User:RedwallKnightKeiFox

The following is a profile/character information for Kei the Fox...

Kei (pronounced kay, ケイ) was a young fox born in the Northlands, but raised first in the Border regions, followed by northern Mossflower. His mother was a cruel self-appointed queen vixen who assumed territory in northern Mossflower; nothing is know about his biological father. Despite being a so-called queen's son, Kei was hardly given any "royal treatment" which he resented as a young cub. Seeking to irritate his mother, he encouraged the slaves in his mother's dominance to act lazily and to relax, angering his mother, and then resolving the would-be whippings with confusing silver-tongued words of reason. Ever slowly, Kei's self-serving dealings with the slaves turned to honest sympathy, combined with being reared by a firm but sincere paternal figure in an old badger slave who secretly taught him the skills of being a warrior, but also of compassion and peace.

Upon reaching a mature young age (equivilant to twenty human years), Kei decided to free the slaves during one night and flee his wicked mother's domain. The escapers were soon tracked and ambushed, until a group of Guosim shrews arrived to aid Kei's company, although the old badger slave was killed during the skirmish. Before he died, he gave his claymore to Kei and declared him a good creature. With the vermin horde retreating, Kei's company eventually reached Redwall Abbey. Having separated from the slaves to scout the abbey first, Kei was captured by some Redwallers, fearing him to be evil, where he was later brought in chains to the Mother Abbess for questioning. The freed slaves testified of the fox's honesty and Kei was released and welcomed into the abbey.

It was inevitable that the vermin horde of Kei's mother would track them down to the abbey and demand the slaves' return. A series of battles took place, the final conflict involving the present bearer of the Sword of Martin the Warrior to be wounded amidst the combatants. Unable to use his arms, he loaned the sword to Kei, who dual-wielded it alongside his claymore. The Redwallers achieved victory afterwards and Kei settled down to the abbey life as a full-fledged member, the first fox to do so.

Appearance

Kei appears as a young fox of mature years, with red and white fur. He wears a tartan kilt and an off-white long-sleeved tunic, along with a sporran pouch attached to a large silver-buckled belt. He also wears a long loose-end red bandanna which was originally tied to his claymore.

Allies

Among Kei's closest friends are the beautiful Long Patrol haremaid Calendula Defemilio Bramble, the eccentric hare Tibbett, and the Dibbun-minded squirrelmaid Ann Acorn.