Alzbeta Grang

right|300pxAlzbeta Grang is a female hare and descendant of Rockjaw Grang.
==Biography==
===Invasion of Bugs===
She first appears alongside Zonder Banksnout robbing Bairdon Bardwing, and hid under a table until Kav Furrel assured it was all clear, then they follow Myotis and Erinaceus Quill to see the former's skills. At dusk, she was watching Kav and his father Jala Furrel fishing, and eventually acquire a tench for the feast, then hung out with Nomi until the feast began. Unsurprisingly, she and her brother Ganner Grang and mother Erah Grang were eating the most until Wuya the Toxic shows up. The next day, she Erin Myotis and Nomi were being taught some combat by Volkner Streamdog until Koor arrives claiming that Wuya was massacring the guosim. Alzbeta accompanied her friends, though by the time they arrived, only a dozen or so shrews were left, and this greatly affected the five teens, who after helping the guosim to Redwall, went sulking in cavern-hole. Bairdon tries to cheer them up by offering candied-chestnuts, but even Alzbeta was too depressed to eat, much to the owl's disbelief, so he resorted to telling stories about close-calls he himself had, and this did cheer them up. They later left to train, though Alzbeta returned to take the chestnuts with them. During the training, Kav, Nomi and just about all moles began acting weird, claiming that someone was digging under the abbey, and Alzbeta suspected Wuya was doing it. Her theory proved correct as the moles dug a tunnel to intersect with the vermin, and a brawl happened, which ended in the woodlanders' favor. They then followed Brother Esuom into the attic to where Martin's armor and shield reside, though Kav proved too fat for the former. Not long after, Wuya struck again with a Mangonel. Volkner and his holt went out to confront them, instructing the teens to act as reserves, and Alzbeta was the most displeased by this: having wanted to go out and fight herself. Up on the wall, she looks at the battle and complains, but when she turned away, she caught a glimpse of vermin coming over the opposite wall, prompting her to investigate. Indeed, there she found Spikehand, Slashtail and Goldback creating grappling-lines, and realizing the catapult was merely a distraction, she rushes back to her friends and warns them, and they all rush to the other wall to stop the intruders. She personally gets to fight Goldback, but neither were able to kill each other, even thought the vermin were defeated.
At night, all three girls were spending time together in cavern-hole, with Alzbeta voicing her desire to kill Wuya, but Myotis and Nomi objected. Then they started remarking about the boys doing guard-duty in the rain, though Alzbeta suspects they're really doing it to impress girls by being wet and shirtless. When the three arrive outside to find them, Alzbeta turned out to be right.
The next day, when Parus the Manipulator was caught stealing from the abbey, and apparently murdered Myotis' parents, Alzbeta moved to do her in, but the great tit escapes. At night, she was training more when Bairdon arrives to request Myotis to accompany him on a stakeout to Moledeep, which is believed to be Wuya's base. Myotis also suggested assassinating Wuya, though Alzbeta worried Wuya would find out. Unknown to all, Slashtail and Bigjaw had been listening in that very moment, so Alzbeta's predictions would wind up true, only Wuya would use it dispose of Tubemouth, who intended to usurp her, yet Alzbeta wouldn't know this until tomorrow morning.
The next night, right before dawn, the vole Darovit secretly let in Wuya and her horde, and Alzbeta was captured by Slashtail, Bigjaw and Goldback. Darovit later made amends and Alzbeta was freed, armed and joined in the battle that came: she earns a rematch with Goldback. Both proved equally-matched, but Alzbeta gained the advantage by slicing off Goldback's right-wing. In retaliation he slashed her on the muzzle, but she got back at him by slashing his chest, and when they locked weapons, he tries to punch her, but she expected this, swerves herself behind him and then stabs him in his back. At the same time, Wuya was killed by Kav. In the aftermath, she applauds Kav, but displayed hatred at Darovit, though Kav defended him, feeling he was the one who pushed the vole to the dark side. She continues to live in Redwall, and plans to someday succeed her mother in her job.
===Parus Rides Again===
She first appears trying to subdue Kav's daughter Freja Furrel and her friends Algot Muskar, Zootoca and Gjord, catching the lizard. Later, she and Koga stopped Freja and Botaurus from starting a fight, though she was unaware Botaurus was a spy for slavers. Later, she helps set up for a party to honor Kav's warrior-anniversary, and attended the party herself when a circus arrives. Depsite the fun, Alzbeta noticed Myotis looked wary due to the ringleader being a great tit, which did remind the hare of Parus the Manipulator of seasons ago, but dismisses it as paranoia. Unknown to her, this was Parus, and she douses everyone with sleep powder and makes off with Alzbeta's brother Ganner, who avoided the powder, along with Zonder (who also avoided the powder) and Freja (who does get hit by the powder). After being woken up, she joined the search for the missing children and Vakama Foeseeker and Telma Furrel. Alzbeta was with Mareike but they found nothing other than a feather, which Alzbeta was about to identify when Koor suddenly screamed for them, who had found Vakama and Telma, but as dead bodies. After getting them to the abbey, Alzbeta was in a meeting with Erin, Kav, Myotis, Abbot Giotto and Volkner, where she reveals the feather she found was Parus' (and was shocked when had earlier sniffed it), and when they question why Parus would take Freja and the two teenagers, Alzbeta suspected Parus did it due to Nomi shooting her in the cheek, which Alzbeta could understand, whereas the only other reason was because they foiled her from robbing them, which they found too vain to work as an excuse. She later bids farewell to her mom and sets of with Kav, Erin, Myotis and the witness Spinus. 
With Spinus' guidance, they track Parus' whereabouts to where Saint Ninian's stood, though by the time they got there, Parus was long gone. Alzbeta smelled more slaves, making Kav compare Parus to Slagar the Cruel. 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, with Poove being smitten with Alzbeta. 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. Alzbeta was particularly upset by this as they could've gotten their loved ones back sooner had the dinosaur not shown up and effectively ruin it, but the others believed it would've been pointless due to their loved-ones unlikely to be the only slaves. Even so, Alzbeta was still disappointed. Continuing to trek through the swamp, they make the gruesome discovery of finding Whitebelly dead and headless. Alzbeta wondered if a dinosaur had obliterated the slaver's head, though found Poove's theory more likely. 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, Alzbeta chased Parus, but only Myotis could keep up with her. She did however see Parus meet her end at the hands of another Brancasaurus, officially handing the woodlanders their victory, but at the cost of Spinus' life. They later return to Redwall victorious, then Poove proposed to her, or at least tried to. Either way, several days later, they marry.
==Appearance==
She wears a black-gown. Her weapon is a Scimitar.
==Personality==
As with most hares, she is gluttonous, but won't have an appetite if she's depressed, like when she saw the carnage Wuya left of the guosim, and she was so horrified that when Bairdon offered candied-chestnuts to cheer her up, she merely ignored them until Bairdon told of is own battles, and only then did she take all food offered to her. She's also one of the few not afraid to rob a kitchen owned by an owl, but even she will run from Bairdon when he catches her. She also seems to love combat as she pouted when Volkner suggested she and her friends stay in the abbey as backup, showing that she was looking forward to tackling the vermin (though she got to anyway), and later stated she wanted to go look for Wuya and slay her. 
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