Sampetra Island

Sampetra was a tropical island in the distant part of the Western Sea. It was ruled by the emperor Ublaz Mad Eyes, a pine marten with a hypnotic stare. It was perpetually summer in the warm tropical isle, and was the ancient home of a race of fearsome monitor lizards, which work for Ublaz and are his primary shock troops. No trees grow on the island.

Ublaz's palace was situated on a rocky raise on the southwestern tip, as well as a harbor and several taverns in which any frequenting corsairs could amuse themselves. All corsairs choosing to berth their vessels at Sampetra were forced into paying tribute to Ublaz, who in turn allows them to use his stockpile of timber to repair their ships. On the eastern fringe of the island was a cove.

After Ublaz was defeated, the ships and wood stockpile destroyed, the remaining corsairs were marooned upon the island.

HistoryEdit

Originally inhabited only by cannibalistic Monitor Lizards, Sampetra became an imperialistic capital for corsairs when a particularly ambitious corsair, Ublaz, took control of the island; to all appearances, he took advantage of his hypnotic eyes as well as natural cunning to take control over the Monitors. His palace was built on the southwestern plateau. A jetty was built on the western coast, surrounded by harbour taverns. Backed by the Monitors and his Trident Rat militia, Ublaz decreed that all corsair captains anchoring at Sampetra must pay a tribute of plunder to him, in return for rest at the taverns and a supply of Ublaz's treasured timber stock, the only wood available on the island.

After Grath Longfletch and her Redwall allies arrived at Sampetra to rescue Durral, the Abbot imprisoned there, they discreetly attacked both the palace and its attackers, burning the timber stockpile in the process, and took advantage of the resultant chaos to enter the palace, kill Ublaz, and return with the Abbot. They were attacked by corsairs during the escape, but escaped in the Freebooter, leaving the corsairs, Trident Rats and Monitors effectively stranded with no wood or seaworthy ships. It was stated that the marooned corsairs may have had to farm Sampetra, but later the more probable chance of them fighting and scheming among themselves was offered.