: Martin the Warrior

Finals:

Lord Brocktree vs. Martin the Warrior

#redwall #redwall tournament #best warrior #brian jacques #I'm not tagging every character #round 1

[likewise45]

A made up scene from “The Outcast of Redwall”

#art #illustration #original art #The Outcast of Redwall #Sunflash the Mace

[lostmidnightwriter]

#redwall #redwall series #brian jacques #this is what was happening during the time skips #swartt wouldn't shut up about sunflash #sunflash had borderline forgot about him #only to be reminded when he showed up to his doorstep #and nightshade was DONE #outcast of redwall #swartt sixclaw #redwall nightshade #sunflash the mace #my stuff

[temiree]

Sunflash the Mace (Outcast of Redwall)

I started this last week, but procrastination/art block/time/etc. got in the way of finishing it sooner. I’m not completely happy with it to be honest - I feel like it’s lacking “punch” somehow, if that makes sense? It doesn’t have as much life as I’d like for it to have… maybe it’s because I’ve been looking at it all week though. xP The reference I used also had a more bent torso, and I didn’t realize it till the end, so maybe that’s part of it. Ah well, just some things to keep in mind for next time!

#redwall #sunflash #sunflash the mace #outcast of redwall #the outcast of redwall #badger #weapon #mace #tunic #action pose #fighting stance #sketch #my art

[montytherabbit]

Sunflash the Mace sketch.

#redwall #fantasy #brian jaques #sunflash

[overcaffeinated-paranoia]

Day 6 of the #redwalladvent2018 advent calandar! Featuring Sunflash the Mace, and Skarlath from Outcast of Redwall!

(Also, a heads up I will be posting more on my twitter ( https://twitter.com/OcCiputParanoia) in the future!

#redwalladvent2018 #Sunflash the mace #redwall #outcast of redwall #winter