Grudd Longtunnel was a male mole Foremole and Head Gardener of Redwall Abbey. He was Molemum Burbee's nephew, and often served her and her friend Abbess Lycian tea on the walltops.
Grudd and his crew served several useful purposes around the Abbey.
When the summer storm ripped through the Abbey grounds and gardens, the moles were there at the forefront of the repairs. Grudd and his moles stood guard after Groffgut's gang nearly scrabbled over the walltops.
When Girry, Brinty, Tribsy, Old Quelt and Sister Snowdrop found out that a crucial book in their investigation of the High Rhulain was lodged under the Gatehouse bed, Grudd and some assistants retrieved it.
Grudd, his crew, and Brinty's aunt who dressed the latter's body for burial after his death.
In a letter that Abbess Lycian wrote to Tiria Wildlough on Green Isle, she revealed that Grudd had chosen Tribsy to become the next Foremole following his retirement.