Cregga Rose Eyes
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Cregga Rose Eyes is a character from the Redwall series. She is an anthropomorphic badger.
Bearing the rank of Badger Lady, Cregga Rose Eyes is a dangerous force. She led the Long Patrol of Salamandastron against the Rapscallions of Gormad Tunn and his son, Damug Warfang. Her name comes from her red eyes, and the fact that she is more taken with the Bloodwrath than any creature known before.
After mortally wounding Gormad, Cregga became obsessed with hunting down his forces. Traveling at great speed without pause, she set out with half of Salamandastron's force to destroy her enemy. When she finally discovered Damug's Rapscallions by a burning tree pushed by Skipper of Otters and his crew on the orders of Major Perigord of the Long Patrol to destroy the vermin. She was disobeyed for the first time by a Sergeant Clubrush who drew his sabre against her, while ordering two hares to discover why the tree was burning. The runners told her why and she finally found Damug, and engaged him in battle. She killed him, but at great cost: her face had been wounded by his sword, so much as to blind her for the rest of her life.
For a time, Cregga fell into depression and would not eat. However, while at Redwall Abbey, she encountered an orphan badger baby who would come to be known as Russano the Wise. The two became fast friends, and she taught him much of the ways of badgers, grooming him as her replacement. Cregga herself remained at Redwall as the new Badger Mother, and was much beloved for her gentleness.
Cregga served as badger Mother for many years, outliving all her old comrades. She was offered the position of Redwall Abbess several times, but refused. She was much beloved among Redwallers, and her departure was a sad event. She took a vermin arrow in the chest, and survived for a week before dying, happy and content, during a feast held in her honor by her bedside.
Cregga's chosen weapon was an axpike, a long pole with a dangerous head at the end. This head consisted of three sharp weapons: an axhead, spearpoint, and hook.
Cregga was voiced in the full-cast audiobook of The Taggerung by Beth Cassidy.
