User blog comment:D2r/Unanswered Questions of Redwall/@comment-1479469-20100125035630

Okay, I'm going to integrtate any satisfactory answers into the question list. Some of the ones I want to address personally:

18. Although Redwall was originally set in the "real world", the retconning of the real world creates plot holes with regards to the horse and cart. Ditto the beaver, who I'm assuming was vacationing from the Land of Ice and Snow AKA Canada and got stuck in the middle.

15. Answered, will add to list.

Regarding all metal answers: nothing is provided in the book, so...