Who is the best wielder of Martin's sword?

[Muse]

By wielder, I mean anyone who had possesion of it for a while or used it, baddies and good. If I made a mistake I'll edit. please choose your first, second, and third choices.

[Muse]

I think Braggon is the best. He's so cool

[James Gryphon]

In terms of skill, I'd say Martin (at the end of Mossflower, and in Legend of Luke), Matthias (in Mattimeo), and Rakkety Tam.

I think these three are the most experienced of all the swordwielders, and have the most feats performed (which are valuable when evaluating heroes).

Luke comes in narrowly behind because he's basically equivalent to Martin at the beginning of Mossflower. I suppose you could put Deyna in too -- I wouldn't rank him as high as the top three, but he might be as good as Luke, skill-wise. Then all of the others who have less feats or less experience that we hear about, like Mattimeo, Martin II, etc. come after.

[Skalrag of Marshank]

I personally think Martin is the best wielder.

[Redwall Musician]

What about Triss, Horty, Abbess Fenna, Dandin, And Dannflo? They all wielded the sword.

[Dotti]

Martin, Rakkety Tam, and Luke.  I really like the sword play that Martin does in TLOL.  I wish I could have seen it.

[DanielofRedwall]

Martin the Warrior, Matthias and Rakkety Tam. They were all great.

[Lily]

I chose Martin - the sword was made for him, after all! I also chose Rakkety Tam, purely because I like him. He also had some skill with a sword beforehand, which gives him more points in my book. I like him because he wasn't one of those beasts who picked up the sword and almost magically gained master swordsmanship powers.

[Coobreedan]

I chose Martin - the sword was made for him, after all!

Yeah, who said anyone else could use it?!

[Nightfire]

Martin the Warrioir, obviously. It WAS his sword, after all. Second best would be Luke, because he was the first wielder of the Sword, as far as we know.

[Muse]

Skalrag- Abbes Fenna and Horty used it once only for a short time. I meant more like owners or users for an entire battle, not just on incident. I'll edit the others in though

Daniel of Redwall I agree with you about Rakkety Tam. A few people who had never used weapons before suddenly became amazing at it. However, the sword of Martin, i think, is supposed to represent his spirit, which becomes part of the weilder, giving them his fighting ablilties. Quite a few times, wielders comment on the fact that the sword is like no other when congragulated for master swordplay, as if it affected their style.

And why has no one voted for Bragoon? He's the best!

[Muse]

Oops sorry I meant redwall musician in my first part. Sorry Skalrag

[Redwall Musician]

Muse, please don't double post. Edit or modify your original post.

[Muse]

Oh okay

[Muse]

Btw,Nightdire, I think in Legend of Luke Luke says something about his father handing him down the sword. We have no idea how old the sword is.