Tougher Vermin?

[Captain Tammo]

Vermin are kind of the personification of your grunts in a gang in some city, or people in team rocket. They try hard, but they're cowards and evil and, sometimes, not that strong.

It's also worth noting that by the end of the series, maybe the villains weren't necessarily getting weaker as much as the heroes got stronger?

[Ashleg]

Heroes rarely seem to get stronger unless the point of said character's arc is (blank becomes a warrior). Usually the villains can be seen deteriorating by the end of the book, killing eachother and going insane with paranoia.

[Captain Tammo]

Fair point, fair point. I guess that's part of the villain's character arc, though.

[Krantor the Brutal]

Heroes rarely seem to get stronger unless the point of said character's arc is (blank becomes a warrior). Usually the villains can be seen deteriorating by the end of the book, killing eachother and going insane with paranoia.

Does this mean Redwall has some kind of spell that attracts villains but also makes them insane?

[The Skarzs]

Ooh. Fascinating.
And also horrific.

[Ashleg]

Abbess Germaine did it...

[Wylder Treejumper]

I was going to say Abbess Geminaya. She was one strange old mouse.

[Ashleg]

Oh, was that her name?

[Krantor the Brutal]

I was thinking it was Martin, after all, he is the one who haunts everybeast...

[Jetthebinturong]

I was going to say Abbess Geminaya. She was one strange old mouse.

Geminya was never an abbess. She was just Sister Geminya.

[Ashleg]

Who is the Abbess that founded Redwall?

[The Skarzs]

Germaine.

[Ashleg]

So I WAS right.

[Maudie]

I was going to say Abbess Geminaya. She was one strange old mouse.

Geminya was never an abbess. She was just Sister Geminya.

I'm not the only one who remembers things wrong!

*Victory dance.*

I would agree that Redwall has a certain appeal to villains. It's a big, strong fortress full of lots of good food and potential slaves. It's never really been successfully breached before and that also lends a glory to the capturing of it.

But then, most of that also applies to Salamandastron. But then Salamandastron is also inhabited by fighters, sooo...

Eh, I should cease my ramblings.

[Ashleg]

Yeah, and when have we ever heard about Salamandastron food, eh?
Take Redwall. They've got the stuff.