Watership Down

:For the hill named Watership Down, see Watership Down, Hampshire.

Characters

Most of the rabbits in the book have a distinct personality.

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The original group that leaves the Sandleford warren, all bucks, consists of:

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• Hazel, the leader, eventually Hazel-rah, the Chief Rabbit
• Fiver, Hazel's little brother, small and weak but also the seer
• Dandelion, the storyteller and the fastest rabbit
• Blackberry, the thinker
• Bigwig, the best fighter and the strongest rabbit, a member of the Owsla (ruling elite) of Sandleford warren
• Silver, with silver fur, the main fighter besides Bigwig, and also a member of the Sandleford Owsla
• Buckthorn, also a fighter
• Pipkin, small and weak but also very loyal to Hazel
• Speedwell, Acorn, Hawkbit, who are rather unremarkable

They are later joined by:

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• Strawberry, from Cowslip's warren
• Holly, former Chief of the Sandleford Owsla and a capable fighter
• Bluebell, the jokester, a member of the Sandleford Owsla
• hutch rabbits: one buck (Boxwood) and two does (Haystack and Clover) (another buck, Laurel, is left behind)
• Blackavar, Efrafan rebel and prisoner
• eight Efrafan does (originally ten, but two died during the escape from Efrafa), most notably Hyzenthlay, Thethuthinnang and Vilthuril

Non-rabbit allies:

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• Kehaar, the gull
• the unnamed mouse whom Hazel saves from a kestrel