Rob o' the Hedge

Rob O' the Hedge is the cousin of heroine Amy Rose, and a parody of the real-world folk hero Robin Hood. In the country of Mercia he and his band of Crazy Kritter Freedom Fighters fought against a tyrant known simply as "The High Sherriff" - an underboss of Doctor Robotnik. Until, one day, distaster struck and the entire roster of Crazy Kritter FF's fell to the roboticizer, leaving Rob behind to fend for himself against the sherrif. Rob sent his only relative Amy Rose off to Knothole village where she would be safe while he kept the fort. A couple of years later Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails arrive. While Knuckles had come face to face with Athair, an associate named Yanar, and a group of "lost echidnas" known as The Forgotten Tribe-whose prophecy referred to him as "the Other", the one person who could bring them home-to Albion. Along the way Rob met up with the group and he met Mari-An, a female Echidna who was very similar to him in personality. The two bickered, ending in a fight on a nearby log over a creek. Rob was knocked into the creek, and when the two again met eyes, it was love at first sight. Sonic, who was on a quest to find Ixis Naugus, discovered that the High Sherriff was really the roboticized father of Antoine D'Coolette, one of the Knothole Village Freedom Fighters. Taken prisoner by General D'Coolette, Sonic, Tails, and Yanar awaited their fate while Knuckles, Rob, and Mari-An sought to find out what became of the passengers of Tails' crashed biplane and the now kidnapped Forgotten Tribe. Sonic and Tails, after their own escape, helped Rob to free what was left of the Forgotten Tribe and save Yanar from facing a sentence of a public hanging but in the end it was not enough to restrain General D'Coolette who managed to escape in an explosion. Sonic and company rescued their friends and The Forgotten Tribe and parted ways with Rob, vowing to return. Afterwards - while on a quest to locate the lost city of Albion with Knuckles, Mari-An and Rob became married, his only warning from her parents being to take care of her, and live in Mercia guarding the entrance to Albion. Together the two continue to live in the forests of Mercia. And together they guard the Stonehenge-like entrance to Albion.Some time later, Mari-An gave birth to a child.

General D'Coolette was Rob's greatest foe and the one responsible for the Roboticization of Rob's Crazy Kritter Freedom Fighters. Even after the general regained his free will, Rob remained suspicious of him until they finally made amends. He was seen at Amy's Freedom Fighter induction ceremony, commenting on his cousin's "good form", and he participated in the battle against the Xorda.