Cringle is a young male hedgehog from Mistmantle Island, whose older brother is Quill. He appears in The Heir of Mistmantle when the young are evacuated to the Old Palace to avoid catching Fouldrought. Cringle is hit by Hope when he tries to tell the other children Husk is alive and Queen is responsible for the Fouldrought, he is talked to by Crispin and told that the disease is under control and it isn't Cedar 's fault and Husk is dead.