But there would be no heroics for Slagar the cruel, no courageous battle plans. Gathering his mercenary band of rats, stoats and weasels about him, he prepared for his hour of vengeance. How he hated the peaceable Abbey creatures how he hated the fearless mouse warrior Matthias, whom he held responsible for his injuries. '.Slagar the fox contemplated Redwall Abbey, his twisted face hidden beneath a sinister harlequin hood. SIGNED by the author - without further inscription - on the half-title page. The price-clipped dustjacket, glossy in a mylar sleeve, has modest rubbing wear at the tips and the spine-ends and a 1' closed tear - with an attendant crease - at the bottom of the front panel. The text is immaculate no reading wear and no previous ownership markings. An excellent, collector's-quality copy: clean, tight, square, and bright.

Why she's on the list: The badgers are the most kick-ass species in the world of Redwall, and Bella's probably the most likeable of the bunch.Hardcover. Why he's on the list: First villain written, and Jacques never topped him.Īppears in: Mossflower, The Legend of Luke, Outcast of Redwall Reminds us of: Shaq Why he's on the list: The rabbits seem like the species you'd want to get a beer with, and Basil most of all.Īppears in: Redwall Reminds us of: Napoleon This was the best of the non-core story books.Īppears in: Redwall Reminds us of: Winston Churchill Why she's on the list: The revenge-bent loner was our favorite Redwall character trope, and Grath was particularly badass. Why she's on the list: One of the better good-natured matronly characters in the series.Īppears in: The Pearls of Lutra Reminds us of: Matt Damon's character in the Bourne series. In honor of the man who created one of the more awesome fantasy worlds of the past twenty-odd years, we present the top ten Redwall characters.Īppears in: Pearls of Lutra, The Long Patrol Reminds us of: Mary Poppins

A 23rd and final installment in the series will come out in May. We count ourselves very much among that group, having made it all the way through 2002's Triss before we started to feel like we'd already read this story. Jacques, who also wrote short stories and the Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series, holds a special places in the heart of a certain type of nerd who grew up reading the Redwall books. Brian Jacques, author of the Redwall series, died over the weekend of an aortic aneurysm.

Redwall by brian jacques