Cheek, later known as Cheek Stag Otter, was an orphaned male otter who ironically did not like water. While Matthias, Jess Squirrel, and Basil Stag Hare were searching for Redwall Abbey's children, who were stolen by Slagar the Cruel, they found Cheek by the slaver's abandoned "decoy" cart. Cheek then showed the group the direction that Slagar went.
Afterwards, Basil adopted him, and Cheek changed his name to Cheek Stag Otter. He also adopted Basil's appetite and manner of speaking. Though he initially slowed down the group by being taken hostage, he was vital when Matthias and his companions were pinned down by archers in a river with small flesh-eating fish, he was scared at first, but when Orlando the Axe knocked him off the raft into the water to save him, he figured he liked swimming. He countered the fish by eating them all. Cheek also joined the assault on the Kingdom of Malkariss, adopting Basil's skills. He was a bit of a rascal, and often mimicked various characters' ways of speaking as a joke, hence his name Cheek.
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Out of all the members of his team, he is the only one not to have a personal grudge against Slagar. He is also the youngest, as everyone else is an adult.