Jaxxon Thistledown

Jaxxon Thistledown is the father of Kasper Thistledown in Parus Rides Again. He first appears walking with Poove after he was informed that his daughter was kidnapped by Parus the Manipulator. They followed to near Redwall before stopping for a night. The two weren't seen for a while until they run afoul with Fleshtooth and Halfear, with Jaxxon tackling the former and was almost beaten by the weasel when Erinaceus Quill saved his life and killed Fleshtooth, then meets Erin's group Kav Furrel, Myotis, Alzbeta Grang and Spinus, whom Jaxxon discovers have also had loved-ones taken from them by Parus (Kav's daughter Freja Furrel, Alzbeta's brother Ganner Grang, and the otter Zonder Banksnout, and seasons earlier Myotis' parents), and resolve to team up. During the trek, they run into Reggie Swordmaid, Howard Axehound and Sasha Churchmouse who were looking for Reggie's twin brother Russell Swordmaid, leading the seven to believe Parus had kidnapped yet another woodlander, but it brings their number up to ten.
The next day, all ten pursuers set off after Parus and by luck run into the guosim. Log-a-log Raoul sends up to ten shrews to join the ten, one of them being Láilá Bigboat, bringing the party up to twenty. Later in the day, they arrive at a swamp, but none saw Parus watching from the air. She later springs a trap on them: sending an army of toads to get rid of them, but it gets worse when a Baryonyx, unintentionally provoked by Poove, joins the attack, eventually cornering all the rescuers except Howard in a dead-end cave, but Howard manages to lure the dinosaur away, and once they were clear, Howard claims to have seen all their loved-ones temporarily free, though Jaxxon agrees with Myotis on the possibility their loved-ones weren't the only slaves. Continuing to trek through the swamp, they make the gruesome discovery of finding Whitebelly dead and headless, with Jaxxon doing the most scrutinizing on the corpse, and reveals to have done autopsies before back at Camp Tussock. Leaving the carcass behind, they set up camp in a clearing for the night, though during the night, Myotis arrives with Freja's friends Zootoca, Gjord and Algot Muskar, and the party reluctantly take them along.
Two days later, they finally catch up to Parus' lackeys at Great Inland Lake, only to find them in the midst of an argument. After Sasha kills Brownarm, they learn that Parus ditched them and took the slaves alone to Marlfox Island. Howard immediately kills Spearbeak when she tried to attack, while the remaining three (Fuzzface, Botaurus and Xof Chopsnout) smartly surrender. They later take their prisoners with them to the island by swimming in the water, but a freshwater plesiosaur claims the vermin's lives (and almost took Jaxxon's too), leaving them to come up with a new plan. Luckily they reach Marlfox Island, then break free all the slaves before finding their loved ones, but after reuniting with their intended targets, Brafilius catches them in a trap, and the woodlanders were immediately backed up by the freed slaves. During the battle that ensued, Jaxxon went up against the wolverine Viqi, and despite her size advantage, Jaxxon defeated her by whacking her on the neck with his hammer, killing her. 
In the end, Parus was killed by another Brancasaurus, but Spinus was officially lost to the Dark Forest. He later visits Redwall, and may know Kasper and Ganner have a thing for each other, but sadly, Kasper and Jaxxon had to return to Camp Tussock, but they promised to visit, and Ganner was welcome to come to them, and several days later, saw Poove marry Alzbeta.
==Appearance==
He wears red-trousers, a belt with a War hammer and a black-cape.
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Category:Parus Rides Again characters
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