Badger characters are featured in author Brian Jacques' "Redwall" series (1986–2011), most often falling under the title of Badger Lord or Badger Mother. A badger god is featured in "The Immortals" (1992–1996) by Tamora Pierce and "The Badger" is a comic book hero created by Mike Baron. The badger is the emblem of the Hufflepuff house of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in the J. K. Rowling's "Harry Potter" book series (1997–2007), it is chosen as such because the badger is an animal that is often underestimated, because it lives quietly until attacked, but which, when provoked, can fight off animals much larger than itself, which resembles the Hufflepuff house in several ways.