After successfully fending off a gull with her trusty rope and unsuccessful attempts to retrieve her forgotten identity, the amnesiac mouse named herself Storm Gullwhacker. Overwhelmed by thirst, the dazed mousemaid eventually found a small pool of fresh water. But miraculously, she survived, waking up after being washed ashore with a rope looped around her neck. In the meantime, the mousemaid was rendered unconscious when a piece of flotsam struck her on the head. Gabool, technically upholding this promise, proceeds to shove the old mouse off of the cliff he had been watching the mousemaid being battered by the sea from before. This fails, but Gabool was able to successfully persuade the Bellmaker to interpret the mysterious symbols on the bell in exchange for promises of a reunion with the latter's daughter. After this incident, he interrogated Joseph the Bellmaker and attempted to force him to build a tower for the enormous bell he captured. Gabool feigned an air of compliance, but swiftly beheaded Bludrigg. The pirate king returned to his fortress, Fort Bladegirt, where one of his captains named Bludrigg demanded a share of their most recent plunder. The story opens with the Gabool the Wild, the nefarious King of Searats, standing at the top of a cliff, watching a small mousemaid struggling to stay afloat in the rough seas below. US cover of Mariel of Redwall Book 1: The Maid from the Sea
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