 Abbess Marjoram discusses the position with Buckler and several others, who agree to lead a force into Mossflower to search for the young ones.The first search attempt yields the Redwallers with one Ravager captive, and Buckler's badly wounded and almost delirious sister-in-law Clarinna.She informs Buckler that his brother Clerun was brutally slain by Zwilt the Shade, and that her two little children have been taken by the Ravagers.