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In The Sable Quean, a weasel Mook teams up with Quean Vilaya to avenge her mate, who Zwilt the Shade knowingly sent to his death. Slagar's deformed face is described very well. As is Riggu Felis's. And Ashleg wears a cloak over the twisted and maimed half of his body. Clean Food, Poisoned Fork: Swartt uses this trope so he can convince Bowflegg that the wine isn't poisoned by drinking some of it straight from the bottle (the poison is smeared on the goblet which they drink from). He tries it on three separate targets, though the third would-be victim catches on, forcing him to find a different method of disposal.

Brian also ran a weekly radio show on BBC Radio Merseyside, until October 2006, where he shared his comedy and wit, and played his favourites from the world of opera - he was a veritable expert on The Three Tenors. This is a long story (11.5 hours by audio book, 52 chapters) with lots of animals battling, lots of singing, and lots of really annoying voices in the narrative that did not translate well to audio. Or, at least, I don't have the patience for it. From a region known only as the Land of Ice and Snow emerges Gulo the Savage, a vicious wolverine in command of a horde of a hundred white vermin (foxes and ermine) who eat the flesh of their enemies. After murdering his father, Dramz, Gulo assumed control of his father's territory. However, only he who possess the Walking Stone may rule, and after his father's death, Gulo's brother, Askor, steals the stone and sails to Mossflower Woods. Gulo pursues his brother with the vermin under his command. Most notably with his captain the white fox named Shard and his mate the vixen Freeta. Although Shard is the captain of this horde, it is Freeta that holds the real power, intelligence and sway. You would think Mattimeo would end between a big showdown with Slagar and Matthias—or even Mattimeo himself. Instead, Slagar runs and falls down a hole. And dies. Conservation of Ninjutsu: Wildcats get hit hard with this in High Rhulain. One wildcat villain? Some of the most dangerous foes in the series, being basically the vermin equivalent of badgers. But a whole army of them? They fall just as easy as rats or weasels. However, the book makes the point that most of the cats are "feral cats" whose ancestors were freed from an unspecified master, while Riggu Felis and his sons are the only real wildcats on the island.

Salamadastron. In Mossflower Boar the Fighter uses a metal dragon to scare away any searats/vermin, inducing the legend of the fire lizard. In all the other books Salamandastron is just a military fortress. Martin finds himself in the middle of a celebration, and is updated on all that has passed since his duel with Tsarmina. The ferrets, foxes, weasels, stoats, and rats have all been chased away from Mossflower, and Gonff and Columbine have wed.

Absurdly Sharp Blade: When Martin is testing his freshly-reforged sword in Mossflower, the blade cleanly cuts the tip off Boar the Fighter's anvil. It remains just as sharp throughout the series. Mossflower was intended to be adapted as the fourth season of the Nelvana Redwall TV Series, however this did not occur. Archnemesis Dad: This crops up a hell of a lot, usually with the young sons of vermin warlords. Firstly, Swartt Sixclaw, Veil's father. He completely neglects him, doesn't even name him, and abandons him in a ditch during a battle. That's not counting what Swartt does to him the next time they meet. There's also Ferahgo and Klitch in Salamandastron and Riggu Felis and Pitru in High Rhulain. The most prominent female example is Verdauga and Tsarmina, the first time in the series when this trope actually results in the child murdering their father. Also touches of it with Agarnu and Kurda in Triss, but it's nowhere near as significant. And then Gulo murdered his father Dramz prior to the events of Rakkety Tam before chasing his brother Askor to claim the throne of the northlands. In Triss, King Agarnu sends his daughter, Princess Kurda, alongside her brother, Prince Bladd, and a pirate by the name of Plugg Firetail. This forms a Big Bad Duumvirate that slowly begins to fall apart the moment they reach Mossflower. On top of that, there are also Zassaliss, Harsscacss, and Sesstra, three children of the fallen adder Berussca who are also in the running for the title of the book's main antagonist. The Sword of Martin the Warrior was once an ordinary blade passed down from Luke, Martin's father, to Martin himself. In Mossflower, it was worn down to the point where it was easily broken to the hilt by Tsarmina. A new blade was later to it from Thunderbolt Iron by Badger Lord Boar the Fighter in the land of Salamandastron, becoming the Iconic Item throughout the series and wielded by many heroes and allies. After Cluny the Scourge's defeat by one Matthias in Redwall it was dubbed "Ratdeath" note Jacques apparently either forgot or decided that wasn't a very good name. However, it is only cool in terms of the material. It is still an regular sword made for battle.

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Tsarmina poisons her father with the aid of Fortunata, and frames her brother Gingivere for the murder. She subsequently usurps the throne for herself and tosses Gingivere into the fortress dungeon. Meanwhile, Gonff the Mousethief is caught stealing from Kotir, and is thrown into a cell with Martin. The two get acquainted, and Gonff tells Martin of the Council of Resistance in Mossflower (CORIM) movement actively rebelling against the wildcat family. Blue-and-Orange Morality: The inhabitants of the Land of Ice and Snow from Rakkety Tam don't have a cultural taboo against cannibalism. Askor, for instance, who was apparently a much fairer and more-sympathetic character than his mad brother, Gulo the Savage, while he is dying beneath an incredibly heavy tree, tell the woodland creatures who find him to eat him before he goes bad, and dies lifting it off so that they can get at his flesh. That said, Gulo is still crazy even by their standards: he likes to eat sapient creatures alive, and his hunger is never satisfied. The (river) otters, one of the Always Lawful Good species in the series, are all proficient sailors, led by one they call Skipper. The eating habits of the (almost) Always Chaotic Evil vermin? They're carnivores who by nature would eat mice, but in a setting like Redwall, that would be cannibalism. Mostly when they kill for meat, it's wood pigeons or sea gulls. To add to the confusion, badgers and otters are always good characters, even though they're carnivores. Badgers even eat mice in real life.

Hotroot pepper. There is no Real Life British plant known as hotroot, but it seems most likely that the Mossflower variety is a type of particularly strong horseradish.Abuse: 4 1/2. There is a fair amount of hatred on Tsarmina's part to her brother and she treats him quite horribly (you know, the usual torture, imprisonment, mental and emotional stuff, that sort of thing). At Boar’s command, they break through the searat lines to capture the pirate flagship, Bloodwake. They find out that Boar had broken away from them to kill Ripfang; Boar urges Martin to escape and save Mossflower and dies from his grievous wounds. Sailing for Mossflower, Martin and his companions’ numbers are bolstered by former slaves, including Martin's childhood friend Timballisto, aboard Bloodwake, and Log-a-Log’s long lost tribe.

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