The introduction of Basil Stag Hare in Redwall was a notable moment for me. Basil Stag brought a sense of comic relief to what has been somewhat of a stressfull story line so far. Matthias was on his way to take back the famous picture of Martin the Warrior from Clunys army when the rabbit made his first appearance. The first thing said from Basil Stag was a joke about Matthias, "Problem, a little problem? Well at least it's not a fully-grown adult problem." Right away I liked this character and hoped i would learn more about him.
As the first scene with Basil Stag Hare progressed you could feel his light heartednes rub off on Matthias. He greatfully agreed to help the young mouse out and teached him how to be quick and light on his feet. As he and Matthias worked together I believe the mouse became a greater warrior because of this new sense of fun. Matthias seemed to relax more when the hare was around. After Matthias rescued the vole family and found himself surrounded by rats, my new favorite character casually showed up and saved them. When the mouse questioned him on where he had went Basil Stag jokenly answered "spring cleaning, y'know."
Redwall has the most characters in it than any other book I remember reading as a child. It is often hard for me to remember which rat is which, and which otter is which. This is how i knew the introduction of Basil Stag Hare was important to me. Although I am not sure if the rabbit will continue to show up in the novel, I enjoyed the change i believe he mad in Matthias as a warrior.
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