Evan

**Evan**, known as **Evan, the musical Troll of Gothmoria**, is the deuteragonist to The Barbarian and the Troll (series). He is part of the group of questers and needs reassurance thereof ever so often.

## History

He is first seen trying to get a toll from a girl and her goat, Helen, by playing a song called Bridge Life on his lute, but they said it was awful and he closes the bridge. Unfortunately, Helen headbutts him though the gate and they walk across without paying Evan a toll.

Later, He plays a mournful tune and decides to leave his bridge when his father, the Troll King, shows up hearing about his son's defeat. The Troll King reminds Evan that trolls do not let anyone cross without paying a toll and gives a lecture on how Evan's Grandfather terrorized villagers throughout Gothmoria, even making knights poop their armor, and blames Evan for turning it into a "Lute Lounge". Evan apologizes to his father and the Troll King wonders if he was too overprotective as a father. Evan asks his father if his future was more about music and less "Bridge-Oriented". The Troll King, shocked that his son wants to give up his life as a bridge troll, reminds Evan he is a troll Prince and that his bridge is his blood.

He ran away from his father, dramatically, in tears, as his bridge combusts in flames. His father points out he literally "burned his bridge", a saying that means that one cuts ties with a past, but also literally burned the bridge, which eventually led to wide troll bridge maintenance as the Troll King realized the bridged are a flammable safety hazard.

Evan send Kyle requests to be able to perform at the Queen's Goiter. (Through message pigeons which Kyle had prepared as dinner)

## Personality

Evan is an impressionable excitable positive troll who is new to it all after having lived the limited life of sleeping in a drawing and guarding a bridge.

Evan is the only one of the questers carrying a suitcase. He left his bridge home packing a small doll and a x. When his mother the Troll Queen managed to retrieve both his lute and the Troll Pass she also found x, his plastic toy horse, much to his delight.

## Relationships

### Troll King

The Troll King is a hard, strict, cruel father, who hates his son's 'ridiculous' dream of becoming a musician. They get into arguments, and tells Evan he was born a royal keeper of the bridges of Gothmoria.

### Troll Queen

The Troll Queen is a loving mother, but as usual of a Troll mother, she tries to eat her son as well. To show both affection and her desire to eat him, she smothers him in her licking, puts salts and sauce on his, grabs his hand lovingly to proceed to put a sandwhich around it and marinates his fingers when offering him a bowl of water. Evan reacts mildly bothered and embarrassed of his mother's "affection" but does not assume it to be worrisome for an onlooking Brendar. When the Queen feels her husband the King has wronged their son, she urges him to correct himself, and when she believes he crossed a line, she forcefully takes matters in her own hands to correct it. She is supportive of Evan endeavors, his journey and cares for his happiness.

### Brendar

The two cross paths at The Queen's Goiter, Evan expressing "Hot Cauldron" upon witnessing her and Brendar telling General Skelly to apologize to "The Jester and his foolish music". Brendar dismisses Evan's attempts to interact with her and assumes he attempts to flirt when he announces her to be his destiny. He expresses further interest in tagging along and manages to convince her over his potential lute playing.

## Design

Evan has had two puppets; his pilot: which has shorter evenly cut har, and his series: with wilder troll hair and a more expressive face structure.

Evan is a purple troll with green hair, as do all trolls shown in the series. His body is much thinner and slouchier than other trolls shown, who are much bigger and sturdier. He takes to his mother in eye size.