Madd
Madd was a mentally disturbed female squirrel who lived in Mossflower Woods. She wore a tunic made out of skins from foxes, weasels, and rats and she was a friend of Botarus. Her family was killed by vermin. As a result, she had a fierce dislike of such creatures.
Botarus found Madd with a serious head wound. Later, Madd captured Tagg because she thought he was a vermin, however Botarus intervened before she could kill him. Tagg presented his coracle to her as a gift afterwards, as a peace offering, but she still insisted that he was a vermin.
Trivia
[edit]- In Redwall.org's Ask Brian, Volume 4, Brian Jacques was asked "In The Taggerung, why did you not reunite Madd with her daughter and restore her sanity?" He replied "Such is life."