User blog comment:D2r/Unanswered Questions of Redwall/@comment-68.2.30.208-20101029195846

An answer to question #9: If Mossflower, Southsward, etc. are based on the UK, than it's possible that many of the vermin came from the Redwall equivalent of Europe. That could answer other questions, too- trade, piracy motivation, the beaver, where they obtain weapons, etc. -The ARBL