Most Certifiably Insane Villain (We're Talkin' NUTS, People!)

[Cornflower MM]

Well, yeah, but that fact is true!!! Honest!!!!

[The Shade]

A trilogy? What three books? Where did you get that from?

[HeadInAnotherGalaxy]

Ah zink zhe meanz ze zree bookz zat make up ze ztory.

[Ungatt Trunn]

Vot aboot Gulo ze zavage? 'e vaz juzt aboot entirely mad az vell.

I don't think he went mad...I think he WAS mad!

[WildDoogyPlumm]

Vot aboot Gulo ze zavage? 'e vaz juzt aboot entirely mad az vell.

I don't think he went mad...I think he WAS mad!

But he went even madder!

[Ungatt Trunn]

Vot aboot Gulo ze zavage? 'e vaz juzt aboot entirely mad az vell.

I don't think he went mad...I think he WAS mad!

But he went even madder!

Very true...

[WildDoogyPlumm]

Vot aboot Gulo ze zavage? 'e vaz juzt aboot entirely mad az vell.

I don't think he went mad...I think he WAS mad!

But he went even madder!

Very true...

*talking to a rock* "TELL MY BROTHER THAT I AM COMING!"
At least before he could make semi-rational decisions.

[Ungatt Trunn]

Vot aboot Gulo ze zavage? 'e vaz juzt aboot entirely mad az vell.

I don't think he went mad...I think he WAS mad!

But he went even madder!

Very true...

*talking to a rock* "TELL MY BROTHER THAT I AM COMING!"
At least before he could make semi-rational decisions.

VERY true.

[Firetail]

Badges can be crazy too!

[Jukka the Sling]

A trilogy? What three books? Where did you get that from?

At first there were supposed to be only three books... Redwall, Mossflower, and Mattimeo.

[Ungatt Trunn]

Badges can be crazy too!

So true, so true...

[TW]

We're only counting main villains, right? I think it's easier to ask which villain was the most sane! Just about all of them went bonkers by the end. I suppose the term insanity has to be well-defined because it can mean so many things. I'd have to make a list to really give an answer.

Insane:
Cluny- Spent most of the book hallucinating
Tsarmina- Spent most of the book hallucinating and became obsessed with killing Gingivere
Slagar- Went insane due to Asmodeus's poison and believed his own story that the Redwallers sent him and Sela to their deaths
Gabool- Hallucinated and started talking to the Joseph Bell
Clogg- Badrang gave him a nasty crack on the head, after which he spent his last scenes talking to corpses
Ublaz- Open to interpretation, but I believe he was so confident in his ability to frighten he really did believe he had a magic ability
Mokkan- Went mad with power, Lantur and Silth were pretty out there as well
Raga Bol- Became obsessed with escaping Lonna
Gulo- Ate other creatures live and became obsessed with killing Askor
Kaltag- I wasn't sure whether to include her as a main villain, but her son's death cut her ties to reality
Vizka Longtooth- I'm a bit fuzzy on him, but it sounds like he was killing his crew for no reason at the end

Sane:
Ferahgo- I can't remember him doing anything particularly out there
Badrang- He never seemed to panic until Martin reappeared, a fairly rational fear in my opinion
Swartt- Same as Ferahgo
Urgan Nagru- Same as Ferahgo
Damug Warfang- Same as Ferahgo
Vilu Daskar- I do remember him being sane to end, his defeat was in believing Luke's treasure story
Ungatt Trunn- Brocktree's visions shook him, but he was lucid enough that it never affected his cunning
Kurda- Her fault was in not being as good a swordfighter as she thought she was, she never fought someone that would fight back
Riggu Felis- Same as Ferahgo
Korvus Skurr- He wasn't so much insane as he was stupid and open to suggestion
Vilaya- She was always fairly cunning
Zwilt- He was pretty grounded in reality
Razzid Wearat- He was unintelligent, but not stupid like Korvus

Overall, after taking a look at the villains I'm going to have to revise my thoughts on Redwall villains. I guess my view of insanity led to the villains being split just about down the middle. I'm obviously a bit shaky on some villains, but it looks like Redwall villains aren't just insane. They have character flaws that the heroes can exploit. My vote for craziest villain has to go to Slagar. Tsarmina's a close second.

[Ungatt Trunn]

Hehehe, Ungatt was a pretty cool guy, right, TW?

[TW]

I agree. He's definitely up there among my favorites with Slagar, Tsarmina, and Clogg.

[Ungatt Trunn]

I agree. He's definitely up there among my favorites with Slagar, Tsarmina, and Clogg.

He's my #1, VERY obviously.