The Gloomer

[White One6193]

Twould seem to me, that since Gloomer is a water rat of unprecedented size, and since water rats are tropical beasties, perhaps he came from the same land as Ublaz and the Monitors?

[Log-a-Log]

That's an interesting idea

[Janglur Swifteye]

One thing to note about the Gloomer is that although he was certainly extremely dangerous, he is nevertheless still only the second most dangerous rat in the series: After all, Cluny's greatest physical feat was killing a pike, whereas Gloomer is overpowered and drowned by the pike Stormfin.

What about Raga Bol? He nearly Killed 2 badgers! He killed Lonna's old mentor, and nearly killed Lonna too!

[James Gryphon]

Well, if we're going by badger-killing, I might note that Gabool had Rawnblade Widestripe, another massive Badger Lord, dead to rights not just once, but twice -- he stabbed the badger in the chest with a dagger, and was only foiled by thick armor... and then was on the verge of killing him with the scorpion, so that Martin had to make a supernatural appearance to bail Widestripe out.

However, while I do rank Gabool very high, I still wouldn't rank him as high as Cluny, and the same goes for Raga Bol -- though I wouldn't rank him as high as Gabool either. It's been years since I've read Loamhedge, so I might be biased here, but I doubt my ranking would change much. As far as sentient rats go, right now my top three are Cluny, Gabool, and Damug Warfang.

[Tiria Wildlough]

One thing to note about the Gloomer is that although he was certainly extremely dangerous, he is nevertheless still only the second most dangerous rat in the series: After all, Cluny's greatest physical feat was killing a pike, whereas Gloomer is overpowered and drowned by the pike Stormfin.

What about Raga Bol? He nearly Killed 2 badgers! He killed Lonna's old mentor, and nearly killed Lonna too!

Lonna's mentor would not have been very hard to kill. He was old, after all.
Lonna himself would have been harder to kill. He was a full grown, giant, badger. But I personally don't think much of Raga Bol. He was never in battle, and all he ever did was sit around brooding about the badger that constantly haunted him. Anyway, I haven't read Loamhedge for a while.

[Taggerung The Otter]

Well, it actually does say that he's a water rat, but is blind and furless from being underground in a lake for so long. My theory is that so many seasons spent in the dark turned him from a semi-intelligent vermin to a mindless monster.

yes 'ut rember... tha old wildcat that dided captured et 'afore and et was a monster

[Eulalia]

Thinking about it i would put lonna pretty high in the most dangerous since he has his bow and can youse that also in close cambat.

[Superdreuzel]

I saw him as a rat that was about double the size of a normal rat, gleeming white eyes, fur falling off, water and slime dripping from his beak

[eualaia]

gloomer is creepy

[Melody]

gloomer is creepingly awsome!

[mattimouse20]

the Gloomer, was a very interesting character. it seemed that he wasn't really a hero or a villain in "Mossflower", but of one of many of the traps martin, his friends, or any other creatures in the story should have avoided.

[Blademaster]

The Gloomer was in my top five favorite characters in the series. The battle betwean him and the Stormfin was plain epic and I wish he won. (But if wishes were fishes there'd no room left in the river for water.) And he made for an Awsome book report.

[Jetthebinturong]

I sense fan-fiction!

[Dannflower Reguba]

The Gloomer was in my top five favorite characters in the series. The battle betwean him and the Stormfin was plain epic and I wish he won. (But if wishes were fishes there'd no room left in the river for water.) And he made for an Awsome book report.

*Shudder* Boy am I glad Stormfin won!... Really, in all honesty, do you think a Rat could defeat a hungry Pike?

[AxeHound]

I saw him as a rat that was about double the size of a normal rat, gleeming white eyes, fur falling off, water and slime dripping from his beak

Beak?

I think Gloomer's a cool villain. Not as cool as Cluny the Scourge, but cool.