Bluddbeak, a giant red kite, was described as ancient and huge. He lived in the Northern Mountains and was a good friend to Ovus, a tawny owl who visited Redwall every now and again. Bluddbeak had been renowned for killing adders in his younger days; when Ovus heard of the danger of Zassaliss, Harssacss, and Sesstra (all adders) to the creatures of Redwall Abbey, he immediately went off to find his friend. Bluddbeak and Stryk Redkite's family are the only kites in the Redwall series.