List of Watership Down Characters - Sandleford Rabbits

Sandleford Rabbits

• Threarah: The Threarah (also known as "Lord Rowan Tree", since "Threar" is Lapine for "rowan tree") is the Chief Rabbit of the Sandleford warren. He dismisses Fiver's warning as an attempt by Fiver to increase his status in the warren and lambastes Bigwig for interrupting his nap by bringing Hazel and Fiver before him. This leads Bigwig to quit the Owsla and join Hazel in leaving the warren. After Captain Holly tells him of the escape, he decides that they are not worth chasing after. Despite his dismissive behavior toward Hazel, Fiver, and Bigwig, he is remembered by Holly (and acknowledged by Fiver) for his practicality and his ability to think things through in order to make (what he thought) were informed decisions. He dies in the destruction of the Sandleford warren.
• Toadflax: A member of the Sandleford Owsla who is also somewhat of a bad-tempered bully; early in the book he "confiscates" a cowslip that Fiver finds (in the animated movie it was a coltsfoot), claiming that cowslips are only for the Owsla to enjoy. He, together with Holly, Bluebell and Pimpernel, escapes from the warren at its destruction, but the humans' poison has driven him mad, and he dies the same night. Just before dying, however, he has a moment of lucidity, during which he reveals the reason for the Sandleford warren's destruction.
• Pimpernel: Pimpernel also escapes from the Sandleford warren with Holly and Bluebell, staying with them until they reach Cowslip's warren. Upon learning that they are friends of Hazel and his companions, the rabbits there attack the trio and kill Pimpernel. In the TV series, Pimpernel's fate was slightly different, though no less fatal: Having chosen to stay behind in Cowslip's warren while Holly moved on, he finally ended up in one of the snares. In the original film, he is not mentioned at all.
• Scabious: The first rabbit to be killed by the men who poison-gassed the Sandleford warren. After smelling the poison gas, he came up and was shot, but not killed. Wounded, he was picked up and then hit hard with a stick, which killed him.
• Willow: Willow is presumably a rabbit from the Sandleford Owsla. After Hazel and the other rabbits escape from Sandleford, he and Holly talk things over with The Threarah. He dies in the destruction of the Sandleford warren.
• Nightshade: Nightshade is a rabbit who silflayed while The Threarah was outside of his burrow. He tells The Threarah that he should be careful not to tire himself out, as he is getting on in his years. The Threarah cuffs him and knocks him down, proving that he is still a match for him. He dies in the destruction of the Sandleford warren.
• Celandine: Celandine is a rabbit from the Sandleford warren. When Bluebell goes down a run to escape the poison gas, Celandine's corpse falls in front of Bluebell, who tears at his body and manages to get through.
• Pine Needles: Another rabbit from the Sandleford warren. When the men poison-gassed the Sandleford warren, he somehow got out through a hole that led to the woods. Since he got to the woods, it is unknown what became of him in the destruction of the Sandleford warren.
• Butterbur: Another rabbit from the Sandleford warren. When the men poison-gassed the Sandleford warren, he somehow got out through a hole that led to the woods. Since he got to the woods, it is unknown what became of him in the destruction of the Sandleford warren.
• Ash: Another rabbit from the Sandleford warren. When the men poison-gassed the warren, he somehow got out through a hole that led to the woods. Since he got to the woods, it is unknown what became of him in the destruction of the Sandleford warren.
• Nose-In-The-Air: Another rabbit from the Sandleford warren. When the men poison gassed the Sandleford warren, he got out into the meadow and managed to evade the men and get away. Since he got out, it is unknown what became of him in the destruction of the Sandleford warren.