Wengle Brookrudder was a young male otter that came over the eastern sea with his mother and some other creatures from the lands beyond for the warmer climate. His best friend was a young shrew named Riddy. The ship that he was on, The Rosalie, was attacked by Rackorg Vinn and his corsairs. When Wengle saw the weasel captain standing over his mother's body, he attacked him. However, Wengle was knocked unconscious by the searat Scumtail, and was thrown overboard. He washed up on the Mossflower shore where he was found by Corkly G. Battlescut.