Dile

right|300pxDile is a male juvenile mouse from Riftgard and one of the main heroes in Frozen Terror.
== Biography ==
===Frozen Terror===
He was first seen with Wibble Pintips observing Vaniel Wildlough doing some exercises, and praised the prince otter for it. Days after, Nihilus the Fiend and his horde struck: Dile though, along with Wibble and Vaniel, were awakened by Luke the warrior, and they are confronted by Mustela Sixclaw. The three manage to getaway, but all help was foiled by Tritannus. Upon emerging on a wall-walk, they get cornered by Talpa holding Vaniel's sister Korlac Wildlough hostage (Dile was particularly stunned from seeing a mole being evil). They relent to putting their weapons away for Korlac's life, but Vaniel drags both Dile and Wibble with him off the wall, though they survive the fall. They then flee up the nearby mountain and into a cave, eventually reaching the exit at the coast before deciding to sleep. He was having a nice dream when Wibble wakes him, then they swipe a boat and set sail to the mainland.
During the voyage, he got bellyaches from eating fish Vaniel acquired, but a bigger problem arrived when an ichthyosaur attacks them and sends Dile flying into the water. Fortunately Vaniel saves him before he could freeze to death or get eaten, but their boat gets totaled by the ichthyosaur, forcing them to hop on icebergs to the mainland. Luckily they make it, and Dile never does catch a cold, but he remains blue for a while.
A night and a half later, they set out to Salamandastron, but get attacked by Vezok. Dile rushes to tackle the wildcat, but is snared by Tritannus for this. Thankfully, reinforcements arrive in the form of Zimber and Pryce the dormice, Saffo the female otter and Myodes Lightpaw the vole, and Vaniel frees Dile from Tritannus' bolas. The mouse quickly tackles the seabird as payback, but the arrival of the Long Patrol lead by Lotte Spikethumb Thropple forced the two elite vermin to retreat. They then arrive at Salamandastron, where both the redwallers, Long Patrol and badger lord Adelmo Bowstripe offer to help, and they'll be getting back to Riftgard on pterosaurs, though Dile, due to his near-death-experience with the ichthyosaur, was initially reluctant to ride them.
Upon reaching the fjord, Dile warns them about Talpa. Then they let Saffo bait some vermin for them to capture, which turn out to be Mustela and a few others. Dile was horrified to hear that Vaniel's parents were killed, but concedes to leaving the prince alone. After Vaniel does get over his grief (with help from Saffo and Pryce), they creep to the backdoor, break in, and arrive at the passage to the fortress' dungeons, which was guarded by a ferret-woman. Dile seductively entices her and she falls for it, then knocks her out (much to Saffo's shock), then they break into the dungeon and free everyone inside.
Dile took part in the fight to free Riftgard: he teams up with his father Helia, though Helia was knocked out by the marten Flatfoot, who provokes Dile enough to get bloodwrath and take it out on the marten. At the same time Pryce kills Nihilus and Riftgard was free, but Zimber dies from sustaining a fatal wound. When Gald Bowstripe, Adelmo's sister, tells that Nihilus gave Osclor Wildlough and Potamo proper burials after executing them, Dile was stunned, but agrees to lay Zimber beside them. Dile continued to live at Riftgard afterwards, though he later visited Redwall to reminisce, and was present at Vaniel and Saffo's wedding.
===More Morbidity in Mossflower===
At some point, he and Wibble replace Nowl Redkite as the royal's entourage. He also dated three times, but none of them worked out. He was first seen flying with the royal-otters and Wibble on the backs of Ornithocheirus when they find destroyed houses. While the otters head to the abbey, he and Wibble were searching for vermin, and eventually find them at Camp Willow. After a while they decide to head to Redwall, but were caught by Quickfeet the polecat and her patrol. Upon reaching their pterosaurs, Wibble managed to get away, but Dile was captured and she reluctantly left him. He was brought to the leader Pica Eipgam, and was added to Pica's collection of prisoners. There he befriends a vole named Jsky and another mouse named Macko: the latter was female and the two were suddenly smitten. 
At night, some Redwallers arrive to free a hedgehog-family and other prisoners if they can. They managed to save the primary prisoners along with Macko and several others, but were forced to leave Dile, Jsky and the rest when the vermin became aware. The next night, he smuggles a sharp rock and began freeing himself and the remaining prisoners, but were compromised by Smudgeface the marten and Dile took a bolas meant for Jsky, who along with the majority of freed woodlanders escape, with Jsky promising to return for Dile. Dile himself was hauled to Pica, who ordered Acheron to put him somewhere more secure. By morning, he was brought before Pica again by Acheron for interrogation. Pica demanded for the names of Pryce, Vaniel and Adorjan (the otter and badger being mistaken for a taggerung and badger-lord), but Dile refuses, though he did accidentally reveal Vaniel was royal, and clams up after that. 
Dile was kept in his prison during the climatic battle, but was found and freed in the aftermath. He returns to Redwall alive and well, much to everyone's joy. He also began a relationship with Macko. Afterward, he was prepping to return to Riftgard, but happily takes his new girlfriend with him. Upon arriving at Riftgard, Helia was actually stunned to see Dile with another girlfriend (hopefully a permanent one too).
== Appearance ==
He was dressed in only a teal-tunic and a red-belt. His weapons were two cutlasses.
== Personality ==
He's not the most mature mouse around, but he is brave, compassionate, and one could say protective, when it comes to his father: when Helia was knocked out by Flatfoot, Dile lost it and killed the marten while under the bloodwrath's control. He can be reckless at times, like when he charges out to attack Vezok, which left him vulnerable to an attack by Tritannus: had Zimber and co not arrived at that moment, the two vermin would've won.
== Gallery ==
Category:Mice
Category:Males
Category:Heroes
Category:Frozen Terror Characters
Category:Bloodwrath Sufferers
Category:More Morbidity in Mossflower Characters