when did martin write all of the riddles?

[Gonff the Mousethief]

how did he know that Matthias would come along?

[Ungatt Trunn]

An intresting question...he probably had dreams of visions of what would happen later to Redwall, and he saw Matthias's destiny, and how he could help it be fufilled by writting those riddles to guide him.

[Gonff the Mousethief]

probably

[Iamthatis]

Couldn't have said it better. Wot!

[Kitsune]

An intresting question...he probably had dreams of visions of what would happen later to Redwall, and he saw Matthias's destiny, and how he could help it be fufilled by writting those riddles to guide him.

Aw, you stole my answer!

[Captain Tammo]

I think that partially true, but I also think that he did this over the course of several generations by talking to other creatures in spirit. I don't think he could've predicted all of the stuff that happened over the course of 22 books!

[Ungatt Trunn]

I think that partially true, but I also think that he did this over the course of several generations by talking to other creatures in spirit. I don't think he could've predicted all of the stuff that happened over the course of 22 books!

Who says he predicted what would happen over 22 books? He (or his spirit) just helped out the Redwallers when they needed help; the series never said that he could predict the future.

[Tam and Martin]

I Agree with Ungatt here:

An intresting question...he probably had dreams of visions of what would happen later to Redwall, and he saw Matthias's destiny, and how he could help it be fufilled by writting those riddles to guide him.

[Nadaz, voice of the host]

I always thought that Martin could see the future but I never thought that he had written them mybe he told the future to one of his friends like Gnoff who turned his words into a riddle.

[Eila Wanderstream]

We also have to consider the fact that in all of the books he is in, Martin is never mentioned as being particularly sensitive to dreams or fortune-telling. He's a warrior, a worker, a leader. Mayhap, in whatever afterlife awaits Redwall saints, he was chosen to guide the abbey on. I think it quite possible that he worked through creatures like Gonff or even Abbess Germaine after he passed on to carve and secret the riddles around. Time has little meaning for a spirit......

[Ashleg]

As for later riddles, I think he had living creatures write them and not remember it.

[Sebias of Redwall]

As for later riddles, I think he had living creatures write them and not remember it.

That's what I think.

[Nadaz, voice of the host]

He must have had latter generations write them and forget doing it, it would have been funny to have a scene when Martin tells someone that they wrote the clues that they had been trying to find.

[The Skarzs]

Let's not forget that Rufe Brush was the one who put Martin's sword on the weathervane generations before Matthias's time. And there was a riddle that went with that. (I think maybe in Samkin brought it back up there after the events in his book- It was struck off by lightning.) It's possible that Rufe or Samkin were led to scatter all the pieces of that puzzle by Martin, like they were to hide the sword. Though why it wasn't kept or remembered in the records is another mystery.

"Rufe/Samkin has gone mad. He took the sword- Martin's sword- and brought it all the way up to the top of the abbey tower to attach it to the weathervane! When asked why he did such a thing, he shrugged, saying that it seemed like the right thing to do. Next, he has gone around with a chisel and a hammer, in the middle of the night no less, and doing all manner of chipping and tapping and hammering. It sounded like he was right above me; I couldn't sleep all night. But not only does he deny ever having done such things, he calls us crazy, and that we're all imagining it."

[Sebias of Redwall]

Let's not forget that Rufe Brush was the one who put Martin's sword on the weathervane generations before Matthias's time. And there was a riddle that went with that. (I think maybe in Samkin brought it back up there after the events in his book- It was struck off by lightning.) It's possible that Rufe or Samkin were led to scatter all the pieces of that puzzle by Martin, like they were to hide the sword. Though why it wasn't kept or remembered in the records is another mystery.

"Rufe/Samkin has gone mad. He took the sword- Martin's sword- and brought it all the way up to the top of the abbey tower to attach it to the weathervane! When asked why he did such a thing, he shrugged, saying that it seemed like the right thing to do. Next, he has gone around with a chisel and a hammer, in the middle of the night no less, and doing all manner of chipping and tapping and hammering. It sounded like he was right above me; I couldn't sleep all night. But not only does he deny ever having done such things, he calls us crazy, and that we're all imagining it."

Maybe they did, but they just couldn't find the book.