Robald Forthright was a stout, talkative male hedgehog who lived in a turf hut on a stream bank. He lived alone, and thus could be very talkative with company, almost to the point of being a nuisance. Though he shared the usual dislike of the Dillypins, Robald was an Eastern Forthright, and was not related to Campathia Forthright and Merradink Forthright.
He was first encountered by Tagg and Nimbalo the Slayer when he was rolled into a mud prison by Gruven, Dagrab, and Rawback.
The vermin trio wrecked his home and ate his food, then, in response to his curling into a ball, rolled him in the mud until he was imprisoned inside a great ball of dirt. He survived by trapping a reed in his mouth that he could breathe through until Tagg and Nimbalo rescued him. Robald was a terrible cook, so Great Aunt Lollery traveled from her cottage some ways away to cook food for him. Eventually, under the advice of Nimbalo, he decided to live with Great Aunt Lollery.