Garten Longtreader

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## Garten Longtreader

Garten Longtreader, as illustrated by Zach Franzen in Ember's End.

## Association information

### Also known as

Ambassador Longtreader (by the Lords of Prey)

### Allies

• Morbin Blackhawk
• Lords of Prey

## Book information

### Appears

• *The Green Ember*
• *Ember Falls*
• *Ember Rising*
• *Ember's End*

### Mentioned

• *The Last Archer*
• *The First Fowler*

**G****arten Longtreader** was the brother of Wilfred and Whittle, and the uncle of Heather, Picket, and Jacket. He was an ally of Morbin Blackhawk.

## Biography

### Early life

Garten was the eldest of the three Longtreader brothers, being followed by Whittle and then Wilfred. In adulthood, Garten was the lead ambassador of King Jupiter and helped create the peace of the Great Wood. He was head of the Council of Seven Ambassadors, and Whittle and Wilfred served under him. Unfortunately, he would come, in the later opinion of Wilfred, to be more concerned about his place in the grand work than with the work itself.

At some point, Garten became romantically interested in Sween, but she refused him, choosing his brother Whittle instead. This so hurt Garten that he chose to side with Morbin Blackhawk rather than Jupiter in the hopes of getting his revenge. Prior to this, Garten was among the few trusted advisors present when Jupiter conferred the Green Ember to his youngest son, Smalden. Garten’s ensuing machinations included setting a trap for Sween herself, which she managed to elude. This increased Garten's respect for her capabilities, even as it infuriated him.

Garten also arranged for King Jupiter's army to be away from the Great Wood, having also persuaded King Jupiter not to accompany several of his Lord Captains on an expedition. Another Lord Captain, Helmer the Black, came to suspect Garten's duplicity and returned early from a diversionary errand he and his unit, the King's Arm, had been sent on. Garten's forces captured the group, and Helmer was forced to watch as his young soldiers were murdered. Garten then had Helmer chained to a tree near Jupiter's Crossing by one arm, leaving him his sword. He then taunted Helmer, encouraging him to fulfill his oath to Jupiter by removing his bound arm and dying in the king's defense.

Jupiter, believing Garten to still be one of his most loyal friends, agreed to meet with him at tge Crossing. Wilfred, in the king’s company at the time, was ambushed by Garten’s thugs and taken captive. Bound and gagged, he was taken to a spot where he could watch the scene of Jupiter’s capture and murder. A recreation of this event depicted Garten stooping to lift the Crown of Flames from the ground after Jupiter’s death.

Thanks to Garten's treachery, the Great Wood and First Warren were left defenseless when the afterterrors came. In the wake of the destruction he had enabled, Garten was made superintendent of both First Warren and the High Bleaks slave city of Akolan. To the former he also served as ambassador to Winslow Joveson, the city's governor, while in the latter he established Longtreader Command. His actions brought shame upon his family, and both Whittle and Wilfred were looked upon with particular suspicion as his former aides.

### *The Green Ember*/*The Last Archer*

Garten is mentioned by his brother Whittle as he recounts the tale of *The Rise and Fall of King Jupiter the Great*, who mentions only his exemplary service to King Jupiter. Wilfred and Rake later disclose more of the account to Heather and Picket Longtreader, Whittle and Sween's older children, revealing to them Garten's treachery. Later, Captain Frye of Halfwind Citadel accuses Wilfred of aiding in his brother's actions, which Wilfred vehemently denies. Heather and Picket of sharing Garten's treasonous ways, even comparing Picket's words and appearance to Garten's.

Heather and Wilfred later discuss Garten and his change in loyalty during the Citadel Congress at Cloud Mountain, a location Garten was initially unaware of. However, Garten later appears at Jupiter's Crossing as Redeye Garlackson menaces the captured Smalden Joveson. He takes the Green Ember from Smalls' pack, intending to deliver it to Morbin and allow Redeye to kill Smalls. However, when Picket comes to Smalls' rescue, Garten flees, leaving the royal heirloom behind as he departs.

### *The First Fowler*

Garten is mentioned by Frye when he explains the reasoning for their attempts to lead rabbits at Cloud Mountain astray regarding the destination of Prince Smalls' party.

### *Ember Falls*

Garten works with Bleston to capture Emma to give her over to Morbin. Garten reveals that if he blows his whistle a bird will come to take him away and the wolf reserves will not attack. If the whistle is not blown then entire force will be released and Cloud Mountain will be utterly destroyed.

After Picket arrives and defeats Garten's forces, Garten makes a deal with Emma, and he is allowed to blow his whistle and leave from the seventh standing stone.

### *Ember Rising*

Garten Longtreader rides with Heather on the back of a raptor, carrying her to Akolan, where she will become a slave. He tells Heather that he knows that it was Sween singing, but that he will not go out of his way to hurt her as being ambassador is his first duty. Heather accuses him of evil, and after telling her that history will tell which side is the right one, he shoves her off the bird and she falls into the Leper's District. Heather thinks of Garten on multiple occasions, each time with contempt at his evil and treachery.

During the uprising in Akolan on Victory Day, Garten saw Heather trying to save Jacks, and instructed a bird to pick Heather up. She was carried southwest, and after she woke from her faint, she pleaded Garten once more to return to The Cause. However, Garten maintained his position, blaming Heather for the terrible things Morbin had done. Garten stabbed Heather in the stomach, mortally wounding her, and kicked her into a pit.

Winslow mentions on Victory Day that Garten visited First Warren the previous year, but that this year he chose to stay in Akolan. The first standing stone in First Warren was topped with a statue of Garten Longtreader, but following the Retaking of First Warren this statue was removed.

### *Ember's End*

Garten Longtreader arrives at the Siege of First Warren along with his Wrongtreaders, all of whom rode from Akolan on backs of birds of prey. His raptor takes him to the ship which Whittle, Sween, and Heather Longtreader are on. In anger, he crosses the deck, momentarily expressing surprise that Heather was alive. Sween implores him not to continue, and he responds angrily as he wounds Dote, who tried to stop his advance. He and Sween exchange words, during which he reveals that all he did was because of his unrequited love for Sween, who married his brother instead of him, wounding Garten deeply, so that he never forgave her or Whittle and turned to Morbin to aid him in revenge against them.

Garten then advances to kill Sween, just when Whittle steps in to save her by his pickaxe, which stopped Garten's deadly sword momentarily. Their combat results in Garten falling over the side of the ship, who managed to grasp the railing. Whittle asks him to take his hand, but Garten refuses in pride. After Whittle pleaded with him once again, he considers it for a brief passage of time, his face even showing remorse momentarily. But he ultimately refuses, saying, "I would do it all again." Then he lets go of the railing, falling to a watery death in the swirling waters of the Brute's Gorge.

## Physical appearance

Garten was a grey rabbit who was said to look similar to his brothers, Wilfred and Whittle. As an ambassador for Morbin Blackhawk, he wore a pale seamed tunic, crossed with straps over his chest and with a white band around his right arm, over a pair of dark trousers. A long, dark cape flowed down behind him, and he wore an epaulette on each shoulder. He carried a sword.

## Personality and traits

**Garten Longtreader**: I would.

**Heather**: What are you, a monster?

**Garten**: Don't you recognize me, girl? ...I am Garten Longtreader.

—*Ember Falls*, pg. 283

Garten Longtreader was probably a young upstart when he was younger. When Sween refused him, he felt unsure of himself, causing him to run to Morbin for alliance.
Garten was called 'a cruel villain'. Garten would not repent of his evil ways, mortally wounding Heather when she tried to persuade him otherwise. He was very cruel at times, forcing Helmer to watch as all his apprentices got killed then chained Helmer to the tree with one arm and left Helmer his sword, leaving Helmer the choice of cutting off his arm and dying in battle, or watching as Jupiter died. This broke Helmer.

Garten was despised by all members of The Cause.

## Family tree

 - The Longtreader Family -

Note: Broken lines indicate relation through affinity or adoption or distant relation; unbroken lines indicate relation by blood.
## Relationships

### Sween Longtreader

In his youth, Garten fell in love with Sween Longtreader and at some point proposed marriage to her. However, much to his dismay, she refused him, choosing his brother Whittle instead. It was this act of rejection that prompted Garten to ally with Morbin Blackhawk and eventually led to his betrayal of King Jupiter Goodson, all for the sake of taking his revenge on Sween and her family.

Over the years, Garten's hate for Sween, Whittle, and their children festered and grew, and ultimately consumed him. During the Siege of First Warren, he confronted Sween and mockingly asked if he was "still invisible" to her, indicating that he was still emotionally scarred from her rejection. Even at the very end, Garten clung to his hatred of Sween and swore he would never reform, an unfortunate decision that led to his death: refusing to accept pity from either Sween or Whittle, Garten chose instead to succumb to the swirling waters of the Brute's Gorge.

### Whittle Longtreader

Presumably, when they were young, Garten got along just fine with his brother Whittle. Indeed, the two once worked together, with Whittle serving as one of Garten's lieutenants in the Council of Seven Ambassadors. However, once Sween Longtreader rejected Garten's proposal of marriage and chose Whittle instead, a wedge was driven between the two brothers. Even during the War for All Natalia, when Whittle offered Garten, who was dangling over the Brute's Gorge, his hand and a chance to start anew, Garten refused him, choosing death instead.

### Heather Joveson

Like the rest of Sween and Whittle's children, Garten had no regard for the fact that Heather was Sween's daughter, despite his being in love with Sween as a young buck. He hated Heather and saw her as an obstacle in his and Morbin's overtaking of Natalia, even going so far as to mortally wound her and kick her into the Tomb of Lander's Dragons, leaving her for dead.

## Trivia

* S. D. Smith stated that he "feels strong anger" towards Garten Longtreader.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.goodreads.com/questions/1526151-what-is-the-ages-for-the-longtreader
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 As revealed in *The Green Ember*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 As revealed in *Ember's End*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 As revealed in *Ember Rising*
5. ↑ [1]