Dark Forest

[Cheesethief]

Something interesting I noticed in the books, the dark forest is only mentioned in (correct me if i'm wrong) the novels set in the pre-redwall era.

Nope, I'm currently reading Long Patrol and Damug says something about his brother going to the dark forest very soon. And Long Patrol occurs three generations after Redwall.

[Gears]

When brian jacques said dark forest was the afterlife, i think that the "sunny slopes" and "hellgates" are contained both in there, think something like hades.

[winifred]

The dark forest confused me alot!So I decided that (for me)dark forest was one general topic but ment two different things for two different animal class's e.g: When sarobando and whatshisorhername died and talked about the sunny slopes and peaceful streams *still makes me sad*When vermin talk more like they are scared.Whatever works for me!

[Coobreedan]

They talk of it like a real place, I'm sure Bella Of Brocktree said Sunflash got lost there.

[Nightfire]

I think it's a dark forest....filled with aluminum trees.

(Read Ask Slagar to get what I'm talking about)

[Coobreedan]

(Read Ask Slagar to get what I'm talking about)

Which one?

[Plugg Firetail]

When I imagine The dark forest, I imagine it like the greek afterlife. The sunny slopes and green hills is where the good people go, bad people go to hellgates, and normal people go to the dark forest. There all part of the same place, just different sections.

[Taggerung The Otter]

Are darkforest and hellgates the same thing???

[Plugg Firetail]

Not the way I see it.

[Taggerung The Otter]

Not the way I see it.

how do you see it then

[Coobreedan]

Plugg pictures the Hellgates and the Sunny Slopes inside the Dark Forest, don'tcha?

[Plugg Firetail]

Yeah, but like different sections.

[Taggerung The Otter]

like...ocean, land, etc

[Lutra]

I always saw the Dark Forest as the animals' version of purgatory or hell.  There was never any talk of an opposite afterlife like the heavens of the Catholic faith.  Even with the goodbeasts, you never gathered that going to the Dark Forest would be a wonderful eternal experience.

[Taggerung The Otter]

so martin the warrior went to hell