User blog comment:D2r/Was Veil ultimately Redeemed?/@comment-3474228-20111225183255

Its like a terrorist "redeeming" himself by defusing his own bomb just before he's set upon by a pack of hungry policemen.

I don't think it works that way. Veil was naughty naughty, and even when people say it was because most at Redwall disliked him, he caused that dislike by stealing things in the first place. I'd lean more towards the fact that he may have felt that he didn't fit in with the crowd, kind of like how Deyna felt. And whereas Deyna's woodlander instincts took over, Veil's vermin instincts took over.

But my point is that he didn't redeem himself, he just decided to save Bryony. Or maybe he tripped and fell in front of Bryony. Nasty little critter's still evil. But I do agree with Blue's theory of Veil wanting to meet Swartt, and then wanting to kill Swartt for not liking him.

But still evil