Duncton Stone: Chapter Notes

Here you will find summaries of each chapter, pieced together carefully. Please do update as this will be heavily used as a reference for the Wiki.

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## Part One: Wildenhope

### Chapter 1

Characters -- **S:** Hamble, -- **M:** Privet, Rooster, Quail, Thripp

* January. Hamble makes the first appearance in the cold weather.

### Chapter 2

Characters -- **S:** Hobsley, Privet, Maple, Rooster, Weeth, Whillan, Madoc -- **M:** Thripp, Lime, Red Ratcher, Samphire, Humlock, Glee, Gaunt

* March; spring arrives. Privet decides she no longer needs Maple's protection, as she had Rooster, Whillan and Madoc at her flank. Privet struggles thinking about Whillan's fate, and questioned if it was worth revealing Rooster's paternity to him. Rooster disagrees, saying it would interrupt him finding his delving path, and gives the task to Privet.
* It was decided that Whillan would leave Privet as soon as they arrived safely at Duncton.
* Madoc remains pupless.
* Maple asks if Weeth had ever had love, and vice versa. They carry on talking, changing the topic to Thripp.
* Whillan resents the idea of Rooster and Privet making love, while Madoc laughs, saying it was no different to their own relationship.
* Rooster explains to Privet that Whillan had gone to the risen Stone, again, in anger.
* So Privet, Rooster, Whillan and Madoc head south to Duncton, while Maple and Weeth head to Caer Caradoc to sort out the Newborns.

### Chapter 3

Characters -- **S:** Whillan, Rooster, Privet, Madoc -- **M:** Maple, Cobett, Weeth

### Chapter 4

Characters -- **S:** -- Fagg, Thorne, Madoc, Whillan, Rooster, Privet -- **M:** Quail, Maple, Weeth, Stour, Lime, Thripp

### Chapter 5

Characters -- **S:** Purvey, Hamble -- **M:** Privet, Rooster, Chater, Stour, Woodruff, Shire, Tryfan, Henbane, Rune, Mayweed, Bracken, Rebecca, Mandrake

* Purvey reads Woodruff's *Duncton Chronicles* to Hamble and even taught him how to scribe, to which Hamble could scribe his name, and his system, Crowden.

### Chapter 6

Characters -- **S:** Pumpkin, Elynor, Cluniac, Sturne, Hamble -- **M:** Scirpus, Dunbar, Bracken, Tryfan, Mandrake, Mayweed, Sturne, Stour, Privet, Maple, Fieldfare, Chater

* Hamble arrives in Duncton, sent by Privet. He rescues Pumpkin and Cluniac in the nick of time from two guardmoles.

### Chapter 7

Characters -- **S:** Privet, Thorne, Whillan, Fagg, Rooster -- **M:** Madoc, Glee, Humlock, Squelch, Chervil, Rolt, Bracken, Tryfan, Maple, Quail, Thripp

* Privet, Rooster, Whillan and Madoc arrive at Wildenhope.

### Chapter 8

Characters -- **S:** Skua, Quail, Squelch -- **M:** Maple, Rooster, Thripp, Chervil, Arum, Boden, Rolt, Privet, Snyde, Stour, Fagg, Tern, Whillan, Madoc

### Chapter 9

Characters -- **S:** Madoc, Snyde, Squelch, Quail, Skua, Chervil, Rolt, Thripp -- **M:** Privet, Fagg, Rooster, Whillan, Thorne, Arum, Boden

* Madoc is taken and raped by Squelch.
* Thripp decides to see Privet in her cell, accompanied by Rolt.

### Chapter 10

Characters -- **S:** Privet, Thripp, Rolt -- **M:** Madoc, Rooster, Whillan, Thorne, Rolt, Brimmel, Loosestrife, Sampion, Chervil, Rolf, Shire, Wort

* Thripp reveals himself as Privet's Brother Confessor, and telling her that her pups, aside from one, lived; Loosestrife, Sampion and Mumble, who was all this time, Chervil.

### Chapter 11

Characters -- **S:** Skua, Quail, Chervil, Thripp, Normand, Rooster, Whillan, Squelch, Privet, Rolt -- **M:** Madoc, Snyde, Arum, Boden, Feldspar, Fallow, Tarn, Retter

* Executions take place. Normand, Retter and countless others are sentenced to death.
* Eventually, through confusion, Whillan was chosen as a sentence, and as he was thrown to the rapids, Rooster followed in after him. The remains of them are unknown.

## Part Two: Strivings

### Chapter 12

Characters -- **S:** Hibbott -- **M:** Chater, Fieldfare, Quail, Skua, Whillan, Rooster, Maple, Thripp, Thorne, Snyde, Privet, Rolt, Sugran, Lloyd, Knill

### Chapter 13

Characters -- **S:** Fieldfare, Spurling, Raistow, Noakes -- **M:** Privet, Chater, Balyf, Peach, Pumpkin, Drubbins

* Spurling confesses his love for Fieldfare.
* Fieldfare says to herself in her burrow, that though Chater could never be replaced, she had missed a mole's touch.
* Raistow suggests sending moles (specifically Noakes) to Duncton to find others like their group in the Seven Barrows. He also talks about how he visited Duncton Wood in his younger years, where he saw the Stone, met Drubbins, and Stour for the first time.

### Chapter 14

Characters -- **S:** Weeth, Maple, Furrow, Myrtle, Whindrell -- **M:** Privet, Thorne,

* Maple and Weeth, on the way to Cannock, meet Furrow and Myrtle, who came from Broseley where the Newborns had taken over. Maple and Weeth decide to take them to Rowton, where they meet Whindrell.
* They stay at Rowton for three days, and the Rowton moles were impressed by Maple's understanding of their position, that they offered him a place in the Elder council, which Maple declined.
* Furrow and Myrtle stay at Rowton.

### Chapter 15

Characters -- **S:** Weeth, Maple, Squilver, Ystwelyn, Arvon, Pottle -- **M:** Thorne, Quail, Squilver, Warren

* Maple and Weeth continue their journey to Cannock, where they arrive, and fall into a trap of a massing. Maple, luckily manages to save them and himself. Squilver watched as his plans fell before him, and the massing soon came together and began to follow Maple, with Ystwelyn as a second-in-command.

### Chapter 16

Characters -- **S:** Quail, Finial, Skua, Snyde, Maple, Weeth, Thorne, Ystwelyn, Rooster -- **M:** Thripp, *Bunnicle*, Pumpkin, Squilver, Fetter, Spurling, Fieldfare, Hodder, Hamble, *Sapient, Zeon*, Fagg, *Suede*, Arvon, Privet, Furrow, Myrtle, Whillan

### Chapter 17

Characters -- **S:** Quail, Hibbott, Caldey, Meddick, Privet -- **M:** Finial, Rooster, Snyde, Rose the Healer,

### Chapter 18

Characters -- **S:** Privet, Caldey, Meddick -- **M:** Quail, Shire, Lime, Rooster, Whillan, Hibbott, Chervil, Stour, Fieldfare, Chater, Pumpkin, Rose, Thripp, Maple

### Chapter 19

Characters -- **S:** Weeth, Maple, Rooster, Dint -- **M:** Rooster, Whillan, Chervil, Feldspar, Samphire, Ratcher, Privet, Hamble, Lime, Quail

* Weeth explains the tale of how Rooster survived onward from the night of the Wildenhope Killings.

### Chapter 20

Characters -- **S:** Rooster, Dint, Frogbit, Weeth, Stow, Ystwelyn, Maple, Arvon -- **M:** *Bartolf, Bryony,* Privet, Runnel, Whindrell, Maella, Furrow, Myrtle, Quail

## Part Three: Dissenters

### Chapter 21

Characters -- **S:** Noakes, Fetter, Sturne, Hamble, Pumpkin -- **M:** Weeth, Fieldfare, Pumpkin, Law, Mayweed, Cluniac, Rooster, Raistow

* Noakes arrived at Duncton, only to be antagonized by a couple of Newborn moles. After expressing his faith as a Follower, the Newborns thump him and take into the Ancient System, along with his friends.

### Chapter 22

Characters -- **S:** Hamble, Pumpkin, Noakes, -- **M:** Fieldfare, Spurling, Chater, Whillan, Rooster, Privet,

### Chapter 23

Characters -- **S:** Pumpkin, Hamble, Cluniac, Weeth, Arvon, Sturne, Hibbott -- **M:** Noakes, Hodder, Elynor, Bracken, Mandrake, Maple, Quail, Privet, Rooster, Whillan, Fetter, Thripp, Stour, *Bunnicle the Second, Spire,* Thorne

### Chapter 24

Characters -- **S:** Snyde, Thripp, Rolt, Adkin, Thorne -- **M:** Privet, Quail, Squelch, Finial, Maple, Rooster, Kritch, Stow, Maple, Chervil, Weeth, Bale, Caerwys, Fenney, Blinke, Kilvert, Ranke, Skua, Loosestrife, Sampion, Whillan, Squilver, Gareg, Ystwelyn, Arvon, Fagg

### Chapter 25

Characters -- **S:** Rolt, Thorne, Sickle, Adkin, Privet, Hodder, Arliss, Chervil, Feldspar, Fallow, Tarn -- **M:** Quail, Beechen, Wort, Dunmow, Thripp, Whillan, Rooster

### Chapter 26

Characters -- **S:** Quail, Snyde, Fagg, Squilver, Thripp, -- **M:** Thorne, Chervil, Maple, Sapient, Turling, Fetter, Pumpkin, Squelch

### Chapter 27

Characters -- **S:** Hodder, Arliss, Privet, Jugly, Rees -- **M:** Thorne

## Part Four: Quail Paramount

### Chapter 28

Characters -- **S:** Quail, Shap, Bunting, Snyde, Fagg, Squilver, Skua, Sturrick, Sapient, Turling, Arvon, Noakes, Cluniac, Weeth -- **M:** Thripp, Maple, Rolt, Thorne, Dunmow, Purde, Sickle, Zeon, Chervil, Pumpkin, Ystwelyn

### Chapter 33

Characters -- **S:** Quail, Squilver, Snyde, Sapient, Fagg, Taunt, Rees -- **B:** Turling -- **M:** Thorne, Skua, Rolt, Thripp, Fetter, Squelch, Privet, Arvon, Maple, Hodder, Arliss,

* Places: Banbury, Ratley, Wellesbourne, Cannock, Duncton Wood, Rollright -- Gaydon -- The High Chilterns, Ivinghoe, The Great Wen, Chiltern Ridge, Wildenhope, Tebworth, Leighton, Eaton, Amersham, Chesham, Comfrey's Stone.
* Month: October

### Chapter 34

Characters -- **S:** Maple, Spurling, Weeth, Fieldfare, Ystwelyn, Rees, Arliss, Hodder -- **B:** Noakes, Stow, Privet -- **M:** Chater, Furrow, Myrtle, Stour, Comfrey, Tryfan, Beechen, Boswell, Thorne, Rolt, Chervil

* Places: Avebury, Barbury Hill, Buckland, Seven Barrows, Uffington, Duncton Wood, Caer Caradoc,
* Month: Late October

### Chapter 35

Characters -- **S:** Quail, Snyde, Squilver, Sapient, Dirke, -- **B:** -- **M:** Rees, Comfrey, Sapient, Skua, Thorne, Chervil, Rolt,

* Places: Wildenhope, Duncton Wood, Comfrey's Stone, Banbury, Avebury,

### Chapter 36

Characters -- **S:** Sapient, Dirke, Maple, Ystwelyn, Weeth, Spurling, Noakes -- **B:** -- **M:** Privet, Quail, Turling, Squilver, Thripp, Snyde, Mayweed, Tryfan, Spindle, Skint, Arvon, Fieldfare, Maella, Thorne, Smithills, Pumpkin

* Places: Buckland, Duncton Wood, Avebury, Devizes, Banbury, Caer Caradoc, Wildenhope, Littlemore, Sandford, Uffington, Seven Barrows, Slopeside, Carswell Copse, Harrowdown, Barbury Hill, Buckland Marsh
* Month: Late October

### Chapter 37

Characters -- **S:** Quail, Squelch, Snyde, Squilver, Thripp, Fetter, Arvon, Hodder, Arliss, Cluniac, Rees, Hibbott, -- **B:** x-- **M:** Quail, Squilver, Thorne, Sapient, Turling, Snyde, Fagg, Squelch, Fetter, Chervil, Rolt, Pumpkin, Thripp, Privet, Maple,

* Places: Duncton Wood, Rollright, Begbroke Hill, Yarnton, Leamington, Avebury, Buckland, Cuddesdon
* Month: October (?)

### Chapter 38

Characters -- **S:** Ystwelyn, Maple, Weeth, Radley, Sapient -- **B:** -- **M:** Noakes, Maella, Stow, Snyde, Sapient, Turling, Spurling, Furrow, Whindrell, Runnell

* Places: Slopeside, Buckland Marsh, Carswell Copse, Buckland, Harrowdown

### Chapter 40

Characters -- **S:** Arvon, Elynor, Hamble, Pumpkin, Sturne, Hamble -- **B:** -- **M:** Privet, Rooster, Chervil, Pumpkin, Hamble, Sturne, Hibbott, Arliss, Rees, Squilver, Fetter, Quail, Thorne, Maple, Thripp, Hamble, Weeth, Cluniac, Noakes, Fieldfare, Whillan, Skua, Snyde, Stour, Boswell, Beechen, Rose, Mayweed, Tryfan

* Places: The Marsh End, The High Wood, Duncton Wood, Banbury, Avebury, Caer Caradoc, Wildenhope, Barrow Vale, Crowden
* Month: October-November

### Chapter 41

Characters -- **S:** -- **B:** -- **M:**

## Part Five: Book of Silence

### Chapter 50

Characters -- **S:** Frogbit, Pumpkin, Myrtle, Privet, Sturne, Morwenna, Whillan, Squelch, Brimmel, Fieldfare, Hibbott -- **B:** x -- **M:** Loosestrife, Brimmel, Rooster, Fieldfare, Rose, Hawthorn, Maple, Hibbott, Thripp, Hamble, Stour, Rees, Furrow, Weeth, Caldey, Squelch, Dint, Bracken, Rune, Drubbins, Hulver, Mandrake

* Places: Barrow Vale, The Slopes, High Wood, Duncton Wood, Cuddesdon, Buckland, the Redditch Stone, Siabod, the Marsh End,
* Month: May