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"accidental murder" isn't a thing.

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{{Character|
image=[[Image:Mellus.jpg|Mother Mellus]]
|caption=
|color=background:#ff8080
|character_name=Mother Mellus
|species=[[:Category:Badgers|Badger]]
|origin=[[Redwall Abbey]]
|gender=Female
|weapon=[[Bow and Arrow|Longbow]]
|death=Murdered by [[Slipp]]
|books= ''[[Mariel of Redwall]]'', ''[[The Bellmaker]]''
|ment=''[[Salamandastron]]''
|}}

'''Mother Mellus''' was the Badger Mother of [[Redwall Abbey]] during the time of [[Abbot Bernard]]. She cared for [[Dandin]] when he was young. Mellus assisted with defending the Abbey against [[Greypatch]] while Dandin, [[Mariel Gullwhacker|Mariel]], [[Tarquin Longleap Woodsorrel]], and [[Durry Quill]] went to [[Terramort Isle]]. She rescued [[Honorable Rosemary|Hon Rosie]] with [[Flagg]] after the vermin fled.

Extremely protective of [[Dibbun]]s, Mellus gave her life defending [[Mousebabe]] and [[Furrtil]]. Upon seeing that the young ones' "treasure" consisted of only playthings, the sea rat captain [[Slipp]] threatened the pair with a kitchen [[Dagger|knife]] when she charged into him. The knife in Slipp's paw was stabbed into Mellus' heart, killing her. She was buried on the Abbey grounds.

[[Mara]] eventually succeeded Mellus as Badger Mother of Redwall, many seasons later.

===Trivia===
*Mellus' name is derived from ''melus'', the Latin word for badger.

[[Category:Badgers]]
[[Category:Badger Mothers]]
[[Category:Mariel of Redwall Characters]]
[[Category:The Bellmaker Characters]]
[[Category:Females]]
[[Category:Recurring characters]]
[[Category:Heroes]]
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Redwallers]]

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