User blog comment:Starsong Meadowsweet/Essay:A Study on Villains and Their Many Downfalls/@comment-1145722-20100815152904

Yeah, I pretty much agree. Except most of the main villains were not stupid. Crazy and/or egotistical, but not stupid.

I mean, look at Vilu Daskar. He was cunning throughout his whole appearance. The only reason that he fell for Luke's trick was because he was greedy, not stupid.

And Vilaya, she totally altered the whole "I want to take over Redwall by my own powerful force" cliche, and went at a whole new (and almost successful) angle.

Mokkan was also extremely intelligent. He tricked all of his siblings and knew what to do in almost any situation.

And like Clockworthy said, Redwall is not completely unconquerable. Cluny took it over, Ironbeak took it over (briefly), the Marlfoxes could have easily took it over if they wanted to (when Ascrod and Vannan grappled their way in). Vilaya almost did by blackmail, and Zwilt actually got inside the walls.