Scratchy the cat

Scratchy the cat is the main male antagonist in Redwall. He is not completely heartless like Woundwort. He is very sensitive and when his friend Bouncy dies, he cries. Scratchy pretends to be an abbot from a different abbey. He is often found lying. He is very acrobatic.

One day he steals the tapestry. He kills Matthias, which is a great surprise. Later, when he puts the tapestry up, he begins to have nightmares. He is often seen sucking his thumb when he wakes up. When his friend, Bouncy, sacrifices himself for him, Scratchy is very sad, proving he has a heart - unlike many other villains.

He later takes over the abbey. He kills many of the mice that try to defeat him. They throw a net over Constance's daughter, who manages to escape and tries to eat Scratchy alive, but his henchman Sniffer is eaten alive instead. This then causes a battle. Scratchy the cat is thrown into a brick wall and dazed by Matthias's son. He then runs away towards the bell tower. Matthias's son chases him. Scratchy then fights Matthias's son, but almost gets his head chopped off by this mouse so runs and hides on a bell.

Matthias's son then rings the bell. Scratchy becomes dizzy and falls out of a window, grabbing on to a tapestry. Matthias's son then grabs hold of the other half, and the tapestry rips. Scratchy then goes plummeting down and snaps his neck and dies.