Vaniel Wildlough

right|300px|link=Special:FilePath/PlaceholderVaniel Wildlough is the son of Osclor Wildlough and Potamo and a prince of Riftgard in Frozen Terror.
== Biography ==
===Frozen Terror===
Born sometime before, during or after his parents had chosen to settle at Riftgard, Vaniel was more normal than a typical prince, even compared to his younger sister Korlac Wildlough. Upon reaching sexual maturity, he was subjected to wearing a codpiece to win the affection of a girl (though it did have some importance). On his fourteenth birthday, he received his trademark spears so he could be a fighter, and also acquired armor.
He was first seen training under the tutelage of Nowl Redkite, and after he finished his sister dragged him off to play. Sometime later, they meet the mole Talpa, though there was more than meets the eye with this mole. Four days later, Vaniel is visited by Luke, father of Martin, who warns him about Talpa and of incoming danger. The prince puts on his armor and finds his friends Dile and Wibble Pintips had also been awakened by Luke, and then Mustela Sixclaw the ferret arrives with a few vermin. Alarmed, Vaniel and his friends fought them, but were forced to run away, where they find more vermin lead by the skua Tritannus having taken all the guards hostage. They flee down a wall-walk, but Vaniel is horrified to find his parents among the captives under the rule of Nihilus the Fiend. He then finds Korlac fleeing from Talpa, but is caught. Vaniel, recalling Luke's riddle in his dream, discovers Talpa is on the vermin side. Talpa threatens to harm his sister if Vaniel and his friends do not put their weapons away, and with Mustela cornering them from behind, they had no choice, or so it looked: when no one expected it, Vaniel leaps off the wall, taking Dile and Wibble with him. Fortunately his armor cushions the fall and all three live, but was rendered too damaged to use anymore and Vaniel strips it off while fleeing up the nearby mountain, with Mustela and his squad after them. They came to a cave Vaniel had found some time ago, and after Wibble throws their pursuers off course, flee into the cave after sealing it. They made their way down the passage and come to a crossroad, where Vaniel directs them to take the tunnel that led to the shoreline due to a directory being scribbled in the ground, though by the time they reached the exit, they fell asleep. They wake up by late morning, head to the pier, and acquire a boat to flee to the mainland: Vaniel clearing a path in the process.
During the voyage, Vaniel replenished their supply of food, though this gave Dile stomach-problems. A week in the voyage they neared the mainland, but get attacked by an ichthyosaur and lose the boat, but they make it ashore mostly unscathed. A night and a half later, Vaniel was enjoying the free time he had from being royal until Wibble reminds him of the situation at hand. They came across an abandoned otter holt, but saw no otters, instead they get attacked by Vezok, who came to capture or kill the prince, and brought Tritannus with him. After Dile was caught in Tritannus' bolas, Wibble and Vaniel came out to fight, and were suddenly joined by a dormouse named Zimber, his son Pryce, Myodes Lightpaw the vole, and a female otter named Saffo. When Zimber discovers Vaniel is Osclor's son, he is confused, Vaniel quickly explains before the Long Patrol arrive and send the two vermin in retreat. Vaniel then properly meets Saffo and they fall in love, which got them mocked by Long Patrol general Lotte Spikethumb Thropple. They then get escorted to Salamandastron, and meet Adelmo Bowstripe. After filling him, the Long Patrol and the Redwallers in on what happened at Riftgard, they quickly offer assistance, which Vaniel happily accepts (though he declines having new armor, feeling it would take too much time). Adelmo then leads them outside where to Vaniel's amazement, the badger has a selection of tamed pterosaurs they can use to get back to Riftgard while saving more time. Despite his near-death-experience from the ichthyosaur, Vaniel gives it a chance and was amazed at how easy it was, but Adelmo warns him not to get carried away, or he'll literally be carried away. After all was ready, Vaniel and co took to the air.
During the flight, he and Saffo try to communicate (and fail pathetically), resulting in their mounts giving them a hand. After an hour or so, they arrive at the fjord and fly low to avoid detection. Eventually landing near Nihilus' ship, and after sabotaging it, Saffo proposes disguising herself as the prince to lure some vermin out. The plan works and their prisoners turn out to be none other than Mustela and his squad. Vaniel was alarmed when Mustela claims Nihilus had done something to his family, though while his sister is still alive, his parents aren't. Vaniel, stricken with grief, flees to the beach, but was followed by Pryce and Saffo, the former confessing that his mother had died from giving birth to him, but tells Vaniel that he still had his sister who really needs him, and Vaniel agrees, then they rejoin the others, who plan to get in the same way Nihilus did, and let Mustela and his lackeys go with a warning.
They manage to get in Riftgard, and eventually arrive at the dungeon and free all the residents, then lay siege to the fortress. Vaniel and Pryce personally confront Nihilus, the former wanting revenge for his parents' deaths. Both woodlanders tackle the toad, but Nihilus was able to knock away Vaniel, who finds his sister once again Talpa's hostage, who once again bribes him to surrender for her life, and this time Vaniel complies until Saffo intervenes. Though he still wanted revenge, he went after the mole, cutting him off in the kitchen. Korlac breaks free from Talpa and Vaniel hugs her, and informs her about knowing of their parents' fates. He is then stunned to hear Talpa was personally raised by Nihilus, and hoped the mole still had some good in him, but this proved fruitless: Talpa attacks Saffo without second thought, and Vaniel threw one of his spears at the mole, killing him, though Vaniel did not quite like doing it. Later he learns that Pryce had killed Nihilus, thus freeing Riftgard. By dawn, they gathered the dead, though tragically, Zimber was among the casualties. Upon hearing from Gald Bowstripe that his parents were given decent burials by the vermin, Vaniel proposes burying Zimber with them and everyone agrees. After Zimber was buried, Vaniel says his goodbye to his parents, then goodbye to Saffo, though she promises to return when they're older. Several seasons later, Vaniel himself becomes king and visits Redwall personally, where he and Saffo wed.
===More Morbidity in Mossflower===
At some point, Saffo gave birth to a daughter they named Retto Wildlough, and later they gain a son named Zorran Wildlough. One day the family and their entourage were traveling to Redwall on the backs of Ornithocheirus when they find several houses demolished. Continuing to Redwall, Vaniel sent Wibble and Dile to look around while he and his family went to the abbey. Halfway there, they find a family of hares being harassed by vermin. Vaniel tells Saffo to take the kids to Redwall while he went to save the hares, something she reluctantly agrees to. Vaniel does save the hares and sends them on his pterosaur to Redwall while he followed on foot. He was near Redwall when he found Log-a-Log Jolee Rosebud and his guosim, who had just escaped an attack by Pica Eipgam, and together they arrive in Redwall.
Sometime after that, Pryce's new wife Cilghal gives birth to their daughter Muscardinus, and Vaniel's son Zorran instantly bonds with her. At night, he and Pryce do a shift and Vaniel also provides parenting advice to Pryce. At that moment, some redwallers rescue prisoners of the vermin: Vaniel noticed the mouse Macko longing for Dile, which the otter learns was romantic. He also notices Wibble hook up with the male hedgehog Pietro Stump. The next day, Adorjan and the Long Patrol arrive, and Vaniel was joyful to see them.
At sunset, Pica strikes. Vaniel joins in on combating the vermin, but made the mistake of challenging the wearet Acheron, who mops the floor with him. Thankfully Adorjan stepped in and the battle was cut short by a dinosaur calling into the night. Adorjan quickly transported Vaniel, who was miraculously alive, back into Redwall. After getting as many dead and wounded woodlanders in the abbey, Teedle fixed Vaniel up and Wibble and Saffo scold him for his recklessness. Vaniel's recovery however was interrupted by Pica using a Baryonyx to break into Redwall, though it was a failure, and a few minutes after that, more of Pica's prisoners make it to Redwall, though sadly Dile wasn't among them.
In the morning, due to his injuries, Saffo forbids him from doing any training with the fighters. Instead he takes to babysitting for Sunspot, though found it more difficult than expected: he had to chase dibbuns in cavern-hole after they stole candied-chestnuts from Gamut Braebuck, though manages to catch Retto, and after confiscating her chestnuts, went to find the other dibbuns. Vaniel also couldn't join in the epic battle that would rid the land of Pica, but the magpie and his horde were nevertheless slain, and the heroes return with Dile. Vaniel and his family later prepared to return to Riftgard, complete with Macko, Pietro and his family, and also comforts Zorran over his goodbye to Muscardinus, making him speak his first word. They were happily welcomed back in Riftgard, and it can be assumed he remained king of Riftgard.
== Appearance ==
He's a muscular juvenile otter-boy dressed in dark blue-pants, cloths wrapped around his hands, a modified chest-strap and a bronze-tiara with an emerald embedded in the front. His weapons were twin dual-headed spears, the spearheads being shaped like arrowheads. He also had a Taggerung tattoo on his upper left-arm, much like Deyna (whom he idolizes). 
== Personality ==
Vaniel doesn't act like your typical prince: he prefers to be normal and do things non-royals do. Even so he knows his status is quite important, both in a good way and bad way (good because it can grant him a lot of desires, bad because it can make his life miserable). He places his friends and family above all else.
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