Commander Steeltalon

right|300px|link=Special:FilePath/PlaceholderCommander Steeltalon is a male raven, a descendent of General Ironbeak and secondary villain of Shrew Soldier.
==Biography==
He is first seen on the docks of the Terramort slave-compound hailing for Snoke the Vicious so he could go off on a hunt. Snoke allows it, but orders Steeltalon to avoid Redwall abbey by every means. Steeltalon "obliges" and orders his second in command Takadox the weasel to ready the crew and ship, the Steelwing. 
Several days after leaving and nearing the mainland, a restless Takadox joins him in surveying the coast. When Takadox asks where they'll strike, Steeltalon cryptically answers a place of peace, though this infuriated Takadox, claiming that Redwall was nothing more than a deathtrap and that Steeltalon wasn't keeping his promise, but Steeltalon brushes it off. In the morning, he took a rest, then declared his corsairs to march eastward to Redwall.
In a few days they reach their destination. Steeltalon demanding they either surrender or die, and when they resist, begins his attack. He flies up to the wall-top, slaps an injured Luminara away and fights Naltlim Stag Otter, eventually defeating him, but letting him live. He then catches sight of Saba using the sword of Martin and immediately deduces she is the abbey-champion and therefore biggest threat, and challenges her. Though Saba was reluctant, she was spurred on by Naltlim's son Tash Stag Otter and Steeltalon admitting that some of Saba's guosim were still alive after her home was leveled by Snotclaw. Though more experienced, Saba eventually bests the raven, and he finds out he is the last corsair left, and flees.
After getting as far away as possible, he laments that he should've listened to Snoke and Takadox all along, and is so ashamed he even abandons the corsairs still on the Steelwing. He does however have the audacity to return to Terramort and admit his failure to Snoke, who was furious enough to hit him and kick him out of the cult. Steeltalon, now more vengeful, vows to slay Saba regardless and marches off.
He returns to the mainland, where he finds a snake named Bablo and attacks him for no reason other than to lure Saba into a trap. Saba and her friends (Tash, Backle Squirrel and Tailfight) do take the bait, and he engages them all single-handedly, managing to put up a fight and come close to killing Saba, but didn't count on Bablo suddenly joining in. Saba then demanded he surrender, but Steeltalon, succumbing to bloodwrath, only fights back even harder. After taking repeated damage from all, he is finally stopped by Saba whacking him with Martin's sword, sending each other flying, then shot in the neck by Backle. His body was then eaten by two Pelecanimimus attracted by the action.
==Appearance==
He has blue-eyes and wears a grey-shirt and pants and a metal helmet. His weapon is a trident.
==Personality==
Steeltalon, as a descendent of General Ironbeak, has a personal grudge against Redwall for overthrowing one of only two successful vermin they ever faced, so much so that he's even willing to disregard Snoke and Takadox's warnings, which became his undoing when he does attack Redwall, costing him his crew and later his allegiance to Snoke. He is quite vengeful, and after Snoke fires him, Steeltalon began hunting down Saba to rid the world of a hero, but it only took his life.
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