Trisscar Swordmaid

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Trisscar Swordmaid, or Triss for short, is an anthropomorphic squirrel from the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. She was voiced by Rachel Murphy.

Daughter of the great squirrel swordbeast Rocc Arrem, Trisscar spent all her life in slavery following her father's death at the hands of vermin controlled by the Pure Ferrets. She was raised by an old friend of her father named Drufo, who told her time and again of her father's bravery and skill, and his death by arrows. Secretly, Triss began planning with her close friends Shogg the otter and Welfo the hedgehog to escape. Their escape plot was discovered, and they were imprisoned, but they managed to escape their cage and flee on a single boat belonging to the Riftgard royal family. Sadly, Drufo was killed while preventing vermin from pursuing them.

Triss and her companions drifted at sea for a time, lost and without anything to nourish them. While this was going on, Triss received a dream of her father and Martin the Warrior. Her father revealed to her her full name, and Martin chose her as the next Champion of Redwall Abbey. Finally, the three friends landed at the concealed Peace Island, home to a large colony of hedgehogs. After recovering, Triss and Shogg departed, leaving Welfo to a peaceful life.

Triss and Shogg had many close calls as they fled the Pure Ferrets and their Freebooter allies. Eventually they made landfall, and after evading a tracking party of vermin, met and rescued the young Badger Lord Sagaxus and his friends Kroova Wavedog and Bescarum. Together, the group journeyed to Redwall Abbey, where Triss took upon herself the Sword of Martin. Leading a group to attack the vermin, Triss came to the ancient stronghold of Brockhall. While within, she slew one of three large adders.

Triss' chance for vengeance came when she found the Pure Ferret Princess, Kurda, who had escaped the carnage within Brockhall that sadly claimed the noble Shogg. She dueled Kurda, easily breaking the ferret's sword, which she later fell upon, killing herself. Triss later fulfilled her promise and led an army to attack Riftgard, freeing the slaves and deposing the tyrannical king. She later returned to Redwall Abbey, taking up the position as its Champion.