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Mara: You killed her!
Klitch: Actually I believe she died of natural causes
Goffa, checking the body: Knife to the neck
Mara: I thought you said she died of natural causes?!
Klitch: There is nothing more natural than dying from a knife to the neck
Goffa, nodding: What would be unnatural is if she survived
Ohhhh my lands
The Duel of Chieftains is such a strong scene and this is an incredible drawing
Just a silly doodle. Thinking about what the Duel of Chieftains would’ve looked like if characters were the size of their actual species.
This is good because not only is it gorgeous and symbolic and perfect, but it’s reminiscent of that drawing of Martin’s ghost hovering over Redwall at the end of the graphic novel. Great work.
The shadow of the Badger Lord
Separate Mara & Urthstripe from this drawing
These answers are all so perfect. I love his work so much.
I was looking for information about Redwall not being meant to be published and I found an Ask Brian collection from redwall.org which has been a delight to read through today. Here are a few of my favorite answers:
Q: How do you come up with all those cool names for your books? A: Imagination.
Q: Who decides who rules Salamandastron with so many badgers? A: It is written in the stones and is a mystery.
Q: In your books you state that the first ruler of Salamandastron was Lord Brocktree, was there a ruler before that? If not, what became of it before the Badgers ruled it? A: It was waiting for the badgers to arrive.
Q: Brian, when you were writing the books with badgers, was it hard to think up names and desriptions for each badger lord? A: Not particularly.
Q: When the mice of Loamhedge still lived in the Loamhedge area how did they live? in Mossflower it says that they couldn’t have built an abbey because there was very few natural stone to use for an abbey, so how did they eat and sleep and all that stuff? A: A village community.
Q: I noticed that in the first book, Redwall, that you used large animals such as horses and a large cart that Cluny traveled in. Were you trying to start your books out in a human-like setting? Or was it something else? A: Redwall was my first novel, I didn’t expect it to be published! After Redwall I decided not to include reference to humans again.
Q: In Redwall, it says that the climb Jess was attempting to take was never recorded in history. However, both Rufe Brush and Samkin made the same climb in other books. Is this a detail you put in your first book and did not think about later? A: It must not have been recorded.
Q: Where do the North and South Paths lead? A: North and South
Q: How do you plan on ending the Redwall series? A: Why should there be an ending?
Klitch: you can trust me Urthstripe: I don’t even trust the way you just now said i could trust you
Klitch: you can trust me Urthstripe: I don’t even trust the way you just now said i could trust you
Thrugg: *shatters a window and climbs through* Thrugg: *turns around and helps Dumble through* Breaking and entering is wrong Dumble. Dumble: Okay.