Troll race

The **Troll race**  (トロル族, *Tororu-zoku*?) or  (トロール族, *Torōru-zoku*?) are a humanoid race.

## Overview

Trolls are part of the Giant race.

Trolls are few in number and are mostly found in Nargol. Trolls have established settlements Trullora's body and at her foot.

## Culture

They worship Trullora, Muumi, Shukadi and Voake.

Muumi's subordinates seem to have gentle personality.

They can eat animals and plants, as well as nutrient-rich stones, rocks and soil, but they prefer living things.

## Physical Attributes

A humanoid race with a grey rock body that grows to be as large as a mountain when fully grown. Trolls has a stone body similar to a gargoyles. They are long-lived and do not die unless there are external factors. When a troll grows and becomes too big, it becomes too heavy to move and is no different from a rock. In a sense, that state can be said to be dead. Therefore, active trolls are around 0.5-5 metres tall. They also do not like sunlight and will crouch in the presence of sunlight and become motionless like a rock.

They have an amazing regenerative capacity and can see in the dark. Instead, they see nothing in the sun.

## Variations

The species are divided according to the deities they believe in.

### Mountain Troll

**Mountain Troll** (山トロール, *Yama torōru*?) are Trolls who worships Shukadi. Live near mountain tops. They are ferocious and eat any animal they come across. Naturally, they also eat humans. As Shukadi is the deity of the winter mountains, they do not inhabit warm mountains without snow. Mountain trolls who have lived for a long time constantly generate frost on their bodies. They have the ability to manipulate cold air. Sometimes they come down from the mountains and attack humans.

### Valley Troll

**Valley Troll** (谷トロール, *Tani torōru*?) are Trolls who worships Muumi. Lives at the foot of the mountains. They are mild-mannered and eat nuts, fallen leaves and decaying leaves. When active, they have a softer body than other trolls. Long-lived valley trolls may have soft moss growing on their bodies. They store fresh water in their bodies and expel it. They are kind to small animals and friendly towards humans. They have even protected lost human children. Loves to sing and dance. Can use life magic such as healing.

### Cave Troll

**Cave Troll** (洞穴トロール, *Horaana torōru*?) are Trolls who worships Voake. Usually sleeps in mountain caves. They are the fiercest of all trolls and are always hungry and willing to eat every living thing in sight when active. They have the ability to control fire. Cave trolls that have lived for a long time have a body like lava and are sometimes called **Lava Trolls** (溶岩トロール, *Yōgan torōru*?).

## History

The troll race are the progeny of Trullora.

## Etymology

A **Troll** (トロール, *Torōru*?) is a class of being in Norse mythology and Scandinavian folklore. In Old Norse sources, beings described as trolls dwell in isolated rocks, mountains, or caves, live together in small family units, and are rarely helpful to human beings.

Later, in Scandinavian folklore, trolls became beings in their own right, where they live far from human habitation, are not Christianized, and are considered dangerous to human beings. Depending on the source, their appearance varies greatly; trolls may be ugly and slow-witted, or look and behave exactly like human beings, with no particularly grotesque characteristic about them.

Trolls are sometimes associated with particular landmarks, which at times may be explained as formed from a troll exposed to sunlight. Trolls are depicted in a variety of media in modern popular culture.

## Development

Trolls are monsters that appear in various fantasy works. Each work has its own differences. Among them, Takeru Nezaki thinks the trolls in *RuneQuest* has the deepest setting. Incidentally, the image of Valley Trolls is sometimes the trolls in **Moomin** (ムーミン, *Mūmin*?), **Toro** (ト〇ロ?) and **Frozen** (アナと雪の女王, *Ana to yuki no on'na*?).

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 *Dark Knight Story Setting Collections* - Nargol Pantheon: Deities Name Record 3 Dalaugon & Trullora
2. ↑ *Dark Knight Story Setting Collections* - Summary of the World View: Summary of Species and Nations etc.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Dark Knight Story* - The Phantom Death Capital: Chapter 02 - The Nargol Pantheon
4. ↑ *Dark Knight Story* - The Fairy Forest: Chapter 22 - The Goddess of Destruction Palace