How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #4
They were all in no doubt that Dandelion had done them credit. Ever since their arrival most of them had felt out of their depth among these magnificent, well-fed strangers, with their detached manners, their Shapes on the wall, their elegance, their adroit evasion of almost all questions—above all, their fits of un-rabbitlike melancholy. Now, their own storyteller had shown that they were no mere bunch of tramps. (16.4)
What's better than strength? The ability to tell stories. Okay, that might not sound like a great power (or superpower), but look at how Dandelion's storytelling power gets all Hazel's friends to feel better about themselves. In other scenes, Dandelion's art will inspire Hazel's rabbits with some ideas for tricks. So it's actually not a bad power to have.
Quote #5
Hazel's anxiety and the reason for it were soon known to all the rabbits and there was not one who did not realize what they were up against. There was nothing very startling in what he had said. He was simply the one—as a Chief Rabbit ought to be—through whom a strong feeling, latent throughout the warren, had come to the surface. (23.117)
We may think of the boss as the one with the most power, but with rabbits, it's a different story. Or at least, with Hazel, it's not about forcing his power onto other rabbits. In fact, it's almost the reverse: his power is that he channels the rabbits' feeling. It's like total democracy.
Quote #6
"As soon as we got in, we were put up in front of this General Woundwort, and he really is a grim customer. I don't think even you'd match up to him, Bigwig. He's almost as big as a hare and there's something about his mere presence that frightens you, as if blood and fighting and killing were all just part of the day's work to him." (27.38)
Woundwort has lots of powers and Holly here recognizes it: not only is he physically strong, but he's got a certain scary charisma, like Queen Elizabeth (or is that just Shmoop?). Watership Down doesn't play around about Woundwort's powers—not only does Holly tell us about his strength and presence, but when we finally meet him, the narrator tells us the same things.