The gate

[Varjak Juskarak Taggerung]

Rein Stormcloud lounged against a tree growing a good distance away from Redwall. He glanced at the sandstone walls gleaming pink in the waning light of the afternoon. Picking a grain of sandstone from the ground, he bounced it in his paw a few times before it dropped onto the grass. Gazing up at the ramparts, he tried to see if there was a guard on the walls. He picked up his bow from his back and notched an arrow to it, letting it fly over the abbey walls. After another two arrows, he replaced the bow upon his back and grabbed onto the tree with his gold-plated claws, scaling it until he reached the top parts of the foliage. There he crouched, eyes and ears alert for screams or movements on the ramparts. He put another arrow against his bowstring and stretched it back as far as it would go, waiting.