Zimber

right|300pxZimber is a male adult dormouse and widower father in Frozen Terror.
==Biography==
He was close to his friend Osclor Wildlough, whom he met on Sampetra, and traveled around together. One day they encountered a pirate-ship full of slaves. After freeing said slaves, Osclor fell in love with a male otter named Potamo, and they all settled at Riftgard. Zimber later left and chose to settle at Redwall, and met a female dormouse, married her and bore a son named Pryce, though tragically, his wife died from giving birth, leaving Zimber stricken with guilt and partly-blaming Pryce. Even so, he maintained to raise his son perfectly.
In the present, he was first seen beside his son and his friends Myodes Lightpaw and Saffo ready to visit Riftgard and see Oslcor again, receiving goodbyes from Sister Diffen, Abbot Wingbreath and Sunspot.
Four days after the four left, Zimber was admiring his son's practice with Martin's sword, but were interrupted by the ground shaking. Reasoning it was dangerous, Zimber had the teens relocate away from the cause. When night fell, they settled, though Zimber chose to keep watch, and decides to walk around to make sure they weren't being hunted. He ends up stumbling at an adder's burrow and disturbed the snake from hibernation, and worse, he hears something beastly at the camp. Rushing back, he crashes into the teens, inadvertently leading the adder to them while the teens fled from a Neovenator. When the two reptiles turn on each other, the woodlanders escape, running nonstop until finally tiring out.
Sometime after, they were caught in a blizzard, and would've froze to death had a friendly magpie named Rheneas not find them, but Saffo mysteriously disappears, and while Zimber doesn't wanna leave her, he refuses to let his son go out looking and risk suffering the same fate. Fortunately, the next day Saffo returns alive and well, having been saved by Rheneas' neighbor Lord Blackear, whom Zimber expresses his gratitude to before all four continue to the coast.
By the time they reach the coast, they find Vaniel Wildlough, Dile and Wibble Pintips being harassed by Vezok and Tritannus. Zimber and co quickly lend a hand and personally engages Vezok, and was stunned to find out Vaniel was Osclor's son, who explains Riftgard has been taking over by a toad named Nihilus the Fiend. When the Long Patrol arrives, the villains flee, though Tritannus hits Zimber with a neurotoxic-dart, paralyzing the dormouse. All three parties arrive at Salamandastron, where Zimber received treatment from a hare named Yareal. He and his son exchange a few words, with Zimber apologizing for being harsh to Pryce, who doesn't hold it against him at all. Luckily Zimber eventually recovers and sees Adelmo Bowstripe has domesticated pterosaurs, and after mounting one, all head to Riftguard.
Upon nearing the land, Zimber suggests flying low to avoid detection, and land on the beach near Nihilus' boat, which they then sabotage. Arriving at Riftgard, Saffo disguises herself as the prince and tricks a group of vermin into their trap, though sadly, the ferret Mustela Sixclaw claims that Osclor and Potamo had been killed a few days ago, devastating Vaniel. While sending Pryce and Saffo to comfort Vaniel, Zimber and the rest interrogate Mustela and deduce they should get in through the backdoor, and set Mustela and his accomplices free to leave the horde. Upon reaching the fortress, Myodes successfully takes out the guard at the backdoor, stealthily make their way around inside, and eventually find the dungeon and free everyone inside. Then they all storm the fortress to rid it of the vermin. Zimber earns a rematch with Tritannus, but sadly loses and gets fatally wounded (though Tritannus was killed himself by Gald Bowstripe). Thankfully, his son was able to kill Nihilus and free Riftgard.
In the aftermath, Pryce rushes over to his father, begging him to survive, but it was hopeless. He was later buried beside Osclor (who had been given a proper burial with her husband after they were killed) under the pretense that they'd still be friends even in death. Eventually, his son returned to Redwall and became its champion, and Vaniel assumed the throne and marries Saffo.
==Appearance==
He's a tubby dormouse wearing only a brown-surcoat and a blue-chaperone and armed with a saber.
==Personality==
He is as compassionate as many dormice in the Redwall-world. After his wife died from birthing his son, he became minorly cold and more cautious, but still cared about Pryce, who thankfully doesn't blame him for any of the mistreatment inflicted, such as when he expressed pride in Pryce wielding Martin's sword, and preventing him from going out into a blizzard where he could easily die, and even apologizes to Pryce for the harshness, but he does agree his wife's death was both their faults, yet he doesn't let it stop him (or his son) from being happy.
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