Vulpuz

"You carry the bloodline of Vulpuz, Ruler of Hellgates!"

- Ermath the seer

Vulpuz is a character in the Redwall series, being seen as some sort of Dark Lord or demon who presides over the evil part of the Afterlife. He is supposedly seen as the god of all vermin, as vermin always go to Hellgates upon death, (good creatures go to the Dark Forest) and apparently all are descended from him.

His name is a pun on "Vulpes" which actually is Latin for "fox" and implies that he may take on the form of a fox to those deceased. Foxes consider themselves superior to other vermin because of this and see themselves as practically royal.