Ashleg
Ashleg was a male pine marten who served Verdauga and Tsarmina Greeneyes at Kotir. He had a wooden leg and one side of his body was disfigured. As a result, he wore an overlong red cloak trimmed with woodpigeon feathers to conceal the deformation.
Along with Fortunata and Tsarmina, Ashleg was involved with the poisoning of Verdauga so that Tsarmina could usurp the throne, though to what degree he was involved in the scheme is unknown; he may not have been as deeply involved in the conspiracy as either Tsarmina or Fortunata. Argulor the eagle desperately wanted to eat him and taste the flesh of pine marten, but he never got the chance.
After determining that Tsarmina was mad with power and Kotir was a dangerous place to reside, Ashleg departed south, away from Mossflower Woods, and was never heard from again, leaving behind his elaborate cloak and instead donning a simpler one.
Ashleg's original cloak was then used by Tsarmina to trick Argulor into killing Bane. Tsarmina gave the cloak to Bane and locked him outside of Kotir. Argulor mistakenly believed that the fox was Ashleg, and the two killed each other.
Ashleg is generally portrayed as intelligent and a competent officer and adviser.
Trivia
[edit]- Ashleg is the first pine marten to appear in the Redwall series.
- Ashleg is the first character in the Redwall series known to have a prosthetic limb.