Bairdon Bardwing

right|300pxBairdon Bardwing is a descendant of Asio Bardwing and friar of Redwall in Invasion of Bugs.
==Biography==
He first appears running Alzbeta Grang and Zonder Banksnout out of the kitchen for thievery, but lets them go when he sees Kav Furrel had brought the fruit he requested. Around dusk, he arrives just in time to see Erinaceus Quill present a tench-fish Kav caught, and congratulates them all for it as he took it. He eventually cooks the fish and delivers it the feast being held.
The next day, after Kav, Erin, Alzbeta, Myotis and Nomi got their first glimpse of war, they were all catatonic. The squirrel Vakama Foeseeker persuaded Bairdon to try and cheer them up, though when his attempt to do it with candied-chestnuts failed, even on Alzbeta, he resorted to telling about past battles he has, and this time succeeds. Not long after, Wuya the Toxic launched an attack: Bairdon followed Myotis and Koor into eliminating the horde's Mangonel, but was intercepted by the dragonfly Fastwing. After telling the rook and the bat to continue without him, he engaged Fastwing. It was a brutal dogfight over the abbey, but Bairdon emerged victorious after tricking Fastwing into crashing into the bell-tower, where he fell to the ground crippled, and Bairdon finished him there. He then carried the dead dragonfly over to Wuya and flings it at her, knocking her off the wall, though she managed to grab a hold, so he simply came and stomps the hands to make her fall, but it fails to kill her.
Two nights later, Abbot Giotto enlists Bairdon and Myotis to scope out Moledeep to see if it was Wuya's base and maybe assassinate her. They were joined in this by Kav's father foremole Jala Furrel. While Bairdon stood guard incase they were caught, Jala dug down to Moledeep and Myotis waited there. The plan appears to work, and a celebration was held because of it, but by morning, they find Wuya had tricked them.
Before dawn the next day, Wuya was let in by Darovit and she takes over the abbey. Bairdon was among the prisoners, but was later freed and joined the battle that followed, killing at least one vermin. Eventually Redwall prevails again after Kav slays Wuya. In the aftermath, he packed some food for Darovit before he could be banished, though Darovit doesn't intend to return at all due to shame. Bairdon undoubtedly continued to be the friar since.
He was still a friar several seasons later, prepping food for Kav's warrior-anniversary party, and attends it himself, telling food-jokes, but it was spoiled by their old foe Parus the Manipulator returning, knocking everyone out and abducting Kav's daughter Freja Furrel, Alzbeta's brother Ganner Grang, and Zonder. He eventually wakes up and after Spinus explains what happened, Bairdon was the first to recall the sleep powder Parus had used. He then joins in the search for the three children, Telma Furrel, and Vakama who were also missing. Tragically though, the adults were found dead by Koor, and Abbot Giotto later had Bairdon prep food for the five (Kav, Myotis, Alzbeta, Erin and Spinus) to hunt down Parus.
Bairdon remained in Redwall, and one day helped search for the dibbuns Gjord, Algot Muskar and Zootoca when they disappeared to no avail, and joined Koor on monitoring the Brownrat-tribe that was camped nearby. Near sunset, he finds the gousim, where Raoul claims to have run in with Kav and had dispatched some shrews to him, in turn Bairdon tells Raoul of the Brownrats, and together with Koor and Volkner Streamdog, confront the tribe, where Raoul shocks all by simply walking over peacefully and intimidates them with stuff on Redwall. Bairdon then emerged with the other heroes, and the owl warns that he includes vermin in his recipes. This was enough to make the tribe leave Mossflower-Woods. A night later, he finds Scarlette Broadstripe looking at the stars, and she claims to be thinking of Zonder, who would've gotten a wet-dream by now, but was more bothered that the kidnappers would not care about telling him about or keeping Freja from knowing it, something that Bairdon finds traumatic. He's not seen at all after this, but it's more than likely he witnessed the marriage of Alzbeta and Poove.
==Appearance==
He was dressed in the friar-uniform. His weapons were his own beak and feet.
==Personality==
As an owl, he didn't have to worry about having to defend the kitchen as much as other friars, and if any do trespass, he'll threaten to eat them. The only ones brave or dumb enough to rob from him are the hares Alzbeta and Ganner, and occasionally the otter Zonder. Like all owls he's also a capable fighter and has been in a few fights prior to Wuya's arrival. While he can be intimidating, he's a nice guy deep down, and loves food-jokes.
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