Watership+Down+ext.+character+descriptions

El-ahrairah is a rabbit who lived long before Hazel and the rest of the Watership Down Warren were born. His sidekick and best friend is Rabscuttle. He was the Prince of the forest, with his people living in peace and harmony with the other animals of the forest. Until one day, when the rabbits started multiplying out of control, Lord Frith told El-ahrairah to control them, but El-ahrairah told Frith that his people are the strongest in the world. Lord Frith saw this as arrogance and told El-ahrairah that if he won't control his people, that he will do it. So, he gave a gift to every animal and bird in the forest. However, with these gifts came predators such as a dog, a cat , a wolf ,a hawk , a fox and a weasel. To each of them, Frith gave them the desire to hunt and kill El-ahrairah's people. Then Lord Frith bestowed a gift upon El-ahrairah and his people. El-ahrairah was running when Frith came to see him, for he knew that Frith was upset with him. But Frith gave him the gifts of speed, cunning, digging, and a good sense of hearing, and he told him that his people no longer cover the world, but as long as they use the gifts he gave to them, they will never perish. It is said that he takes the dead Chief Rabbits to join his heavenly Owsla, as was the case with Hazel. His name is Lapine for "Prince with a Thousand Enemies"

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(1-11) are the rabbits who left Sandleford first <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(a - d) are the rabbits who left after the warren was destroyed

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1) Hazel (or by his followers, Hazel-rah) is a brave and true buck, the central character in Richard Adams's fantasy novel<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down . He was born in the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Warren, but at the advice from his brother,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Fiver , that it would be destroyed and the fact that he was not being well treated, left his birth place. Ultimately destined to be<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Chief Rabbit of the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down Warren , he leads several rabbits out of Sandleford including<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bigwig and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Pipkin . Trusting in Fiver, Hazel leads the rabbits on many adventures before eventually finding Watership Down. On the way, he earns their trust and loyalty with his quick decisions and understanding nature. With his ability to cultivate the best in everyone around him, the rabbits succeed with his leadership as he makes the most of each of their abilities.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">2) Fiver was also born in a warren at<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford, and is the younger brother of<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel . Fiver's Lapine name, literally "little thousand" comes from the fact that he was the smallest rabbit of at least five in his litter. We are told that rabbits cannot count beyond four, so all numbers greater than this are hrair, or "thousand", although in this case Adams renders it into English as "five". Fiver is timid and physically weak, but has a form of sixth sense, which gives him the ability to foresee certain events, although these visions are often rather vague and clouded. He usually gets more of a sense of danger or safety rather than a specific vision and has yet to be proven wrong in his warnings. Many of the other rabbits think he's crazy, but Hazel listens to him because he knows that his predictions are always right.<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bigwig in particular is skeptical of Fiver's gifts at first, but after his near death in the snare at<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Cowslip's warren, he changes his views and starts to take Fiver more seriously.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">3) Bigwig was a large and strong rabbit known for the tuft of hair on his head. His lapine name is 'Thlayli' which, translated literally, means 'fur-head'. He was part of the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Owsla with his friend<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Silver . He, with several others left with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Fiver . Because of his stubborn nature Hazel hesitated at first to bring him along, thinking Bigwig might be a bully and trouble maker. Luckily for all Bigwig left with them anyway and proved to be one of the most valuable members of the party. Bigwig is notably the strongest of the Sandleford rabbits and an accomplished fighter. He survives two normally fatal situations, being snared in<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Cowslip's Warren and a brutal fight with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> General Woundwort, and is very brave. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Along with his strength Bigwig has a short temper, especially for those who question authority he condones such as when<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hawkbit ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Acorn and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Speedwell threaten Hazel's authority. Despite that he is not blind concerning those in power, he knows well enough when it is time to leave the Sandleford Warren and would never submit to the authority of a tyrant such as Woundwort.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bigwig is one of the more superstitious rabbits. He values stories and is irritated by Cowslip's Warrens dismissal of them. Upon hearing<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Captain Holly call his name in the night, Bigwig is convinced the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Black Rabbit of Inle has come to take him away. He also curses General Woundwort in<span class="wiki_link_ext"> El-ahrairah's name. Despite this he initially was very cynical of Fiver's visions, especially in Cowslip's Warren. His encounter with the snare changed his mind, however, and for the rest of the novel Bigwig is a believer. Bigwig forms the closest relationship with the gull<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Kehaar. He is entranced by the bird's stories of the ocean.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">4) Blackberry is a rabbit with characteristically black-tipped ears and a part of the group who left<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Warren for<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down . Blackberry is very clever and cunning rabbit and can often come up with things that others can not. He realizes, for instance, that wood floats, and the rabbits use this tactic twice to traverse on water. But his ideas are often too difficult for other rabbits to understand, although<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Fiver always appreciates them at their true value. He is one of Hazel's most trusted advisors, given the task to plan for a way to rescue<span class="wiki_link_ext"> does from<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Efrafa . Blackberry is also a very good runner, that's why<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel chose him to lead a dog to Watership Down. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"I'm quite sure, myself, that if we don't change our natural ways we shan't be able to stay here very long." - Blackberry about digging burrows.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In the book, Blackberry wanted to leave the Sandleford because there were to many bucks, and not enough does, so he was one of the first to join Hazel and Fiver. When travellers faced a river, Blackberry came up with idea to use a piece of wood to take Fiver and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Pipkin across the river as they were too tired to swim. This discovery saved their lives, but everyone, except for Fiver and Blackberry himself, didn't understand the meaning of this and forgot about it soon. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">During the journey Blackberry, didn't oppose Hazel's authority, while<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Acorn ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hawkbit, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Speedwell did, but later he admitted that he, like others, was tired and confused, so he began to wonder whether Hazel knew where they were going. When the rabbits reached fields near<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Cowslip's warren, Blackberry realized that Hazel lead them well. Blackberry, then, was the first to call Hazel the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Chief Rabbit.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Later Hazel often took advice from Blackberry. For example, when<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Cowslip invited rabbits into his warren, Hazel consulted with Blackberry,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bigwig and Fiver, and it was Blackberry who said that they should go and rest in Cowslip's warren. In the Warren, Blackberry, Hazel, and Fiver felt that there was something wrong with those rabbits, but he didn't realize the real danger. When Bigwig was caught by the shining wire, Blackberry was the first who understood the meaning of what he said, "Dig out the peg", and managed to rescue Bigwig. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When they reached<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down Blackberry admitted that they had much to learn about it. It was his idea not to live in the small and cold hole that the rabbits found there, but to dig a deep, safe, and comfortable warren for themselves under a Beach Tree, despite the fact that bucks don't dig. Hazel, Fiver, and Pipkin liked the idea, and so they built<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down Warren.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">During the raid on<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Nuthanger Farm Blackberry and Bigw Remove<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ig freed hutch rabbits by biting through leather hinges and twisting a nail on rabbits' cage, and then escorted two hutch rabbits,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Clover and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Boxwood, to the Down. Blackberry felt guilty for leaving Hazel on the farm, so later, he returned with Fiver to find him.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">After<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Captain Holly 's return from<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Efrafa, Blackberry, Fiver and Hazel worked out a plan of rescuing some Efrafan does. There were three points of the plan: to get the does out of Efrafa, to break up the pursuit, and to escape to Watership Down. Together, the rabbits thought out how to solve first two problems, but not the third one. Fortunately, on their way to Efrafa rabbits saw a boat on the great river, and Blackberry, with the help of Fiver and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Kehaar, came up with idea to use the boat to escape by water like they used a piece of wood to cross the river. Due to the fast stream Blackberry's trick worked well and rabbits were drifted far away from Efrafa.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">When<span class="wiki_link_ext"> General Woundwort, and his<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Owsla , attacked Watership Down, Hazel chose Blackberry and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Dandelion , the two fastest rabbits, to lead the dog,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bob , from<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Nuthanger Farm to the Down. One time Bob almost lost interest to rabbits, but Blackberry managed to draw it's attention and lead it to the Down. After Efrafa's defeat, Blackberry settled on Watership Down with his friends.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5) Dandelion was one of the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Warren survivors. He is a yellow-furred rabbit, hence his name. He is<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down 's resident storyteller, having collected several stories about<span class="wiki_link_ext"> El-ahrairah and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Lord Frith . He is also rather of a smart mouth. He always makes a joke when someone says something out of the ordinary, and he talks back to everyone. He is good friends with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hawkbit and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Blackberry . He is also the fastest runner, next to Blackberry, out of all the other<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down Warren rabbits.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">6) Pipkin or Hlao-Roo was an undersized rabbit that went with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Fiver and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel . He was a really good friend of Fiver's because they grew up in the same position as being the runts of Sandleford, and when Fiver said that he is going to leave the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Warren, Pipkin immediately decided that he wanted to come with him. He was usually the rabbit that was afraid and weak in most circumstances. He and Fiver share those characteristics. Pipkin and Hazel-rah were the only ones to go up to<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Nuthanger Farm to see the Hutch Rabbit. Pipkin was afraid of the cat,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Tab , but realized that he smelt him from where he was hiding behind the barn. He alerted Hazel about this, and followed Hazel's instructions to run. Hazel distracted Tab by taunting him, as Pipkin fled out of the farm and into a ditch, where Hazel later followed. Above all, Pipkin is a very excitable rabbit. He jumps up at any exclamation or sign of danger and starts to stutter with fear. He always hesitates to do something that he is asked to do; for example, go to Nuthanger Farm, or cross a river on a wooden board. He is a small, chubby, and quiet rabbit.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">7) Acorn was one of the original rabbits that left the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Warren with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Fiver . He was good friends with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Speedwell ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Buckthorn, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hawkbit . Acorn is mentioned as being one of the most skilled rabbits when it comes to gathering bugs for the wounded Kehaar, and is unflaggingly loyal to Hazel in the battle of the warren against<span class="wiki_link_ext"> General Woundwort In<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Tales from Watership Down (book) he dies due to wintertime hardship in the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down Warren , and is as such the only one of Hazel's original crew to actually die over the course of the two books.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8) Speedwell was a rabbit who originated from<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Warren . He left the Warren with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Fiver ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Pipkin ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bigwig ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hawkbit ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Dandelion ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Blackberry ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Silver ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Acorn, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Buckthorn , to start there own warren which eventually came to be known as The<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down Warren . Speedwell is subsequently characterised as an energetic, easy-going joker who later makes a loyal and hard-working contribution to the defence of the warren against General Woundwort. He is also the narrator of one of the short stories in<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Tales from Watership Down (book) ,the nonsense tale Speedwell's Story.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">9) Buckthorn was a rabbit who came to the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down Warren from the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Warren . He was a strong rabbit who was going to join the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Owsla, when he reached full weight. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He was injured by a rat while the group was resting in a barn. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Buckthorn, along with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Holly ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Strawberry , and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Silver , went to<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Efrafa to ask if they could have a few does join their warren; he came back injured.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He later joined the Watership Down<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Owsla. He was a tough, sturdy rabbit with a quiet and easygoing nature. Like Silver, he is steadfast and dependable in a crisis.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">10) Hawkbit was a rabbit that came from<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Warren to<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down along with the other Watership rabbits. He was a very serious rabbit who always talked negatively towards things. He is also good friends with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Acorn ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Speedwell ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Buckthorn, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Dandelion.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">11) Silver was a rabbit that was an officer of the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Owsla of the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Warren . According to<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bigwig the other Owsla officers teased him for only getting the job because Silver was<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Threarah 's nephew, but Bigwig and Silver would always show them who was weak by fighting them. Bigwig brought him along on the journey because they were good friends from the Sandleford Owsla. Silver and Bigwig have a sort of partnership because they do everything together, when it comes to scouting and Owsla business. When they had to scout out the area near<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Warren of Snares or check to see what was making that awful noise near the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down Warren it was the two of them to do it. Silver is also very tough and strong like all the other Owsla officers were. He is a great fighter as shown, when he and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Captain Holly went to Efrafa to take the does back to Watership Down, when he came back as the only one who wasn't wounded or ill. Silver is also really good friends with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Holly because Holly could tell Silver what he couldn't tell<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel -rah or even Bigwig. Silver is a really strong rabbit, like Bigwig and Holly, and he is very alert. When he, Holly,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Strawberry, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Buckthorn were escaping Efrafa he detected that the Efrafans were still after them. He is loyal and strong in both heart and physical strength.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">a) Bluebell was one of the survivors of the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Warren . He,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Holly ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Pimpernel, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Toadflax escaped. But Toadflax soon died after they left Sandleford. They soon ran into the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Warren of Snares , where they were ambushed by the Warren's chief,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Cowslip , and his people, who killed Pimpernel. Holly cornered Cowslip and threatened to kill him if he didn't tell him where<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bigwig were.He said that they were on Watership Down. When they got up on the Down, Bluebell sensed<span class="wiki_link_ext"> elil coming towards them. Bluebell couldn't get Holly to move, so he fled into a bush. Holly shouted "ZORN!" and called Bigwig's name. Bigwig heard his calls, but he though that it was the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Black Rabbit of Inle. He went up anyway and found Bluebell and Holly. So Bluebell and Holly were welcomed into the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down Warren as brethren.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He is known to make jokes all the time. He chatters non-stop, and it helps Holly cheer up from the destruction and murder he had seen at the Sandleford Warren. He never stops joking and chattering unless something really shocking and serious happened, or if someone is telling a serious story. He is good friends with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Holly and possibly<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Dandelion and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Pipkin.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">b) Pimpernel was one of the rabbits to escape from the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Warren destruction with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Holly ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bluebell, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Toadflax as it was being destroyed by men. Bluebell discovered him during his own escape down a little used run that led into the forest and described him as being in a bad way, gasping from exposure to the poison that the men used to kill the rabbits. Once outside, he and Bluebell found Holly and Toadflax and they made their way through the forest, following Holly's plan to find<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bigwig and tell him that he had been right. During the beginning of the journey, Pimpernel was described as light headed, talking nonsense and feverish and we assume that he has been affected a great deal by the poison.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Once they reached<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Cowslip's warren and asked the rabbits there for<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Fiver, Bigwig, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel , they were attacked. Pimpernel, too ill and outnumbered, was killed in the attack.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">c) Toadflax was a rabbit that was a member of the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Owsla at the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Warren . He was a bully who threatened other Sandleford rabbits. He once found<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Fiver about to eat a piece of<span class="wiki_link_ext"> cowslip . He told him to leave, but<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel came in and said "But Fiver found it, Toadflax."

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> Toadflax replied, "And we'll eat it! Cowslip is for Owsla! You know that!"

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Toadflax is one of the rabbits to escape with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Captain Holly ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bluebell, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Pimpernel. Unfortunately, Toadflax inhaled too much poison, and he was the first one to die. After Bluebell stated something about how the men hated them for raiding their crops and eating their lettuce, Toadflax stated his last words, "That wasn't why they destroyed the warren. It was just because we were in the way. They killed us to suit themselves."

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">d) Holly was a rabbit who was part of the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Owsla . He tried to arrest<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bigwig and the rest of the rabbits who were trying to leave but Bigwig and some others attacked him.<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel told him if he did not go then they would kill him. He,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bluebell ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Pimpernel, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Toadflax were also the last survivors of the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Warren when the men destroyed it. They left the destroyed warren, and Toadflax soon died. They ran into the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Warren of Snares where the Snare Rabbits ambushed them and killed Pimpernel.<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Cowslip injured Holly but Holly threatened to kill Cowslip if he didn't tell him where Bigwig and Hazel were. Cowslip told them that they were on Watership Down. Holly scratched his Cowslip's eye, and he and Bluebell fled to the Down. On the Down Bluebell sensed danger. He tried to get Holly to move but he couldn't, so he fled to a bush. Holly called out to Bigwig and shouted, "Zorn!" Bigwig though it was the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Black Rabbit of Inle, so he was afraid, but he went up never the less, and found Holly. Holly,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Silver ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Buckthorn, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Strawberry , all went to<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Efrafa to get does and bring them back to Watership Down. But they failed and came back with no does. Holly had another wound, Strawberry was ill from exhaustion, and Buckthorn was wounded in the face.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">He soon became the chief of scouts at the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down Warren. After a while he mated with one of the Hutch rabbits<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Clover. Holly is also very good friends with Silver from the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Owsla, because he always was glad to have Silver by his side, and he could tell Silver what he couldn't tell Hazel or even Bigwig. And he is also very good friends with Bigwig.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Strawberry was a buck from<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Cowslip 's Warren and was large but a dandy, as was typical of Cowslip's Warren rabbits. His doe, named<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Nildro-hain, was killed in a snare. When<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel and the other<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Warren Survivors left the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Warren of Snares, Strawberry begged to join them. Hazel agreed that he join the group. Although Hazel notices that Strawberry has a harder time traveling, he was said to have never complained and arrived with the others when they found the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down Warren.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">General Woundwort was orphaned at a young age when his mother was killed by a<span class="wiki_link_ext"> weasel. To ensure that it does not happen again, he creates a warren where a secretive, strictly-militaristic lifestyle is the rule. Apparently, it was very big with many rabbits; when<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bigwig infiltrated the warren he earned the chief's respect due to his size and strength. When it turne Remove<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">d out Bigwig only arrived to liberate a number of does and rabbits the general became furiously obsessed with revenge against the former Sandleford rabbit, holding a grudge against Bigwig for the remainder of the book. When he leads Efrafa into the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Battle of Watership Down ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel, leads<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Dandelion and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Blackberry to<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Nuthanger Farm , to release the guard dog,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bob , and lure him to the Efrafans, causing a victory. This plan was a success, and General Woundwort was defeated. Woundwort and Bob fought each other, but Woundwort's body was never found. However, he lives on in Rabbit folklore as a bogeyman used by rabbit mothers to frighten disobedient kittens.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Captain Campion was a high ranking Efrafan officer and expert tracker and Wide Patrol leader. Before<span class="wiki_link_ext"> the death of<span class="wiki_link_ext"> General Woundwort, Campion loyally served the tyrant, stopping<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Blackavar 's escape attempt. After the tyrant's death, he became the new Efrafan<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Chief Rabbit. Under him, the warren lost some of its tyrannical attributes and made a close alliance with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Campion is the captain of the Owsla; he is a brave and a skillful leader, and respected by General Woundwort. He is well liked by both Hazel and Bigwig despite being their enemy. Campion takes over the warren of Efrafa after Woundwort's disappearance, and agrees that Efrafa and Watership Down can co-exist in peace. In<span class="wiki_link_ext">Tales from Watership Down, the final chapter is devoted to Campion; he introduces the Wide Patrol to Vleflain and Watership Down and becomes a respected and well-liked leader. He eventually dies on patrol after a fight with a pair of cats, but like Woundwort lives on in rabbit legends, as a sort of guardian angel for rabbits on patrol.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Blackavar is a rabbit with very dark fur from<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Efrafa. He tried to escape Efrafa when he was prevented from joining the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Owsla only to be caught by<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Campion. In punishment, Blackavar's ears were slashed to ribbons and he was kept in solitary confinement to discourage further escape attempts. He was later liberated by<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bigwig, when he quickly proved himself as an expert tracker and ranger, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel came to trust and rely upon Blackavar.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Vervain is a Captain in<span class="wiki_link_ext"> General Woundwort 's<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Owsla in<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Efrafa.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">In the book, Vervain is the head of the Owslafa (Council police) in Efrafa. He is a large and bullying rabbit, more used to dealing with prisoners than with active combatants, and dislikes his peer,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Campion. As Efrafa's most-hated officer, Vervain depends upon Woundwort's authority for his own. After the loss of Woundwort and the battle for<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down, Vervain is one of the retreating survivors killed by<span class="wiki_link_ext"> elil , but he had already lost heart and his sense of purpose. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cowslip was a minor antagonist in<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down. He was a<span class="wiki_link_ext"> member of the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Warren of Snares, and although seems to have some authority, he claims that his warren has no Chief. He is a large rabbit, who is used to good food and safe surroundings. He becomes soft with odd behaviors like the rest of his warren. He was the first to approach<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel and his group, keeping a deadly secret and refusing to answer questions. When<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bigwig gets caught in a snare, Cowslip refuses his assistance and punished Fiver for even talking about it. It becomes obvious that Cowslip has kept their domestication a secret and allowed the Sandelford rabbits to fall victim to the daily snares so that he had that much longer to live. He traded good food and safety for the ways of wild rabbits and freedom from fear.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">Captian Holly ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bluebell, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Pimpernel , traveled to Cowslip's warren, looking for Hazel, Fiver, and Bigwig and Cowslip immediately ordered that they be attacked and killed. He and his rabbits attacked, killing Pimpernel and wounding Holly. Holly fought back, planning on killing one of them because of Pimpernel and easily won against the soft Cowslip. To save his own life, Cowslip admitted that Hazel, Fiver, and Bigwig were on the Down. Holly left the cowardly Cowslip with a scratch. In the book his appearance was described as 'princely'. His people were also described as such, all looking similar. They all were orange, and they had smooth fur. Most are rather large, yet they aren't good fighters, because they are fed and protected (and destroyed) by man.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Silverweed was a rabbit that lived in the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Warren of Snares. He is said by<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Cowslip to be 'The finest poet the warren had had in months'. Silverweed is indeed quite skilled in poetry.<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Fiver said that 'Silverweed had frightened him with his poem, but he was the only rabbit in the Warren of Snares that he could understand.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Keha ar is a black-headed gull, and as such, he is not a threat to the rabbits. He has an Eastern European accent and serves as<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down 's primary air scout due to his ability to fly. He helped them find<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Efrafa and the Hutch Rabbits (<span class="wiki_link_ext">Clover ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Laurel ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Boxwood, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Haystack .) He is good friends with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bigwig , likely do to all of Kehaar's stories of the ocean and the other world (other landmass). He was injured by one of the farm cats,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Tab, and it caused him to to crash on the down, and that's where<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Silver found him.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Clover is one of the Hutch Rabbits that joined the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down Warren. She is a strong and active Angora doe, who mated with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Speedwell and provides the Watership Down warren with its first litter. The other Hutch Rabbits were,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Boxwood ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Haystack, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Laurel. In the television series, instead of mating with Speedwell in the book series, she mates with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hawkbit near the end of season three.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Haystack is one of the four Hutch rabbits. She,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Boxwood, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Clover all escaped to live in the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down Warren. She is a Himalayan doe who is Boxwood's mate.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Hyzenthlay was an<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Efrafan doe and one of the representative leaders of a group who unsuccessfully tried to convince<span class="wiki_link_ext"> General Woundwort to allow herself and some other does to leave the warren due to overcrowding. When<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bigwig infiltrated Efrafa, secretly planning to help some does escape, he befriends Hyzenthlay. She is described as sensible and strong and able to think on her own account, just what Bigwig needs in a friend during this dangerous mission. Lead by Bigwig, she is one of the rabbits who escapes along with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Blackavar and other Efrafan does to live in the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down Warren. After the escape, the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Battle of Watership Down took place soon after they returned to Watership Down Warren. The Watership rabbits won the Battle against Efrafa. She was also a seer who has visions off<span class="wiki_link_ext"> General Woundwort 's attack attack, the freeing of the Nuthangar Farm, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel riding in a car. Hyzenthlay soon mated with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Nildro-hain was a doe that lived in<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Cowslip's Warren. She was<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Strawberry 's mate, but she was caught in a snare. After her death, Strawberry left Cowslip's Warren, to build a new Warren (<span class="wiki_link_ext">Watership Down Warren ) with<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel and the other<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Warren survivors.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bob is the savage guard<span class="wiki_link_ext"> dog for<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Nuthanger Farm who proved to be an obstacle whenever the rabbits of Watership Down ventured there. Later, however, Bob unwittingly played a crucial role during General Woundwort's siege on the Watership Down warren that ultimately resulted in a victory for the Watership Down rabbits, defeat for the Efrafans and the permanent disappearance of General Woundwort.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">_ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sandleford Warren was a<span class="wiki_link_ext"> warren ran by the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Threarah. It was the home of<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Fiver ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Pipkin ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bigwig ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hawkbit ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Dandelion ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Blackberry ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Silver ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Acorn ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Buckthorn ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Speedwell ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bluebell, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Holly prior to its' destruction. A notice board, discovered by<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Fiver makes Fiver nervous, his instinct telling him that the sign meant danger. The Warren's desruction was predicted by Fiver, who insisted that they all must leave as soon as they can. The Chief rabbit Threarah, refuses to hear Hazel or Fiver and punishes Bigwig for allowing them to even speak to him with such nonesense. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">After it is destroyed, Holly finds the group on Watership Down and describes the horrors that the warren faced in its last day. Men came and poisoned the burrows and runs, shooting any rabbit who tried to run away. Many could not escape because the runs were blocked by dead bodies and he describes a boy putting the bodies on a stick, but is soon stopped from getting too grim by Hazel. It is not known exactly what happened to Threarah, and Holly expresses that he hoped the Chief died quickly.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Cowslip's Warren was the warren that the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down Hlessil encountered on their way. Although Cowslip seemed to have some authority, there was said to be no<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Chief Rabbit. It is usually dubbed Cowslip's Warren because<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Cowslip was the first rabbit that the Sandleford escapees meet and remains a prominent character in the warren. At first, Hazel and his friends believe that this is the perfect place for them, since the tenants seemed so healthy and safe. They overlook some odd tendancies like refusing to answer questions, reciting poetry, and building mosaics on the warren walls and decide to settle in. After repeated warnings from<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Fiver that the warren is not safe,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bigwig gets caught in a snare. The Cowslip rabbits refuse to help and get angry at Fiver for asking for it. Once Bigwig is free, it becomes apparent that men snare the warren territory, but keep the rabbits happy with good food and only a few kills at a time. The Cowslip rabbits feel that this is a good enough trade for the safety and food they are offered and soon become odd and domesticated rabbits. The Sandleford Hlessil decide to leave. This is not the last that is heard of Cowslip's warren, however.<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Holly ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bluebell, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Pimpernel , after surviving Sandleford's demise, came to find Hazel and Bigwig and ran into Cowslip's Warren on their journey. When Holly asked them if they'd be giving two snare rabbits a stern look when they are laughing in the great burrow. Whenever rabbit dies, the other rabbits act as if that rabbit never existed.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Efrafa was a warren that appeared in both books. It was founded by the power hungry and aggressive<span class="wiki_link_ext"> General Woundwort and built around the crossing point of two green bridle paths, one of which was tunnel-like, bordered on both sides by brush. Woundwort used his tireless zeal and fear to win the loyalty and control of his followers. Allowing no rabbit to leave, he had to form a strict system as the warren grew. Because he was advised by his Council (another tool to keep Efrafa under strict control) to keep the warren well hidden and small, but would not allow any of the rabbits who lived there to leave, Efrafa soon became overcrowded. Woundwort was also advised to keep separate runs and burrows, none leading to the other, to avoid widespread infection if ever the White Blindness were to inflict the warren. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The warren was organized and deeply controlled by the use of<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Marks. A rabbit would be scarred on different parts of the body that told where they stayed in the warren, with whom they could associate, and when they could<span class="wiki_link_ext"> silflay .(E.g. A rabbit with a scar on its left back leg would stay in the Near Hind Mark, etc.) The Marks were created to keep the number of rabbits above ground smaller to avoid being noticed. Only a certain Mark was allowed above ground to silflay at a given time and the schedule rotated, so that every rabbit got a share of the favored feeding times.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">With the Council forcing the warren to keep from expanding, General Woundwort organized Wide Patrols, which are unique to Efrafa and used as an outlet for his desire for power. First led only by Woundwort, he led a group of rabbits to go out and find trouble. They were soon led by trusted officers of the Owsla and sent out to find rabbits to capture and force to join or warrens to conquer. As dangerous as the patrols were, they served the purpose of keeping the numbers down due to high casualties.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Another unique idea of Woundwort's was the Owslafa, a sort of police squad organized by Woundwort as a means of more control.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">After the Watership Down rabbits hatched and executed a plan to steal<span class="wiki_link_ext"> does from Efrafa which ultimately ended in the defeat of<span class="wiki_link_ext"> General Woundwort, Efrafa and the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Watership Down Warren became a close alliance.<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Captain Campion became the new Efrafan<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Chief Rabbit , while<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Groundsel , an ex-Efrafan officer, left to become the Chief Rabbit of a new warren called<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Vleflain.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The Watership Down Warren is the magnificent place that Fiver invisions, where<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hazel ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Fiver ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Pipkin ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Bigwig ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Hawkbit ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Dandelion ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Blackberry ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Silver ,<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Acorn, and<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Buckthorn , settle after<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Sandleford Warren is gone. It is located under a beach tree on the hill of the same name. After it was founded, Hazel and his former<span class="wiki_link_ext"> hlessil, go out to find does to reproduce kittens so that they can build their new warren. They went to<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Efrafa to steal does from them but when they did The Efrafans followed them back to the Warren and started the<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Battle of Watership Down. Watership Down won the battle and Efrafa and Watership Down became close allies.