Gildas the Good

Gildas the Good came from a family of eight mice travelling South from the diseased Abbey of Loamhedge. Good-natured, friendly, and ever happy to aide those in need, Gildas earned his title of 'The Good' in days, and by the time he reached Eastern Mossflower, he was beloved by all. After he and his kin where united with their old friends of Loamhedge who had managed to survive, they built Redwall Abbey, which he happily called home, to become the first Bellmaker of Redwall.

But it soon turned out that although he managed to survive the worst of the disease, Gildas' body still had managed to keep a sliver of it-Which slowly killed him, while he lay sweating in bed, after his long-tired body had fought it for so many seasons-He too, had fallen to it. But not before he married the mousemaid Tella and had a son, Eldeveo, grandfather of Abbot Eldewyn, who later founded the Merchant's Guild.

Trivia
'Gildas the Good' was the name of an ancient monk of the Middle Ages, who Syre Draek just happened to find as he turned the pages of his favorite History book.