User blog comment:Long Patrol Girl/Essay: The Declining Mental Health of Antagonists of the Redwall Universe/@comment-1701512-20091119210353

I don't find Slagar insane, just evil. Being bitten by a snake would not turn someone insane. Even Slagar's face was an exageration, because adders are not nearly as venomous as many other venomous snakes. Most rattlesnakes are more venomous, and nobody has been turned like Slagar from a rattlesnake. Adders, while still dangerous, usually do not kill people when they bite. Redwall foxes seem to be around human sized. If Slagar was not killed by having the bite on his neck(a bad location), he would have probably just had a little spot with no fur or something. I do think Slagar may be a pathological liar and needs to let the revenge thing go.