User blog comment:Raperm/Essay: Nature vs. Nurture in the Redwall Universe/@comment-108.85.137.127-20130602014352

Veil was evil because the redwallers thought he was going to be. It might seem minor but who knows, his life in the abbey was shown briefly, and the Abbeydwellers thought badly of him THEN, imagine growing up very young, with so many telling you, "I never liked the looks of this one!" "Just like the the average vermin!" Even though I agree he wasn't good, he did something wish Brian Jacques did more often, he showed why the vermin was evil, he showed his past, so maybe he is gray.