Plumpen
Plumpen was a male dormouse resident of Mossflower Woods. He was the leader of a tribe of 20 dormice who were his relatives. They were captured by Cluny the Scourge while he was attacking Redwall Abbey. Plumpen was forced to make a decision: either open one of the Abbey wall gates or Cluny would kill members of his family. He chose the former, however, once he let Cluny's horde inside, he was knocked senseless by Fangburn.
He later lived at the liberated Redwall Abbey.
Trivia
[edit]- In Vol. 4 of Redwall.org's "Ask Brian" series, Brian Jacques said that the inspiration for the character came from 'Plumpen' being the Dutch word for dormouse. This may not actually be the correct Dutch term, as they are generally called either 'relmuis' or 'zevenslaper' in Dutch.