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|color=background:#ff8080
|character_name=Samkim
|species=[[:Category:Squirrels|Squirrel]]
|origin=[[Redwall Abbey]]
|gender=Male
|weapon=[[The Sword of Martin]], [[Bow and Arrows]]
|death=Unknown
|books=''[[Salamandastron]]''
|ment=''[[Marlfox]]''
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'''Samkim''' was a male squirrel orphan resident of [[Redwall Abbey]] and a good friend of [[Arula]].

During his childhood, Samkim and Arula would often get into trouble for various deeds, such as playing around with bows. One night during a thunderstorm, he narrowly avoided being skewered by the [[Sword of Martin|Sword]] of [[Martin the Warrior]] as it fell from the Abbey weather vane. Puzzled by this incident, [[Brother Hal]] worked through the night, searching through old volumes to determine why the sword would be located in that spot. When he finally found the answer, he was anxious to tell Samkim and Arula, but [[Dingeye]] and [[Thura]]
accidentally killed him with an arrow before he could inform anyone about the weapon's history. Dingeye and Thura then took the sword and fled the Abbey.

An excited Samkim woke up early that morning and raced downstairs to see the sword. Unfortunately, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. As the young squirrel stared in horror at Brother Hal's carcass, he stumbled over Dingeye's bow and picked it up off of the ground. [[Friar Bellows]] walked in at that moment and immediately assumed that Samkim had killed Brother Hal. Samkim was confined to the Infirmary.

Arula listened to the Abbey's meeting. The Redwallers decided that Dingeye and Thura killed Brother Hal, took the sword, and departed. Hearing this, Arula met Samkim in the Infirmary, and explained the events.

Samkim and Arula went into [[Mossflower Woods]] to find the stoats. Samkim received a vision from Martin, imploring him to retrieve his weapon. He met [[Alfoh the Elder]], and together, using Alfoh's logboats, they tracked [[Dethbrush]] to the Great Inland Lake. Dethbrush had found Dingeye, killed him, and took the sword for himself. Samkim retrieved the sword from the evil fox after a duel at the; however he lost it again after killing [[the Deepcoiler]]. As Samkim was about to get killed by the reptile, Arula and Alfoh were able to pull him out of the lake in the nick of time.

The sword was later retrieved by [[Mara]], who gave it to Samkim on [[Marlfox Island]], which was un-named at that time. Samkim and Arula journeyed with Mara, her friend [[Pikkle Ffolger]], and [[Log-a-Log (Salamandastron)|Log-a-Log]]'s shrews to [[Salamandastron (place)|Salamandastron]], where a battle was fought against [[Ferahgo the Assassin]]. He safely returned the sword to Redwall.

Samkim wrote a riddle in his later seasons containing directions to Marlfox Island, which was used by [[Abbess Songbreeze Swifteye|Songbreeze Swifteye]], [[Dannflower Reguba]], and [[Dippler]] to retrieve [[Redwall Tapestry|the tapestry]] of Martin the Warrior. The riddle was included in the journal of [[Abbess Vale]].

===Trivia===
*Samkim was named for American ''Redwall'' fan Samantha Kim. She wrote to [[Brian Jacques]] at his [[Jakestown|radio show at BBC Merseyside]] and they became pen pals. Jacques suggested he name a new character in a book he was writing after her, Samkim. In their letters, Kim told the author how much she loved the mole dialect. Twenty-five years later, Kim and Jacques finally met at a reading in New York City, where Kim resided. She was the first in line to have him sign her copy of ''Salamandastron''.
*Samkim was the first squirrel to wield Martin's sword.
[[Category:Squirrels]]
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[[Category:Salamandastron Characters]]
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[[Category:Vision Recipients]]
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imported>LordTBT at 20:58, 16 June 2026