The badger lord of Salamandastron, Meledan Saxonos, is preparing Mossflower for invasion. Why? What does he know that no other beast does? And do his actions have anything to do with the unusual circumstances around the sinking of a pirate ship?

My own personal farewell to Brian Jacques, originally published in "The Intrepid Artefacts". To continue that fanfiction, I have decided to republish this piece separately.