Gunmar

“*They thought Killahead could stop me. This cage has only hardened me. When I bring forth the Eternal Night, Trolls will take back the surface lands and claim what is rightfully ours!*”
―Gunmar to Dictatious[src]
**Gunmar the Black** was the central antagonist of the *Tales of Arcadia* franchise, serving as the central antagonist of *Trollhunters*, an unseen antagonist of *3Below,* a major antagonist of *Wizards,* and a posthumous antagonist of *Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans*. In *Trollhunters*, he served as the overarching antagonist of Part One, the main antagonist of Part Two, and the central antagonist of Part Three.

He was the leader/warlord of the Gumm-Gumms (until he was reduced as the second-in-command by Morgana), the archenemy of Jim Lake Jr. and other Trollhunters before him, and the father of Bular.

**Gunmar** is the secondary antagonist of the *Tales of Arcadia* franchise.

He is the ruthless leader, later second-in-command (reduced by Morgana), of the Gumm-Gumms, an evil troll race who were sealed away along with him into the Darklands by Deya the Deliverer, and is Bular's father as well as the arch-nemesis of Jim Lake Jr.

He was voiced by Clancy Brown, who also played Mr. Krabs in the *SpongeBob SquarePants* franchise, Lex Luthor in the DC Animated Universe, Long Feng in *Avatar: The Last Airbender*, Yakone in *The Legend of Korra*, Savage Opress in *The Clone Wars*, Hades in *God of War III*, Silas in *Transformers: Prime*, Rahzar in *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turles*, and Surtur in the 2017 Marvel film *Thor: Ragnarok*.

## Physical Appearance

Gunmar was a large troll with horns that curve to the top, dark gray skin, and yellow teeth, and wears a brown belt. He also has blue markings all over his body, and a single blue eye that can sometimes glow, which is because he lost his other eye during his battle against Orlagk the Oppressor. His markings and eye become a golden orange when he absorbs the Heartstone of Trollmarket.

## Personality

“*It's been hundreds of years, but Gunmar's imprisonment in the Darklands doesn't stop him from making moves to reassemble the Killahead Bridge. With his son, Bular, leading the army of Changelings and Goblins on the surface, it's only a matter of time before the Skullcrusher is released.*”
―*The Art of Trollhunters*
As a psychopathic and ruthless tyrant, Gunmar had made it his life goal to dominate both the Dark Realm with Earth and dominate all of Trollkind. In addition, despite the Janus Order helping him regain his full strength and his army, he merely saw them as tools and even exterminates the Changeling members, just because he thought that they served their purpose (and he never saw them as equals of trolls in the first place). In fact, Gunmar's extreme prejudice against Changelings is what causes Nomura and Stricklander to see the error of their ways. Worse, he doesn't truly care about trolls (apart from his son, Bular) except for how useful they can be to him and will readily dismiss them if he feels they've served their purpose. As such, he once left Angor Rot to die in Merlin's Tomb after obtaining the Staff of Avalon. When he was confronted by Angor, who'd survived, Gunmar dismissively congratulated Angor and threatened him when Angor declared he serves Morgana, not the Skullcrusher, and Gunmar retorted that to serve the Eldritch Queen is to serve himself, indicating he saw himself equal to or even superior to Morgana, despite all his respect and reverence for the witch. He even smiled wickedly when she destroyed several of his Gumm-Gumm soldiers to use their dust to prepare the ritual for the Eternal Night, not caring for their lives since it would serve his ultimate goal. However, despite his ruthless and tyrannical nature, Gunmar was not completely dishonorable as he wouldn't kill someone weak and in despair, like during his very brief encounter with Barbara Lake, who he did not kill, despite her being the mother of his archenemy. Although, when he promised that he'd only let Barbara go if Strickler releases Morgana, it's unknown if he was willing to keep his end of the promise (although Strickler's attempt to escape with Barbara would sort of vaguely show otherwise). He did care deeply about his son, and he acknowledged the fact that he was impulsive and reckless and should've known better than to rush into battle, which led to his death at the hands of Jim. He also is capable of showing respect, as shown with Jim. At first, he thought lowly of Jim, but later he learns to respect him as a powerful adversary and worthy opponent. Also, despite hating Changelings, he does seem to respect Stricklander and even openly admitted to praising his schemes. Regardless of his few tender moments, Gunmar is a hypocrite who disguises his motives with self-righteous rhetoric, claiming he wants to "reclaim the earth for troll kind" when in reality, he is simply a power-hungry megalomaniac who sees every creature around him as inferior and weaker than himself, thus he follows the notion that "might makes right", which is what feeds his delusion that he is entitled to rule.

Gunmar is a ruthless troll who seeks to rule the world, and the second biggest threat all trolls have ever faced, being dwarfed by the evil witch Morgana. He has no control over his anger and kills his minions for their failure. For example, when one of his Gumm-Gumms begged for mercy, he brainwashed him into committing suicide by being devoured by a Nyalagroth. After one of his Gumm-Gumms fails to attack a semi-truck, Gunmar murders him without mercy. Gunmar also comes off as sadistic, as he tortured Nomura for entertainment, and even forced her into a fight with the current Trollhunter, Jim Lake Jr., to make him break his will, which didn't work out too well because his friends arrived to save him and Nomura from the Darklands. He is also ungrateful because, in spite of the Janus Order conspiring to free him from the Darklands, he slaughtered them all without a second thought. Ultimately, he comes off as a heartless boss to his minions, as he wasn't too concerned when Morgana wiped out dozens of them to use their ashes to create the Eternal Night. He also doesn't fight fair, as he decided to team up with Angor Rot to kill the current Trollhunter, Jim Lake Jr., in his troll form, but accuses Angor of being weak when the latter remembers the hero he once was. Despite having no care for his minions, Gunmar doesn't truly understand that his actions are evil as he was born from the first Heartstone that was corrupted by the War for the Surface Lands. He also still has compassion as he wanted to kill Jim more than ever due to killing his son, Bular, though he had to admit that his son was impulsive. This is shown by the long list of Jim's loved ones, friends, and teachers he threatened to kill, all because he caused the inevitable death of Bular.

## Creation of Gunmar

Long ago, on the planet Earth, Gunmar was born from the Heartstone of the troll race. When humans and trolls started fighting each other for control over the Earth, it created the War for the Surface Lands, and there were many deaths. This led the Heartstone to rot, and Gunmar to be born from the corrupted Heartstone. However, Merlin believed that Morgana sowed the seeds of conflict between humans and trolls. Later, Gunmar killed the Shattered King of the Quagawumps, his first victim. He also fought against Orlagk for the right to be the leader of the Gumm-Gumms, the battle lasting for weeks. Orlagk slashed off Gunmar's right eye, but he finally killed Orlagk and took control of the Gumm-Gumms. After the troll and human worlds are separated, Gunmar led his army to conquer the world and destroy the human race. This unleashed a battle between the Gumm-Gumms and the rest of the trolls, known as the Battle of the Killahead Bridge. It ended when Deya the Deliverer, who was chosen to be the first Trollhunter, defeated Gunmar, sealing him and all his army to the Darklands, minus Bular. Dictatious, Blinky's brother, was thought to be long dead, but in reality, he got sealed into the Darklands as well, where he became Gunmar's advisor by choice. Following the battle, the pieces of the Killahead Bridge were spread across the world so that Gunmar can't return, and Vendel agreed with a human king that each of their kind would live separately in peace. Trolls lived in hiding and kept their very existence a secret from future generations of mankind to come. However, Bular conspired with the Janus Order to free his father so he could come back to the world.

## Masterminding His Escape

Centuries later, Bular and the Janus Order piece together the pieces of the Killahead Bridge under the guise of the Arcadia Museum, headed by the chief curator and fellow changelings Nomura, Otto Scaarbach and Stricklander. The changelings and the Gumm-Gumms managed to open up the Bridge with the amulet that they had retrieved from Jim, and they were briefly able to speak to his father, with his shadow appearing on the other side of the Bridge. Bular revealed that the Amulet of Daylight has fallen into the hands of a human boy, Jim Lake Jr., and Stricklander wouldn't let him take the Amulet from the boy, as the Amulet was necessary to open the bridge, but Stricklander argues that killing him would only cause more examination than necessary. Since the argument has angered him, Gunmar commands them to stop but admits that Stricklander was right in not killing Jim because it would keep their plan secret, and puts Bular in charge. He then tells everyone to leave so that he could speak with Bular in solitude. Gunmar asks Bular about what has happened with Stricklander, to which Bular reveals that the Changeling is starting to have affection for the young Trollhunter as he has become his teacher. As it turns out, Bular is questioning Stricklander's loyalties to them, so Gunmar has him attack Jim in the sewers and call him "Young Atlas" to test Stricklander, as that is the alias he keeps calling Jim. After Bular calls Jim "Young Atlas", Stricklander starts to feel betrayed by him and Gunmar as they don't treat him fairly, but Gunmar reveals that the test was to lead Jim to the Museum where his minions would kill him and use the Amulet to finally free him from the Darklands, as Jim now knows that Stricklander is a Changeling. To make sure the plan works and that Bular and Gunmar can still trust him, Stricklander swaps Jim's Amulet with a fake copy so that the real Amulet could be used to free Gunmar. Bular takes the Amulet from Stricklander, and tries to use it to open the bridge to free Gunmar. However, it doesn't work, and all contact with Gunmar is lost. It's soon revealed that using the Amulet to open the bridge can only work if the Trollhunter is still holding it. Stricklander is nearly close to forcing Jim to free Gunmar at last, but Draal removes the Amulet before Gunmar could be freed, thus destroying the bridge, and Bular is eventually stabbed with the Sword of Daylight by Jim and killed by AAARRRGGHH!!! to protect Toby. Upon learning of the death of Bular, Gunmar sent Jim a message through Gnome Chompsky, who had been sent into the Darklands through a Fetch some time prior to bringing back Enrique, threatening to murder everyone Jim had ever loved for killing Bular, as he dearly loved his son. In the threat, translated by Blinky from Gnome Chompsky, Gunmar promised an "ocean of blood" for Jim and his loved ones, that he would "create a throne from their bones". After Angor Rot is killed, with AAARRRGGHH!!! sacrificing himself to save Toby, Jim, clad in his new Eclipse Armor and Sword, goes into the Darklands to kill Gunmar by himself to ensure that no one else gets hurt, much to the horror of his friends.

## Meeting the New Trollhunter

In Part 2, he makes his full appearance in the second episode after Dictatious introduces him to Jim, who was just captured by his Gumm-Gumms after barely making it through the portal back home. He noticed that one of his soldiers failed to defeat Jim, and used his Decimaar Blade to force him to commit suicide. Immediately afterward, he noticed Jim is the new Trollhunter and commented that Merlin chose a human child to be his Trollhunter. While Dictatious warned him not to be too careless, as he wields the Eclipse Sword, Gunmar asked if he can wield it. When Jim tried to slash him, he merely dodges his attack and states that to wound him, one needs to be able to touch him first. He then headbutted Jim to a wall, and angrily asks him "What should a father do to the one who **MURDERED** his only son?!", and then tried to smash his skull in with his fist. However, much to his (and Dictatious's) shock, Jim's armor created a helmet for one of the Triumbric Stones and saved him from death. However, still outraged, he attempts to punch the helmet off him, up until the helmet fazes out and exposes him. Just as Gunmar was finally able to kill him, Dictatious, after noticing a piece of candy that was sent to the Darklands through a fetch by Toby, tells him to stop and let him live, much to his dismay. He then had Jim taken back to his cell, with the Gumm-Gumms dragging a vengeful Jim back. After Dictatious commented that he showed restraint, Gunmar angrily asked him why would he prevent him from killing Jim. He then states that the Bridge is gone and that he isn't willing to let the resulting dying world take him with it. Dictatious then answered that he offers a morsel of hope for him, giving him the candy he found and telling him that his friends are sending him coded messages.

## Freedom from the Darklands

Gunmar then correctly realizes that his friends are looking for him and that the bridge may still be open, but he would get this chance with Jim alive. He then states that the trolls thought they could stop him by trapping him in the Darklands, but it instead only hardened him, and vows that when he brings the entire world into total darkness, the trolls will reclaim the world as their own, under his rule. He later escapes the Darklands with Dictatious, a few Gumm-Gumms, and some Blood Goblins. Eventually, Gunmar goes face-to-face with Draal, who gains the upper hand at first. However, Gunmar soon overpowers Draal and brainwashes him to do his bidding. He uses Draal as his vessel while Draal fights with Jim and his companions at Arcadia Oaks High (Jim's school), and speaks through Draal. Gunmar eventually massacres the Janus Order and uses Otto Scaarbach as his vessel as well, with the latter disguised as Gunmar, which leads Jim and his companions to the Janus Order once again. "Gunmar" fights Jim and is struck by the Sword of Daylight. However, he discovers it's Otto Scaarbach who is brainwashed by the real Gunmar, shortly before Otto explodes to his death. With the charismatic evil-doer Queen Usurna's help, Gunmar is able to sneak into Trollmarket and quickly take control. However, Jim and his companions are able to rescue many Trolls from Gunmar's tyranny, partly because of his girlfriend, Claire, who creates a huge portal using the Shadow Staff to teleport herself, Jim, Toby, and the trolls to safety. However, because she used too much power, she is linked to Morgana, who wishes to be free of her own imprisonment. Now that Gunmar is in control of Trollmarket, he creates a massive army of Gumm-Gumms to help him take over the world, while Usurna adds her bodyguards as part of Gunmar's army.

## Searching for Morgana

Gunmar, who is already the ruler of Trollmarket, still wishes to release the Eternal Night, so he goes to Morgana for help. While she does so, she is simply using him as a pawn (which Gunmar doesn't know). After the travel, Gunmar reveals he needs to take the Staff of Avalon so he can release Morgana so the two can bring about the Eternal Night. Gunmar, Angor Rot, and a brainwashed Draal eventually travel to the Staff of Avalon's location in the cavern where Merlin's Tomb is located. However, Draal is freed from Gunmar's brainwashing because magic stops working inside the cavern, which also causes Gunmar's Decimaar Blade to disappear from his hand. Angor, remembering what Stricklander once said to him, uses Draal as his leash, with Gunmar saying Draal will not make it out of the cavern alive. However, Jim takes the Staff of Avalon, but Gunmar and Angor arrive. Draal protects Jim from them, but at the cost of his own life (Gunmar slashes Draal with his horns, while Angor finishes him off by using his magic dagger to stab him and turn him into stone). With that, Gunmar succeeds at seizing the Staff and leaves Angor to die. With the Staff of Avalon in his grasp, Gunmar returns to Trollmarket, unlocking the gate to Morgana's tomb. However, he is followed by Angor Rot. Angor Rot chews him out for leaving him to die, but simply congratulates him on surviving and says the assassin is unable to harm him because working with Morgana means working for him. Gunmar, armed with the staff attempts to awaken Morgana, but it fails, because only a human who can read the incantation may awaken Morgana. Furious, Gunmar demands Usurna kidnap a changeling. Usurna tries and fails to capture Nomura. Luckily for Gunmar, Stricklander and Barbra decide to investigate the museum Usurna and Nomura fought at. Gunmar's troops chase the two down. Stricklander turns into his true troll form and attempts to fly them to safety, but after being attacked by a gang of Stalklings and forced to fly close to the ground, Stricklander is shot down. The Gumm-Gumms surround the two and take them in for Gunmar. In Trollmarket, Gunmar holds Barbra hostage to get Stricklander to awaken the sorceress in exchange for her life. He accepts, grabbing the staff and speaking the incantation. He then turns it around and uses it to attack Gunmar. When the Troll is down, Stricklander and Barbra make their escape. Gunmar sends his troops to retrieve them. They escape, but leaving the activated staff behind allows Gunmar to use it. Morgana's prison shatters, sending Gunmar and Angor flying back. As Morgana emerges, she declares, "The Eternal Night is here!" Gunmar and Morgana confront the troops. Morgana declares that sacrifice will be needed to bring about the Eternal Night. Gunmar questions this before Morgana shoots at the crowd, killing many members of the army. With her sacrifice fulfilled, Morgana empowers the Staff of Avalon. A black mist spirals up toward the surface. The ground underneath the canal begins to crack.

## Clashing a Transformed Hero

Claire and Toby arrive at the Battle of the Bands with their new suits of armor gifted to them by Merlin. Claire attempts to get everyone to evacuate, but before she can, the ground shatters, and the black mist shoots out, consuming Arcadia in darkness. As the residents panic, Gunmar's army emerges from the ground, invading the streets of Arcadia and attacking Arcadia. This invasion even affected Aja, Krel, and Varvatos, who have all helped in taking out several of Gunmar's minions. When the Eternal Night strikes, Jim, in his new half-troll body makes, his way outside to join the fight. It doesn't take long for him to encounter Gunmar and Angor Rot, and both challenge him to face off against the two at the same time. The battle begins as Gunmar and Angor Rot both close in on the Trollhunter at the same time. As Gunmar lashes out with his Decimaar Blade, Jim dodges his attack and grabs him by the horn, throwing him into a building. Angor Rot pins Jim to the ground and attempts to kill him, but is stopped when Jim reminds him of the hero he once was. As Angor Rot stands bewildered, Gunmar grabs him and tosses him away, calling him weak. With Angor Rot out of the way, Gunmar turns his attention to Jim, throwing him on top of the Battle of the Bands building. Gunmar pins Jim and attempts to control him with his Decimaar Blade, but he resists and shouts the words, “In the darkest hour, I burn brightest!” With that, Jim is able to fight back against Gunmar's brainwashing and pushes him back. He then summons the Eclipse Blade and uses it to stab Gunmar. Gunmar, shocked by his inevitable death, begs that it can't be happening. He screams in agony as sparks shoot from his body, killing the entirety of his army. Jim stares at Gunmar's petrified corpse before pushing it off the roof and shattering it into pieces, ending the Skullcrusher's reign and avenging Draal. However, months after his demise, Gunmar's attack of Arcadia is shown again when General Morando and Colonel Kubritz watch a video of it, and Morando gets a clue of where to find Gaylen's Core but is destroyed by Aja and Krel before he can remake the universe.

## An Altered Timeline

Gunmar reappears in the 12th century after Hisirdoux "Douxie" Casperan, Jim Lake Jr., Claire Nuñez, and Steve Palchuk time travel to the past. Gunmar unknowingly saves Jim's life when he punches one of King Arthur's knights, and pins the said knight to the ground before King Arthur and his men ride on their horses and encounter the Gumm-Gumm warlord, with Bular standing next to him. Gunmar tells Arthur that the Wild Woods is his domain and that he commands those who are under its shade and decides who lives or dies. He then picks up the knight he pinned and tosses the knight to the ground, with the latter killed by the Gumm-Gumms. After that, Gunmar warns King Arthur that he can only push him so far and that war is coming. Later, Gunmar brutally spars with AAARRRGGHH!!!, who is his general at the time, and tries to get him to embrace his strength and hatred against humankind. When the sparring is over, Gunmar tells AAARRRGGHH!!! that he has yet to take him down. However, just then, Gunmar's messenger reports that King Arthur and his warriors crossed Killahead Bridge and are hunting trolls fleeing to Dwoza and that Bular is missing. Angered by the news, Gunmar grabs his messenger by the neck and tosses him against a rock wall, concluding that the humans are craving war. He then orders AAARRRGGHH!!! to send a message to the trolls at Dwoza that they should serve him or die. After seeing Arthur's keep destroyed, Gunmar furiously asks his Gumm-Gumm troops who destroyed it outside of his orders, but Morgana arrives and admits that she destroyed it, before showing a demonstration of her magic. Bular arrives and reports to Gunmar that Morgana was telling the truth, saying that she cut his chains and freed him, referring to when a Changeling who served Morgana did so. Gunmar then asks Morgana if she betrayed her own kind, but she tells him that he is her kind and that if he trusts in her, then they will be victorious in the Eternal Night. Gunmar then reports to Morgana that King Arthur has his own sorcerers and that they won't be tricked by her changelings anymore. Morgana then uses her magic to enchant Gunmar's Decimaar Blade so it is able to submit others to his will and then tells him to use it to turn several green crystals into one Gumm-Gumm. When he does so, he tells said Gumm-Gumm to bring Morgana to him. As the Gumm-Gumm prepares to follow his orders, it crumbles to stone since Morgana is standing in the sunlight. Morgana then tells Gunmar to make his army as the Wild Wood would be filled with bloodshed at night, with Gunmar responding that their enemies will tremble. When King Arthur faces Gunmar and his army, Gunmar criticizes him that he cannot face his army alone. When Arthur's army shows up, Gunmar is satisfied that his troops can have more human flesh. He then tells a few of them to tenderize the other army, and they roll into the sunlight and become boulders to crush some members of Arthur's army. As the sun starts to go down, Gunmar taunts King Arthur that he can smell his fear and that he will be crushed. After King Arthur makes his speech and the night falls, the Battle of Killahead Bridge commences, with Bellroc and Skrael, as well as Nari, watching from a distance. As the clash between King Arthur and Gunmar's armies continues, Gunmar tells Bular that they'll carve a path to Killahead Bridge, and then fights King Arthur while telling him that the surface lands belong to his kind. When King Arthur speaks to Nimue to give him a blessing to strike down Gunmar, the Excalibur bursts golden light that knocks back Gunmar, prompting Bellroc, Skrael, and Nari to intervene in the battle due to Bellroc's impatience. After Bellroc kills King Arthur, Gunmar orders his troops to leave no survivors, but Callista, whose real name is Deya, shows up with her army of good trolls, and they rush into battle as Deya uses the incantation for the Daylight Armor. Eventually, Gunmar slaughters many knights and taunts them that King Arthur is dead. However, he soon comes face-to-face with Deya after she slashes out Bellroc's eyes, telling her that he won't fall so easily. During their battle, Deya takes off the Amulet of Daylight and inserts it in Killahead Bridge, thus causing it to suck Gunmar's army into the Darklands. When Gunmar asks her who she is, she tells him that her name is Deya and kicks him in the face, thus sending him into the Darklands before the portal closes, after which she is hailed as Deya the Deliverer.

## Official Biography

"*Gunmar is the Troll warlord of the Gumm-Gumm army and the father of Bular. He is ruthless beyond imagining, and his return to the natural world would spell the utter destruction of human and Trollkind as we know it."*

## History

### Backstory

Centuries ago, when humans and trolls started fighting each other for control over the Earth, it created the War for the Surface Lands, and there were many deaths. This led the first Heartstone to rot from within, and Gunmar was born from the corruption and darkness. Gunmar served the then warlord of the Gumm-Gumms, Orlagk as his top general and first met his would-be top general, AAARRRGGHH!!! Later, Gunmar killed the Shattered King of the Quagawumps, his first victim. Gunmar conspired with many GummGumms that would be his army. He met Tellad-Urr, the then Trollhunter and corrupted him to serve his cause. In 501 CE, he also fought against Orlagk for the right to be the supreme warlord of the Gumm-Gumms, the battle lasting for weeks. Orlagk slashed off Gunmar's right eye, but he finally killed Orlagk and took full control of his army. After the troll and human worlds are separated, Gunmar led his army to conquer the world and destroy the human race. In the Dark Ages, Gunmar grew resentful of King Arthur for taking much of his territory and ransacking countless troll villages, despite his initial promise to never invade the Wild Wood. When the trolls imprisoned in Camelot escaped the castle, they sought shelter in the woods, until the Knights of the Round Table crossed the Killahead Bridge, the border between the kingdom and the woods, and kidnapped Gunmar's only son, Bular. While sparring with his general, AAARRRGGHH!!!, Gunmar receives word of these events, which enrages him and demands his general to tell the good trolls of Dwoza to join the Gumm-Gumms or kill them all in cold blood. Meanwhile, Gunmar is shocked when someone else has breached Camelot's defenses, whom he discovers was King Arthur's own half-sister/successor and Merlin's former apprentice, Morgana le Fay, whose dark magics has been empowered by the Arcane Order and now fights for magic's domination. Morgana promises to Gunmar that the Gumm-Gumms will have victory and shall bring forth the Eternal Night, which will permanently block out the sun, ensuring the trolls would live freely on the surface without fear of the sun turning them to stone. Morgana curses Gunmar's Decimaar Blade, which will allow him to turn any creature into a Gumm-Gumm to do him every whim and build his army. The Dwoza trolls captured General AAARRRGGHH!!! and, due to his ruthless ways and would kill them all without mercy, the good trolls ultimately choose to side with the humans and end Gunmar's reign of tyranny. Also, AAARRRGGHH!!! sees the error of his ways and betrays the Gumm-Gumms to begin a new path of non-violence. Gunmar was enraged that his top general defected from his army. This unleashed a battle between the Gumm-Gumms and the rest of the trolls, known as the Battle of Killahead Bridge. It ended when Deya the Deliverer, the first Trollhunter, defeated Gunmar, sealing him and his entire army into the Darklands (minus Bular, who was thrown away from the battlefield by the goddess/monster Nimue). Meanwhile, Merlin manages to seal Morgana away, preventing her from unleashing the Eternal Night. Dictatious, Blinky's brother, was thought to be long-dead, but in reality, he got sealed into the Darklands as well, where he became Gunmar's advisor by choice. Following the battle, the pieces of the Killahead Bridge were spread across the world so that Gunmar could not return, and the trolls and humans all agreed to live separately in peace. Trolls lived in hiding and kept their very existence a secret from future generations of mankind to come. However, Bular conspired with the Janus Order to free his father so he could come back to the world.

### Trollhunters (Part One)

#### Rebuilding Killahead

Centuries later, Bular, Strickler, Otto Scaarbach, Nomura, and the Janus Order completed the Killahead Bridge. Upon the Bridge's completion, Gunmar was able to speak to his son and his subordinates via projection. Bular then informed Gunmar that the current Trollhunter was a human named Jim Lake Jr. and that Strickler had forbidden him from taking the Amulet of Daylight, the only way to open the Bridge, from him. Strickler, in turn, argued that killing a human child would cause too much scrutiny, but their bickering only annoyed Gunmar. The Gumm-Gumm warlord acknowledged that Strickler was right to spare the Trollhunter to keep their plan secret before declaring that Bular shall be in charge. He then sent everyone away so he could speak with Bular privately, suspecting his son had misgivings about Strickler. Bular told Gunmar that in his human guise, Strickler was Jim's teacher and most likely felt affection for him. So Gunmar instructed Bular to subtly reveal Strickler's identity to Jim so the two would be forced into a confrontation in which Strickler would kill the Trollhunter and take the amulet. Strickler did indeed steal the amulet in "Recipe for Disaster" and swapped it for a fake to fool the Trollhunter. However, as everyone discovered, only the Trollhunter can use the amulet to open the Killahead Bridge. Despite being engaged in battle by Jim and his friends, Strickler can trick Jim into opening the Bridge (by grabbing Jim's hand and using it to take the amulet out and put it into the bridge), allowing Gunmar to call out to Bular. The bridge was eventually destroyed by Draal, who removed the amulet before Gunmar could be freed from the Darklands. Upon learning of the death of his son, Gunmar sent Jim a message through Gnome Chompsky, who had been sent into the Darklands through a Fetch some time prior, threatening to murder everyone Jim had ever loved for killing Bular. In his threat message, translated by NotEnrique from Gnome Chompsky, Gunmar promised an 'ocean of blood' for Jim and his loved ones, that he would 'make a throne from their bones'. Jim then decides to go to the Darklands all alone, so nobody else gets hurt.

### Trollhunters (Part Two)

#### Meeting the Human Trollhunter

Gunmar is alerted of Jim's presence in the Darklands by Dictatious Galadrigal, who had decided to join his army eons ago. Gunmar is skeptical of Dictatious' desire for joining him, but Dictatious manages to convince him to let him into the army upon hearing that he can make the Darklands his kingdom while the other trolls mingle with those pathetic humans. He orders for Jim's capture for he's the only one who can open the Killahead Bridge. Dictatious sends goblins and blood goblins in hot pursuit of Jim, who searches the Darklands for Enrique Nuñez. Jim finds Enrique in the Nursery, escapes the pursuing goblins, and goes back to the Killahead Bridge. He activates the portal but seeing this, the Troll Tribunal decides to destroy the bridge, thinking it's Gunmar escaping the Darklands. When the portal is closing, Jim manages to hand Enrique over to Claire, but by then, the portal closes. Immediately afterward, Jim is taken prisoner by Dictatious and two Gumm-Gumms. Following Jim's capture and subsequent imprisonment, Gunmar requests an audience with the captive Trollhunter. Taken from the dungeon by the guards, Jim is brought before Gunmar in his throne room. There, Jim breaks out of his chains with his sword, attracts the attention of Gunmar's guards, and takes them down easily. Disappointed at his guards being overcome by a child, Gunmar drains the soul of one guard, forcing him to fall into a pit, supposedly to his death. Showing interest in Jim, Gunmar attacks, seeking revenge for Bular's death at first, until Dictatious suggests sparing Jim upon seeing a candy sent by Toby and dropped by Jim in the scuffle.

#### Escaping the Darklands

As Jim is dragged back to the dungeon, Gunmar questions Dictatious about his request. Gunmar is shown the dropped candy and realizes the Killahead Bridge still exists; therefore he could use Jim and the bridge to escape the Darklands. When Jim's friends enter the Darklands to save Jim and bring Nomura with them, Gunmar uses the distraction to go through the open Killahead bridge with the now blind Dictatious, two guards, and some blood goblins, which had been left unguarded when Draal went through to save Jim and the others. Gunmar is taken to the Janus Order to begin his plans to take over the surface world, as well as gain the Heartstone to restore his lost strength. Wanting to win Gunmar's favor, Dictatious lies to him that the Pale Lady has made him her seer. Finding no more use for the Order, Gunmar decides to kill the members and get the Heartstone himself.

#### Taking Trollmarket

Gunmar possesses Draal and takes over Heartstone Trollmarket with Queen Usurna, who was the real traitor who helped set Gunmar free and was trying to rid the Trollhunters all along. He turns a member of the Troll Tribunal into a Gumm-Gumm and later begins to round up every resident in Trollmarket so he can turn them, including the younglings. However, Gunmar later discovers that Jim has escaped from The Deep (since he's not a troll) and has been helping the surviving trolls escape through the Gyre Station. He sends Usurna, Dictatious, and the possessed Draal to capture them. However, Claire manages to use her Shadow Staff to teleport everyone to the surface.

### Trollhunters (Part Three)

#### Key to the Night Eternal

While AAARRRGGHH!!! goes undercover to reconnaissance the enemy, Gunmar tells his followers that taking the surface world will be pointless if the sun keeps turning them to stone. He expresses his desire to bring forth the Eternal Night, which alarms AAARRRGGHH!!! and he warns his friends what Gunmar's ultimate goal was: to use the dark ritual to claim the surface world and devour mankind, just like he tried to do during the Battle of Killahead. Morgana uses Claire to tell Gunmar how to bring forth the Night Eternal and he journeys to the Black Sea to claim the stone head of Angor Rot. She also informs him of Dictatious's fraudulence, much to his dismay. When Gunmar returns to Trollmarket, he plans on executing Dictatious for his deception and that he has exhausted his usefulness. However, AAARRRGGHH!!! intervenes and helps Dictatious escape so he can warn the Trollhunters what Gunmar is up to next. Gunmar captures AAARRRGGHH!!! and has big plans for him.

#### Race for the Staff

He then searches for Aysa-Thoon, along with the possessed Draal and the captured AAARRRGGHH!!! to resurrect Angor Rot. He places AAARRRGGHH!!! in a trap for the Trollhunters so they wouldn't follow him. He uses Angor to find Merlin's Tomb and steal the Staff of Avalon, where he loses control over Draal and confronts the Trollhunters for the possession of the staff. Gunmar successfully manages to take the staff for himself and escapes the tomb, leaving Angor behind after he served his purposes in his view.

#### Freeing Morgana

Gunmar returns to Trollmarket once again, where he discovers that the Pale Lady herself has been underneath the Trollmarket's Heartstone all along. He tries to use the Staff of Avalon to free her, yet he failed to realize that Merlin has put in a safeguard: only human hands who can speak Troll can wield the staff. Gunmar demands Usurna to find a changeling (albeit the remaining changelings in Arcadia, who are Stricklander and Nomura, are on the side of the Trollhunters). After Usurna failed to kidnap Nomura, she later captured Strickler, along with Barbara Lake, Jim's mother. Threatening to kill Barbara if Strickler doesn't cooperate, he takes the staff and begins speaking the incantation. He activates the staff while he and Barbara make a break for it, but not before Gunmar breaks Morgana free from her crystal prison. With the Pale Lady free after centuries of being prisoned, she begins to bring forth the Eternal Night by killing several Gumm-Gumms so she can use their dust and the Staff of Avalon to begin the dark ritual. Before the Eternal Night War begins, he begins a speech for his army while Angor Rot and Morgana listen together. When the war begins, Gunmar confronts the Trollhunter (now transformed into a half-troll). With the assist of Angor Rot, they battle Jim, who manages to take them out almost flawlessly, thanks to his new troll abilities. Jim manages to confuse Angor as Gunmar throws him aside, calling him weak. Gunmar finally pins Jim down, expressing his disdain for a human boy wearing a troll's armor, and now shares his kind's skin. He then tries to turn Jim with his blade, but the Trollhunter fights back with his strength of will and shoves the blade away.

#### Ultimate Demise

When Gunmar lunges at Jim, he reacts by summoning his Eclipse Blade and slices through the Skullcrusher's body. His body begins to turn to stone while the explosion eliminates the rest of his Gumm-Gumm Army. Jim (avenging his surrogate brother, Draal) shoves Gunmar's stone body off of the roof and he watches as it shatters on impact with the ground, finally ending Gunmar's century-year-old reign of tyranny once and for all.

### 3Below (Part One)

Gunmar makes a brief cameo appearance in "Lightning in a Bottle" when Krel watches security footage of Jim battling Gunmar (who was actually Otto Scaarbach).

### 3Below (Part Two)

In "The Big Sleep", Colonel Kubritz shows General Morando footage of Gunmar's attack on Arcadia.

### Wizards

Despite his death, Gunmar is confirmed to appear in the final installment.

## Physical Description

“*In Gunmar, we wanted a villain who would be invincible, so we chose to base him on obsidian, a hard glass-like volcanic rock. When broken in half, obsidian creates more edges, and that inspiration informed the character and brought him to life.*”
―Rodrigo Blaas, Executive Producer[src]
Gunmar is a very large Gumm-Gumm troll with two large horns on his head which span out big. His skin glows in a bright teal-colored design. He has yellow teeth and what appears to be black hair going down his back. He has a missing right eye (which is one of his lifeblood stones) from his battle with Orlagk the Oppressor, the original Gumm-Gumm warlord.

After absorbing the Heartstone, his skin now glows a bright orange-yellow colored design.

## Powers And Abilities

* Despite being less powerful than Morgana (and General Morando with Gaylen's Core), Gunmar still proved to be a dangerous threat to the heroes. He was one of the most powerful and feared trolls there were, as he was very formidable in battle.
* **Gumm-Gumm Troll Physiology**: As the leader of the Gumm-Gumms, Gunmar was one of the strongest Gumm-Gumms in the Darklands.
* **Mind-Control**: Using his Decimaar Blade, cursed by Morgana, Gunmar could brainwash those around him to do his bidding, such as when he brainwashed one of the Gumm-Gumms into killing himself. He could even speak through those he brainwashed with the Blade, such as Otto Scaarbach and Draal.
* **Enhanced Speed**: After absorbing the Heartstone, Gunmar was faster than his followers.
* **Superhuman Senses**: As a troll, Gunmar's senses were much more acute than a human's.
* **Longevity**: As a troll, Gunmar was capable of living for hundreds of years, but is still capable of being killed and can fall in battle.
* **Heartstone Energy Absorption**: Gunmar was able to absorb the energy of a Heartstone to augment his physical strength.
* **Conductive Energy**: Once he absorbed the energy of the Heartstone, he was capable of administering the energy into explosive blasts through touch.
* **Enhanced Strength**: Gunmar was very strong, as even when he was banished to the Darklands with his armies, he was able to fight AAARRRGGHH!!! for a short period of time until he lost. He became far stronger when he absorbed the Heartstone. Gunmar’s strength was greatly feared by many trolls. Even in his weakened state, he was strong enough to brutally strangulate a Stalking and go horn-to-horn with AAARRRGGHH!!! until his former general managed to overcome him. After he absorbed Trollmarket's Heartstone, his strength was greatly enhanced to where he was deemed unstoppable to fight head-on.
* **Enhanced Durability**: Gunmar was able to live for thousands of years without being killed in battle. Thanks to his stone skin, Gunmar had excellent durability, as he managed to survive many battles without being killed.
* **Enhanced Stamina**: Gunmar could fight for long periods of time without growing weary. However, this changed after he was banished into the Darklands, but thanks to him absorbing the Heartstone, he regained his stamina. Gunmar could physically exert himself for long periods without tiring. In his weakened state, his stamina was greatly worn out. However, after absorbing the Heartstone, his stamina was regained.
* **Superhuman Endurance**: As a troll, Gunmar could endure more than an average human.
* **Energy Absorption**: Gunmar could absorb energy from a Heartstone to make himself much stronger than before.
* **Swordsmanship**: Gunmar was skilled at using his Decimaar Blade to kill and/or brainwash opponents that get in his way. Gunmar was an accomplished swordsman, though his large structure made him somewhat slow.
* **Tactician**: Even when he was banished into the Darklands, Gunmar never gave up his genocidal attempts on mankind. He had many followers who worked for him on the outside so he could finally be released. Queen Usurna is one of the most notable examples of this, as she infiltrated Trollmarket and showed Gunmar the Heartstone so he could absorb it.
* **Combatant**: Despite his large structure, Gunmar was a skilled fighter, being able to go on par with Nomura, AAARRRGGHH!!!, Draal, and later Jim after he was transformed into a half-troll.
* **Skillful Orator**: In his rights, Gunmar is a powerful speaker, giving out countless speeches to his army.

## Equipment

* **Decimaar Blade**: Gunmar brandishes the Decimaar Blade, a cursed sword with dark magic that can be summoned to his hands and also allows Gunmar to control the minds of his enemies, or turn them into Gumm-Gumms. However, beings with strong wills (Jim being the prime example) can resist its effects, sometimes even to the point of being almost completely immune.
* **Staff of Avalon** (briefly): After retrieving Merlin's staff from his tomb, Gunmar attempted to use it to free Morgana from her prison. However, he failed to realize that only human hands who can speak Trollish can wield the staff. He demands Usurna to find a changeling.

### Weakness

* **Direct Sunlight**: Like all trolls, Gunmar had a natural weakness to sunlight as it burns and turns him to stone.
* **The Eclipse Blade**: The Trollhunter's Eclipse Blade is a weapon capable of executing Gunmar as it contains the Triumbric Stones that are tied to Gunmar’s lifeblood: his birth, his first kill, and the battle in which he gained control of the Gumm-Gumms.

## Other Media

### Graphic Novels

#### *The Felled*

Gunmar fought one of the first Trollhunters chosen by Merlin: Spar the Spiteful, the first Trollhunter to meet an Akiridion. He and his own son, Bular, attacked him and Bodus, but when Bodus fled when the Gumm-Gumms turned their attention, Gunmar gave Bular the honor of finally finishing off Spar. When Araknak the Agile, ancestor of Blinkous "Blinky" Galadrigal, was chosen to become the next Trollhunter, he decided to prove that he was able to fight Gunmar all by himself; however, his arrogance led him to his death, as Gunmar killed him by ripping off two of his arms and then decapitating him.

### Novels

#### *Welcome to the Darklands*

Gunmar is despised by Orlagk's daughter, Skarlagk, because he killed Orlagk right in front of her eyes. This would stir up her immense hatred in Gunmar for killing her father, and she made it her life's goal to destroy Gunmar and everything that has to do with him as an act of vengeance, even having no qualms with killing the familiars in the Darklands. However, Jim convinces her that killing the babies would make her no better than Gunmar. Eventually, Skarlagk faces off Gunmar and is presumably killed by him.

#### *Age of the Amulet*

After Tellad-Urr the Terrible was chosen as the next Trollhunter, Gunmar presented him with a gemstone which gave him the Sundown Armor. As a result, Tellad-Urr stole metals from human villages to forge weapons for Gunmar and his Gumm-Gumm rebels so that Gunmar could overthrow Orlagk the Oppressor as the new Gumm-Gumm King. He gave the weapons to them so they could use them against Orlagk and his armies. Then the latter arrived, and a brutal battle took place between Gunmar's faction and Orlagk's faction. However, Jim Lake Jr., the future human Trollhunter who time-skipped into the year of 501 AD, convinced Tellad-Urr that while he doesn't want other Trolls to suffer the same fate as him, he's doing it the wrong way. Seeing the error of his ways, Tellad-Urr took off the Amulet of Daylight and crushed the Gemstone that Gunmar gave him, but he got butchered by Bular a second later before asking for Merlin to forgive him for his actions in his final moments.

### Video Games

#### *Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia*

Gunmar appears as a boss in the video game *Trollhunters: Defenders of Arcadia*.

## Trivia

* Although Morgana was more dangerous, Gunmar made more appearances and did just about all of the work.
* Gunmar's defeat and death resembles that of the Storm King as they both turned to stone and shattered to pieces.
* Gunmar's horns make him bear a resemblance to Surtur, another villain Brown voiced.
* In Part 1 of *Trollhunters*, Gunmar's son, Bular, appears in the show's theme song, but in Parts 2 and 3, Gunmar takes Bular's place in the majority of the theme song. This is presumably because Gunmar is a more prominent character in Parts 2 and 3 whereas in Part 1, he is a background character.
* In *Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans*, the timeline is significantly altered by Jim when he uses the Time Stone to travel back in time. This causes Gunmar and his army to be alive again, meaning they will once again pose a threat.