Myotis

right|300pxMyotis is a female Daubenton's bat and one of the main heroes of Invasion of Bugs.
==Biography==
===Invasion of Bugs===
At one point, her parents were killed by the great tit Parus the Manipulator, and she was found by an otter holt, who brought her to Redwall, where she became a daughter of sorts to friar Bairdon Bardwing.
She first appears arriving in cavern-hole with Erinaceus Quill, who told Kav Furrel and Alzbeta Grang to come watch her skills with a blowpipe. At dusk, she watches Kav and his father Jala Furrel fish and catch a tench, which she and the other spectators help subdue just when Bairdon arrives to collect it for the feast, then noticed Nomi arriving, and makes fun of Kav for it. She herself took part in the feast until Wuya the Toxic arrived and threatened the abbey. The next day, she was training with her friends under the watch of Volkner Streamdog until Koor reveals Wuya was massacring the guosim. She was rather horrified at the carnage they found, and became catatonic after helping the survivors to Redwall. Bairdon later cheers them up, and after Kav agrees, Myotis was first to join him. They went back to training when the moles began sensing digging under the abbey, and dug a tunnel themselves to intercept, where they find Wuya's horde. While Kav and Wuya fought, Myotis catches one bug trying to kill Kav, and promptly kills it herself, provoking everyone else into fighting, but in the end the vermin were driven off.
They later get brought to the attic by Brother Esuom, where they find Martin's armor and shield. Wuya later returns, though unlike her friends, Myotis was allowed to tag along with Bairdon and Koor, though when the birds became occupied, Myotis resorted to single-handedly sabotage the vermin's Mangonel, and was actually successful, only to realize it had been a distraction. She and Koor hurried back to the abbey, but find her friends had already found out and foiled Wuya's true side of the plan.
During the night, she was hanging out with Alzbeta and Nomi in cavern-hole, cautioning the former for tackling Wuya head on due to how powerful she is. Then she wonders what the boys were doing until realizing they were doing guard-duty in the rain, though agrees with Alzbeta that that wasn't the real reason. They arrive on the porch, finding Scarlette Broadstripe drying off Zonder Banksnout when the boys show up and pose shirtless in the rain, much to the girls' liking.
The next day, Parus arrives after stealing plans from Wuya last night, and Myotis catches her stealing from the dorms, but instantly recognizes her as her parents' killer. Filled with rage, she chases Parus into great-hall, managing to remove her bag of loot from her (which Scarlette caught) and rams the bird into a window outside, down to the ground, keeping her from fleeing, however Parus managed to remove her and throw her into Alzbeta and evade everyone else. Myotis and Koor followed her out the abbey, but Parus gets away, making Myotis punch the wall's stone in anger. When Vakama Foeseeker tried to calm her, she snapped at him and almost got bloodwrath, but Kav knocks sense into her by reminding her Wuya was more important, and Erin cheers her up saying that Wuya might kill Parus for betraying her (and indeed Wuya does send Bigeye after the tit, but Parus ultimately survives).
At night, she returns to practicing with her blowpipe, imagining that she would slay Wuya when she doesn't expect it. She would actually get to do it for real when Bairdon requests her to follow him to Moledeep to see if Wuya was using it as her headquarters, and they take Jala with them. The vermin were indeed stationed at Moledeep, and Jala dug a tunnel straight to where Wuya sleeps, and when this was accomplished, he lets Myotis take position. She lay in wait when what looked like Wuya (but really Tubemouth) walks under her and she scores her kill. She returns to the abbey and was hailed as a hero.
The next morning, Wuya, still alive, reveals that Myotis had gotten a different vermin entirely, having been alerted to the assassination by Slashtail and Bigjaw overhearing their talk of it last night, and Wuya had Tubemouth fall in it to kill him for treason. After thwarting her again, Myotis was incredibly disappointed to have found out she killed the wrong enemy, wishing they had discussed the assassination somewhere more secure, and was consoled for it by the shrew Genevieve. 
Before dawn the next morning, Darovit lets in Wuya and her horde, and they take over Redwall. Myotis was one of many captured, but luckily, she was freed and joined the battle that resulted. Her participation was rather small: she was only seen turning one bug into a meal. In the end Kav defeated Wuya and the abbey wins against another villain. She also witnessed Darovit leave in shame for his betrayal and actually thought it was sad. It can be assumed she remained in Redwall since.
===Parus Rides Again===
She first appears trying to subdue Kav's daughter Freja Furrel and her friends Algot Muskar, Zootoca and Gjord, catching the mouse. In the evening, Myotis was helping Scarlette pick herbs for the infirmary, and couldn't assure Freja that she'll get to attend Kav's warrior-anniversary-party. Myotis herself attends, being seen listening to a joke from Bairdon, then the "Aeronauts" circus arrive, though Myotis felt unnerved at their leader, who was a great tit like Parus the Manipulator, but what she doesn't know this was Parus the Manipulator, and she knocks everyone out with sleep powder, then takes Freja, Zonder and Ganner Grang. After being woken up, she joined the search for the missing children and Vakama and Telma Furrel. Tragically though, the adults were found dead by Koor, leaving Myotis question about the circus. After getting the bodies to Redwall, she was in a meeting, and too all's shock, Alzbeta claims to have found a feather that belongs to Parus. Myotis was particularly furious that her parents' killer remains alive, complaining they should've gone after her back then after the bird escaped them, then almost goes off to find Parus herself and make sure she dies for real, until Kav reminds they don't know where she went. Myotis also wonders if Parus kidnapping the children was revenge for Nomi hurting her cheek and Myotis foiling her attempted robbery, but the latter was found too vain to warrant an excuse for Parus' latest crime on them. She later sympathizes with Kav, since now he lost a parent to Parus, but Kav fears Myotis' grudge against Parus will get the better of her and was reluctant to take Myotis on the hunt. Myotis thought this was unfair as Kav had the excuse to get revenge himself for Telma's death because Freja was abducted by Parus, and Kav reluctantly allows Myotis to accompany her, on the condition that she keep her grudge under control, which she promises to do. They, Alzbeta, Spinus and Erin later set off to kill Parus officially. With Spinus' guidance, they track Parus' whereabouts to where Saint Ninian's stood, though by the time they got there, Parus was long gone. While combing the cemetery, Myotis had found a brawl going on and leads the others to it. 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 corner 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, though Myotis suspects they weren't the only prisoners. Continuing to trek through the swamp, they make the gruesome discovery of finding Whitebelly dead and headless, with Myotis deducing he was one of Parus' lackeys. Leaving the carcass behind, they set up camp in a clearing for the night. Myotis chose to stand guard, but in doing so felt something was off. Searching through dark, she eventually came across three forms, which to her surprise were the dibbuns Algot, Zootoca and Gjord, and brings them to camp, where it was decided since they were already far from Redwall, the trio could accompany them.
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, Myotis chased Parus, and was the only who could keep up, succumbing to bloodwrath in the process. She manages to send Parus careening into the lake, and joins her personally, but Parus escapes. Myotis surfaced to get her bearings, but missed seeing a Brancasaurus devour Parus, though she did see the evidence. They later return to Redwall victorious, and Myotis was the first to be sighted coming back. Several days later, she witnessed the marriage between Alzbeta and Poove.
==Appearance==
She wears nothing but a belt. Her weapon is a Blowpipe.
==Personality==
Unlike most bats, she doesn't repeat the last words of her sentences twice, and while she can't explain it, it can be attributed to being taken in and raised in Redwall. She's also not bothered by sunlight, nor does she mind walking a lot. Despite being on the side of good like all bats, she can't stand the thought of villains getting away with their actions: when Vakama tried to settle her down after she failed to kill or capture Parus, she exploded and nearly got the bloodwrath, though she felt satisfied at the idea of Parus dying by Wuya's hands.
==Trivia==
*Myotis' name is also the genus name of her species, the Daubenton's bat Myotis daubentonii.
==Gallery==
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