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Aspen

**Aspen**, mate of Burrhead and mother to Bracken, Root and Wheatear.

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## History

### Duncton Wood

#### Part One: Duncton Wood

Born in the Eastside of Duncton Wood, Aspen was fought over and was won by Burrhead after an elder meeting in February. This fight was of rare kind as few moles had killed their opponents in mating fights.

However, the prize of Aspen may have not been something worthy as she was untidy, leaving her burrow messy and unkempt.

When Burrhead and Aspen had produced children, it was of tradition that she, would name them. Root, the strongest, named for a reproductive future, Wheatear, the female, who shared the discoloration over her right ear from Aspen, and last: Bracken, the weakest, and given the traditional name of a litter of three.

As Bracken was beaten by his siblings as he grew, Aspen would tell him stories; legends and tales, of which were about honoured and brave moles or fine males fighting for their mates. As each system had their own way of telling these stories, she told them in the way she had known those stories from her own system.

She'd speak about the Ancient System and when the moles had lived up there. And it was in the tales she would get so in-tune with them, that she would feel the words she spoke and sob, her breath deepening. The tales she wove had definitely inspired her son to explore the Ancient System and perhaps weave his own tale.

## Appearance

She was a mole with a slight discolouration over her right ear.

## Trivia

* She shares the name of a deciduous tree, the aspen.

## Quotes

> ...though it's a long time since anymole but the elders went up there, and then only at Midsummer and Longest Night. It's probably just legend, but a nice one, don't you think?
>
> — Aspen, speaking of the Stone;, *Duncton Wood*
Rolt

**Rolt,** an Caer Caradoc mole and a Newborn. Also the assistant of Thripp.

Part Three: Dissenters

(wip)

## Appearance

He is a thin mole with greying fur, a wrinkled snout, and paws bearing scars of travel.

## Personality

* Kind
* Wise

## Quotes

> Not until this evening will Brother Thripp come forward, but by then it may be too late for his words to have any effect. In his younger days he could have matched Quail at such a meeting as this, but the mood has changed; the younger Newborns don't want to hear about a way to the Stone's Silence. No, they're interested in shedding spiritual blood in the name of the true way by eliminating any obstacles in their path. May the Stone help anymole who puts a paw wrong here today, for they'll be looking for victims.
>
> — Rolt, warning them of the Inquisitors and explaining the younger Newborns;, *Duncton Rising*
Heather

**Heather**, mate to Borage.

#### Part Five: The Coming of the Stone Mole

When Heather had first met Spindle and Tryfan, she begged for them to bless her to make her fertile. While Tryfan had told her that he had healed few moles in the past, however couldn't now as he claimed he had lost his way of healing. Heather pleaded, but Tryfan explained he could not make a mole fertile who was not.

## Appearance

She is a thin, diseased, but bright-eyed.

## Quotes

> You might as well ask me why I want to breathe, or why I want to eat. It's a mole's way, a female's way.
>
> — Heather, after being asked why she wanted offspring;, *Duncton Quest*

## Trivia

* Heather is named after a low-growing shrub of the same name.
Rollright

**Rollright** is one of the seven major systems in Moledom, on the borders of Oxfordshire and Warwickshire.

## Landscape

### The Whispering Stoats

The Rollright Stones, known as the Whispering Stoats in the verse of Moledom, atop a large hill, with trees surrounding most of them.

## Notable Residents

### Natives

* Arliss
* Fiddler
* Hodder
* Holm
* Munro
* Rampion

### Immigrants

* Lorren
* Starling

### Visitors

* Alder
* Buckram
* Clowder
* Fescue
* Hodder
* Lucerne
* Mistle
* Privet
* Weeth

## Trivia

* The Stones, while in real life are known as the King's Men and the Whispering Knights in Oxfordshire and the King Stone in Warwickshire, they are known as the Whispering 'Stoats' as reference to the names.
* By the Early Modern period, folkloric stories had grown up around the Stones, telling of how they had once been a king and his knights who had been turned to stone by a witch; such stories continued to be taught amongst local people well into the 19th century.
* In the 20th century, the stones became an important site for adherents of various forms of Contemporary Paganism, as well as for other esotericists who hold magico-religious ceremonies there. They also began to appear more widely in popular culture, featuring in television, literature, music and art.

## Gallery

Part of the Rollright CircleRollright Stones from above
Bowdler

**Bowdler**, a system.

## Flora

### Trees

* Ash
* Beech
* Elm
* Holly
* Oak

### Shrubs

* Bramble
* Ferns
* Ground Ivy
* Mistletoe

### Flowers

* Eglantine (Sweet Briar)
* Harebell
* Primrose
* Wood Violets
* Yellow Furze

## Fauna

### Mammals

* Badgers
* Foxes
* Hedgehogs
* Moles
* Pipistrelle Bats
* Rabbits
* Shrews
* Squirrels (grey)
* Stoats
* Voles
* Weasels

### Birds

* Blackbirds
* Crows
* Greenfinches
* Jackdaws
* Larks
* Nightingales
* Nuthatches
* Rooks
* Tawny Owls
* Tits
* Wood Pigeons
* Wrens
* Yellowhammers

### Other

* Beetles
* Cardinal Beetles
* Fleas
* Ladybirds
* Lobworms
* Spiders
* Stag Beetles
* Wasps
* Worms
Linden

**Linden**, the first White Mole and scribemole; their name is chanted on Longest Night. They are the last child of Ballagan and Vervain.

## History

### Duncton Wood

Being born of Vervain, Linden grew to help her parents. She journeyed to Uffington to deliver the first Books written by her father, and then learned to read them. In the course of one Longest Night (a year), she became the first White Mole, and allowed the Stone to begin a healing power of love and silence to pass through her and to all moles.

In honor of Linden, moles in every system traditionally trek to the their Stone (or whatever feature in their system represents it) on Longest Night.

She also was a scribe and aided in writing the Book of Chosen Moles and the Book of Earth.

## Trivia

* Linden is mentioned as male in the first book, Duncton Wood, and female in Duncton Quest.
* Linden is also named after one of the three English names of the Tilia tree genus (or lime and basswood).
Cannock Chase

**Cannock Chase** is a mixed area of countryside in the county of Staffordshire, England. The area has been designated as the **Cannock Chase Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty**. The Chase gives its name to the Cannock Chase local government district. It is a former Royal forest.

## Landscape

Cannock Chase is located between Cannock, Lichfield, Rugeley and Stafford. It comprises a mixture of natural deciduous woodland, coniferous plantations, open heathland and the remains of early industry, such as coal mining. The landscape owes much to the underlying Triassic bunter formations. Cannock Chase was designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty(AONB) on 16 September 1958 and is the smallest area so designated in mainland Britain, covering 68 km2 (26 sq mi). Much of the area is also designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Despite being relatively small in area, the chase provides a remarkable range of landscape and wildlife, including a herd of around 800 fallow deer and a number of rare and endangered birds, including migrant nightjars. A feeding station at the Marquis Drive Visitors' Centre, sponsored by the West Midland Bird Club, attracts many species, including brambling, yellowhammer and bullfinch.

Efforts are underway to increase the amount of heathland on the chase, reintroducing shrubs such as heather in some areas where bracken and birch forest have crowded out most other plants. The local flora also includes several species of *Vaccinium*, including the eponymous Cannock Chase berry (*Vaccinium × intermedium* Ruthe). In January 2009, an outbreak of the plant pathogen *Phytophthora ramorum* was discovered on the chase, at Brocton Coppice. Various restrictions were put in place in an attempt to prevent its spread.

## Notable Residence

### Natives

* Duckett
* Thorne
* Zeon

### Immigrants

* Adkin
* Drule
* Ginnell
* Mallice
* Pottle
* Squilver
* Warren
* Ystwelyn

### Visitors

* Clowder
* Lucerne
* Maple
* Rolt
* Slighe
* Squilver
* Terce
* Weeth
* Wort
Madder

**Madder**, is a Duncton mole and rival to Dodder to compete for Crosswort's love.

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## Backstory

### Duncton Found

#### Part Three: Darkness Falls

(wip)

- Likes to garden

## Appearance

He has thick, glossy and messy fur and awry placed eyes.

## Trivia

* He is likely named after *madder*, a Eurasian plant related to the bedstraws, with whorls of four to six leaves.
Rugeley

**Rugeley**, a system.

## Flora

### Trees

* Ash
* Beech
* Elm
* Holly
* Oak

### Shrubs

* Bramble
* Ferns
* Ground Ivy
* Mistletoe

### Flowers

* Eglantine (Sweet Briar)
* Harebell
* Primrose
* Wood Violets
* Yellow Furze

## Fauna

### Mammals

* Badgers
* Foxes
* Hedgehogs
* Moles
* Pipistrelle Bats
* Rabbits
* Shrews
* Squirrels (grey)
* Stoats
* Voles
* Weasels

### Birds

* Blackbirds
* Crows
* Greenfinches
* Jackdaws
* Larks
* Nightingales
* Nuthatches
* Rooks
* Tawny Owls
* Tits
* Wood Pigeons
* Wrens
* Yellowhammers

### Other

* Beetles
* Cardinal Beetles
* Fleas
* Ladybirds
* Lobworms
* Spiders
* Stag Beetles
* Wasps
* Worms
Caradoc

**Caradoc**, an unkempt and ragged-furred mole of strong accent, is the last survivor of Caer Caradoc.

## History

### Duncton Quest

Claims to have been brought up by his father from a long line of sires, and hopes one day to bring the Ancient System of Caradoc back to renewal when the Stone Mole arrives. He is met by Alder and Marram on their journey to Siabod. Caradoc helped lead them to Capel Garmon, the closest landmark to get to Siabod.
Glyder

**Glyder**, the son of Rebecca and brother to Y Wyddfa, Dafydd and Fach. Like his brothers, he shares the name of two Siabod mountain peaks; Glyder Fawr and Glyder Fach.

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## Trivia

* Glyder comes from the Welsh word, *gludair*, which means adhesive, however his name represents the mountain peaks he is named after.
Buckland

**Buckland**, a temporary home of the Word Cult. A scrubland, and possibly near a farm.

## Landscape

Buckland is a village and large civil parish about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Faringdon in the Vale of White Horse District. Buckland was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 588.

The parish is an irregular shape, measuring about 3 miles (5 km) north-south and 2 3⁄4 miles (4.4 km) east-west at its widest point. In 1924 the area of the parish was 4,505 acres (1,823 ha).

The River Thames forms the northern boundary of the parish, just over 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village. Until 1974 this was also the Berkshire county boundary with Oxfordshire. Streams that flow into the River Ock form its southern boundary. It is bounded by field boundaries to the east and west.

The soil of the parish is a rich, sandy loam on a geology of Corallian Limestone and Oxford Clay.

## Notable Residents

### Immigrants

* Fescue (?)
* Turling
* Wyre (?)

### Visitors

* Alder
* Marram
* Mayweed
* Munro
* Noakes
* Peach
* Pennywort
* Ragwort
* Skint
* Sleekit
* Smithills
* Spindle
* Spurling
* Tryfan
* Whortle
* Willow
* Wren

## Gallery

Buckland House with backdrop of the North Wessex Downs
Map

## The Seven Systems

### Duncton Wood

The main system of the books. Rebecca and Bracken hail from here.

See also:

* Pasture Moles
* Mashlanders

### Uffington

The place of the Holy Moles and the libraries.

### Siabod

A vicious, mountainous terrain of a cold climate. Mandrake's birthplace.

* Fyfield
* Caer Caradoc
* Rollright
* Avebury

###

(Possible locations, but not mentioned after the first book)

* Stonehenge
* Castlerigg
Ghyll

**Ghyll**, a Mallerstang mole.

## Backstory

### Duncton Found

* He, along with Skelder and Quince, managed to survive fleeing from their old home. They travel to Beechenhill and meet with Wharfe, who brings them into the territory, where they meet Squeezebelly, who through some convincing, are allowed into the system.

## Trivia

* Ghyll's name likely comes from the word *gill*, which can mean, a ravine, most often wooded. It can also mean, a narrow mountain stream.
Hamble

**Hamble**, first-born son of Tarn and Fey, life-long friend of Privet and a stalwart companion to Rooster.

## History

### Duncton Stone

#### Part One: Wildenhope

* Hamble is first seen in his tunnel, hiding from the Newborns, his intent clear to escape and head to Duncton Wood. Here he is seen rather tired and his fighting days done.

## Appearance

He is a big, powerfully-built mole with great, strong flanks, a lined, scarred face, a deep voice, and huge paws.

## Personality

* Good-natured
* Strong

## Trivia

* He is the strongest of sons pupped by Fey.
* He, compared to Rooster, is just 'a shade' smaller.
* Hamble had mates in his earlier years, but they were all one night's stands.

## References and Citations

1. ↑ -- Duncton Tales, pg. 214
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 -- Duncton Tales, pg. 220
3. ↑ -- Duncton Tales, pg. 271
4. ↑ -- Duncton Stone, pg. 7
5. ↑ -- Duncton Rising, pg. 98
6. ↑ -- Duncton Rising, pg. 122
Rampion

**Rampion**, a Rollright mole and daughter to Holm and Lorren. She is also Starling's niece.

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## History

### Duncton Found

- Asked Romney to join her to go back to Rollright and warn them of what transpired at Duncton Stone on Longest Night - Lucerne's anointment to Master; Romney of which joined her.
Borage

**Borage**, a friend to Hay and mate to Heather.

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## History

### Duncton Quest

He became a follower of the Stone under Ragwort. He eventually had been threatened by the grikes at one point with talk of snouting, and nervous, he gave away the names of moles in Buckland who were interested in the Stone.

Soon enough, he, Hay and a few others were deported to Duncton to fill the land with sickness.

Afterward, when he was deported, he felt he was to blame for all the moles he got into trouble for worshiping the Stone. Hay claimed he was dying of sadness as few moles ever spoke to him after what had happened. He lay low in the Marsh End.

## Appearance

He is a large mole with patchy rump fur and scars scattered on his body and flanks.

## Quotes

> There are many moles other than I would wish to hear you speak, Tryfan, many who would find encouragement from your words. Could you not begin now to go among us and tell us what you believe? The dangers are much less than they were - there has been such death and illness about this winter, and such despair.
>
> — Borage to Tryfan;, *Duncton Quest*

## Trivia

* Borage has the same name as a flowering herb, borage, also known as starflower.
Dafydd

**Dafydd**, the son of Rebecca and brother to Glyder, Fach and Y Wyddfa. Like his brothers, he shares the name with a Siabod mountain peak, Carnedd Dafydd.

## Appearance

He is a fit mole, and large—the largest of his brothers.

## Trivia

* Dafydd is a Welsh masculine name, related to David. It is associated in names of Welsh royalty.
Duncton Wood Wiki

## Welcome to Duncton Wood Wiki

*Duncton Wood* is set in a wooded mole system of the same name, where Bracken and Rebecca strive to keep the teachings and rituals of the mysterious Stone alive.

However, Rebecca's father, the tyrannical and powerful Mandrake, is set on letting the old ways die out. With power at his disposal and a throng of henchmoles to do his bidding, including the ambitious and conniving Rune, it seems Mandrake's will is inevitable and dark times lie ahead for everymole in Duncton.

**Explore the world of Duncton**:

* Characters
* Systems

## *The Duncton Chronicles*

*Duncton Wood**Duncton Quest**Duncton Found*
## *The Book of Silence*

*Duncton Tales**Duncton Rising**Duncton Stone*

## About

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Peach

**Peach**, a mole and mate to Spurling.

#### Part One: Prayers and Pilgrims

- Was born in Avebury some time after Spurling and Quail's births. Quail then, was thought as responsible of the killings of Peach's own two siblings. Likely, before he could kill her, she fled and in trauma so young, likely cannot remember what happened that day.

- Witnessed the rise of the Newborns, and had come to understand their evil, and bravely formed a resistance, alongside Spurling, who led it. They all evacuated to Buckland, where they unfortunately suffered starvation and torture.

She and the resistance took the chance to flee when scalpskin struck down the Newborns in Buckland. Spurling lead fourteen moles out, with their aim being to reach Duncton Wood for sanctuary and warning to the moles there. On the way, they lost over half of their group to illness and capture at Fyfield.

- Luckily Fieldfare and Chater arrived in the time of two days, and healed them. Three days passed - Chater informs the resistance that Spurling's plan of journeying to Duncton was out, which Peach disagreed with, but Spurling said otherwise, agreeing with Chater.

- Journeys with Chater and Fieldfare after being found by the Fyfield Stone

## Appearance

She is a gaunt, thin and ragged mole suffering with scalpskin.

## References and Citations

1. ↑ -- Duncton Rising, pg. 43
2. ↑ -- Duncton Rising, pg. 74
3. ↑ -- Duncton Rising, pg. 73
Curlew (disambiguation)

Disambiguation pageThis is a disambiguation page for Curlew . The following is a list of links to pages that might share the same title.Please follow one of the disambiguation links below or search to find the page you were looking for if it is not listed. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.
**Curlew**could be of two things. Did you mean...

* Curlew, a Duncton mole,

OR

* Curlew, Rebecca and Bracken's daughter?
Rombald's Moor

**Rombald's Moor** is an area of moorland in West Yorkshire, England, between the Airedale and Wharfedale valleys. The towns of Ilkley and Keighley lie to its northern and southern edges, respectively. The moor is sometimes referred to as Ilkley Moor, though technically this refers to the section of moor on the northern flank, above the town of Ilkley.

## Landscape

Rombald's Moor consists of several moors, usually named after the nearest town or village bordering it. They include (clockwise from north): Ilkley Moor, Burley Moor, Hawksworth Moor, Baildon Moor, Bingley Moor, Morton Moor, and Addingham High Moor.

There are over 400 examples of stones with cup and ring marks on them scattered across Rombald's Moor.

## Notable Residents

### Visitors

* Charlock (?)
* Rune (?)

## Trivia

* The moor is said to be named after the local folklore legend of Rombald the Giant, though the name is likely to be a corruption of *Romille*, the moors surrounding Skipton having been given to Robert de Romille by William the Conqueror. Earlier Ordnance Survey maps show an earlier variant of the name as *Rumbles Moor*.
Cirencester

**Cirencester**, a system.

## Flora

### Trees

* Ash
* Beech
* Elm
* Holly
* Oak

### Shrubs

* Bramble
* Ferns
* Ground Ivy
* Mistletoe

### Flowers

* Eglantine (Sweet Briar)
* Harebell
* Primrose
* Wood Violets
* Yellow Furze

## Fauna

### Mammals

* Badgers
* Foxes
* Hedgehogs
* Moles
* Pipistrelle Bats
* Rabbits
* Shrews
* Squirrels (grey)
* Stoats
* Voles
* Weasels

### Birds

* Blackbirds
* Crows
* Greenfinches
* Jackdaws
* Larks
* Nightingales
* Nuthatches
* Rooks
* Tawny Owls
* Tits
* Wood Pigeons
* Wrens
* Yellowhammers

### Other

* Beetles
* Cardinal Beetles
* Fleas
* Ladybirds
* Lobworms
* Spiders
* Stag Beetles
* Wasps
* Worms
Mallice

**Mallice**, a mole reared by Linton to hate her father. She is in training of the Word.

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## History

### Duncton Found

#### Part Three: Darkness Falls

- Controlled the running of Cannock, establishing Lucerne's quarters at the central southern end of the system.

- Created secret ways in Whern and also Cannock used for spying. All that was heard, she passed on to Lucerne and her father, Terce.

- Kept moles as captives in the Sumps; was most powerful. Frequently visited the Upper and Middle Sumps to torture the prisoners.

- Tortured Betony to reveal that Wharfe and Harebell were Lucerne's siblings.

- Desires pups to give Lucerne a future heir to the title of Master.

## Trivia

* She is named after the noun *mallice*, the desire to harm someone; revenge, spite, malevolence, etc.
Meddick

**Meddick**, a mole sent to Caldey to aid her in her healing knowledge.

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## History

He came to beg Caldey to go north with him to the southern edge of the Midland Wen, where his two surviving kin lived a frugal life, and both were ill.

Caldey didn't hesitate, and thus the two travelled together, where Hibbott would meet them so many years later. What they had started back then, is now known as the Community of Rose.
Rue

**Rue**, the former mate of Bracken.

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## Quotes

> 'Course, it's a load of rubbish. I mean, it's got to be, hasn't it? You've only got to look at this mole, and I've seen her, to see she's as nervous as a pup and would think a dormouse was a monster. They say that she's been through a hard time...
>
> — Mekkins explaining that the tale of the Stone Mole is false, which leads him to talk about Rue;, *Duncton Wood*

## Trivia

### Mistakes

* She was once called 'Rune' in Chapter 13, pg. 150.
Rooster

**Rooster**, a mole of Bleaklow Moor.

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## History

### Duncton Stone

#### Part One: Wildenhope

- Is first seen at Hobsley's Coppice with Privet (who he is now reunited with), Weeth, and the others.

## Appearance

He is large, with a wrinkled, massive head (seeming over-size for his body) and great, deformed, grotesque paws, one in particular, the right, is much larger than his left. He has awry, thick, wiry fur and an askew tail that twists to the left. He also has heavy brows and black eyes, a squat, wrinkled snout, and stumpy talons.

## Personality

* Blasphemous
* Bold
* Clumsy
* Laconic
* Powerful
* Sensitive
* Angry
* Wild
* Artistic

## Trivia

* He has a husky voice.
* He is three-quarters grike; as his father is pure-blooded, and his mother is half-grike.
* He is possibly coded as autistic, as he has trouble communicating with others and "feels things more strongly than he is able to think them", and has a pronounced tendency to fidget and groan to himself when uneasy.

## Quotes

> Know of him lass? You'll not find a mole on the Moors who doesn't these days. Know him and admire him, for so far at least he's got the better of Red Ratcher, and he's the first mole in generations who's brought hope to this forsaken place. There have been others no doubt, but they've gone or have died and we've been put back to what we've always been. But Rooster, by these old talons of mine, he's a mole like nomole I've ever heard of before.
>
> — Turrell, talking about Rooster;, *Duncton Tales*

**Hamble**: "*But what of Rooster? Without him I am nothing. His great destiny is not fulfilled.*"

**Privet**: "*I saw him on the slopes, and he saw me. All these years I have longed to see him, to love him again, but when I saw him he was not the mole I first knew. He was still the violent thing you helped me flee from. But the real Rooster is there inside, the Rooster I saw and loved on Hilbert's Top. The mole I love is there still.*"

—Privet explaining her love and belief in Rooster; *Duncton Rising*, page 354

## References and Citations

1. ↑ -- Duncton Tales, pg. 276
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 -- Duncton Tales, pg. 273
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 -- Duncton Tales, pg. 275
4. ↑ -- Duncton Tales, pg. 363
5. ↑ -- Duncton Tales, pg. 274
Appleton

**Appleton**, a system, part of Oxfordshire.

## Landscape

Appleton is a village in the civil parish of Appleton-with-Eaton, about 4 miles (6.4 km) northwest of Abingdon. Appleton was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded Appleton-with-Eaton's parish population as 915.

## Notable Events

* Beechen was stopped by a stranger (needs context - *Duncton Found*).

## Notable Residents

### Visitors

* Beechen
* Buckram
* Sleekit
Duncton Rising: Allegiances

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 Major Characters

These characters are listed as major because they serve a strong part of the plot, or are in league with major characters, such as Grear, Lime or Noakes - they don't serve large parts in the story, but are part of something big. For example: Grear, as son to Ratcher; Lime, as Privet's sister and Noakes, a follower of Spurling and Peach's (please do tell if that's not viable and we can sort them out properly). These characters of lesser importance are marked with an \*

## Minor Characters

These characters don't serve very much to the plot - if they do, please make a note.

 Myrtle | Mate of Turrell
 Stow | The senior elder of his system, Bourton
 Turrell | A grike met by Privet, on her way to Crowden
 Waythorn | Adopted son of Turrell, and perhaps Myrtle
Duncton Wood (disambiguation)

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Beechen

**Beechen**, a grey mole, otherwise known as the Stone Mole, was born as the star of the same name flew above the land and over the Duncton Stone. He is the son of Boswell and Feverfew, though Tryfan has taken the place of Boswell since his passing.

## History

### Duncton Found

Beechen has taken up apprenticeship of Tryfan to become a scribemole, and in order to do so, Tryfan has allowed Beechen to take over from Spindle's work. He also sees it important for Beechen to know all the many moles he can meet. And so, he had come to meet Hay, Mayweed, Teasel, Crosswort, Madder and few more.

## Trivia

* His name could be of the *beech tree*, though it is stated in the book that his name is after Beechenhill.
Dogwood

> If you can't beat 'em, join 'em.
>
> — Dogwood to Mekkins in the start of Mandrake's rein

**Dogwood**, a friend to Mekkins; he was an Elder of Duncton Wood in Mandrake's rein.

## History

### Duncton Wood

Dogwood was born in Duncton and became an Elder, along with Hulver, Rune and the rest. When Mandrake came along, Dogwood showed little resistance to the new way that Mandrake spoke of.

When it came to the night of Hulver's death, Dogwood was among the ranks of Mandrake's assault, proving where his loyalties really lay. However, if he could, Dogwood would probably have resisted Mandrake, but perhaps knew that if he did, Mandrake would have him killed.

## Personality

* Cheerful
* Skilled worm-finder

## Quotes

> He'd find a worm in a snowflake if he had to!
>
> — Mekkins speaking of Dogwood's worm-finding skills;, *Duncton Wood*

## Trivia

* Dogwood has the same name as *dogwood*, a type of tree.
Avebury

**Avebury** is one of the seven major systems in Moledom.

Spoiler warningThis article contains detailed information about the *Duncton* series. Please read with caution if you do not want the story spoiled for you!

## Landscape

*(to be rewritten for moles)*

Avebury is a henge, containing three stone circles. One of the best known prehistoric sites in Britain, it contains the largest megalithic stone circle in the world. It is both a tourist attraction and a place of religious importance to contemporary pagans.

Constructed over several hundred years in the Third Millennium BC, during the Neolithic, or New Stone Age, the monument comprises a large henge (a bank and a ditch) with a large outer stone circle and two separate smaller stone circles situated inside the centre of the monument. Its original purpose is unknown, although archaeologists believe that it was most likely used for some form of ritual or ceremony. The Avebury monument is a part of a larger prehistoric landscape containing several older monuments nearby, including West Kennet Long Barrow, Windmill Hill and Silbury Hill.

By the Iron Age, the site had been effectively abandoned, with some evidence of human activity on the site during the Roman occupation. During the Early Middle Ages, a village first began to be built around the monument, eventually extending into it. In the Late Medieval and Early Modern periods, local people destroyed many of the standing stones around the henge, both for religious and practical reasons. The antiquarians John Aubrey and William Stukeley, however, took an interest in Avebury during the 17th century, and recorded much of the site before its destruction. Archaeological investigation followed in the 20th century, led primarily by Alexander Keiller, who oversaw a project which reconstructed much of the monument.

Avebury is owned and managed by the National Trust. It has been designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument, as well as a World Heritage Site, in the latter capacity being seen as a part of the wider prehistoric landscape of Wiltshire known as Stonehenge, Avebury and Associated Sites.

## Notable Events

* Murrain, a toxic disease which turns a mole blind and mad toward their death
* Spurling was born, with Quail, a season later.
* Peach and her siblings were born, and Quail had killed the two aside from Peach.
* Quail meets a Newborn missionary.

## Notable Residence

### Natives

* Arnold
* Avens
* Mistle
* Peach
* Quail
* Spurling
* Violet
* Warren

## Gallery

Avebury's South Inner CircleA Map of AveburyAvebury from above
Maple

**Maple**, a Duncton Wood mole.

#### Part One: A Pilgrim in Winter

- Studied Library texts; kenned every text on warfare scribed. Drubbins said that if the need for battle or war arose, Maple would lead well.

- Was trained in fighting by Drubbins' brother Chamfer

### Duncton Stone

#### Part One: Wildenhope

- Is first seen in Hobsley Coppice with Privet, Rooster, and the others.

## Appearance

He is a large, solid, dark-furred mole and has huge paws; a deep-voice, and a powerful head.

## Personality

* Decisiveness
* Gentle
* Good
* Great
* Powerful
* A warrior

## Quotes

> *"Moles in former times interfered too much in other systems' affairs. Duncton's my system and here I'll stay until the day comes that it needs me to defend it. And if I die without that ever happening there'll be no happier mole than me. But by the Stone, if I'm ever needed I'll be here and in no other place!"* -- Maple speaks his truth to Duncton; *Duncton Tales*, pg. 76
>
>

>
> *"I swear I've never had the honour of fighting a stronger mole than young Maple. It's not his size, though that's impressive enough, but the way it's combined with speed and aggression. Yet he's the kindest, gentlest mole I know when he's not fighting. Mark my words, Fieldfare, there'll come a day the Stone will call him to its aid, for it does not make such a mole for nothing. You'll see!"* -- Chater impressed by a younger Maple after yielding; *Duncton Tales,* pg. 76-77
>
>

## References and Citations

1. ↑ -- Duncton Rising, pg. 17
2. ↑ -- Duncton Tales, pg. 160
3. ↑ -- Duncton Tales, pg. 63
4. ↑ -- Duncton Tales, pt. 4
5. ↑ -- Duncton Tales, pg. 22
6. ↑ -- Duncton Rising, Allegiances
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 -- Duncton Tales, pg. 76
8. ↑ -- Duncton Tales, pg. 23
Elynor

**Elynor**, a Duncton Wood mole and friend of Pumpkin's.

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## History

### Duncton Rising

#### Part Three: Into Darkness

- Meets Pumpkin, telling him she met him once before, in 'easier' times.

## Appearance

She is well-made, with good features, and intelligent eyes.
Duncton Found

***Duncton Found*** is the third and final part in the first Duncton Wood trilogy. It was published in the United Kingdom in 1989.

## Overview

*"The first trilogy of the Duncton Chronicles now reaches an inspiring and triumphant conclusion… Under the ruthless leadership of Henbane of Whern, the grikes have taken over moledom. Soon their ascendancy is to be consolidated by Lucerne, her son by Tryfan, and the last followers of the Stone rooted out and killed. Duncton Wod has been sealed off and made a colony for aging and diseased outcasts whose sterile feuding and self-hatred, the grikes believe will destroy forever the legendary system’s spiritual power. But it is here, in the very shadow of hopelessness and death, that the Stone Mole has been born. His name is Beechen and the aging Tryfan is entrusted with preparing him for the great task of showing all moles how the Stone’s Silence may be finally known. As young Beechen sets forth from Duncton Wood, he finds that the dark forces of the evil Word have been unleashed against him. He will need all the courage and faith other moles can give him, if hope is to survive…"*
Sleekit

**Sleekit**, or Sideem Sleekit was a follower of the grikes and the Word. She was one of Henbane's top followers.

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## History

### Duncton Quest

#### Part Two: Buckland

- First seen at Buckland

- Was aide and sideem to Henbane herself. Eventually quit after leading Wharfe and Harebell to Beechenhill and becoming a follower of the Stone.

## Trivia

* Her name could come from the Scottish word, *sleekit*, which means: artfully flattering or ingratiating, and slimy, sly and weasel-like.
* Or, it could also mean, to having a glossy skin or surface.
Ceremonies and Rituals

In the shade of the night,

As they leave their burrows

On your Midsummer Night,

We the moles of Duncton Stone

See our young with blessing sown.

We bathe their paws in showers of dew,

We free their fur with wind from the west,

We bring them choice soil,

Sunlight in life.

We ask they be blessed

With a sevenfold blessing:

The grace of form

The grace of goodness

The grace of suffering

The grace of wisdom

The grace of true words

The grace of trust

The grace of whole-souled loveliness.

We bathe their paws in showers of light,

We free their souls with the talons of love,

We ask that they hear the silent Stone.

All of thee in quiet;

Power of the sun come into thee

A part of thee in warmth;

Power of the moon come into thee

A part of thee feel cool;

Power of the rain come into thee

A part of thee refreshed;

Power of death depart from thee

Taken by the Stone;

Power of life return to thee

Borrowed from the Stone;

Power of the Stone is with thee

For you are the Stone,

All of you the Stone.

Stone, give him/her thy wisdom

Stone, give him/her courage, give him/her purpose,

Stone, direct his/her long journey,

Silence, to hear

Silence, to listen

Silence, to know

Silence, to love

Stone, help him/her always.

**Initiator**: Do you, (name), vow always to scribe true?

**Response**: (I do.)

**Initiator**: Do you, (name), vow to seek Silence?

**Response**: (I do.)

**Initiator**: Do you, (name), son/daughter of (mother's name), son/daughter of (father's name) and sponsored by myself, (name of initiator) of (system name of initiator), vow to follow the hardest way, which is the scribemole's way: which is to love the unloved, to love where love seems lost, to love where love would have you die, to love yet not possess, to love when love is not returned, to scribe with love what truth you know, and be guided in all these things by the Silence that is of the Stone?

**Response**: (I do.)

Stone, accept (name) of (system's name) as a worthy mole,

Stone, help him/her always.

Stone, embrace him/her with thy Silence.

### A Stone's Grace

(said before a meal)

Be with us, Stone, at the start of our feast.

Be with us, Stone, at the close of our meal.

Let nomole adown our bodies

That may hurt our sorrowing souls,

Oh nomole adown our bodies

That may hurt our sorrowing souls.

### Grace of Uffington

(said before a meal)

Give us, O Stone, with the morning meal

Health to the body, joy to the soul

Give us, O Stone, of the final worm

Enough for our need in the silence of sleep

To the greedy, too much

To the austere, good humour

To the wasteful, no second chance

To the unloved, thy love

That all may eat and be well blessed.

## Word Followers

This section is a stub and needs expansion.
Feverfew

**Feverfew**, a white mole of the Wen and younger than Tryfan, her mate, she helped aid Tryfan's journey and had borne the Stone Mole, Beechen. She speaks in the old language or accent of the Dunbar moles.

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## Appearance

She is a white mole with scruffy, patchy fur and scars of scalpskin.

## Trivia

* Feverfew has the same name as *feverfew*, a medicinal herb in the daisy family, Asteraceae. It is commonly used to prevent migraine headaches and occasionally grown for ornament.
Ballagan

**Ballagan**, the first mole along with his mate, Vervain. He and his family are told about widely on Longest Night as he was known as the mole to uncover it all, from the first Stone, the first system, and along with his mate, wrote the first two Books.

## History

### Duncton Wood

He and Vervain, were the first moles to be created (as legend says). He along with his mate uncovered the first Stone and its splitting into seven hundred. It is said he did this by striking a talon upon the single Stone of Stones, which chips were made into the seven Stillstones (and possibly also the several smaller natural stones and pebbles scattered around the land, referring as 'seven hundred').

They struggled hardships including darkness on the first Longest Night (first year).

Together, Vervain had sons and daughters, one of which, the first White Mole and scribemole, Linden.

Soon, the first system was unveiled, and later, the first Book and the second, were written—the first, written by Ballagan himself and the second; Vervain.

## Trivia

* Ballagan's name likely comes from a Scottish wildlife reserve, Ballagan Glen.
* Also an alternate spelling of his name seen in Duncton Found, *Balagan*, translates from Hebrew to 'chaos', 'bedlam', 'mess', 'confusion', etc, oddly enough.
* He is also regarded as the first Holy Mole, implying the first system to be, could very well have been Uffington.
* It is also said that he made the First Moles (possibly the moles after him) out of sparks hammered out of the Stone as he smote it in his time of doubt. Smitings that as known, produced the seven Stillstones—but also multiple legends of giants, snakes, natural dangers like ice, roaring mud and rain that is said to eat away at a mole's skin and poison his soul.
* As Boswell was approaching his end, he mistook Bailey for several moles, but Ballagan himself too. This also could imply there being a possible afterlife, but nobody knows for sure.
Humlock

**Humlock**, a deformed mole and friend of Rooster's.

## Appearance

He is very large and hulking, and has reddish, patchy fur that in places it is so thin, that pink-grey bald areas mottled his body, protuberant eyes that are milky-white and blind, a great head that hangs down beneath hunched shoulders, has shining, black talons and stumpy talons.

## References and Citations

1. ↑ -- Duncton Tales, pg. 277
2. ↑ -- Duncton Tales, pg. 363
Charlock

**Charlock**, former mate to Rune and mother to Henbane.

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## Trivia

* Charlock has the same name as a plant, charlock, or charlock mustard, field mustard and wild mustard.
Stafford

**Stafford**, a system.

## Flora

### Trees

* Ash
* Beech
* Elm
* Holly
* Oak

### Shrubs

* Bramble
* Ferns
* Ground Ivy
* Mistletoe

### Flowers

* Eglantine (Sweet Briar)
* Harebell
* Primrose
* Wood Violets
* Yellow Furze

## Fauna

### Mammals

* Badgers
* Foxes
* Hedgehogs
* Moles
* Pipistrelle Bats
* Rabbits
* Shrews
* Squirrels (grey)
* Stoats
* Voles
* Weasels

### Birds

* Blackbirds
* Crows
* Greenfinches
* Jackdaws
* Larks
* Nightingales
* Nuthatches
* Rooks
* Tawny Owls
* Tits
* Wood Pigeons
* Wrens
* Yellowhammers

### Other

* Beetles
* Cardinal Beetles
* Fleas
* Ladybirds
* Lobworms
* Spiders
* Stag Beetles
* Wasps
* Worms
Pennywort

**Pennywort**, brother of Thyme. A vagrant first found in Buckland with his sister, met by Tryfan and Spindle.

## History

### Duncton Quest

-Born south of Buckland near Basset with his sister

## Trivia

* He shares the same name of a common name given to certain plants around the world: in Asia, the Asiatic Pennywort (or sometimes called cantella) and in Europe, the Navelwort (or Wall Pennywort).
Audley

**Audley**, a scribemole and creator of the Rolls of the Systems.

## History

- Born in Fyfield

- He travelled widely and until his election as Holy Mole lived some of the time at Fyfield

- With his departure to Uffington however, the library of texts he had built up in Fyfield was removed to the Holy Burrows and survived intact until Henbane's reign and her destruction of the Holy Burrows
Fauna: Mammals

## Rodents

### Cricetidae

* Bank vole
* Field vole
* Orkney vole
* Water vole

### Muridae

* Harvest mouse
* Wood mouse
* Brown rat
* Yellow-necked mouse
* House mouse
* Black rat

### Gliridae

* Hazel dormouse
* Edible dormouse

### Sciuridae

* Red squirrel
* Grey squirrel

## Rabbits and hares

### Leporidae

* Mountain hare
* European hare
* European rabbit

## Moles, shrews and hedgehogs

### Soricidae

* Common shrew
* Pygmy shrew
* Water shrew
* Greater white-toothed shrew
* Lesser white-toothed shrew

## Bats

### Rhinolophus

* Greater horseshoe bat
* Lesser horseshoe bat

### Myotis

* Greater mouse-eared bat
* Whiskered bat
* Brandt's bat
* Natterer's bat
* Bechstein's bat
* Daubentin's bat
* Geoffroy's bat
* Alcathoe bat

### Eptesicus

* Serotine bat
* Northern bat

### Nyctalus

* Common noctule
* Leisler's bat

### Pipistrellus

* Common pipistrelle bat
* Soprano pipistrelle bat
* Nathusius pipistrelle bat
* Kuhl's pipistrelle bat

### Plecotus

* Brown long-eared bat
* Grey long-eared bat

## Carnivorans

### Mustela

* Stoat
* Least weasel
* European polecat

## Even-toed ungulates

### Cervus

* Red deer
* Sika deer
Ludlow

**Ludlow**, a system.

## Flora

### Trees

* Ash
* Beech
* Elm
* Holly
* Oak

### Shrubs

* Bramble
* Ferns
* Ground Ivy
* Mistletoe

### Flowers

* Eglantine (Sweet Briar)
* Harebell
* Primrose
* Wood Violets
* Yellow Furze

## Fauna

### Mammals

* Badgers
* Foxes
* Hedgehogs
* Moles
* Pipistrelle Bats
* Rabbits
* Shrews
* Squirrels (grey)
* Stoats
* Voles
* Weasels

### Birds

* Blackbirds
* Crows
* Greenfinches
* Jackdaws
* Larks
* Nightingales
* Nuthatches
* Rooks
* Tawny Owls
* Tits
* Wood Pigeons
* Wrens
* Yellowhammers

### Other

* Beetles
* Cardinal Beetles
* Fleas
* Ladybirds
* Lobworms
* Spiders
* Stag Beetles
* Wasps
* Worms
Dodder

**Dodder**, a former guardmole and rival of Madder.

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## History

### Duncton Found

- Believer of the Word, rival to Madder and in love with Crosswort.

- Is killed in Lucerne's anointing as sacrifice
Myrtle (disambiguation)

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**Myrtle** could be of two things. Did you mean...

* Myrtle, the grike and mate of Turrell,

OR

* Myrtle, the mate of Furrow and friend of Maple's?
Mayweed

**Mayweed**, noble friend of Tryfan and the finest route-finder in Moledom.

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## History

### Duncton Quest

- Tryfan and Spindle first encounter Mayweed as a clearer of the Slopeside near Buckland, working for the Word cult.

## Appearance

He is a thin, frail mole with yellow and bent teeth, thin and worn talons, a bare face, thin and patchy fur, hollowed sides (with pock-marks), scabby paws and his flanks are red with unhealed wounds.

## Quotes

> You probably made the mistake of being nice to him, so he'll be back. If he is don't fraternise with him, don't encourage him, don't have anything to do with him. He's a scrounger and a nuisance and he's trouble, and probably an informer to Eldrene Fescue.
>
> — Skint, about Mayweed;, *Duncton Quest*

> Concerned comrade, humbleness is never far away from you. Mayweed loves you and will not willingly leave you ever again.
>
> — Mayweed to Tryfan;, *Duncton Found*

> Yes, he has found the Silence now, or nearly so. A mole dies and must then journey for a time. Sometimes he needs a guide and it seems I am Chater's. He knew you needed help, you know, and so I brought him to you in a kind of way. I had to leave you for a time to go and get him and guide him here.
>
> — Mayweed, telling Fieldfare the fate of Chater;, *Duncton Rising*

## Trivia

* He is named after the herb chamomile, also named *mayweed*.
Quince

**Quince**, a Mallerstang mole.

#### Part Three: Darkness Falls

* She, along with Ghyll and Skelder, managed to survive fleeing from their old home. They travel to Beechenhill and meet with Wharfe, who brings them into the territory, where they meet Squeezebelly, who through some convincing, are allowed into the system.

## Trivia

* Quince's name likely resembles the fruit of the same name, a pear-shaped, yellow fruit.