Thread:ScottyBlue/@comment-3148757-20111023235235/@comment-3462718-20111024124104

Here's a suggestion for the start of the story.

Tazzin the weasel is described in the book as a "stone-cold killer", though she does not actually kill anybeast in the story that I'm aware of. It could just be a front she puts on, when in reality, though she's excellent with a throwing dagger, she has to push the haunting thoughts of the creatures Plugg's made her slay with it to the back of her mind fairly frequently. She flees the Redwallers at the end of Triss and takes refuge in some kind of small cave on the banks of River Moss, collapsing the entrance and packing it with rocks to disguise it...only to discover it's home to a family of Bankvoles, one of whom whomps her over the head before she has time to fully react. When she comes to, the voles have stripped her of her weapons and sailor's gear, dressed her in a sack and cord belt, and tied her to the wall, telling her that since she made such a huge mess of their home she must work with them as a slave to clean it up; the cowed weasel does so, nursing a grudge at first, but eventually coming to enjoy the good food and good company the voles, not being wicked beasts, provide her with.

This is a rough start, which you can feel free to edit as necessary. The rest I leave up to you.