Troll

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## Troll

### Ministry of Magic Classification

Beast (XXXX)
 Being (formerly)

## Book information

### First appearance

*Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*

### Last appearance

*Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them*

"*Notable for its equally prodigious strength and stupidity, the troll is often violent and unpredictable.*"
— Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

A **troll** is a creature in the *Harry Potter book series*.

It is found throughout the wizarding world. It is known for being very strong and possessing a huge size but having very little intelligence. They have a basic language but are still able to serve a few purposes in wizarding society. Even though they once had the Being classification, it was changed to Beast due to their lack of intelligence.

## Appearance

Trolls have a humanoid appearance, a height of about twelve feet when are fully-grown, and weigh at least a ton. The appearance of a troll will vary depending on their sub-species.

## Personal character

Known for being strong but unintelligent, they possess very dangerous and violent behaviour like giants. They have a very basic language where they just point and grunt. However, they did have a level of limited intelligence capable of understanding words when they have been taught human languages. They are able to communicate, but many witches and wizards speak troll language anyway. They are less intelligent than the dullest of other species including unicorns, and don't have any powers of their own. However, they do have prodigious strength.

Trolls enjoy eating raw human flesh but are never fussy about what they eat and even enjoy eating fish. They provide a certain value to society if they are trained to be security trolls. These trolls have a higher than average intelligence to other trolls. Trolls tend to have clubs and judge each other by the sizes of these clubs.

## Sub-species

* The river troll has hairy purple skin and short horns and lurks under bridges or in the middle of rivers.
* The forest troll has pale green skin and straggely hair, and are found in the woods.
* The mountain troll is larger than any other troll and has a higher level of violence. Their skin is a dull, granite gray. They have a lumpy boulder body and a small bald head containing a very small brain. Their legs are small and thick and they have horny flat feet. They have very long arms which they use to drag a wooden club.

## History

Trolls originated a very long time ago in Scandinavia but could later be found throughout Europe. In medieval times, the International Conderation of Wizards debated whether to give them certain rights and ban troll-hunting. However, Liechtenstein opposed that idea proposed by Bonaccord because they had problems with trolls at the time and decided not to join the confederation because of it.

Artemius Lawson was an outspoken advocate in favour of the strict controlling of trolls because he thought it was wrong to let such dangerous, violent animals roam about when they also weighed a ton and had a very small brain.

In 1942, Tom Riddle lied that Rubeus Hagrid went off into the woods to fight trolls. The Black family had an object in the front hall of 12 Grimmauld Place crafted out of a troll's leg.

In October 1991, Quirinus Quirrell obtained a troll and let it loose in Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in an effort to distract the school and find the Philosopher's Stone. It found it's way to the girl's bathroom where Hermione Granger was crying. Harry Potter and Ron Weasley saved her by using a Levitation Charm to lift up it's club and knock it on the head. The troll was knocked out and fell to the ground.

By the summer of 1992, Gilderoy Lockhart had published a book named Travels with Trolls which contained information taken from another witch or wizard who had in fact, spent time travelling with trolls.

In February to June 1994, security trolls guarded the portrait of the Fat Lady at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry when Sirius Black broke into the school and was found brandishing a knife at a student. They spent their time glaring at everyone who went by, pacing and debating the size of their wooden clubs.

## Notes and sources

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: Introduction (What is a Beast?)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them: An A-Z of Fantastic Beasts
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 *Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban*, Chapter 14
4. ↑ Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 10 - "Twelve feet tall, its skin was a dull, granite grey, its great lumpy body like a boulder with its small bald head perched on top like a coconut. It had short legs thick as tree trunks with flat, horny feet. The smell coming from it was incredible. It was holding a huge wooden club, which dragged along the floor because its arms were so long."
5. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 31
6. ↑ Daily Prophet Newsletters, 8 February 1999
7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 *Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets*, Chapter 17
8. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix*, Chapter 4
9. ↑ *Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone*, Chapter 10