Troll

=Troll (Harry Potter)=
A troll was a magical beast of prodigious strength and immense stupidity. In fact, they were so synonymous with stupidity that they actually had the lowest wizarding exam failing grade named after them. Trolls were grouped in the taxonomical genus Troglodytarum. Trolls possessed rudimentary magic, but it is not known how they applied it.
==Description==
===Physical appearance===
Trolls generally reached a height of about twelve feet and weighed up to a tonne. Troll whiskers had magical properties, and were sometimes used as wand cores, though they were considered inferior to the Supreme Cores. Their feet had two toes, both with giant toenails.
===Behaviour===
They were dangerously violent and incredibly aggressive, and they engaged in unpredictable behaviour, comparable to giants. They were also incredibly low in intelligence, of which giants seemed to have more. Trolls were particularly attracted to unpleasant smells, such as Dungbombs.
===Diet===
Trolls, similar to Acromantulas, had a taste for human flesh. They enjoyed it raw, but were not fussy about what they ate. Trolls were also fond of fish. - see this video
==Society and culture==
Professor Quirrell had a gift for communicating with trolls, having used it to set one loose in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 1991 in an effort to steal the Philosopher's Stone.
==History==
After the details of the Sorting Ceremony were revealed to him in 1991, Ron stated that he was going to kill his brother Fred, who had suggested that the test to get into Hogwarts involved wrestling a troll.To create a diversion so he could go after the Philosopher's Stone, Professor Quirrell let another mountain troll into the castle on Hallowe'en 1991, appearing in the dungeon. It wandered around the corridors until Harry Potter and Ron Weasley locked it in a girls' bathroom, only to realise soon after that Hermione Granger was also in that particular bathroom. With a combination of using the Levitation Charm and what Minerva McGonagall would cite as "sheer dumb luck", Ron managed to knock it by levitating its club and dropping it on its head, incapacitating it and saving Hermione.
==Sub-species==
Mountain Troll.png|Mountain troll
There were three known different types of trolls, each with its own highly unique set of physical differences.
The mountain troll was the largest and most violent of the various troll species. It stood twelve feet tall, with grey skin, a lumpy body, and flat horny feet. It exuded a powerfully awful smell that was reminiscent of “a mixture of old socks and the kind of public toilet no one seems to clean.” Its nose was full of what looks like lumpy, grey glue: troll bogeys.
==See also==
*Giant
*Inflate-a-Troll
*Travels with Trolls
*Yeti
==Behind the scenes==
*In the Philosopher's Stone book and PS1/GBC game, there is a room with a troll that belongs to Professor Quirrell. However, in the film, this scene was omitted.
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==Notes and references==
Category:Confoundables
Category:Creatures From Europe
Category:Regular Defence Against on-the Rare Dark Arts
Category:Foundables
Category:Mascots
Category:Entire Muggle-Known Creatures
Category:Siege Of Hogwarts participants
Category:Trolls