Post by DSkillz on Sept 9, 2015 4:29:35 GMT
General Woundwort
General Woundwort is a fictional character and the primary antagonist of the classic adventure novel Watership Down written by English author Richard Adams, as well as the 1978 film and 1999 animated television series of the same name. He is an anthropomorphic rabbit and the Chief Rabbit of the warren Efrafa. Woundwort is portrayed by Harry Andrews in the film and by John Hurt in the animated series.
He is described as a rabbit almost as large as a hare. He is depicted with a savage look, complete with pale eyes, and fur color of undecided thought. Woundwort is orphaned at a young age when his father is shot by a human and his mother is killed by a weasel. Afterwards, he is taken in by a kind professor, who lives in a cottage and own a cat, which occasionally torments Woundwort when the man isn't looking. Once Woundwort is grown, he attempts to kill his first of "the thousand": the cat he lived with. After severely maiming the cat, Woundwort escapes, and finds his way to his first warren. He quickly usurps leadership, killing the lead rabbit and a rival named Fiorin. He then begins his militarian rule and conquers several other warrens, killing off their leaders personally. Thus Efrafa is born.
Soon General Woundwort's Efrafa is too large to be maintained as warrens should be, and is transformed into a secretive, strictly-militaristic one, where all rabbits are given over to a strict code for when to silflay. Woundwort is a master schemer, and his strict code stops Efrafa from becoming plagued with disease, or being discovered by the thousand, or by humans. The Owsla becomes the great goal for many of the bucks, with patrols that spread out far and wide, tracking the whereabouts of the thousand, and of various humans. However, many of the does are discontent, since they are unable to breed properly because of overcrowding.
When Bigwig infiltrates the warren, he earns the General's respect thanks to his size and strength. When it turns out Bigwig only arrives to liberate a number of does and Blackavar, General Woundwort becomes obsessed with revenge against the former Sandleford rabbit. He holds a hatred for Bigwig for the remainder of the book, swearing to kill him personally.
Links:
Watership Down Wiki
Villains Wiki
Copyright Owner/Official Site
Richard Adams
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He is described as a rabbit almost as large as a hare. He is depicted with a savage look, complete with pale eyes, and fur color of undecided thought. Woundwort is orphaned at a young age when his father is shot by a human and his mother is killed by a weasel. Afterwards, he is taken in by a kind professor, who lives in a cottage and own a cat, which occasionally torments Woundwort when the man isn't looking. Once Woundwort is grown, he attempts to kill his first of "the thousand": the cat he lived with. After severely maiming the cat, Woundwort escapes, and finds his way to his first warren. He quickly usurps leadership, killing the lead rabbit and a rival named Fiorin. He then begins his militarian rule and conquers several other warrens, killing off their leaders personally. Thus Efrafa is born.
Soon General Woundwort's Efrafa is too large to be maintained as warrens should be, and is transformed into a secretive, strictly-militaristic one, where all rabbits are given over to a strict code for when to silflay. Woundwort is a master schemer, and his strict code stops Efrafa from becoming plagued with disease, or being discovered by the thousand, or by humans. The Owsla becomes the great goal for many of the bucks, with patrols that spread out far and wide, tracking the whereabouts of the thousand, and of various humans. However, many of the does are discontent, since they are unable to breed properly because of overcrowding.
When Bigwig infiltrates the warren, he earns the General's respect thanks to his size and strength. When it turns out Bigwig only arrives to liberate a number of does and Blackavar, General Woundwort becomes obsessed with revenge against the former Sandleford rabbit. He holds a hatred for Bigwig for the remainder of the book, swearing to kill him personally.
Links:
Watership Down Wiki
Villains Wiki
Copyright Owner/Official Site
Richard Adams
Record:
W:
L: