Watership Down | Characters
Hazel --
Hazel is a born leader, guiding his group to safety and helping them to survive by bringing back does from Nuthanger Farm and Efrafa.
Fiver -
Fiver is the young rabbit whose visions alert Hazel and others to danger and help them escape harm
Bigwig -
Bigwig is the burly, brave Owsla member who runs off with Hazel's group and helps does escape from Efrafa.
Blackberry -
Blackberry is the buck whose brilliant ideas for floating on the river allow the rabbits to escape from General Woundwort and his guards.
Dandelion -
Dandelion is the storyteller of Hazel's warren and one of the rabbits who helps to enact Hazel's plots.
Captain Holly -
Captain Holly is the old warren's Owsla captain who survives its destruction, goes to Watership Down to live, and unsuccessfully attempts to get does from Efrafa.
General Woundwort -
General Woundwort is the rabbit who rules Efrafa, kills anyone who tries to leave, and fights Bigwig to try to take back his warren's does.
Acorn -
Acorn is one of the bucks who come from the old warren with Hazel's group.
Avens -
Avens is one of the guards at Efrafa.
Bartsia -
Bartsia is one of the guards at Efrafa who is attacked by Bigwig and Blackavar.
Black Rabbit of Inlé -
The Black Rabbit of Inlé is the rabbit who comes to take rabbits into the next world when it is their time to die.
Blackavar -
Blackavar is the Efrafan rabbit who is caught escaping and is rescued by Bigwig.
Bluebell -
Bluebell is the rabbit from the old warren who gets Holly to Hazel's warren by telling him jokes along the way.
Bob the dog -
Bob the dog is Lucy Cane's dog and chases Dandelion and Blackberry to the warren, attacking Woundwort and his guards.
Buckthorn -
Buckthorn is one of the rabbits who come with Hazel from the old warren.
Captain Bugloss -
Captain Bugloss is an Efrafan patrol member who loses Holly's group when they escape Efrafa.
Captain Campion -
Captain Campion is the Efrafan guard who helps to lead the attack on Watership Down and ends up running Efrafa and helping to make a new warren.
Captain Charlock -
Captain Charlock is the Efrafan patrol member who is run over by a train.
Captain Chervil -
Captain Chervil is the Efrafan guard who reports Bigwig's conversations with Kehaar and is attacked by Bigwig.
Cowslip -
Cowslip is the rabbit who invites Hazel and his crew to the warren where a man feeds the rabbits and snares them.
El-ahrairah -
El-ahrairah is the rabbits' folk hero who has adventures and always has something to teach in stories.
Feverfew -
Feverfew used to tell stories in the old warren.
Frith -
Frith is the rabbits' god, the sun.
Groundsel -
Groundsel is an Efrafan patrol member who ends up surrendering to Hazel's warren.
Hawkbit -
Hawkbit is a somewhat slow rabbit who leaves the old warren with Hazel's group.
Hawock -
Hawock is a pheasant in the El-ahrairah stories.
Hufsa -
Hufsa is a rabbit who unsuccessfully tries to turn in El-ahrairah to King Darzin for theft.
Hyzenthlay -
Hyzenthlay is the doe from Efrafa who befriends Holly and helps Bigwig plot their escape.
Kehaar
Kehaar is a gull who recuperates from a broken wing in Hazel's warren and helps with the plot to get does from Efrafa.
King Darzin
King Darzin is a character in the El-ahrairah stories.
Kingcup
Kingcup is a rabbit in Cowslip's warren who was killed in a snare, but Cowslip acts as if he is still alive.
Laburnum
Laburnum is a rabbit from the snare warren who creates a stone image of El-ahrairah.
Loosestrife
Loosestrife is a rabbit in the El-ahrairah stories.
Captain Mallow
Captain Mallow is an Efrafan patrol member who is killed by a fox.
Marjoram
Marjoram is the Efrafan guard who tells Bigwig how Blackavar is being punished for trying to escape.
Moneywort
Moneywort is a sentry in the Efrafa warren.
Mouse
The mouse is a creature whom Hazel saved from a kestrel and who helps Hazel by alerting him to intruders.
Nelthilta
Nelthilta is a young doe at Efrafa who reports to Woundwort and the guards the plan for does to escape.
Nightshade
Nightshade is an Owsla member from the old warren who does not survive the attack.
Nildro-hain
Nildro-hain is Strawberry's doe at the snare warren.
Old Snowdrop
Old Snowdrop is part of the inner circle around Woundwort at Efrafa.
Captain Orchis
Captain Orchis is a member of the Efrafan patrol.
Pimpernel
Pimpernel is a rabbit from the old warren who was killed by Cowslip and the other snare warren rabbits.
Pipkin
Pipkin is a small rabbit who is part of Hazel's group from the old warren and helps Hazel with his plans.
Jane Pocock
Jane Pocock is a classmate of Lucy Cane's who brings spiders to school in a matchbox.
Prince Rainbow
Prince Rainbow is a character in the El-ahrairah stories.
Rabscuttle
Rabscuttle is El-ahrairah's sidekick.
Ragwort
Ragwort is one of the Owsla members from Efrafa who helps to attack the Watership Down warren.
Rat
The rat gives Hazel instructions on how to reach the Nuthanger Farm.
Rowsby Woof
Rowsby Woof is a farmer's dog whom El-ahrairah fools.
Sainfoin
Sainfoin is a captain in the Efrafan Owsla.
Scabious
Scabious is one of the rabbit kittens who hears stories from old Bigwig.
Silver
Silver is Bigwig's fellow Owsla officer who comes with him to escape the old warren with Hazel.
Silverweed
Silverweed is a young rabbit at the snare warren who recites a poem.
Speedwell
Speedwell is a rabbit from the old warren who goes with Hazel's group to find a new warren.
Strawberry
Strawberry is the rabbit at the snare warren who begs to escape with Hazel's group and leaves with them.
Tab the cat
Tab the cat lives on Nuthanger Farm and attacks Hazel.
Miss Tallant
Miss Tallant is Lucy Cane's schoolteacher.
Thethuthinnang
Thethuthinnang is one of the Efrafan does who escapes with Bigwig.
Thistle
Thistle is an Efrafan guard who joins the Watership Down warren when his group surrenders.
Thrayonlosa
Thrayonlosa is an Efrafan doe who collides with a bridge and later dies in the night.
Threarah
Threarah is the Chief Rabbit of the old warren, which is destroyed for a housing development.
Toadflax
Toadflax is a guard in the Efrafan Owsla.
Vervain
Vervain is one of General Woundwort's closest officers.
Vilthuril
Vilthuril is one of the Efrafan does who escapes with Bigwig.
Willow
Willow is a rabbit in the old warren who tries to explain Fiver's visions to the Threarah.
Yona
Yona is a hedgehog in the El-ahrairah stories; yona is also the word for hedgehog in the Lapine language.
Hazel --
Hazel is a born leader, guiding his group to safety and helping them to survive by bringing back does from Nuthanger Farm and Efrafa.
Fiver -
Fiver is the young rabbit whose visions alert Hazel and others to danger and help them escape harm
Bigwig -
Bigwig is the burly, brave Owsla member who runs off with Hazel's group and helps does escape from Efrafa.
Blackberry -
Blackberry is the buck whose brilliant ideas for floating on the river allow the rabbits to escape from General Woundwort and his guards.
Dandelion -
Dandelion is the storyteller of Hazel's warren and one of the rabbits who helps to enact Hazel's plots.
Captain Holly -
Captain Holly is the old warren's Owsla captain who survives its destruction, goes to Watership Down to live, and unsuccessfully attempts to get does from Efrafa.
General Woundwort -
General Woundwort is the rabbit who rules Efrafa, kills anyone who tries to leave, and fights Bigwig to try to take back his warren's does.
Acorn -
Acorn is one of the bucks who come from the old warren with Hazel's group.
Avens -
Avens is one of the guards at Efrafa.
Bartsia -
Bartsia is one of the guards at Efrafa who is attacked by Bigwig and Blackavar.
Black Rabbit of Inlé -
The Black Rabbit of Inlé is the rabbit who comes to take rabbits into the next world when it is their time to die.
Blackavar -
Blackavar is the Efrafan rabbit who is caught escaping and is rescued by Bigwig.
Bluebell -
Bluebell is the rabbit from the old warren who gets Holly to Hazel's warren by telling him jokes along the way.
Bob the dog -
Bob the dog is Lucy Cane's dog and chases Dandelion and Blackberry to the warren, attacking Woundwort and his guards.
Buckthorn -
Buckthorn is one of the rabbits who come with Hazel from the old warren.
Captain Bugloss -
Captain Bugloss is an Efrafan patrol member who loses Holly's group when they escape Efrafa.
Captain Campion -
Captain Campion is the Efrafan guard who helps to lead the attack on Watership Down and ends up running Efrafa and helping to make a new warren.
Captain Charlock -
Captain Charlock is the Efrafan patrol member who is run over by a train.
Captain Chervil -
Captain Chervil is the Efrafan guard who reports Bigwig's conversations with Kehaar and is attacked by Bigwig.
Cowslip -
Cowslip is the rabbit who invites Hazel and his crew to the warren where a man feeds the rabbits and snares them.
El-ahrairah -
El-ahrairah is the rabbits' folk hero who has adventures and always has something to teach in stories.
Feverfew -
Feverfew used to tell stories in the old warren.
Frith -
Frith is the rabbits' god, the sun.
Groundsel -
Groundsel is an Efrafan patrol member who ends up surrendering to Hazel's warren.
Hawkbit -
Hawkbit is a somewhat slow rabbit who leaves the old warren with Hazel's group.
Hawock -
Hawock is a pheasant in the El-ahrairah stories.
Hufsa -
Hufsa is a rabbit who unsuccessfully tries to turn in El-ahrairah to King Darzin for theft.
Hyzenthlay -
Hyzenthlay is the doe from Efrafa who befriends Holly and helps Bigwig plot their escape.
Kehaar
Kehaar is a gull who recuperates from a broken wing in Hazel's warren and helps with the plot to get does from Efrafa.
King Darzin
King Darzin is a character in the El-ahrairah stories.
Kingcup
Kingcup is a rabbit in Cowslip's warren who was killed in a snare, but Cowslip acts as if he is still alive.
Laburnum
Laburnum is a rabbit from the snare warren who creates a stone image of El-ahrairah.
Loosestrife
Loosestrife is a rabbit in the El-ahrairah stories.
Captain Mallow
Captain Mallow is an Efrafan patrol member who is killed by a fox.
Marjoram
Marjoram is the Efrafan guard who tells Bigwig how Blackavar is being punished for trying to escape.
Moneywort
Moneywort is a sentry in the Efrafa warren.
Mouse
The mouse is a creature whom Hazel saved from a kestrel and who helps Hazel by alerting him to intruders.
Nelthilta
Nelthilta is a young doe at Efrafa who reports to Woundwort and the guards the plan for does to escape.
Nightshade
Nightshade is an Owsla member from the old warren who does not survive the attack.
Nildro-hain
Nildro-hain is Strawberry's doe at the snare warren.
Old Snowdrop
Old Snowdrop is part of the inner circle around Woundwort at Efrafa.
Captain Orchis
Captain Orchis is a member of the Efrafan patrol.
Pimpernel
Pimpernel is a rabbit from the old warren who was killed by Cowslip and the other snare warren rabbits.
Pipkin
Pipkin is a small rabbit who is part of Hazel's group from the old warren and helps Hazel with his plans.
Jane Pocock
Jane Pocock is a classmate of Lucy Cane's who brings spiders to school in a matchbox.
Prince Rainbow
Prince Rainbow is a character in the El-ahrairah stories.
Rabscuttle
Rabscuttle is El-ahrairah's sidekick.
Ragwort
Ragwort is one of the Owsla members from Efrafa who helps to attack the Watership Down warren.
Rat
The rat gives Hazel instructions on how to reach the Nuthanger Farm.
Rowsby Woof
Rowsby Woof is a farmer's dog whom El-ahrairah fools.
Sainfoin
Sainfoin is a captain in the Efrafan Owsla.
Scabious
Scabious is one of the rabbit kittens who hears stories from old Bigwig.
Silver
Silver is Bigwig's fellow Owsla officer who comes with him to escape the old warren with Hazel.
Silverweed
Silverweed is a young rabbit at the snare warren who recites a poem.
Speedwell
Speedwell is a rabbit from the old warren who goes with Hazel's group to find a new warren.
Strawberry
Strawberry is the rabbit at the snare warren who begs to escape with Hazel's group and leaves with them.
Tab the cat
Tab the cat lives on Nuthanger Farm and attacks Hazel.
Miss Tallant
Miss Tallant is Lucy Cane's schoolteacher.
Thethuthinnang
Thethuthinnang is one of the Efrafan does who escapes with Bigwig.
Thistle
Thistle is an Efrafan guard who joins the Watership Down warren when his group surrenders.
Thrayonlosa
Thrayonlosa is an Efrafan doe who collides with a bridge and later dies in the night.
Threarah
Threarah is the Chief Rabbit of the old warren, which is destroyed for a housing development.
Toadflax
Toadflax is a guard in the Efrafan Owsla.
Vervain
Vervain is one of General Woundwort's closest officers.
Vilthuril
Vilthuril is one of the Efrafan does who escapes with Bigwig.
Willow
Willow is a rabbit in the old warren who tries to explain Fiver's visions to the Threarah.
Yona
Yona is a hedgehog in the El-ahrairah stories; yona is also the word for hedgehog in the Lapine language.