| rdfs:comment | - Polleekin is a protagonist in Martin the Warrior. She is an old mole wife, widowed, who is a Seer and lives a solitary life far North of Marshank. Polleekin is very hospitable, ready to give food to the travellers in her wood. She sees Martin and the travellers walking one day and throws honeyed scones to them. Martin, thinking it must be some supernatural wish-granter, asks if she could give him a flagon of cider, but she jokingly answers that she can't be throwing heavy flagons or someone would be hurt. Grumm recognizes Polleekin as a mole like him. She appears and takes them to her house in the woods. She is a very good host and gives them delicious food. They stay at the house for at least a week, and she tells them that their friends and Brome are still alive because she can see the p
- Polleekin was an old female mole who lived in a dead oak tree in the northern forest. She offered shelter and food to Martin the Warrior, Rose, Pallum, and Grumm Trencher. She originally lived with a tribe of other moles, but they had passed away long ago, along with her family. Later after the final battle of Fort Marshank, Polleekin healed Martin of his wounds.
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| abstract | - Polleekin is a protagonist in Martin the Warrior. She is an old mole wife, widowed, who is a Seer and lives a solitary life far North of Marshank. Polleekin is very hospitable, ready to give food to the travellers in her wood. She sees Martin and the travellers walking one day and throws honeyed scones to them. Martin, thinking it must be some supernatural wish-granter, asks if she could give him a flagon of cider, but she jokingly answers that she can't be throwing heavy flagons or someone would be hurt. Grumm recognizes Polleekin as a mole like him. She appears and takes them to her house in the woods. She is a very good host and gives them delicious food. They stay at the house for at least a week, and she tells them that their friends and Brome are still alive because she can see the present and future. She doesn't know how she can but she just can. She also prophesizes that if they return to Marshank, something bad will happen, and says just to go to Noonvale. Polleekin gives them a riddle as a map, and says to meet the Warden of Marshwood Hill. She reappears in the end of the book, and is witness to the fight in Marshank. Her prophecy comes to pass when Badrang kills Rose. Martin gets reclusive and depressed and vows to leave society. Polleekin is last seen when Martin walks South, and she murmurs that although he is miserable and alone now, one day he will truly find happiness, and that for many generations everyone will know his name, another prophecy she makes that also comes to pass.
- Polleekin was an old female mole who lived in a dead oak tree in the northern forest. She offered shelter and food to Martin the Warrior, Rose, Pallum, and Grumm Trencher. She originally lived with a tribe of other moles, but they had passed away long ago, along with her family. Polleekin was a fortune-teller or seer; she had predicted bad fortune--Rose's death--for Martin if he returned to Fort Marshank to kill Badrang the Tyrant. She talked of how other's lives were always in her head. However she did not want to share her visions with others in order not to give them false hopes or bring them unconfirmed reason for sadness. Polleekin also told the four friends how to get to Noonvale. Although she could not write or draw maps, she was able to indicate the route that the travelers should follow using descriptive poems and cryptic messages. She enjoyed company and was an excellent cook. The travelers liked Polleekin very much and Grumm commented he was proud to be a member of her species. Later after the final battle of Fort Marshank, Polleekin healed Martin of his wounds.
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