User blog comment:Martin2/Essay:The Patterns of Redwall (Rough Draft)/@comment-1298206-20090506223528

Hmmm...I have noticed that, too. Here's some advice, in some books, like Marlfox, High Rhulain, Martin the Warrior, Mattimeo, and Mariel of Redwall, most of the army gathered by the protaganist are freed slaves.