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Triss is a novel by Brian Jacques, the fifteenth in the Redwall series. It was published in 2002.

The first scene in this Redwall novel is Riftguard, the home of some albino ferrets, their army of rats, and their slaves. Three slaves, Triss, Shogg, and Welfo, escape from Riftgaurd and head south. The younger generation of the royal white ferrets, Kurda and Bladd, take some of their Ratguards with them to pursue the three creatures. Welfo doesn't make it all the way to Redwall with Shogg and Triss because she stays at Peace Island with other hedgehogs. Meanwhile, two Dibbuns from Redwall Abbey stumble upon the remains of Brockhall, now inhabited by snakes. Also happening is that three animals depart from the mountain fortress of Salamandastron to seek adventure. They, plus the Abbeybeasts, assist Triss and Shogg to safety.

Trivia

The events of Triss appear to take place several generations after the book before, as characters alive in the Taggerung are mentioned as ancient or legendary, or at least distant in Triss. For example, the Skipper of Otters in Triss and the Badger Rulers of Salamanderstron are mentioned as being distant decedents of the Taggerung and Lord Russano respectively. This gap appears to be bigger than the gap between any of the other novels with the exception of the gap between Salamandastron and Redwall which is an indefinite period of time in which all bloodline links to the earlier past and most physical links, with the exception of the tapestry and sword, are lost.

Brockhall is rediscovered in Triss, firstly by raiders from Riftguard who knew of it from a searat map. Since it appears to have been abandoned between Mossflower and Legend of Luke, knowledge of its location must have been in vermin hands for dozens of generations. How this is possible as the forces of Kotir never found Brockhall remains a mystery.

Translations

(French)Rougemuraille : L'Odyssée de Triss

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