Axtel Sturnclaw

[Søren]

Okay, so out of all of the Redwall characters, Axtel Sturnclaw has always intrigued me the most. He is the first and only Warrior Mole to ever appear in the series, as well as the first and only mole who has ever been possessed of the Bloodwrath. Any thoughts or comments? I particularly loved his war hammer. Here he is, just so you know what he looks like:

Hehehe, that picture looks like you Skarz.
And As Axtel was the awesomest mole in the history of moles.

[The Skarzs]

Awesomest more? And LOL.

He's also one of the very few characters my brother really likes in the series.

[Søren]

Awesomest more? And LOL.

He's also one of the very few characters my brother really likes in the series.

welcome to the land of AutoCorrect.

[SilentSam]

It's cool that he's a warrior.

[Captain Tammo]

The series never really had many warrior moles that were developed much. The most I can recall reading about is Dinny in Mossflower, but even then he wasn't as much a warrior as just an adventurer who used a weapon.

Axtel, in my opinion, is the closest we get to a main character that was a warrior mole. I wonder if Brian ever had plans to expand on this idea more in the future? Maybe he stayed away from it because some people couldn't understand the molespeech, and that would be a pretty big problem when you can't figure out what the main character is saying.

[Dannflower Reguba]

       Brian developed species-specific characteristics, Moles are passive by nature. Axtel is the single most atypical mole in the series (even than the couple that aren't bothered, or like water rides), possibly even the largest step outside of the norm (I don't think so, but he IS a contender). I would have loved to see this idea used more, but it stands to reason that it wouldn't be commonplace given how unusual this behavior is. I also doubt that he would limit characters just because of the way they talk, but it certainly can't be ruled out.

[clunylooney]

He's one of my favorite characters in the series and I'm not even done with The Sable Quean.

[Sebias of Redwall]

Axtel, in my opinion, is the closest we get to a main character that was a warrior mole. I wonder if Brian ever had plans to expand on this idea more in the future? Maybe he stayed away from it because some people couldn't understand the molespeech, and that would be a pretty big problem when you can't figure out what the main character is saying.

I think this is the biggest issue with moles as main characters, in fics and the main books.

[Booklover]

Molespeak is a lot harder to write than it is to read.

[Sebias of Redwall]

Indeed. Though, there was one link that someone had given me that was super helpful. I think it was on the Redwall Survivor Forums.

[clunylooney]

Indeed. Though, there was one link that someone had given me that was super helpful. I think it was on the Redwall Survivor Forums.

Wait, did you change your profile pic?

[Wylder Treejumper]

Indeed he did.

Axtel, in my opinion, is the closest we get to a main character that was a warrior mole. I wonder if Brian ever had plans to expand on this idea more in the future? Maybe he stayed away from it because some people couldn't understand the molespeech, and that would be a pretty big problem when you can't figure out what the main character is saying.

I think this is the biggest issue with moles as main characters, in fics and the main books.

Even if you know how molespeech sounds, and even if it is assumed that molespeech can be understood by the reading public, it is simply too difficult to write large amounts of dialogue in molespeech. It is not conducive to large volumes, which makes it almost impossible to write moles into the main character slot- not even because molespeech is necessarily to hard to understand, but because it is too labor-intensive to create.