Snoke the Vicious

right|300px|link=Special:FilePath/PlaceholderSnoke the Vicious is a male seagull and main villain of Shrew Soldier. Despite his title, he is actually quite civil.
==Biography==
Born on Terramort-Isle, Snoke (this wasn't even his name back then) was not your typical seagull: as a child, he outright killed his own siblings out of competitiveness, much to his parents' horror, but they got over it pretty quick. Even so, he continued to act abnormal by seagull-standards, such as harassing others to surrender their food, sometimes killing them. One day during his adolescence, he meets the corsair-fox Panrahk and his crew and joined them. Over a season he became the best among them and Panrahk considered electing him as a replacement, but passed away before he could carry it out. Snoke took charge anyway, while still a teenager, and after hearing about infamous vermin-villains, wanted to become just as famous. He turned to the life of a slaver, recruited vermin from far and wide and captured slaves, which he had used to build his cult on Terramort, though unlike Badrang or Malkariss, he was a lot more merciful to slaves: believing that abusing them would make it worse, and was quick to drill this into his lackeys' heads. He demonstrates this by reprimanding Yellowfoot the rat for almost whipping a tired squirrel. Just right after, he was alerted by Rarkim (a wicked and aggressive dormouse Snoke had noticed and turned to the dark-side) about an incoming ship, which turned out to belong to the sable corsair Snotclaw. Snoke was impressed that the sable caught guosim-shrews, but advises him to take time off due to the cost it took. Upon returning to shore, he was asked by Commander Steeltalon the raven to go hunt himself, Snoke allows it, on the condition that Steeltalon stays away from Redwall-abbey by any means necessary, Steeltalon complies, though Snoke wasn't completely believing it.
At one point, he punished the rebellious-hedgehog Agen who was beginning to exhibit the signs of a stubborn-teenager, by forbidding him dinner, and humiliate him by forcing him to do a dance and clean his own bellybutton. He later confined the hedgehog to the slave's nursery to behave.
Sometime later, Snoke discovers that Steeltalon had disobeyed him and attacked Redwall, costing him his crew and ship. When Steeltalon claims that a shrew Snotclaw missed had become the abbey's champion, Snoke felt it was the end of the world, and out of anger, struck Steeltalon across the face and fires him, prompting the raven to go after the shrew with a vengeance, though Snoke doubts he'll succeed.
One night, he has a nightmare about said shrew bringing the demise of him and his empire, but believes it is a premonition. In the morning, he was sitting on his throne when Yellowfoot informs of a slave leaving for the Dark Forest, and Featherwhip the gannet already prepping a burial. Later he took to practicing with the corsair-skills he acquired, getting the attention of Furyswipes the ferret, whom he confides his fears to.
Some days later, he was informed that Steeltalon's ship was back. Snoke didn't believe it, but found it was indeed the Steelwing, but only two corsairs (really Bablo and Tash Stag Otter) were present. They claim to have caught several Long Patrol hares, a sparrow, a squirrel, and a shrew. When Snoke asks about the shrew, they tell she was juvenile, but armed only with a dagger. Snoke shrugs and lets them join, and upon arriving on the island, Snoke got a good look at the "prisoners", but another shrew named Yeal inadvertently exposed the newcomer as Saba, and Snoke, after thorough examination, frantically concludes she was the shrew he's been hearing about and quickly ordered her executed. A fight erupted and Snoke fled inside his castle, taking shelter in his bedroom, where he suits up in armor and grabs his weapon. He then enlists three ferrets to join him, and when Saba shows up, sends them at her, with predictable results, while he fled into the dining-room and hid near the ceiling. When Saba came near enough, he attacks and they fight, eventually taking it up to a balcony. They exchange a few words and on their last leg, land one more hit on each other, Saba suffered a gash on her right-flank, but Snoke was wounded fatally and collapses. He laments that he was just trying to be famous because there hadn't been a seagull-warlord before, though Saba promises to tell the world about him, and he dies in gratitude. He was later given a more proper burial over his minions', and indeed Saba did tell the world about him, fulfilling his wish.
==Appearance==
He wore a blue-sleeveless tunic and brown pants, and had green-eyes. His weapon is a double-edged serrated spear.
==Personality==
Snoke was an abnormal seagull: as a child, he took to killing his own siblings to keep all the parental-care to himself, then bullied other birds for food. Even so, he holds close bonds with those he works with, unless they endanger him and his way of life, as shown when Steeltalon disobeyed him by attacking Redwall and practically dooming the cult to be destroyed. He was more merciful to those he enslaved (believing it wouldn't do him any good to abuse them), but took to fighting his enemies seriously, as shown when he tackles Saba. Though he called himself "the Vicious", this was more out of coolness than proving he was a monster. What he had above all else was a desire to became a famous villain like many others, and the first seagull to do so (he got his wish after he died).
==Gallery==
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Category:Shrew Soldier Characters
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Category:Villain Leaders
Category:Slavers
Category:Casualties