User blog comment:D2r/Unanswered Questions of Redwall/@comment-1398069-20100126203844

More questions: How did the Long patrol carve out the tunnels to Salamandastron? They couldn't have had the tools to do such a large product.

Who discovered Samptera, and why was it settled? Or any other islands, for that fact?

Who gathered the Rapscallions? How did they come to be? Why did nobody try to reform them?

Where did Chickenhound get the idea for the name Slagar? Why did he sell slaves to Malkariss, when he could just use them to build his own kingdom?

Why is there only one polecat, Malkariss? Who were his parents? How did he obtain his kingdom?

I'll stop now, but I'll be back for more.

Answers: 6) they actually do have an economic system, which is trading and bartering. They have a market economy, which is basically trading goods. They trade because they don't have some things.

4) Treasure is made for the same reason as it is in our world, for social status, AKA wealth, and for decor.