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Trolls

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“Our approach to the design of the Trolls was to make them fun and visually interesting. We designed recognizable 'types' that you'd encounter in a real bar [as well as other places, like shops] and created their troll equivalent. Usually when you have to work on secondary characters like the Trolls that are going to appear in the background, you try all the crazy ideas you have left in you in terms of shapes and colors. However, you have to be careful to not make them too crazy or unique or else that will draw attention away from the protagonists!”
―The Team at Headless Animation Studio[src]

Trolls are a species of magical creatures native to the planet Earth (known from legends by humans).

Next to the humans, trollkind also has the largest form of societies and communities, all while living underground from the surface lands above and keeping their existence secret from mankind to prevent chaos and panic.

Civilization[]

Trolls live in a society characterized by underground metropolises and the culture is composed primarily of trollish magic, charms, totems, and spells. Trolls are born of magic, from a chip of the mother and father's Heartstone into a small crystal which takes almost three decades (average length of time for troll development) for the birthstone to crack and for the baby troll to be born (stated in The Way of The Wizard).

Trolls originally hail from what is now the Darklands.

The trolls and humans were in constant conflict over the domination of the surface. The horrible deaths and bloodshed corrupted the first Heartstone, causing it to rot from within, and from inside it, Gunmar was born.

Centuries ago, a wizard called Merlin created the Amulet of Daylight, a powerful artifact that chooses a champion, the Trollhunter, to protect both humans and trolls alike. The Trollhunter would protect humans and good trolls from the antagonistic Gumm-Gumm army.

Trolls lived in Trollmarkets such as Glastonbury Tor Trollmarket prior The Clash of the Gumm Gumms. Some trolls migrated to Dwoza after, a market somewhere within the Wild Wood.

Gunmar led the Gumm-Gumm Army to take the power of the surface and to devour all of mankind. This unleashed a war between the Gumm-Gumms and the rest of the Trolls that ended when the Trollhunter, Deya the Deliverer, defeated Gunmar in the Battle of Killahead, exiling him and all his army to the Darklands.

Sometime during the European Renaissance, a king and Vendel made a feeble truce known as "The Pact" between mankind and trollkind. The trolls said they would limit their diet to cats and used articles of clothing. But as the years went by, a conservative segment of trolls grew restless. They longed for the Gumm-Gumms' brutality and strength, they believed "The Pact" made them look weak, that humans 'looked down' upon them. It was time for them to venture forth to a new land, a land of hope and possibilities unlimited. For Vendel sensed a new and all-powerful Heartstone in a new place humans called the "New World".

So, the remaining trolls started to migrate.

The trolls stowed away on a ship called the Mayflower, along with several Gnomes for companionship and nourishment. They left the ship upon spotting Plymouth Rock and emerged from the sea in what is now New Jersey, and after much searching, they managed to find a new heartstone in California. There, they created the most notable troll community, Heartstone Trollmarket, a metropolis under the human town of Arcadia Oaks.

Gunmar was able to force his hand once escaped the Darklands, in response Morgana was free from her prison, the plan for the Eternal Night was executed and the remaining trolls migrated to Hoboken, New Jersey.

Physical Description[]

Trolls are creatures with inhuman characteristics, most prominently stone skin of various colors and inhuman proportions and monstrous designs.

The stone skin of trolls can be any color, from black, to purple, and to grays and greens. All trolls have koala-like noses and multiple horns on or around their head. Covering their whole bodies are tattoo-like linings carved on their bodies, which span from their face to their legs. Lots of trolls are large, tall, and bulky, around two to three times the height of a normal human. Trolls are also known to have hair, which is usually styled in eccentric ways, and some trolls, like Aaarrrgghh, have fur that cover some of their body. Lots of trolls also have reptile-like tails, though they don’t seem to serve any purpose.

Trolls usually have large mouths with underbites with some of their bottom teeth poking through. In rare instances, trolls can have more or less than two eyes, and more than four limbs, such as Blinky and Dictatious Galadrigal.

Most large trolls have wonky proportions with large heads and bodies, long arms, and small legs. Other medium sized trolls such as Bagdwella are short and stout but have exaggerated characteristics such as their hips and chest and hair. There are also pretty slender trolls such as Bork, who are very feminine in design and have digitigrade legs.

There are also what appear to be hybrid-sort of trolls, especially seen within the citizenship of Heartstone Trollmarket. In the episode “Angor Management,” we see a troll that largely resembles that of a goblin, except is bipedal, and has troll characteristics such as tattoos and jewelry.

Trolls usually wear primitive leather clothing with various straps, bands, buckles, pouches, and ornaments covering their clothes. Some, such as Atnur and Abdwen, wear robes with golden linings. This more sophisticated style of clothing may be because the two trolls are scholars, and are rich and successful.

Powers & Abilities[]

  • Superhuman Strength: Trolls of a large stature possess comparably great strength far greater than an ordinary human.
  • Superhuman Durability: Most trolls are shown to have near-invulnerability (due to their skin being entirely made of stone).
  • Longevity: Trolls possess longevity, meaning they can live for hundreds or thousands of years.
  • Enhanced Senses: Trolls have enhanced senses of smell and sight.
  • Enhanced Digestive System: Trolls can ingest any garbage or litters, but some cannot eat actual food.
  • Magical Capabilities: Trolls, like Vendel, Angor Rot, Porgon, and Stricklander, have been shown to cast magic spells, albeit sometimes more limited than a wizard's.

Weaknesses[]

  • Creeper’s Sun Poison: All trolls are vulnerable to the petrifying effects of the Creeper’s Sun poison.
  • Inhuman Characteristics: Some trolls are prone to feral instincts and cannot eat actual human food.
  • Sunlight: Trolls turn into solid stone when exposed to sunlight rays or ultraviolet light. Some troll species such as Stalklings are immune to the effects of sunlight, as well as changelings when in human form.
  • Vulnerable Groins: Trolls are vulnerable in their gronk-nuks.

Troll races and tribes[]

Known Trolls[]

Organized by species, tribes, homes, and allegiance.

Language[]

Appearances[]

Appearances in the Trilogy

Trollhunters[]

3Below[]

Part One[]

Part Two[]

Wizards[]

Trivia[]

  • According to The Art of Trollhunters, the Darklands was actually the original troll homeworld, but due to Gunmar's corruption, it gradually decayed and died. Its ecosystem was further damaged when magma from the Earth's core breached it.
  • According to Aaron Waltke on Twitter, the trolls' culture was heavily inspired by Star Trek:
    • Draal's warrior code/family honor are an ode to Klingons.
    • Vendel mispronouncing Barbara as "Bah-boo-rah" was a nod to Quark saying "hoo-man".
    • The Gyre, which trolls use to travel the world through subterranean sewer systems, goes in warp speed.
  • According to troll lore, it states that all forms of rocks and trolls (who are made of rock) have potential to possess magic, even human cut rocks. However, the strength of their potential does vary though.
    • According to Morgana, trolls are naturally born of magic.
  • Younger trolls are referred to as "younglings".
  • Confirmed by Aaron Waltke, trolls purr when happy and relaxed.
  • On a Discord by Aaron Waltke, the trolls celebrate a holiday called Glorpmackt, which is similar to Christmas, only more violent. The writers planned on pitching a holiday episode called "The True Meaning of Glorpmackt", but was nixed, due to prop costs.

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