Whitebelly

Whitebelly is a male great spotted woodpecker and slaver who serves Parus the Manipulator. He first appears asking Parus when they'll strike at Redwall, which Parus corrects as kidnapping additional slaves. After setting in Saint Ninian's ground and having Botaurus do some spying, they dress up as a circus, gain entry into Redwall, and successfully add Freja Furrel, Zonder Banksnout and Ganner Grang into their slave-collection.
During the march southward, Whitebelly noticed Freja asking about Zonder's nether-regions, and comes to the latter's aid. The next day they enter a swamp, only to be attacked by toads, losing Whitemouth to them. Whitebelly acted as guard to keep the toads from catching the slaves, and they eventually were in the clear. Parus later has the group stop, and places Whitebelly in charge of watching the slaves while she went off to forge an alliance with the toads to dispose of any pursuers. During the wait, Botaurus trips the woodpecker to prevent him feeding Freja after she provoked the bittern, and Whitebelly gets even by shoving Botaurus into the water, inciting his own vow of vengeance. None of them except Linda (though she decides to keep it a secret anyway) notice is that their newest slave Russell Swordmaid had taken Botaurus' dagger and together he, Zonder, Ganner, Freja and Kasper Thistledown sneak away, though Whitebelly and co find out after Ganner suddenly shrieked. Whitebelly was the first to deduce they fled into the water after hearing splashes from it, though Brownarm warns Whitebelly will die if Parus catches their mistake, but Whitebelly accuses Botaurus of helping the slaves escape due to reporting a missing dagger, but they get searching when Fuzzface berates them. Despite their efforts, the escapees all but elude them and Parus does find out, but the slavers recapture them before they could reunite with their following loved-ones (who were being menaced by a Baryonyx). After they emerged from the swamp, Parus requests Whitebelly accompany her back in, much to his worry, and once they both were far away enough from the others, Parus questions him on how he messed up, but assures him she won't kill him, but the second he wasn't looking she proves otherwise by embedding a knife in him and lacerate his head, also declaring he was fire from the job, then she eats his brain. His body was later found by the heroes after Láilá Bigboat tripped from it, and Jaxxon Thistledown correctly deduced what happened to him.
==Appearance==
He wears beige-breeches, a belt and a blue-cape. His weapon is a Mace.
Category:Birds
Category:Males
Category:Parus Rides Again characters
Category:Slavers
Category:Casualties