Hedgehogs are small, cute mammals that have a spike covered back. They are harmless and feed with tapeworms and such. However, the IVAN reality is something different. You will become familiar with them soon after you start your first quest, and after that, nothing will be the same.

Then the big war broke up, and many things changed. On the later stages of the war, the followers of [[Scabies]], goddess of mutations, disease, and famine altered a single hedgehog population just a little by magic. This change was dramatic though; The helpless, innocent creature was turned into a fierce reptile, which attacked everything it saw. The change took a while, but only a few months after the war almost all original hedgehogs had perished as prey for the new mammal. Followers of [[Dulcis]] noticed this a bit too late, and were unable to prevent their sacred animal from turning into a horrible beast. Many worshippers perished before they could notice their mistake. This all led to hunts, where brave men attacked the nesting grounds of the hedgehogs, often with great casualties among those poorly protected. At the present, hedgehogs have gotten rare and have taken residence on small caves and caverns and are almost never met outsides any more.