Redwall

'Redwall is a medieval fantasy adventure series written by Brian Jacques centered around Redwall Abbey.

Redwall is a fantasy due to the fact that the population of the world comprises of woodland animals in what could be considered a medieval Britain-like world, rather than humans or humanoid species.

The fandom is made up of mostly young teenagers (who usually produce fairly standard Sues with added fur) with a number of adult furry fans (one or two of whom produce yiff fics). For some reason there is a much higher proportion of males in this fandom than in most.

=Magic=

While Redwall may be a fantasy series, it does not contain actual magic of the likes that most people think of when they think of fantasy. There are accurate prophecies made by both heroes and villains, heroes are influenced to perform great feats by the spirit of Martin the Warrior, and the Sword of the aforementioned hero has some odd qualities (it has apparently never rusted or needed to be sharpened over hundreds of years, and the chosen bearer can always wield it surprisingly well regardless of their abilities previously), but there is no "point and zap" Harry Potter-like magic.

This is a problem with some Redwall badfics.

=Sues=

As with many childrens' books, the heroes and heroines can be somewhat Canon Sueish, particularly when it comes to Martin's chosen ones; often they can wield his Sword perfectly despite no previous training. Going by this, it's more acceptable for fanwriters to go by what looks cool rather than what's likely when creating OCs than in most fandoms, but they can still get carried away. Having a character wield the Sword with no previous training is probably okay depending on what else they do over the course of the fic. Having them wield two large heavy battleaxes at a time, one in each paw, is not.

=Official Fanfiction University of Redwall=

The Official Fanfiction University of Redwall is run by a Mister Kit and a Miss Minty, and is updated by Laburnum and Kitsune106.