Saddest moment

[Matthias720]

I don't really cry to much while reading Redwall. Rose is really sad, but anyone dying is sad.

Me too.  I know this isn't really in the spirit of the thing, but it's hard for me to get upset when the characters die.  After all, they are just rodents.  Still, this is why Redwall is appropriate for young readers so I don't really mind it.

True they are rodents, however, Brian meant for them to be more like people than rodents.

Yes, sometimes when I'm reading I forget what species they are as the line blurs between human and rodent.

If you stop and think about it for a moment, isn't that one of the thing's that makes Redwall such a great series. The characters stop being just animals and become extensions of our personalities.

[DanielofRedwall]

That horrible moment at the end of Martin the Warrior... won't ruin it for people who haven't read it, but those who have, you know the one I'm talking about. Brought me to tears, that one. when *OUTCAST OF REDWALL SPOILER* Skarlath died I was almost crying as well, he was my favourite character. *LOAMHEDGE SPOILER* The Bragoon and Sarabando bit when they died is pretty sad as well.

[SpringWitch]

Rose and Piknim (Pearls of Lutra) are tied for first for me. I physically cannot read Martin the Warrior again because of Rose. I remember its was traumatic (I was nine or so when I read it) because I was reading late at night under the covers with the torch and I burst into tears. Worst part was I had to be quiet so my parents didn't find out.

I agree about Legend of Luke too. The whole second part is slightly depressing because Luke and Ranguvar are genuinely likeable, but its always at the back of your mind that they die, because you already know from the beginning that they're dead. On the other hand Legend of Luke is also the only Redwall book where a character doesn't die. Luke and Ranguvar die in the story thats being told but no actual characters die.

[Martha Braebuck]

There is a ton of sad parts in Redwall.

One of the worst parts was when Jukka the Sling was killed in Lord Brocktree and Skarlath was killed in Outcast of Redwall 

[Redwall Musician]

The saddest moment is when Brian Jacques died.

[DanielofRedwall]

The saddest moment is when Brian Jacques died.

Here here! 

[Tiria Wildlough]

Rose dying, usually makes me cry but what really makes me cry at that part is what Martin is saying to her.
Bragoon and Sarobando is the saddest part of any Redwall book for me.

What was the thing Martin said to her? I forgot.

[Tiria Wildlough]

My saddest part was when Cregga died in The Taggerung. She had been in, like, three books.
It was like a punch in the stomach.  
Also when Piknim died. Once I was rereading that bit, and I got up to where Craklyn sings, I closed the book, saying to myself, 'I can't read it, it's too sad.'

[Osu]

Another tear-jerker might be when Deyna is first kidnapped, and his family doesn't know anything, and then they find his father's body... so sad.

[Captain Tammo]

Rose dying, usually makes me cry but what really makes me cry at that part is what Martin is saying to her.
Bragoon and Sarobando is the saddest part of any Redwall book for me.

Same for me! I can't decide which is more sad though

[sabretache5611]

Sniff.  Just reading the forum topic makes me sad.
Rose's death was the saddest moment in my opinion.  I have to say that Shogg's death in Triss was very close behind.  the other moment on the same level of sadness would be Skarlath's death in The Outcast of Redwall.  I really didn't expect Skarlath to die and Sunflash's poem at the end made it even more sad.

[sabretache5611]

There is a ton of sad parts in Redwall.

One of the worst parts was when Jukka the Sling was killed in Lord Brocktree and Skarlath was killed in Outcast of Redwall  

DON"T YOU DARE FORGET FLEETSCUT!!!!!    

[sabretache5611]

I don't really cry to much while reading Redwall. Rose is really sad, but anyone dying is sad.

Me too.  I know this isn't really in the spirit of the thing, but it's hard for me to get upset when the characters die.  After all, they are just rodents.  Still, this is why Redwall is appropriate for young readers so I don't really mind it.

True they are rodents, however, Brian meant for them to be more like people than rodents.

Yes, sometimes when I'm reading I forget what species they are as the line blurs between human and rodent.

If you stop and think about it for a moment, isn't that one of the thing's that makes Redwall such a great series. The characters stop being just animals and become extensions of our personalities.

true.  just asking, would you then classify the Redwall series as Anthropomorphic???

[James Gryphon]

Cluny the Scourge's death at the end of Redwall... it's such a close fight, and the main villain getting killed by a cheap trick like that is a real heartbreaker...

Along the same lines... Tsarmina drowning, Gabool getting killed by Skrabblag, Ferahgo the Assassin dying because of Urthstripe, and Klitch getting poisoned.





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Okay, seriously, Piknim dying probably ranks among the highest up there... also, there's the deaths of Russa Nodrey, and later Rockjaw Grang, in The Long Patrol.

[sabretache5611]

Cluny the Scourge's death at the end of Redwall... it's such a close fight, and the main villain getting killed by a cheap trick like that is a real heartbreaker...

Along the same lines... Tsarmina drowning, Gabool getting killed by Skrabblag, Ferahgo the Assassin dying because of Urthstripe, and Klitch getting poisoned.





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Okay, seriously, Piknim dying probably ranks among the highest up there... also, there's the deaths of Russa Nodrey, and later Rockjaw Grang, in The Long Patrol.

OH STOP MAKING ME CRY BY MAKING ME REMEMBER RUSSA AND ROCKJAW!! 

Okay im fine, i was a little overexaggerating, but those two were the saddest moments in The Long Patrol