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Typical stories consist of some villainous horde laying siege to the abbey, while/or some of its inhabitants have to venture somewhere else. Either way, several exciting medieval-style battles ensue until the book's villains are defeated. Despite the lack of an ongoing story, continuity lovers will find much to admire in the consistency of the world surrounding Redwall; each book's inside cover features a map of the territory the story covers, and they all fit together very well (although forests and such change significantly in size over the years, and for the duration of one book a large lake suddenly morphs into an ocean). Other societies, like the badger lords and hare soldiers of the mountain fortress Salamandastron, or the wandering Guosim shrews, pop up frequently and have a real sense of history to them. As well, some of the most exciting times for fans came with the publications of the books ''Martin the Warrior'' and ''Lord Brocktree'', as the eponymous characters are mentioned numerous times in other books as legendary warriors from the past, meaning that with the titles alone Jacques was announcing that we would finally be seeing the real story behind those legends.

 

# ''Redwall'' (1986)

# ''Mossflower'' (1988)

 

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== Tropes A-D ==

* [[The World Is Always Doomed|The Abbey Is Always Doomed]]: Just how many times has it been attacked now?

** Subverted in ''Taggerung'', where the [[Genre Savvy]] leader of the Juska tribe wants to avoid Redwall at all costs.

 

== Tropes E-I ==

* [[Eats Babies]]: Some of the bad guys. Cluny makes a throwaway remark about baby rabbits being "tasty little things". See [[Carnivore Confusion]].

* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: Salamandastron is a fortress built into an extinct volcano.

 

== Tropes J-N ==

* [[Jerkass]]: Tubgutt. He gets better though after his near-death experience with The Deepcoiler.

** Tugga Bruster is a different story...

 

== Tropes O-T ==

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: King Bull Sparra really is pretty unhinged, but he [[Manipulative Bastard|pretends to be more so than he actually is]]. Matthias, in turn, fakes [[Cloudcuckoolander]] status to avoid Bull Sparra seeing him as a threat.

* [[Officer and a Gentleman]]: The Long Patrol hares.

 

== Tropes:U-Z ==

* [[Uncleanliness Is Next to Ungodliness]]: Most of the rank-and-file vermin, though a lot of the [[Big Bad]] characters avert it.

** This is addressed in ''Loamhedge'' when [[Big Bad Wannabe|Badredd]] gets garbage dumped on him and he takes a bath (his last one being last Spring): "Every vermin knows that bathin' weakens ye."