History Characters / RedwallMarielOfRedwall

* EasyAmnesia: She doesn't remember anything as the result of a head injury at the beginning of the book, but hearing the prophetic poem about herself restores her memory.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: With a twist - while he deserts Gabool's forces, his choice of the retirement spot only makes him more dangerous as an antagonist. He later plays it straight after Rosie, Clary, and Thyme wipe out more than three-quarters of the hundred or so searats who sailed with him, deciding to abandon his hopes of taking the Abbey and making way for the ''Darkqueen'' and the open ocean instead. He never makes it, getting hunted down and killed by Tom Oak.

* FatalFlaw: Rawnblade's anger and pride are such that even a near-totally insane Gabool, is able to manipulate him effectively, leading the badger lord into a pit trap and an almost fatal encounter with Skrabblag.

* AnnoyingLaugh: It's said to be able to curdle cream from thirty paces away.
* CuteButCacophonic: Hon Rosie very nice and friendly, but goodness, her ''laugh''.... Even the reader gets to see just how bad it is if you listen to the audio version.
* DisneyDeath: Rosie has this. She's actually said to have more lives than cats.

The King of the Searats, and Lord of Terramort Isle, Gabool the Wild could charitably be described as completely out of his mind. Paranoid, suspicious, and obsessed with the Great Joseph Bell, Gabool hears voices, sees things that aren't there, and regularly hallucinates that his old enemies are coming for him. Prone to purging his subordinates, and tossing enemies (real and imagined) to his pet scorpion, Skrabblag, Gabool's nightmares become all too real when Mariel, Dandin, and Rawnblade's forces all converge on his headquarters at once.

* AxCrazy: Completely freaking nuts at the end of the book, Gabool responds to any provocation with violence, and is so out of touch with reality that might well qualify for the insanity defense in real life.
* BadBoss: To the point where his petty greed and habit of settling disputes with his captains by killing them--coupled with his eventual, raving madness-- does far more damage to the searat forces than the good guys do before the final battle.
* BeardOfEvil: A massive black pirate beard, heavily braided.

* DressedToPlunder: Very much so, in tattered silks, braided beard, and gold teeth.

* EvilOldFolks: It's not really touched on, but Greypatch and Gabool are of an age, and the former is repeatedly described as quite old, which means Gabool is as well.

** Case in point, when Saltar finally arrives, both rats know exactly what he's here to do but take the time to make small talk and throw a few veiled insults at each other. It's only when Saltar mentions Gabool nearly being killed by that "bellmaker's daughter" that Gabool throws aside any attempt at civility and draws his weapon, beginning the fight to the death.

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: He does this.... with a bell, completely ignoring "pretty mousemaid" Mariel.

* {{The Insomniac}}: Cannot sleep due to nightmares.

* {{Orcus on his Throne}}: He's never even aware that Mariel and her friends are after him--and by the time they confront him is too mad to even care.

* VillainousBreakdown: Far from the most stable of beasts even at the very beginning of the book, he starts falling apart at rapid pace after Greypatch's betrayal.
* VillainousUnderdog: Mad as he is, Gabool knows he's no match for Rawnblade in a fight and therefore doesn't try, instead trying to ambush the Badger Lord with his pet scorpion.
* YellowEyesOfSneakiness: A pirate king with a set of blood-flecked yellow eyes.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: With a twist - while he deserts Gabool's forces, his choice of the retirement spot only makes him more dangerous as an antagonist. He later plays it straight after Rosie, Clary, and Thyme wipe out more than three-quarters of the hundred or so searats who sailed with him, deciding to abandon his hopes of taking the Abbey and making way for the ''Darkqueen'' and the open ocean instead.

* EasyAmnesia: She doesn't remember anything as the result of a head injury at the beginning of the book, but an herbal drink restores her memory.

** [[spoiler: She served as the personal slave/servant of Gabool, aka AxCrazy pirate king for a number of seasons, before she was thrown off a cliff into the sea, where she floated on a spar of driftwood that smacks her on the head (leading to LaserGuidedAmnesia about her slavery and childhood), before being deposited on a sandy wasteland of a beach, where she is promptly attacked by seagulls]].

* BadassGrandpa: Joseph is indicated to be quite old compared to Mariel and the cover of ''The Bellmaker'' indicates that he has a pretty long beard. Yet, he founds a resistance movement against a AxCrazy pirate king after his daughter is apparently murdered and in ''The Bellmaker'' he partakes in an expedition to save his daughter and participates in not one, but two major land battles against Urgan Nagru and his mate.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: With a twist - while he deserts Gabool's forces, his choice of the retirement spot only makes him more dangerous as an antagonist.

* TheStarscream: While he doesn't usurp Gabool's throne, and, in fact, never tries to, he still sucessfully betrays Gabool. And certainly pushes him to sidelines as a villain, by actively going out and threatening Redwall, while Gabool sits on his trone and goes progressively insaner.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Gabool can fake a boisterously friendly sense of camaraderie, but underneath it he's entirely mad. He never really loses this skill, even as his mind snaps completely.

* GoldTooth: Gabool's incisors have been knocked out and replaced with gold teeth studded wtih emeralds.

* TheMentallyIll: Practically schizophrenic by the end, Gabool is delusional, paranoid, and suffers from auditory and visual hallucinations and insomnia. Unlike most other big bads, who are crazy in the colloquial sense, Gabool comes off as someone who is battling genuine mental illness.

* BigBad: To Redwall Abbey in ''Mariel''.

* TheHeavy: Certainly the most active villain in the book.

* {{Orcus on his Throne}}: He's never even aware that Mariel and her friends are after him.

* TryToFitThatOnABusinessCard: Gabool the Wild, Dread Lord of Terramort Isle, King of the Searats, Warlord of All Rodent Corsairs, Captain of Captains.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Their scuttling of the Darkqueen is what promtps the searats to return to Redwall and is why the abbey ends up under attack. If they had left the Darkqueen in sailing condition then the rest of Greypatch's crew would have sailed out to sea and, under the less competent leadership of Bigfang, would have likely been sunk or captured by the rest of Gabool's captains.

* {{The Insomniac}}

** [[spoiler: She served as the personal slave/servant of Gaboole, aka AxCrazy pirate king for a number of seasons, before she was thrown off a cliff into the sea, where she floated on a spar of driftwood that smacks her on the head (leading to LaserGuidedAmnesia about her slavery and childhood), before being deposited on a sandy wasteland of a beach, where she is promptly attacked by seagulls]].

* BeardOfEvil

!!The Honorable Rosemary (Hon Rosie)

* ActionGirl

* CuteButCacophonic: She's very nice and friendly, but goodness, her ''laugh''.... Even the reader gets to see just how bad it is if you listen to the audio version.
* DisneyDeath: Twice! She's actually said to have more lives than cats.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Hon Rosie, Colonel Clary and Brigadier Thyme's scuttling of the Darkqueen is what promtps the searats to return to Redwall and is why the abbey ends up under attack. If they had left the Darkqueen in sailing condition then the rest of Greypatch's crew would have sailed out to sea and, under the less competent leadership of Bigfang, would have likely been sunk or captured by the rest of Gabool's captains.

* TookALevelInBadass: Due to his journey in ''Mariel of Redwall''.

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In ''Mariel of Redwall'', he's a strong silent type. In ''The Bellmaker'', he's far less confident and more emotional. Oddly, he seems to switch characterization with Oak Tom, who was emotional and kind (although still capable of badassery) in ''Mariel'' and generally curt at all times in ''The Bellmaker''.

* {{Badass}}: He was winning his duel with Gabool, and forced the searat king to essentially cheat.

* {{Badass}}: The only searat in the novel who manages to acquit himself well against the protagonists, killing a mouse and a vole, and presenting Dandin with his only challenging adversary of the book.

* CargoShip: Almost makes out with the stolen bell at one point.

* HotBlooded: Mariel is always ready to fight anyone, even when it gets her into serious trouble. She even bites the searats that originally capture Joseph's ship.

* CoolSword: In ''Mariel of Redwall'' where he carries Martin's sword.

* PlatonicLifePartners: He and Mariel come off like this in ''Bellmaker''

* BadassGrandpa
* InTheHood

* {{Insomnia}}

* TheBigBad: To Redwall Abbey in ''Mariel''.

* BigBad: Of ''Mariel of Redwall''

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: He does this.... with a bell.

* BadBoss: To the point where his petty greed and habit of settling disputes with his captains by killing--coupled with his eventual, raving madness--them does far more damage to the searat forces than the good guys do before the final battle.