User blog comment:Martin2/Essay:The Patterns of Redwall (Rough Draft)/@comment-1209332-20090422131442

I'm not saying they're aren't original, I'm not saying I don't like the pattern, I'm just making observations. The circumstances and details may be different, and there are a few books like Martin the Warrior, The Legend of Luke, and Lord Broktree (as well as Eulalia! I think) that break away from the pattern entirely. But I find that the books follow this pattern. The quest in Salamandastron, for example was Icetor flowers.