User blog comment:Astar Goldenwing/For Freedom/@comment-2142396-20150405080611

@Segalia: I'm glad you loved Surt's softer side. Manly men (stoats) love their kids. ;) Well, it's only Surt who wants them to leave, but you are right, things are about to get intense!

@Sayna: Hoho, that means I succeeded with my twist! I expected people to guess how Surt, Laufey and Skoggi are related because there weren't many stoats introduced... Surt is surely going to meet Thornbush, Wavehound and the others once more - it's a small island after all. ;) And I think I can say that Surt worries so much about Bladegirt vermin discovering Rolt because he, unlike the other deserters, found the tunnels on his own without the help of Rolt beasts. (A little spoiler from the side story about Surt that I planned out but didn't start writing yet... So I don't know when it will be written.)

@Vaylayna: Surt may have a soft spot for the dibbuns, but that doesn't mean he will be lenient with their parents. And he's not as much prejudiced as worried for the safety of his family. I'm happy you like Surt, I wanted to make him a contradictory character. And I'm glad you like Foxglove/Kars, too! Foxglove is the first Redwall OC I came out with, so she has a special place in my heart. Originally, she was supposed to have her own story, but once I thought it over, I decided it would be better to incorporate it in 'For Freedom'.