Preface and Part 1, Kotir: Chapters 1-8 Summary

Mossflower is the prequel to the novel, Redwall and second in the Redwall Series.

In the Preface, Bella of Brockhall welcomes a young mouse into her home to tell him a story of Martin the Warrior.

In Chapter 1, it is midwinter. Urthclaw, a mole, comes to the home of Ben Stickle and his wife Goody to warn them that soldiers are in the area once again collecting food as tithe for the ruler Verdauga. Goody hides the young children and stays out of the way as the soldiers search the house for food. When they are gone, Ben decides it is time to move his family out of the area to a safe place he has heard of in the woods. Before they go, however, the hedgehog and mole watch as the soldiers...