Bigwig

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Bigwig was an extremely tough buck who was an officer in the Sandleford Owsla under Captain Holly. Bigwig earned his name from the tuft of fluffy hair on top of his head between his ears. Bigwig was the only member of the Owsla besides Silver who took Fiver's claims that Sandleford was going to be destroyed seriously (and in the TV series, the only member of the Owsla, as Silver is mysteriously absent), and thus he quit the Owsla and went with him and Hazel when they left the warren.

Bigwig proved to be invaluable to the Sandleford refugees during the journey to Watership Down, although his somewhat thickheadedness almost cost him his life when, despite the fact he'd believed Fiver earlier, he didn't believe him about the Warren of the Shining Wire and became caught in a snare. Luckily, Fiver, Silver and Pipkin were able to free him, and from then on Bigwig never doubted Fiver for a second.

When Hazel hatched his scheme to get some does out of Efrafa, therefore providing mates for the Watershippers and ensuring their warren's survival, Bigwig was the one who pretended to join the Efrafan Owsla in order to infiltrate the totalitarian warren. With the help of a brave doe named Hyzenthlay (Primrose in the TV series) he was able to overpower the Efrafan Owsla and escape with a number of does, plus Blackavar. When the Efrafans invaded Watership Down later, Bigwig stood alone against General Woundwort himself and, although he did not win, he was one of the few rabbits who'd faced Woundwort in battle and lived.

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