Spinus

right|300pxSpinus is a Eurasian siskin and one of the main heroes of Parus Rides Again.
==Biography==
He first appears during Kav Furrel's warrior-anniversary party, and in doing so witnessed Parus the Manipulator douse everyone with sleep powder, kidnap Freja Furrel, Ganner Grang and Zonder Banksnout, and kill Telma Furrel and Vakama Foeseeker, and the only who lives to tell it. He quickly wakes up Kav and helps wake up everyone else, and once that was done, told them everything about what he seen, also giving his name to Abbot Giotto. The next morning, he joins Kav, Alzbeta Grang, Myotis and Erinaceus Quill in hunting down Parus, and had watched where the slavers went too. 
With Spinus' guidance, they track Parus' whereabouts to where Saint Ninian's stood, though by the time they got there, Parus was long gone. 
They get interrupted by Myotis discovering a fight a little ways back. Arriving, they find the hares Jaxxon Thistledown and Poove battling Fleshtooth and Halfear. After disposing of the slavers and doing introductions, the redwallers discover Jaxxon and Poove were also after Parus due to the great-tit having taken the former's daughter Kasper Thistledown and all seven decide to follow together. During the trek, they run into Reggie Swordmaid, Howard Axehound and Sasha Churchmouse who were looking for Reggie's twin brother Russell Swordmaid, leading the seven to believe Parus had kidnapped yet another woodlander, but it brings their number up to ten.
The next day, all ten pursuers set off after Parus and by luck run into the guosim. Log-a-log Raoul sends up to ten shrews to join the ten, one of them being Láilá Bigboat, bringing the party up to twenty. Later in the day, they arrive at a swamp, but none saw Parus watching from the air. She later springs a trap on them: sending an army of toads to get rid of them, but it gets worse when a Baryonyx, unintentionally provoked by Poove, joins the attack, eventually cornering all the rescuers except Howard in a dead-end cave, but Howard manages to lure the dinosaur away, and once they were clear, Howard claims to have seen all their loved-ones temporarily free. Continuing to trek through the swamp, they make the gruesome discovery of finding Whitebelly dead and headless, and after Myotis reveals Parus ate her parents' heads season back, Spinus wonders if Parus did the same to her lackey for failure. Leaving the carcass behind, they set up camp in a clearing for the night, though during the night, Myotis arrives with Freja's friends Zootoca, Gjord and Algot Muskar, and the party reluctantly take them along.
Two days later, they finally catch up to Parus' lackeys at Great Inland Lake, only to find them in the midst of an argument. After Sasha kills Brownarm, they learn that Parus ditched them and took the slaves alone to Marlfox Island. Howard immediately kills Spearbeak when she tried to attack, while the remaining three (Fuzzface, Botaurus and Xof Chopsnout) smartly surrender. They later take their prisoners with them to the island by swimming in the water, but a freshwater plesiosaur claims the vermin's lives, leaving them to come up with a new plan. Luckily they reach Marlfox Island, then break free all the slaves before finding their loved ones, but after reuniting with their intended targets, Brafilius catches them in a trap, and the woodlanders were immediately backed up by the freed slaves. During the battle that ensued, Spinus, along with Reggie and Poove, tackle the wildcat Brafilius, but after Poove was defeated, Spinus bravely tackles the feline before he could do in Reggie, but this left him vulnerable himself and Brafilius slams him hard enough to fatally wound him, though thankfully, Reggie was able to kill the wildcat. In the end, Parus was killed by another Brancasaurus, but it was too late for Spinus, with his body presented to the other heroes by Reggie, with Kav remarking he was the reason they knew about the abductees in the first place. It can be assumed he was laid to rest on Marlfox Island.
==Appearance==
Like most birds he goes natural. His weapons her his beak and feet.
==Trivia==
*Spinus' name is also the genus name for the Eurasian siskin, Spinus spinus.
==Gallery==
Category:Males
Category:Parus Rides Again characters
Category:Birds
Category:Heroes