User blog comment:MyOpinion:/Redwall's future/@comment-1903875-20100516214925

Your way of thinking is very similar to the way my group of friends feel about the lack of technological advancement in redwall. Our fanfic, which should hopefully be coming out soon, does have primitive gunpowder weapons such as hand cannons (also known as hand gonnes)and arquebuses. Our way of explaining it is that a nomadic group of voles from redwall's equivalent of Russia suddenly come to mossflower and begin to share their new inventions with Salamandastron (Redwall is too peaceful to accept the new weapons)in the form of two to four enormous siege cannons. If you are interested in our fanfic, check my user blog Info on Opposite Spectrum.