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Asmodeussssssss, come with Asmodeussssssss, I will show you eternity!
~ Asmodeus to all his victims.

Asmodeus Poisonteeth is a major antagonist in the Redwall novel and cartoon series. He serves as the secondary antagonist of the first novel Redwall and it's TV adaptation and a posthumous in the second novel Mattimeo, it's TV adaptation, and the twentieth novel Doomwyte.

Asmodeus is a giant adder that lives in Mossflower Woods, hunting and eating any of it's inhabitants he can catch.

Biography[]

Nothing is known about Asmodeus' early life, only that he grew up in Mossflower Woods and eventually became a successful hunter. Due to believing Snakes were merely something out of nightmares, many believed Asmodeus (or snakes in general) as just mythical creatures, leading only Shrews, Sparra's, Captain Snow and Basil Stag Hare to know Asmodeus existed. Though in the tv series, nearly all residents in Mossflower knew of his existence.

Many years before the events of Redwall, Asmodeus attacked King Bull Sparra and Greytail whilst they were hunting, Bull Sparra liked to carry Martin the Warrior's sword as a show of power, but when Asmodeus attacked he dropped it in terror, leading the Adder to take it as a trophy. When Bull Sparra ordered Greytail to get it back, Asmodeus poisoned him, leaving them to fly off while he took the sword back to his lair. Captain Snow later recalls seeing Asmodeus make off with the sword.

In the tv adaptation, while Matthias and his sister Myrtle were fleeing from their destroyed home, they caught sight of Asmodeus, leading them to panic and run.

During Cluny the Scourge's war on Redwall Abbey, Asmodeus revealed himself to two of Cluny's lieutenants when he killed a captured Rat named Ragear. He later devoured the dead body of Redtooth, who had been killed by Constance.

After Chickenhound murdered Methuselah and stole various trinkets from the Abbey, he accidentally ran right into Asmodeus who attacked the young Fox. Asmodeus dragged Chickenhound back to his lair where he decided to sleep, because of this, Chickenhound managed to wake up and escape. Chickenhound managed to survive due to his healer skills, though the right side of his face was permanently disfigured by the Adder's fangs and poison.

In the tv adaptation, Asmodeus killed a travelling group of Dormice. The next day, Cluny the Scourge captured the Sparra Warbeak. He decided to leave her as bait for both Asmodeus and Redwall warriors, knowing that the warriors would be away from the abbey to defend it and possibly killed be by Asmodeus. Though Asmodeus arrived, Matthias was able to save her by shooting an arrow at the rope tying her down, allowing other Sparra's to save her and get away right as Asmodeus attacked them, causing the Adder to leave.

Later, after discovering Asmodeus possessed the sword, Matthias set out to reclaim it and kill him, alongside a group of Shrews. After they split up, Asmodeus attacked them, killing one of the Shrews but leaving a trail to his lair. After Matthias, Log-a-Log and Guosim fell into a series of tunnels and got separated. Asmodeus quickly found and killed Guosim before going to sleep, where Matthias found him. Matthias managed to steal the sword and almost escaped, but after Log-a-Log found Guosim's corpse and screamed, the snake woke up.

Asmodeus chased the two throughout the caverns and quickly caught them at a blank wall, though due to a small hole in the wall, they were able to get away, as Asmodeus' size prevented him from getting more than his head through the hole. Despite being stuck, Asmodeus continuously taunted them and demanded the sword back. When that failed, Asmodeus tried hypnotizing Matthias, though Martin's ghost allowed him to break free and with one strike of the sword, decapitated Asmodeus, ending his reign of terror over Mossflower.

Legacy[]

Though Chickenhound managed to survive the Adder's bite thanks to his healing skills, the venom twisted his already evil and delusional mind further. Renaming himself Slagar the Cruel the Fox sought revenge on Asmodeus, and once he heard Matthias had slain him, he developed a grudge against Matthias and Redwall for denying him his chance for revenge and forcing him to (despite murdering Methuselah and stealing many of their valuables) flee right into the Adder, leading to his enslavement of the abbey's children years later.

Baliss the Slayer was stated to be a descendant of Asmodeus, though it was never proven.

Personality[]

Asmodeus was a cruel and heartless monster, he enjoyed taunting his victims (such as Ragear, Chickenhound, and Matthias) with the fact that he would kill them, using his hypnosis to lure victims into a false sense of security. He enjoyed taking trophies of victims, such as foxes' tails and woodpigeon feathers, likewise, he was shown to just kill for the sake of it, killing Guosim simply because she stumbled into his lair and did not even devour her.

Powers and Abilities[]

Asmodeus was one of the largest Adders to ever live in the Redwall universe, being so large that once they saw him, Cluny's lieutenants considered him "the father of all serpents" and even Cluny seems disturbed when he hears about him. Captain Snow acknowledged that Asmodeus was such a powerful opponent, that a battle between them would result in both their deaths. Asmodeus possessed the means to hypnotize his prey, luring them into a false sense of security before killing them, and it was only Martin's ghost getting through to him that Matthias was able to break free.

Trivia[]

  • Whilst in the novels, none except Basil Stag Hare, Captain Snow, the Sparra's, and Shrews believed Adders in general were real, let alone Asmodeus. In the TV adaptation, however, most of Mossflower appeared to know of his existence. When discovering Ragear's disappearance, Basil Stag Hare recognized the Adder's scent. Cluny wished to use Warbeak as bait so that when Redwall warriors arrived to help her, Asmodeus would kill both her and them. Redwall Abbey had knowledge of him as Martin had Asmodeus attacking Chickenhound commissioned as part of the Redwall tapestry, and the Shrews and other Mossflower creatures (besides Captain Snow and Julian Gingivere) lived in terror of him.

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