User blog comment:Rayn Larusse/bad redwallers/@comment-1479469-20100613180408

1. Allow me to remind you that Killconey was attacking Matthias at the time: "He grappled vainly" (pg. 405, UK paperback edition) implies that Killconey was trying to wrestle with Matthias (or maybe draw a weapon) when he bought it.

Perhaps a better target might be the fact that Cpt. Snow and Gingivere butchered the remaining horde members as they tried to escape (pg. 410-11) - which is a war crime, as far as I know.