which character deaths made you sad?

[Tiria Wildlough]

The only death I nearly cried at was Mellus' death in The Bellmaker. I was more softhearted back then.

[Maudie]

um, Romsca, she was one of my favorite vermin. 

[Romsca]

Romsca, she was one of my favorite vermin. 

Thanks!

(She's obviously my favorite vermin too, even though I don't consider her a vermin)

[Maudie]

Yeah, she was just plain awesome.

[Norham Waterpaw]

Rose, brag+saro, Shogg, and many more, any good guy who dies is pretty sad. I did feel a little pity for Veil though, and some of the more "innocent" vermin if you know what I mean.

[Romsca]

Yeah, she was just plain awesome.

IKR? 

[Maudie]

Uh-huh! Romsca FTW! I guess.

I think that anyone would cry the first time they read about Mother Mellus' death, Tiria. 

[Romsca]

Except me. I didn't cry

[Maudie]

Weel, I wouldn't exactly say cry, but I was sad.

[Lutra]

I'm sure this type of topic exists somewhere else, but Swiffo's death was definitely a lousy thing to read.

[Blazemane]

I'm not sure whether or not to classify it as "sad," or like... transcendent (maybe "bittersweet" is a better word), but Cregga Rose Eye's death is so powerful to me because Brian Jacques wrote what she was seeing as went out, and even though its inspired by her own memories, its like a glimpse of a sort of heaven. She's reveling in having sight again, she's surrounded by old, long-gone friends, and she's doing exactly what she used to love doing--marching into lands unknown. There's this incredible... joy to it, and some sort of triumph and... I'm not sure I can even exactly put into words. But it moves me.

Bragoon and Sarabando's deaths are powerful like that, too, but just a little less sweet and a little more bitter. But both scenes have made me cry.

Romsca's death is sad. Urthstripe's death is hard-hitting. Rose's death is hard-hitting, too, and made even worse by the fact that Martin completely exiles himself from everyone who knew what he'd lost. And it's been so many years since the first time I read it, but I think that that first time I read Veil's death, I cried there, too.

And I agree with Romsca about Felch, too. It doesn't get a really strong reaction out of me, but Felch's death seems like such a waste (and there's the tragedy of it all). Deyna completely breaks with the Juska clan over the issue of not killing Felch and he gives Felch a chance to run away. And then a few pages later, without Deyna ever even hearing about it, Gruven's mom runs Felch through on a whim.

I think there's probably a ton more, and I just don't remember them until I come across them again.

[cluneythescourge]

Swiffo. when he died, i was bawling

Rose's death was so sad!

[Tam and Martin]

I wasn't actually crying for Swiffo that much.

[Ungatt Trunn]

I wasn't actually crying for Swiffo that much.

I know that I seem to not remeber that much about the early Redwall characters, as I have not read the earlier books in a while, but I have a question: Who exacly was Swiffo? Was he that Hedgehog from Salamandastron?

[Maudie]

No, Swiffo was Skor Axehound's youngest son from The Rogue Crew. The young otter who was part of the Fortunate Freepaws.