Holly (Watership Down)

Holly is a major character in the Watership Down franchise. He is a rabbit and the captain of the Owsla (The rabbit guards who protects the warren) from Sandleford until it was destroyed by humans. Luckily surviving, Holly joined a small group of rabbits who had fled Sandleford just before its destruction and that he had attempted to arrest. Together, they formed the Watership Down station, which they had to protect from many dangers, including a hostile station who wanted their dead, Efrafa.

In the Movie, Holly was voiced by the late John Bennett. In the TV Series, he was voiced by Rob Rackstraw and in the Miniseries, he voiced by Freddie Fox.

Book
Holly first appeared when he intercepted a group of rabbits who wanted to leave Sandleford after a runaway rabbit named Fiver had a vision of the destruction and massacre of the warren. Hazel, the leader of the group stands up to the captain and orders him to leave where they will kill what he says attacking Hazel only to be overthrown by a former member of the owsla bigger and stronger than him, Bigwig. Sensing his numerical inferiority, Holly fled.

After a long absence, Holly reappeared but injured and accompanied by a another rabbit named, Bluebell. The duo managed to find the fugitives from Sandleford who were shocked to see Holly half dead. The gray rabbit then told that Sandleford was destroyed by humans and that he, Bluebell and two other rabbits managed to survive but on their way, the two other rabbits died. Despite that Holly is was their enemy, Hazel welcomes him with open arms in his group and together they arrive at the hill that Fiver had seen in his visions to build a new warren there.

Trivia

 * In the book, Holly flees Sandleford with Bluebell but in all the other incarnations, he is always the only one to have survived the destruction of Sandleford.