Samkim
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Samkim was a squirrel orphan of Redwall Abbey, and good friends with Arula the molemaid. One night during a thunderstorm, he narrowly avoided being skewered by the sword of Martin the Warrior as it fell from the weathervane. All of the Redwallers were very puzzled by this incident. Brother Hal the Recorder worked through the night, searching for old volumes to find the reason why the sword would be on the weathervane. When he finally found the answer, he was anxious to tell Samkim and Arula, but he was killed by an arrow accidentally shot by the stoats Dingeye and Thura before he could let anyone know.
An excited Samkim got up early that morning, and raced downstairs to see the sword. Unfortunately, he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. As the young squirrel stared in horror at the body of Brother Hal whilst holding a bow, Friar Bellows walked in and immediately jumped to the conclusion that Samkim had murdered Brother Hal.
In order to prove his innocence, Samkim went into Mossflower Woods with Arula to find the stoats who had also taken Martin's sword. Samkim finally retrieved the sword from the evil fox Dethbrush after a duel at the Great Inland Lake, however he lost it again after killing the Deepcoiler. The sword was later retrieved by Mara, who gave it to Samkim on Marlfox Island, which was un-named at that time. He was able to bring the sword back safely to Redwall. Samkim was the first squirrel to wield Martin's sword. He also wrote a riddle in his later seasons containing directions to Marlfox Island, which was used by Songbreeze Swifteye, Dannflower Reguba and Dippler to go retrieve the tapestry of Martin the Warrior. The riddle was included in the journal of Abbess Vale.
[edit] Trivia
Samkim was named for Redwall fan Samantha Kim, who wrote Brian Jacques a letter describing why she would make a good character in the books.
