Watership Down (TV series) herself for letting him go when she finds out he formed an alliance out of fear with Woundwort. Primrose replaces the character of Hyzenthlay from the novel and film. Blackavar - A captive in Efrafa with Primrose who was rescued by the Watership Down rabbits. Blackavar has only a minor role and is mostly used as a background character. Strawberry - An orange rabbit who leaves Cowslip's warren after meeting Hazel and Bigwig and joins them in Watership Down. Initially lazy from his time with Cowslip, he later proves to be an accomplished digger and serves in Bigwig's Owsla. Captain
Down by the River (novel) old weapons were sharp and effective; perhaps she comes too late to this particular fight." Though "Kirkus Reviews" praised the novel as "one of the most ferocious indictments of Gaelic life and culture since "The Playboy of the Western World,"" it describes the novel as not entirely satisfying with a "propagandistic tone and two-dimensional characterizations." Down by the River (novel) Down by the River is a 1997 novel by Irish novelist Edna O'Brien. The novel depicts the response of a local community the a girl, Mary, abuse by her father being exposed to their local community when she tries to