User blog comment:D2r/Unanswered Questions of Redwall/@comment-1648248-20100129223527

I had similar questions, but here are some answers:

3. Most likely slaves built the corsair ships.

6. They trade supplies for other supplies or weapons.

9. The vermin hide because they (1.) are afraid of the Redwallers, (2.) don't have a leader to command them or (3.) appear when a war comes

10. Seaweed grog is made when seaweed juice ferments in seawater. Ferment means it just sits there are turns into alcohol.

12. Asmodeus may have had a mate we don't know of.

13c. Castle Marl was on a mountainous island. Mountains = rock.

13d. Assumably Redwallers built St. Ninians.

13f. We don't even know anything much about Loamhedge or the surrounding terrain! Maybe in the next book well find out!

14. When the warrior Sparras were away to be reinforcements for Matthias, the crows killed the eggs, nestlings, and the old ones. Many of the Sparras died in the battle of the longtails, and the remaining ones most likely didnt produce enough offspring to survive.

16. Pine martens are exotic, so the two must have been wandering/kidnapped. As a debate, why are there so many rats?

17. The beaver was SOLITARY. He lived alone, and only arrived on scene to help Constance with her bow. He was a kind of hermit.

18 and 18a. The original Redwall was made so that there was a possibility of humans existing, but B.J. changed the setup after Redwall. That's why Gingivere could swallow Matthias, but in the next book Mossflower the wildcats were more to proportion.