When Bowly Pintips, a young hedgehog, escaped his weasel captors Agric and Spurge in the dry lands far south of Mossflower Woods, he met two warriors, Dandin and Mariel of Redwall Abbey. Aided by his two new allies, Bowly managed to trick and scare away his captors and take some of their food in the bargain. After the battle Bowly visited Redwall Abbey, and sailed off with Mariel and Dandin into the sunset in the Pearl Queen.