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* TheUnfavorite: Although it's not like Verdauga was unjustified in holding her in contempt. ''Lord Brocktree'' adds to this, with the obvious implication that Tsarmina is not only dangerously mad in her own right, but likely reminds her father of his psychotic psychopathic older brother, Ungatt Trunn.
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* FluffyTamer: Kinda. At first, the GiantEnemyCrab they're up against looks threatening, but when it grabs a staff that the heroes are using, [[TheDitz it's too dumb to let go.]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Gonff then dances with it.]]
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* FluffyTamer: Kinda. At first, the GiantEnemyCrab they're up against looks threatening, but when it grabs a staff that the heroes are using, [[TheDitz it's too dumb to let go.]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Gonff then dances with it.]]
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Badrang , who chronologically precedes her as Martin's worst enemy. Badrang's a jumped-up corsair who wants to be treated like an aristocrat, and whose fearsome reputation as a fighter is belied by his actual record in combat, while Tsarmina's a seemingly prissy princess who degenerates into a slavering berserker and gives Martin the fight of his life.
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: ContrastingSequelAntagonist:
** To Badrang , who chronologically precedes her as Martin's worst enemy. Badrang's a jumped-up corsair who wants to be treated like an aristocrat, and whose fearsome reputation as a fighter is belied by his actual record in combat, while Tsarmina's a seemingly prissy princess who degenerates into a slavering berserker and gives Martin the fight of hislife.life.
** Also to Cluny, who was in the book that came out before hers. While Cluny was the leader of a large group of fighters in search of a permanent base of operations, Tsarmina is a royal seeking to cement her authority over what she considers her rightful dominion. Cluny was an unsophisticated brute who nevertheless fought with considerable skill, while Tsarmina is far more refined despite relying heavily on raw power and sheer ferocity.
** To Badrang , who chronologically precedes her as Martin's worst enemy. Badrang's a jumped-up corsair who wants to be treated like an aristocrat, and whose fearsome reputation as a fighter is belied by his actual record in combat, while Tsarmina's a seemingly prissy princess who degenerates into a slavering berserker and gives Martin the fight of his
** Also to Cluny, who was in the book that came out before hers. While Cluny was the leader of a large group of fighters in search of a permanent base of operations, Tsarmina is a royal seeking to cement her authority over what she considers her rightful dominion. Cluny was an unsophisticated brute who nevertheless fought with considerable skill, while Tsarmina is far more refined despite relying heavily on raw power and sheer ferocity.
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* LivingLegend: Unlike almost every other badger lord in the series, Boar is presented and spoken of as a monumentally powerful, mysterious and powerful entity, almost like a deity living up on Salamandastron; very little is revealed about her personality and history other than that he loves to fight and used to rule Mossflower. Even his father, Lord Brocktree, when presented his own book, was treated more as a character than the living legend status that Boar is treated with.
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* CowardlyLion: She tries to avoid fights as much as she can. However, when she's backed down and has no other choice, she proves herself to be a formidable opponent.
* DarkActionGirl: She acts like she's too good to get her paws dirty, only to turn around and give Martin the beating of his life when she has no other choice.
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* {{No Holds Barred Beatdown}}: Her final battle against Martin. She nearly kills him, several times over, and Martin's never able to gain any actual advantage.
* PantheraAwesome: The only ''Redwall'' villain to so thoroughly dominate her opponent. It's largely because, as a European wildcat, she's many, many times Martin's size.
* PantheraAwesome: The only ''Redwall'' villain to so thoroughly dominate her opponent. It's largely because, as a European wildcat, she's many, many times Martin's size.
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* VillainousBreakdown: Though her sanity is obviously slipping at certain points throughout the book, it isn't until the very end, when her castle is being flooded and hammered with catapult stones, that she completely snaps and starts shooting arrows into the forest at random. Then, in her fight with Martin, she's a shrieking berserker far detached from the imperious queen she was at the start of the book.
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* VillainousBreakdown: Though her sanity is obviously slipping at certain points throughout the book, it isn't until the very end, when her castle is being flooded and hammered with catapult stones, that she completely snaps and starts shooting arrows into the forest at random. Then, in her fight with Martin, she's a shrieking berserker far detached from the imperious queen she was at the start of the book. Finally, when she realizes that killing Martin isn't going to be anywhere near as easy as she thought it was, she starts retreating in panic and accidentally drowns herself in the process.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Even as Argulor drags him away, he doesn't stop ramming his scimitar into the eagle's body until he's dead, which allows him to get away with a MutualKill]].
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* AlliterativeName: ''C''aptain ''C''ludd.
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* VillainousValor: Cludd's no coward,and even when willingly facing the duel with bigger Skipper starts going against him, in paw-to-paw combat, and upon realizing he doesn't run is outmatched, he goes for a weapon rather than running away, instead trying determined to regain finish the advantage.fight.
* VillainousValor: Cludd's no coward,
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The king of the searats at the time of ''Mossflower'', Ripfang has sunk or enslaved all of his rivals, leaving him in command of the largest army of searats ever assembled. Unlike most of his contemporaries, he does not fear Salamandastron, and has a long-running enmity with Boar the Fighter. See the folder for ''Lord Brocktree'' for the rat who may be his younger self.
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The king of the searats at the time of ''Mossflower'', Ripfang has sunk or enslaved all of his rivals, leaving him in command of the largest army armada of searats ever assembled. Unlike most of his contemporaries, he does not fear Salamandastron, and has a long-running enmity with Boar the Fighter. See the folder for ''Lord Brocktree'' for the rat who may be his younger self.
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* BadassCape: Shown in a purple cape in most official artwork.
* CoolHelmet: Not mentioned in the book, but some official artwork for the series shows Tsarmina in a face-concealing helmet.
* PurpleIsPowerful: Favours a purple cape.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: To her uncle, Ungatt Trunn, whom we meet in ''Lord Brocktree''. They're described in similar terms, and official artwork shows they even favour the same type of clothes.
* TheUnfavorite: Although it's not like Verdauga was unjustified in holding her in contempt. ''Lord Brocktree'' adds to this, with the obvious implication that Tsarmina is not only dangerously mad in her own right, but likely reminds her father of his psychotic older brother, Ungatt Trunn.
* TheUnfavorite: Although it's not like Verdauga was unjustified in holding her in contempt. ''Lord Brocktree'' adds to this, with the obvious implication that Tsarmina is not only dangerously mad in her own right, but likely reminds her father of his psychotic older brother, Ungatt Trunn.
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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Badrang , who chronologically precedes her as Martin's worst enemy. Badrang's a jumped-up corsair who wants to be treated like an aristocrat, and whose fearsome reputation as a fighter is belied by his actual record in combat, while Tsarmina's a seemingly prissy princess who degenerates into a slavering berserker and gives Martin the fight of his life.
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* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:In one of the most notable examples of the "evil" variant in the series, Tsarmina has Fortunata's corpse dumped in the woods as bait for Argulor.]]
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TheMole: Tsarmina attempts to use her as such. However, the woodlanders were prepared for this with the Mask serving as a ReverseMole, and Fortunata ends up paying dearly for it.
* HeroicBSOD: A villainous example. When Tsarmina repays his loyalty by ditching him to save her own hide, all Brogg can do is sit in shock, not even reacting as [[spoiler:a giant boulder is flung at him]].
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* DeusExitMachina: If Boar went to Mossflower along with the heroes, he would very likely be able to plow through Kotir single-handedly. However, he never gets the chance as he [[spoiler:dies fighting Ripfang's horde]].
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Notable as one of the major characters that averts this as well as BlackAndWhiteMorality. Verdauga is a mostly sane, harsh yet fair conqueror. He rules very much as a feudal overlord, levying taxes and dispensing judgement but being generally fair about it. He's still a ruthless conqueror though and ''Legend of Luke'' mentions how he chased Luke's tribe out of their home.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Notable as one of the major characters that averts this as well as BlackAndWhiteMorality. Verdauga is a mostly sane, harsh yet fair conqueror. He rules very much as a feudal overlord, levying taxes and dispensing judgement but being generally fair decent about it. He's still a ruthless conqueror though and ''Legend of Luke'' mentions how he chased Luke's tribe out of their home.it.
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* NobleDemon: While he does imprison Martin, he obviously understands that Martin's [[TheDrifter not from around here]] and is perfectly willing to release him.
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* NobleDemon: While he does imprison Martin, he obviously understands that Martin's [[TheDrifter not from around here]] and is perfectly willing to release him.him after he's served his time.
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* BadAss: As any badger should be.
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* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Everyone - even her her own army - wishes that her brother was the successor. They even prefer her father, who was a fairly vicious tyrant himself.
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* IllBoy: We first see him severely ill, and his conquering days are clearly behind him.
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* {{Badass}}: She nearly ''killed'' Martin the Warrior. She probably would have succeeded if she hadn't freaked out and backed into the water.
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* WhiteSheep: Verdauga himself was a powerful warrior in his prime, and Tsarmina is [[CompleteMonster Tsarmina]]. Gingivere doesn't seem to have any interest in oppressing anyone.
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* BigBad: Of ''Mossflower.'' She initially appears to be a HateSink that makes her father seem better in comparison...but it rapidly becomes apparent that she is the actual villain.
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* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: He proves himself a much more capable commander than Tsarmina or any of her underlings because of this.
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* UriahGambit: [[A victim of this. Tsarmina arranges for him to be killed by Argulor]].
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A cheerful-natured mousethief. He met Martin when they were put in the same cell in Kotir, and the two became good friends. He always looks on the bright side of things and usually has a song for the occasion.
A strong young mole. He accompanies Gonff and Martin on the quest to find Boar the Fighter.
A badger. She opens her family home, Brockhall, to the woodlanders during Tsarmina's reign, and hopes that there is a way to bring her father, Boar the Fighter, home to Mossflower to lead the resistance against the wildcat.
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*ActualPacifistActualPacifist: She even gives a speech at one point how she wishes that they could just live in peace side by side with Kotir, but since Tsarmina and her army makes that impossible, then the next best solution is to [[spoiler:flood Kotir]], because it will avoid unnecessary bloodshed - a death is a death whether it is a woodlander or a Kotir soldier.
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* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: We don't even learn his real name until ''The Legend of Luke.'']]
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!!Gonff
* AuthorAvatar: Brian based Gonff on his younger self.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He's a happy-go-lucky ManChild that likes flutes and dancing. He's also a master thief, and he's almost equal to Martin in fighting skills.
* BigFun: He's described as pudgy.
* FluffyTamer: Kinda. At first, the GiantEnemyCrab they're up against looks threatening, but when it grabs a staff that the heroes are using, [[TheDitz it's too dumb to let go.]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Gonff then dances with it.]]
* JustLikeRobinHood: Although he steals food instead of money, the concept still applies.
* LoveableRogue: Later, there's a song about how he filched a pie from the Abbess so he could claim that he ran off the thief... and the Abbess makes him another pie as a reward.
* OfficialCouple: With Columbine.
!!Young Dinny
* FriendToAllChildren: He gets along really well with the baby bats, [[VerbalTic baby bats.]]
* TunnelKing: He's a mole.
!!Bella of Brockhall
* BigGood [[BigBadDuumvirate Duumvirate]]: With Abbess Germaine.
* TeamMom
* TimeAbyss: Rivals Cregga for "oldest character when they finally die" in the series.
!!Abbess Germaine
* ActualPacifist
* BigGood [[BigBadDuumvirate Duumvirate]]: With Bella.
* FounderOfTheKingdom: Architect and first leader of Redwall Abbey.
!!Stormfin
* ThreateningShark: Or, as a pike, the local equivalent.
!!Mask / Riverwyte
* HandicappedBadass: As an otter without a tail, he can't swim.
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* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: We don't even learn his real name until ''The Legend of Luke.'']]
!!Verdauga Greeneyes
The once-mighty warlord of the Thousand Eyes, Verdauga Greeneyes is old, weary, and on the edge of death when we meet him in ''Mossflower''. Having conquered most of Mossflower, Verdauga made peace with the woodlanders, allowing them to live around his fortress relatively unmolested. This doesn't sit well with his domineering daughter, Tsarmina, who tries her utmost to subvert his authority and run their domains into the ground.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Notable as one of the major characters that averts this as well as BlackAndWhiteMorality. Verdauga is a mostly sane, harsh yet fair conqueror. He rules very much as a feudal overlord, levying taxes and dispensing judgement but being generally fair about it. He's still a ruthless conqueror though and ''Legend of Luke'' mentions how he chased Luke's tribe out of their home.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: What's not to like?
* BenevolentBoss: From what we hear about him, it's obvious that the troops liked him a lot more than [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Tsarmina.]]
* BigBadWannabe: When we first see him, it's safe to assume that he is the main villain, though he is not as evil as most villains in the series. Tsarmina rapidly establishes herself as being more evil as she is and kills him, thus cementing her as the true villain.
* CainAndAbel: We meet his brother in ''Lord Brocktree''. It turns out Verdauga was the good one.
* CatsAreMean: Well, [[RetiredMonster he used to be.]]
* EvilOverlord: Although he's a lot more tame than other examples in the series.
* IllBoy: We first see him severely ill, and his conquering days are clearly behind him.
* NobleDemon: While he does imprison Martin, he obviously understands that Martin's [[TheDrifter not from around here]] and is perfectly willing to release him.
* ParentalFavoritism: He favored Gingivere over Tsarmina, with good reason.
* PragmaticVillainy: After ruthlessly crushing a rebellion, Verdauga made peace with the woodlanders and treated them, although not exactly nicely, well enough that they weren't inspired to revolt against him. His taxes were manageable and he used Kotir's soldiers to defend them from bandits and other wandering hordes.
* RepetitiveName: Verdauga ALSO means "green eye." His name is Greeneye Greeneye.
* RetiredMonster: As seen under pragmatic villainy, he made a sort of peace with the woodlanders after crushing their rebellion. His rule is still making things plenty difficult for woodlanders, though.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He dies right after we meet him.
!!Tsarmina Greeneyes
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The mad, entitled daughter of Verdauga Greeneyes, Tsarmina is power-hungry, demanding, and completely unstable. Murdering her father and framing her brother, Tsarmina takes command of the Thousand Eyes army and the fortress of Kotir, only to watch as Mossflower's residents, unable to endure the vicissitudes of her rule, rise of up in rebellion, bringing her kingdom down around her ears.
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* AbsurdlySharpClaws: Tsarmina's claws tear Martin's armour right off of his body.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Entirely justified. Tsarmina may not have to fight as often as the troops under her command, but she's three or four times their size and equipped with claws and fangs that can punch through iron.
* AxCrazy: Post SanitySlippage
* BadBoss: Unlike her father, she does not treat her troops very well, even the ones who are unfailingly loyal to her. Notably, she forces Ashleg to hobble ahead of her troops in the burning sun and lets Brogg die simply to help save her own skin.
* {{Badass}}: She nearly ''killed'' Martin the Warrior. She probably would have succeeded if she hadn't freaked out and backed into the water.
* BigBad: Of ''Mossflower.'' She initially appears to be a HateSink that makes her father seem better in comparison...but it rapidly becomes apparent that she is the actual villain.
* CatsAreMean: Word of God says her name is a play on Tsar (as in Russian monarchs) and mean.
* DarkActionGirl: She acts like she's too good to get her hands dirty, only to turn around and give Martin the beating of his life when she has no other choice.
* DavidVersusGoliath: The Goliath to Martin's David.
* {{The Evil Prince}}ss: Plots against her father and brother, ultimately killing the former and framing the latter.
* FantasticRacism: Looks down on the woodlander inhabitants of Mossflower, believing it impossible for them to pose a threat to her rule. When [[spoiler:her castle is flooded and struck with catapult stones in the climax]], she assumes that it has to be the work of her estranged brother, Gingivere.
* FemmeFatalons: As a wildcat, this should come as no surprise.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Everyone wishes that her brother was the successor. They even prefer her father, who was a fairly vicious tyrant himself.
* ItsPersonal: She destroys Martin's sword, causing him to vow that he would one day slay her.
* LargeAndInCharge: As a cat, she's bigger than the rats and mustelids in her army and most of the woodlanders she rules.
* MissingMom: Verdauga's queen appears to have passed on prior to the events of the series.
* {{Natural Weapon}}: Unarmed and unarmoured when confronted by Martin, Tsarmina makes do with her claws and fangs, nearly killing him.
* {{No Holds Barred Beatdown}}: Her final battle against Martin. She nearly kills him, several times over, and Martin's never able to gain any actual advantage.
* PantheraAwesome: The only ''Redwall'' villain to so thoroughly dominate her opponent. It's largely because, as a European wildcat, she's many, many times Martin's size.
* SanitySlippage: She slowly goes mad through a mix of power and the constant sound of dripping water.
* SelfDisposingVillain: Has a FreakOut and drowns herself.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Poisons her father. He even suspects that she'll do it, but he's too old and decrepit to do much about it.
* SiblingRivalry: With Gingivere.
* TheUnfavorite: Although it's not like Verdauga was unjustified.
* VillainousBreakdown: Though her sanity is obviously slipping at certain points throughout the book, it isn't until the very end, when her castle is being flooded and hammered with catapult stones, that she completely snaps and starts shooting arrows into the forest at random. Then, in her fight with Martin, she's a shrieking berserker far detached from the imperious queen she was at the start of the book.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why did it Have to be Water?]]: She's incredibly hydrophobic. She's a cat, so it kinda makes sense.
!!Gingivere Greeneyes
The son of Verdauga Greeneyes, and brother of Tsarmina, Gingivere is a borderline pacifist who has little interest in ruling Kotir or oppressing the inhabitants of Mossflower. He's framed for their father's murder by Tsarmina, who has him imprisoned deep beneath Kotir.
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* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Tsarmina's Cain.
* FamousAncestor: Of Squire Gingivere in the first book.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: What makes his sister his opposite.
* MissingMom: Like his sister.
* SiblingYinYang: His sister? [[Monster/{{Redwall}} On the Complete Monster page.]] Him? The very definition of incorruptibility.
* TokenGoodTeammate: When Verdauga was alive.
* WhiteSheep: Verdauga himself was a powerful warrior in his prime, and Tsarmina is Tsarmina. Gingivere doesn't seem to have any interest in oppressing anyone.
!!Fortunata
Vizier to first Verdauga and then Tsarmina, Fortunata is a slippery character who works best behind the scenes.
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* CunningLikeAFox
* TheEvilGenius: She comes up with the plan to poison Verdauga.
* HumanPincushion: [[spoiler:Shot to death by squirrels after she is sent to spy on them.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:For reasons noted below.]]
!!Ashleg
One of Tsarmina's advisors, Ashleg is a pine marten, and the OnlySaneMan in Kotir's increasingly dysfunctional command structure.
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* TheDarkChick: Helps Tsarmina with the poisoning and not much of a fighter thanks to his disfigurement.
* EvilCripple: Of the [[PunchClockVillain punch clock]] variety.
* IconicOutfit: InUniverse. Everybody recognizes his feather-edged red cloak, including [[ImAHumanitarian Argulor.]] [[ChekhovsGun Tsarmina exploits this later.]]
* PunchClockVillain: He never does anything overtly evil.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: One of very, very few villains to actually succeed in this. However, he leaves his IconicOutfit behind, which Tsarmina exploits later.
!!Cludd
Kotir's Captain of the Guard, Cludd the weasel is a professional soldier who served Lord Verdauga for years. He maintains his position under Tsarmina, and while no genius, is one of her more competent aides, successfully carrying out missions where Fortunata and Ashleg fail. Braver than most of his colleagues, Cludd is killed in single combat with the Skipper of Otters.
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* BladeOnAStick: Like most of Kotir's soldiery he's armed with a spear.
* TheDragon: To Verdauga and then Tsarmina.
* FourStarBadass: Cludd's title of Captain of the Guard makes him Kotir's equivalent of a general, and while he's not a brilliant officer, he proves that he's a brave one when he engages the larger, stronger Skipper in a one-on-one fight.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: On one of Skipper's javelins.
* VillainousValor: Cludd's no coward, and even when the duel with Skipper starts going against him, he doesn't run away, instead trying to regain the advantage.
* WickedWeasel: Most of Tsarmina's troops are members of the weasel family. Cludd, as their leader, is one as well.
!!Brogg
A weasel soldier whom Tsarmina promotes to the rank of Captain, Brogg eventually takes over as Captain of the Guard after Cludd's death. A genuinely loyal, and surprisingly brave soldier, Brogg serves Tsarmina faithfully, making his Queen's safety his chief priority during the final battle for Kotir.
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* BadassCape: Lifts Ashleg's red velvet cape from Bane's body.
* BladeOnAStick: Like the rest of Kotir's soldiers, he carries a spear.
* TheDragon: To Tsarmina after Cludd and Bane's respective deaths.
* FourStarBadass: Like Cludd before him, Brogg is a brave, if not particularly inventive officer, and his title of "Captain of the Guard" makes him the equivalent of a general.
* MultiMeleeMaster: Following his promotion to Captain of the Guard, Brogg goes into battle carrying both his old spear and Bane's curved sword, alternating between the two as necessary.
* SinisterScimitar: Helps himself to Bane's curved sword after the mercenary fox is slain.
* TookALevelInBadass: After being promoted to Captain and then Captain of the Guard, Brogg becomes increasingly resourceful and brave.
* UndyingLoyalty: Brogg's main distinguishing characteristic is his loyalty to Tsarmina, whom he serves to the end.
* VillainousValor: Brogg, like Cludd before him, is no coward, and he engages Martin in single combat at one point, only retreating after being disarmed.
* WickedWeasel: Though his notably less evil than many others of his kind.
!!Gloomer
A huge, blind water rat that's used as a secret weapon by Tsarmina and the Thousand Eyes, the Gloomer is an unthinking killing machine.
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* TheBerserker
* TheBrute: It can't speak, just kill.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Dies fighting a pike.]]
* HandicappedBadass: Blind but dangerous.
* SilentAntagonist
* YouDirtyRat: A massive one.
!!Bane
A mercenary fox from the Northlands, hired by Tsarmina to help round out her ranks. He quickly proves himself a far more capable leader than Tsarmina, earning the mad queen's envy and enmity in the process.
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* BadassCape: It used to be Ashleg's. [[spoiler: This is what gets him killed.]]
* BadassCrew: His band of mercenaries.
* BenevolentBoss: He's a reasonable and competent leader who takes care to be sure his men are well provisioned and get their fair share of whatever plunder is taken. The members of his band not only admire and respect him, but openly look down on Tsarmina for her cruel treatment of her own troops.
* CunningLikeAFox: [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Dangerously]] so. He seems to be the only one that remembers: "Hey! Our enemies are in a forest! Why not just [[KillItWithFire burn it down?]]
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: He proves himself a much more capable commander than Tsarmina or any of her underlings because of this.
* TheDragon: During his time among the Thousand Eyes.
* HiredGuns
* MutualKill: [[spoiler:With Argulor.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* SinisterScimitar: Carries a distinctive curved sword.
* TheStarscream: To Tsarmina
!!Argulor
An ancient, half-blind golden eagle who returns to Mossflower near the beginning of the story, Argulor is too old to hunt properly. Instead he lurks about Kotir, preying on Tsarmina's soldiers, and dreaming of eating Ashleg, the only pine marten he has ever encountered.
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* BadassGrandpa
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: First in the series and lovin' it.
* HandicappedBadass: The book notes he's almost blind.
* ImAHumanitarian: Argulor is the single biggest threat to Tsarmina's troops because of this. He actually prefers Tsarmina's beasts to the small birds he'd normally prey on, mainly because they're slow and stupid.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler: With Bane.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Sort of, as he hasn't had it yet: Pine marten. That's what Ashleg up there is. [[spoiler:Ashleg skipping town proved to be his undoing.]]
* WorthyOpponent: He and Verdauga considered each other such. Tsarmina, not so much.
!!The Bats of Bat Mountpit, [[VerbalTic Mountpit]]
* CloudCuckooLander, Lander: The baby bats think Dinny, a mole, is some kind of pudgy bat without wings, [[VerbalTic wings.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil, Evil: Some of the few non-Franchise/{{Batman}} bats in fiction who aren't evil, [[VerbalTic evil.]]
* VerbalTic, Tic: In case you couldn't guess, [[SelfDemonstratingArticle guess.]] They like to make their own echoes, echoes.
* WackyWaysideTribe, Tribe
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why did it Have to be Owls,]] [[OminousOwl Owls?]]: The bats are terrorized by an enormous tawny owl, tawny owl. Martin and company clear it out in short order, order.
!!Marshgreen
* DirtyCoward: His first reaction to Snakefish getting loose? Run.
* FrogsAndToads
* {{Gonk}}: He gets a whole paragraph about how nauseating he is to look at.
* LargeAndInCharge
!!Snakefish
* AndroclesLion: Normally, he would have eaten the heroes. But he likes toad meat more, so he's perfectly happy to ignore Martin and company while he [[MookHorrorShow chows down on the toads.]]
* BigEater
* KrakenAndLeviathan: Well, a giant eel. [[MouseWorld Close enough in this series.]]
!!Boar the Fighter
Son of Old Lord Brocktree and father of Bella of Brockhall, Boar the Fighter is an ancient silver badger, who rules from Salamandastron. Martin hopes to recruit him into the fight against Tsarmina, only to discover that Boar is on the verge of a final clash with his own archnemesis, Ripfang the searat.
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* {{Archenemy}}: Of Ripfang the searat.
* BadAss: As any badger should be.
* BadassGrandpa: His fur is going silver, but that doesn't stop him from fighting pirates.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He used to be the ruler of Mossflower country; the whole reason Martin, Gonff, and Dinny look for him is so that he'll come back and kick Tsarmina's ass.
* LargeAndInCharge: Of Salamandastron's hares.
* MasterSwordsman
* OldMaster
* ShoutOut: His name and title are lifted directly from a poem from [[TheLordoftheRings The Lord of the Rings]] (the scene from The Two Towers where Merry and Pippin first meet Treebeard). It's only one line, but it's sweet when you consider how many Tolkien influences seem to be in the books.
* UltimateBlacksmith: This is the one that forged the [[CoolSword Sword of Martin.]]
!!Ripfang
The king of the searats at the time of ''Mossflower'', Ripfang has sunk or enslaved all of his rivals, leaving him in command of the largest army of searats ever assembled. Unlike most of his contemporaries, he does not fear Salamandastron, and has a long-running enmity with Boar the Fighter. See the folder for ''Lord Brocktree'' for the rat who may be his younger self.
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* {{Archenemy}}: Of Boar the Fighter.
* EvilOldFolks: If he's the same Ripfang from ''Lord Brocktree'' he's very old indeed.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: If this is the Ripfang from ''Lord Brocktree'' he went from a soldier in Ungatt Trunn's Blue Horde to king of the searats.
* LargeAndInCharge: One head taller then the rest of the searats.
* RedRightHand: A single long tooth that portrudes out of his mouth
* SlasherSmile: Has a permanent one
* VillainOfAnotherStory: It's implied that he and Boar have been fighting each other for a long time.
* WhipItGood: Carries a scourge and has it as his personal symbol.
* YouDirtyRat
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!!Gonff
* AuthorAvatar: Brian based Gonff on his younger self.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: He's a happy-go-lucky ManChild that likes flutes and dancing. He's also a master thief, and he's almost equal to Martin in fighting skills.
* BigFun: He's described as pudgy.
* FluffyTamer: Kinda. At first, the GiantEnemyCrab they're up against looks threatening, but when it grabs a staff that the heroes are using, [[TheDitz it's too dumb to let go.]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Gonff then dances with it.]]
* JustLikeRobinHood: Although he steals food instead of money, the concept still applies.
* LoveableRogue: Later, there's a song about how he filched a pie from the Abbess so he could claim that he ran off the thief... and the Abbess makes him another pie as a reward.
* OfficialCouple: With Columbine.
!!Young Dinny
* FriendToAllChildren: He gets along really well with the baby bats, [[VerbalTic baby bats.]]
* TunnelKing: He's a mole.
!!Bella of Brockhall
* BigGood [[BigBadDuumvirate Duumvirate]]: With Abbess Germaine.
* TeamMom
* TimeAbyss: Rivals Cregga for "oldest character when they finally die" in the series.
!!Abbess Germaine
* ActualPacifist
* BigGood [[BigBadDuumvirate Duumvirate]]: With Bella.
* FounderOfTheKingdom: Architect and first leader of Redwall Abbey.
!!Stormfin
* ThreateningShark: Or, as a pike, the local equivalent.
!!Mask / Riverwyte
* HandicappedBadass: As an otter without a tail, he can't swim.
%%* HeroicSacrifice
* MasterOfDisguise
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: We don't even learn his real name until ''The Legend of Luke.'']]
!!Verdauga Greeneyes
The once-mighty warlord of the Thousand Eyes, Verdauga Greeneyes is old, weary, and on the edge of death when we meet him in ''Mossflower''. Having conquered most of Mossflower, Verdauga made peace with the woodlanders, allowing them to live around his fortress relatively unmolested. This doesn't sit well with his domineering daughter, Tsarmina, who tries her utmost to subvert his authority and run their domains into the ground.
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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Notable as one of the major characters that averts this as well as BlackAndWhiteMorality. Verdauga is a mostly sane, harsh yet fair conqueror. He rules very much as a feudal overlord, levying taxes and dispensing judgement but being generally fair about it. He's still a ruthless conqueror though and ''Legend of Luke'' mentions how he chased Luke's tribe out of their home.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: What's not to like?
* BenevolentBoss: From what we hear about him, it's obvious that the troops liked him a lot more than [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Tsarmina.]]
* BigBadWannabe: When we first see him, it's safe to assume that he is the main villain, though he is not as evil as most villains in the series. Tsarmina rapidly establishes herself as being more evil as she is and kills him, thus cementing her as the true villain.
* CainAndAbel: We meet his brother in ''Lord Brocktree''. It turns out Verdauga was the good one.
* CatsAreMean: Well, [[RetiredMonster he used to be.]]
* EvilOverlord: Although he's a lot more tame than other examples in the series.
* IllBoy: We first see him severely ill, and his conquering days are clearly behind him.
* NobleDemon: While he does imprison Martin, he obviously understands that Martin's [[TheDrifter not from around here]] and is perfectly willing to release him.
* ParentalFavoritism: He favored Gingivere over Tsarmina, with good reason.
* PragmaticVillainy: After ruthlessly crushing a rebellion, Verdauga made peace with the woodlanders and treated them, although not exactly nicely, well enough that they weren't inspired to revolt against him. His taxes were manageable and he used Kotir's soldiers to defend them from bandits and other wandering hordes.
* RepetitiveName: Verdauga ALSO means "green eye." His name is Greeneye Greeneye.
* RetiredMonster: As seen under pragmatic villainy, he made a sort of peace with the woodlanders after crushing their rebellion. His rule is still making things plenty difficult for woodlanders, though.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: He dies right after we meet him.
!!Tsarmina Greeneyes
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The mad, entitled daughter of Verdauga Greeneyes, Tsarmina is power-hungry, demanding, and completely unstable. Murdering her father and framing her brother, Tsarmina takes command of the Thousand Eyes army and the fortress of Kotir, only to watch as Mossflower's residents, unable to endure the vicissitudes of her rule, rise of up in rebellion, bringing her kingdom down around her ears.
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* AbsurdlySharpClaws: Tsarmina's claws tear Martin's armour right off of his body.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Entirely justified. Tsarmina may not have to fight as often as the troops under her command, but she's three or four times their size and equipped with claws and fangs that can punch through iron.
* AxCrazy: Post SanitySlippage
* BadBoss: Unlike her father, she does not treat her troops very well, even the ones who are unfailingly loyal to her. Notably, she forces Ashleg to hobble ahead of her troops in the burning sun and lets Brogg die simply to help save her own skin.
* {{Badass}}: She nearly ''killed'' Martin the Warrior. She probably would have succeeded if she hadn't freaked out and backed into the water.
* BigBad: Of ''Mossflower.'' She initially appears to be a HateSink that makes her father seem better in comparison...but it rapidly becomes apparent that she is the actual villain.
* CatsAreMean: Word of God says her name is a play on Tsar (as in Russian monarchs) and mean.
* DarkActionGirl: She acts like she's too good to get her hands dirty, only to turn around and give Martin the beating of his life when she has no other choice.
* DavidVersusGoliath: The Goliath to Martin's David.
* {{The Evil Prince}}ss: Plots against her father and brother, ultimately killing the former and framing the latter.
* FantasticRacism: Looks down on the woodlander inhabitants of Mossflower, believing it impossible for them to pose a threat to her rule. When [[spoiler:her castle is flooded and struck with catapult stones in the climax]], she assumes that it has to be the work of her estranged brother, Gingivere.
* FemmeFatalons: As a wildcat, this should come as no surprise.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Everyone wishes that her brother was the successor. They even prefer her father, who was a fairly vicious tyrant himself.
* ItsPersonal: She destroys Martin's sword, causing him to vow that he would one day slay her.
* LargeAndInCharge: As a cat, she's bigger than the rats and mustelids in her army and most of the woodlanders she rules.
* MissingMom: Verdauga's queen appears to have passed on prior to the events of the series.
* {{Natural Weapon}}: Unarmed and unarmoured when confronted by Martin, Tsarmina makes do with her claws and fangs, nearly killing him.
* {{No Holds Barred Beatdown}}: Her final battle against Martin. She nearly kills him, several times over, and Martin's never able to gain any actual advantage.
* PantheraAwesome: The only ''Redwall'' villain to so thoroughly dominate her opponent. It's largely because, as a European wildcat, she's many, many times Martin's size.
* SanitySlippage: She slowly goes mad through a mix of power and the constant sound of dripping water.
* SelfDisposingVillain: Has a FreakOut and drowns herself.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Poisons her father. He even suspects that she'll do it, but he's too old and decrepit to do much about it.
* SiblingRivalry: With Gingivere.
* TheUnfavorite: Although it's not like Verdauga was unjustified.
* VillainousBreakdown: Though her sanity is obviously slipping at certain points throughout the book, it isn't until the very end, when her castle is being flooded and hammered with catapult stones, that she completely snaps and starts shooting arrows into the forest at random. Then, in her fight with Martin, she's a shrieking berserker far detached from the imperious queen she was at the start of the book.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why did it Have to be Water?]]: She's incredibly hydrophobic. She's a cat, so it kinda makes sense.
!!Gingivere Greeneyes
The son of Verdauga Greeneyes, and brother of Tsarmina, Gingivere is a borderline pacifist who has little interest in ruling Kotir or oppressing the inhabitants of Mossflower. He's framed for their father's murder by Tsarmina, who has him imprisoned deep beneath Kotir.
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* CainAndAbel: The Abel to Tsarmina's Cain.
* FamousAncestor: Of Squire Gingivere in the first book.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: What makes his sister his opposite.
* MissingMom: Like his sister.
* SiblingYinYang: His sister? [[Monster/{{Redwall}} On the Complete Monster page.]] Him? The very definition of incorruptibility.
* TokenGoodTeammate: When Verdauga was alive.
* WhiteSheep: Verdauga himself was a powerful warrior in his prime, and Tsarmina is Tsarmina. Gingivere doesn't seem to have any interest in oppressing anyone.
!!Fortunata
Vizier to first Verdauga and then Tsarmina, Fortunata is a slippery character who works best behind the scenes.
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* CunningLikeAFox
* TheEvilGenius: She comes up with the plan to poison Verdauga.
* HumanPincushion: [[spoiler:Shot to death by squirrels after she is sent to spy on them.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:For reasons noted below.]]
!!Ashleg
One of Tsarmina's advisors, Ashleg is a pine marten, and the OnlySaneMan in Kotir's increasingly dysfunctional command structure.
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* TheDarkChick: Helps Tsarmina with the poisoning and not much of a fighter thanks to his disfigurement.
* EvilCripple: Of the [[PunchClockVillain punch clock]] variety.
* IconicOutfit: InUniverse. Everybody recognizes his feather-edged red cloak, including [[ImAHumanitarian Argulor.]] [[ChekhovsGun Tsarmina exploits this later.]]
* PunchClockVillain: He never does anything overtly evil.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: One of very, very few villains to actually succeed in this. However, he leaves his IconicOutfit behind, which Tsarmina exploits later.
!!Cludd
Kotir's Captain of the Guard, Cludd the weasel is a professional soldier who served Lord Verdauga for years. He maintains his position under Tsarmina, and while no genius, is one of her more competent aides, successfully carrying out missions where Fortunata and Ashleg fail. Braver than most of his colleagues, Cludd is killed in single combat with the Skipper of Otters.
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* BladeOnAStick: Like most of Kotir's soldiery he's armed with a spear.
* TheDragon: To Verdauga and then Tsarmina.
* FourStarBadass: Cludd's title of Captain of the Guard makes him Kotir's equivalent of a general, and while he's not a brilliant officer, he proves that he's a brave one when he engages the larger, stronger Skipper in a one-on-one fight.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: On one of Skipper's javelins.
* VillainousValor: Cludd's no coward, and even when the duel with Skipper starts going against him, he doesn't run away, instead trying to regain the advantage.
* WickedWeasel: Most of Tsarmina's troops are members of the weasel family. Cludd, as their leader, is one as well.
!!Brogg
A weasel soldier whom Tsarmina promotes to the rank of Captain, Brogg eventually takes over as Captain of the Guard after Cludd's death. A genuinely loyal, and surprisingly brave soldier, Brogg serves Tsarmina faithfully, making his Queen's safety his chief priority during the final battle for Kotir.
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* BadassCape: Lifts Ashleg's red velvet cape from Bane's body.
* BladeOnAStick: Like the rest of Kotir's soldiers, he carries a spear.
* TheDragon: To Tsarmina after Cludd and Bane's respective deaths.
* FourStarBadass: Like Cludd before him, Brogg is a brave, if not particularly inventive officer, and his title of "Captain of the Guard" makes him the equivalent of a general.
* MultiMeleeMaster: Following his promotion to Captain of the Guard, Brogg goes into battle carrying both his old spear and Bane's curved sword, alternating between the two as necessary.
* SinisterScimitar: Helps himself to Bane's curved sword after the mercenary fox is slain.
* TookALevelInBadass: After being promoted to Captain and then Captain of the Guard, Brogg becomes increasingly resourceful and brave.
* UndyingLoyalty: Brogg's main distinguishing characteristic is his loyalty to Tsarmina, whom he serves to the end.
* VillainousValor: Brogg, like Cludd before him, is no coward, and he engages Martin in single combat at one point, only retreating after being disarmed.
* WickedWeasel: Though his notably less evil than many others of his kind.
!!Gloomer
A huge, blind water rat that's used as a secret weapon by Tsarmina and the Thousand Eyes, the Gloomer is an unthinking killing machine.
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* TheBerserker
* TheBrute: It can't speak, just kill.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Dies fighting a pike.]]
* HandicappedBadass: Blind but dangerous.
* SilentAntagonist
* YouDirtyRat: A massive one.
!!Bane
A mercenary fox from the Northlands, hired by Tsarmina to help round out her ranks. He quickly proves himself a far more capable leader than Tsarmina, earning the mad queen's envy and enmity in the process.
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* BadassCape: It used to be Ashleg's. [[spoiler: This is what gets him killed.]]
* BadassCrew: His band of mercenaries.
* BenevolentBoss: He's a reasonable and competent leader who takes care to be sure his men are well provisioned and get their fair share of whatever plunder is taken. The members of his band not only admire and respect him, but openly look down on Tsarmina for her cruel treatment of her own troops.
* CunningLikeAFox: [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy Dangerously]] so. He seems to be the only one that remembers: "Hey! Our enemies are in a forest! Why not just [[KillItWithFire burn it down?]]
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: He proves himself a much more capable commander than Tsarmina or any of her underlings because of this.
* TheDragon: During his time among the Thousand Eyes.
* HiredGuns
* MutualKill: [[spoiler:With Argulor.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
* SinisterScimitar: Carries a distinctive curved sword.
* TheStarscream: To Tsarmina
!!Argulor
An ancient, half-blind golden eagle who returns to Mossflower near the beginning of the story, Argulor is too old to hunt properly. Instead he lurks about Kotir, preying on Tsarmina's soldiers, and dreaming of eating Ashleg, the only pine marten he has ever encountered.
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* BadassGrandpa
* BigBadassBirdOfPrey: First in the series and lovin' it.
* HandicappedBadass: The book notes he's almost blind.
* ImAHumanitarian: Argulor is the single biggest threat to Tsarmina's troops because of this. He actually prefers Tsarmina's beasts to the small birds he'd normally prey on, mainly because they're slow and stupid.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler: With Bane.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Sort of, as he hasn't had it yet: Pine marten. That's what Ashleg up there is. [[spoiler:Ashleg skipping town proved to be his undoing.]]
* WorthyOpponent: He and Verdauga considered each other such. Tsarmina, not so much.
!!The Bats of Bat Mountpit, [[VerbalTic Mountpit]]
* CloudCuckooLander, Lander: The baby bats think Dinny, a mole, is some kind of pudgy bat without wings, [[VerbalTic wings.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil, Evil: Some of the few non-Franchise/{{Batman}} bats in fiction who aren't evil, [[VerbalTic evil.]]
* VerbalTic, Tic: In case you couldn't guess, [[SelfDemonstratingArticle guess.]] They like to make their own echoes, echoes.
* WackyWaysideTribe, Tribe
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why did it Have to be Owls,]] [[OminousOwl Owls?]]: The bats are terrorized by an enormous tawny owl, tawny owl. Martin and company clear it out in short order, order.
!!Marshgreen
* DirtyCoward: His first reaction to Snakefish getting loose? Run.
* FrogsAndToads
* {{Gonk}}: He gets a whole paragraph about how nauseating he is to look at.
* LargeAndInCharge
!!Snakefish
* AndroclesLion: Normally, he would have eaten the heroes. But he likes toad meat more, so he's perfectly happy to ignore Martin and company while he [[MookHorrorShow chows down on the toads.]]
* BigEater
* KrakenAndLeviathan: Well, a giant eel. [[MouseWorld Close enough in this series.]]
!!Boar the Fighter
Son of Old Lord Brocktree and father of Bella of Brockhall, Boar the Fighter is an ancient silver badger, who rules from Salamandastron. Martin hopes to recruit him into the fight against Tsarmina, only to discover that Boar is on the verge of a final clash with his own archnemesis, Ripfang the searat.
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* {{Archenemy}}: Of Ripfang the searat.
* BadAss: As any badger should be.
* BadassGrandpa: His fur is going silver, but that doesn't stop him from fighting pirates.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He used to be the ruler of Mossflower country; the whole reason Martin, Gonff, and Dinny look for him is so that he'll come back and kick Tsarmina's ass.
* LargeAndInCharge: Of Salamandastron's hares.
* MasterSwordsman
* OldMaster
* ShoutOut: His name and title are lifted directly from a poem from [[TheLordoftheRings The Lord of the Rings]] (the scene from The Two Towers where Merry and Pippin first meet Treebeard). It's only one line, but it's sweet when you consider how many Tolkien influences seem to be in the books.
* UltimateBlacksmith: This is the one that forged the [[CoolSword Sword of Martin.]]
!!Ripfang
The king of the searats at the time of ''Mossflower'', Ripfang has sunk or enslaved all of his rivals, leaving him in command of the largest army of searats ever assembled. Unlike most of his contemporaries, he does not fear Salamandastron, and has a long-running enmity with Boar the Fighter. See the folder for ''Lord Brocktree'' for the rat who may be his younger self.
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* {{Archenemy}}: Of Boar the Fighter.
* EvilOldFolks: If he's the same Ripfang from ''Lord Brocktree'' he's very old indeed.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: If this is the Ripfang from ''Lord Brocktree'' he went from a soldier in Ungatt Trunn's Blue Horde to king of the searats.
* LargeAndInCharge: One head taller then the rest of the searats.
* RedRightHand: A single long tooth that portrudes out of his mouth
* SlasherSmile: Has a permanent one
* VillainOfAnotherStory: It's implied that he and Boar have been fighting each other for a long time.
* WhipItGood: Carries a scourge and has it as his personal symbol.
* YouDirtyRat
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