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Tales of the Marra

## Appearance

A library book about the Marra, which appears in Chapter 6: The Nightmare Spirit.

Kaisa brings this book to Hilda, David, and Frida when they are discussing their encounter with David's Marra in the Huldrawood.

## Contents

The book is partially illustrated, and it describes the capabilities, weaknesses, hunting grounds, and predation habits of the marra. The word "tales" in the title suggests that the book may also serve as an anthology of stories *about* marras (either real or fictitious).

## Excerpts

* *The marra are nightmare spirits who are said to haunt the Huldrawood.*
* "It says here that the marra visit sleeping humans at night and create nightmares out of their fears." (Hilda)
* "It says here the marra will pass over you if you strap yourself into bed with a leather belt." (Frida)
Tildy's monsters

This is a list for the unnamed **Monsters** that work for Matilda Pilqvist. They guard the magical maze that one has to navigate to get from Witches Tower to her house. They all appear in "Chapter 3: The Witch", and it's adaptation "Hilda and the Ghost Ship".

## Sphinx

This sphinx-like creature is the second monster. When Frida, Hilda and Kaisa encounter it, the creature spits out 3 stones, a sheet of paper and a quill. We don't get to see what is written on the paper, but considering this is a sphinx is it most likely a riddle or puzzle. Frida manages to solve it.

## Gargoyle

This red Gargoyle-like creature blocks the next door of the maze. Hilda, Frida and Kaisa have to brew a potion for him in order to gain passage. Kaisa almost gives the potion too soon, but Frida realizes the error and adds the final ingredient. The gargoyle accepts the potion and moves aside to let them pass.

## Surgeonfish

This fish-like creature is actually helpfull. It gives the three protagonists a ride across the water, but therefor they first willingly had to allow the fish to swallow them. When questioned by Hilda how Frida knew the fish wouldn't eat them instead, Frida answered she noticed the creatue didn't eat any of the other fishes.

The name of the creature is given in "Hilda and the Ghost Ship".
Tontu (Frida's House)

All Nisse are named Tontu. This Tontu is the one living in Frida's house

## Tontu

**Tontu** is a nisse that first appears in "Chapter 9: The Ghost". The character does not appear in any of the Graphic Novels or the Hilda Tie-In Series.

## Appearance

Tontu has has blond hair with a round nose, like Tontu (alpha). He wears a red hat, blue dress and red boots.

## Biography

In Season 1, his role in the animated series is small, yet his actions have a big impact on the last quarter of Season 1. He steals Frida's copy of The Legend of Great King Condon, which kicks off a series of events that lead to Frida having a falling out with her friends David and Hilda, after which she befriends Kelly and almost joins the Marra.

After being absent in all of Season 2, he returns in the season 3 episode "Chapter 7: Strange Frequencies". Here, he formally meets Frida and asks her for help as nisse in Trolberg have suddenly begun stealing from each other. Another nisse has stolen his timer. This inspires Frida to organize a town hall meeting to get all the nisse to talk things over. Tontu also attends this meeting, but like the other nisse he is too stubborn to cooperate and eventually ends up in a huge fight with them. Despite her meeting being a failure, Frida gives Tontu a new timer to replace the one that was stolen.
Thunderbird

A **Thunderbird** is a very large bird that can create lightning. They can also however shrink themselves down to the size of a regular bird.

According to "Hilda's Book of Beasts and Spirits", Thunderbirds spend their lives flying across the Earth, gathering knowledge and bringing back storm clouds. They are mostly solitary, but congregate in order to share the wisdom they gathered. They are however also prone to memory problems, resulting in the knowledge being forgotten or passed on incorrectly.

As of now, only a single specimen of the species is known to exist, being The Great Raven. In both "Hilda and the Bird Parade" and "Chapter 3: The Bird Parade" , he does refer to himself as *A* thunderbird instead of *the*, implying there may be more. If there are, they haven't been shown yet.

## Species' Members

* The Great Raven (only currently known specimen)

## Trivia

* This fictional species of bird is based off the mythological creature of the same name.
* Unlike most of the other creatures shown in the Hilda franchise, the Thunderbird is not part of Scandinavian folklore.

## Gallery

The Great Raven fires his lightning

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Mattress Collecting Troll

The real name of this character is currently unknown.

* Movie
* Graphic Novel

The **Mattress Collecting Troll** is, as his name suggest, a troll who appears in both the graphic novel "Hilda and the Mountain King" and the movie special of the same name.

Although he is just a supporting character, his collection of mattresses is essential to the plot as Hilda uses them to free Trundle from his prison.

## Appearance

This particular troll has a more darker grey skin color, but a pointy nose, blank white eyes alike most other trolls. He possess what appears to be five stalagmites sticking out from each side of both his head and certain parts throughout his body.

## Biography

The troll showed both Trylla and Hilda his "treasures", being mattresses and other soft furnishings. When Hilda decided to help Trundle escape his prison, she borrowed some of the mattresses and pillows from this troll, and used them to silence the bells as she removed them from the entrance of the cave Trundle was trapped.

He is later seen walking along in Trolberg with other trolls during the first annual Night of the Trolls.

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Rasmus Hardiker

**Rasmus Hardiker** (born January 31, 1985) is a British actor. He is the voice of Alfur and Tontu (alpha) in both the animated series and the audiobook version of the Hilda Tie-In Series.

## Filmography

### TV

* Monty (UK)/Philip/Bill (Thomas & Friends)
* Chips (Digby Dragon)
* Shifter (Bob the Builder)
* Scott Tracy/Alan Tracy (Thunderbirds Are Go)
* Numberblocks (Eighteen)
* Spencer Wright (Dude, That's My Ghost!)

### Movies

* Dwight (Magicians)
* (More to be added)

## Trivia

* He and David Menkin voiced characters in "Thomas & Friends" and "Thunderbirds are Go".
Prime Minister's cavalry

The **Prime Minister's cavalry** are an elite squad of elf soldiers that serve and protect the Elf Prime Minister. They appear in the animated series ("Chapter 1: The Hidden People"), the graphic novels ("Hilda and the Midnight Giant"), and the Tie-In books ("Hilda and the Hidden People").

They ride on rabbits and are armed with slings, which they use to throw rocks at their enemies.

In all three incarnations, the cavalry attacks Hilda and Alfur when the two tried to reach the Prime Minister. Twig however easily scared them off.

## Trivia

* In "Hilda and the Hidden People", Alfur refers to the cavalry as "The Light Brigade". This name is not used in the graphic novel or animated series. Also, in this book, they are only the first of three obstacles Hilda must overcome.

## Gallery

The Prime Minister’s Cavalry about to charge at Hilda and Alfur.The commander of the cavalry.The Prime Minister’s Cavalry charges at Hilda and Alfur.”Retreat!”The Prime Minister’s Cavalry in the graphic novel.The Prime Minister’s Cavalry/The Light Brigade in "Hilda and the Hidden People".

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The Salty Maiden

**The Salty Maiden** is a local restaraunt near the harbour of Trolberg.

## History

The Salty Maiden's foundation is unknown, but of course, it was founded after Trolberg was formed.

According to "Hilda's World: A guide to Trolberg, the wilderness, and beyond", the Salty Maiden is the oldest tavern in Trolberg, but one needs to have a strong stomach when visiting the place. The same book also reveals in a list of The Rat King's seven juiciest secrets that the chef of the Salty Maiden uses his toe nail clippings to add texture to the "dish of the day".

The menu board outside contains more misspellings than a forest giant's memoirs.

In *Chapter 1: The Troll Circle*, when Hilda is in the safety patrol tour, Ahlberg asks some people about what they suspect. Two of the three intwerviews said they suspect something in the meat of the cod sandwich of the Salty Maiden, saying that it wasn't cod.

In *Chapter 2: The Draugen*, Hilda meets up with the Rat King to find secrets about Erik Ahlberg, and the rat king decides to trade a secret if she finds a cod sandwich from the Salty Maiden. When she goes to the Salty Maiden, she finds Wood Man playing a board game with several others. After Wood Man wins the board game, the other players didn't allow Wood Man and Hilda to play anymore, and throw both of them into the dumpster.

Anders takes Hilda and her friends to the Salty Maiden for lunch in "Chapter 5: The Job", as it proves to be the cheapest option in Trollberg since he is low on money. The group are concerned by the waiter's cagey responses to their inquiries about the quality of various items, describing the cod sandwich as "memorable", the grilled cheese as "sticky", and the surprise catch of the day as "surprising". They all eventually settle for the vegetable soup (which the waiter concedes is a good choice). Later, while Anders is in the midst of explaining he is looking for a job, The Polecat comes in looking for anyone who wants a job: while most of the patrons avert their gaze, Hilda volunteers her father.

Salty Maiden as depicted in "Hilda's World: A guide to Trolberg, the wilderness, and beyond"
St. Guglows Cemetery

**St. Guglows Cemetery** is a graveyard in Trolberg, which plays a role in the Hilda animated series. It is first seen in the episode "Chapter 9: The Ghost" and also plays a role in "Chapter 2: The Draugen". The graveyard does not appear in either the graphic novels or the tie-in books.

In "Chapter 9: the Ghost", Hilda and friends visit the graveyard to seek out the ghost of Craigie Williams to see why he stopped visiting Frida's house every night, and end up fighting Craigie's sister "Engilbjort Williams" after they think she stole Frida's book "The Legend of Great King Condon". However, it turns out she actually stole a different book; The Squire's Folly

In "Chapter 2: The Draugen", Hilda lures the Draugen that where chasing her and Wood Man to the graveyard so they can reunite with the ghosts of their relatives buried there.

## Known interments

* Craigie Williams
* Engilbjort Williams
* Abigail's dad
* Ghost referee

## Trivia

* For some reason, Kaisa seems to have memorized the names and plot numbers of the cemetery's "residents", including Craigie Williams at plot 572.
* According to Hilda's World: A guide to Trolberg, the wilderness, and beyond, the veil between life and death is at its thinnest at St. Guglows.
Land of starlight

The **Land of starlight** is a place where Deer-foxes hail from, and where they reside most of the time.

The exact nature of the land of starlight is unclear, but it mostly appears to be a different dimension. It is made up of multiple paths of white light, and filled with glowing white orbs. The land is first seen in *Chapter 9: The Deerfox*.

1. ↑ Hilda's Book of Beasts and Spirits
Tontu (David’s house)

All Nisse are named Tontu. This Tontu is the one living in David's house

## Tontu

**Tontu** is the Nisse that lives in David's house. He only appears in the animated series.

## Appearance

Tontu has a body that is completely covered in hair, and a rather long neck compared to the rest of his body. He has a big, round nose identical to that of Tontu.

## Biography

It is unknown how long Tontu has been living in David's house already, but he evidently kept a low profile since David believed there was no Nisse in his house.

When David discovered that Victoria Van Gale was up to no good again and he had to warn Hilda, but his dad wouldn't let him leave the house that night, David decided to ask Tontu for a ride through Nowhere Space. Inspired by what Hilda told him earlier, David made an offering to Tontu consisting of several items from his room, including some rocks from his collection. At first Tontu did not respond, but when David accidentally added a can of multipurpose grease that Victoria had given him earlier to the offering, Tontu took the bait. He thus gave David a ride to Hilda's house.

In "Chapter 7: Strange Frequencies", he is among the many nisse that attend the town hall meeting organized by Frida, and ends up in a fight with other nisse there.

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Miriam Margolyes

**Miriam Margolyes** (18 May 1941) is a British and Australian actress, comedian, narrator and author. In the Hilda series, she voices the character Astrid.

After starting her career in theatre, she made her film acting debut in the British comedy A Nice Girl Like Me (1969). She has since appeared in Yentl (1983), Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Little Dorrit (1988), Romeo + Juliet (1996), and Being Julia (2004). She is also known for her voice roles in Babe (1995), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Mulan (1998), Happy Feet (2006), Flushed Away (2006), and Early Man (2018).

Margolyes has spent many years dividing her time between the United Kingdom, Australia and Italy. She became an Australian citizen in 2013. She has also written three books, Dickens' Women (2012), her autobiography This Much is True (2021) and Oh Miriam (2023).

## External links

* Official website
* Miriam Margolyes on IMDb
Tontu (tiny)

All Nisse are named Tontu. This Tontu is designated "Tiny" is because of his size.

## Tontu

* Series
* Graphic novel

## Media

### First Appearance

**Graphic Novel**:
"Hilda and the Black Hound"
**Animated Species**:
"Chapter 13: The Black Hound"

**Tontu** is a nisse that appears in the graphic novels and the animated series, playing the same role in both.

## Appearance

Tontu is rather small compared to other nisse. He has thick dark brown hair covering his whole head and a rounded nose. He wears red with a comb-shaped hat, and has no visible arms.

## Biography

### Animated series

Sometime prior to the events of "Chapter 13: The Black Hound", Tontu (alongside many other nisse) was banished from his home due to a misunderstanding. His home's owners thought he had trashed their house, but in reality the ruckus was caused by a barghest named Jellybean, who had been using Nowhere Space to travel around the city in an attempt to find his owner, Tontu (beta).

Upon learning of their mass banishing, Hilda began asking any nisse she could find about what had happened in "Chapter 13: The Black Hound", including Tontu.

Tontu returned alongside many other nisse in "Chapter 7: Strange Frequencies", having been invited to a meeting hosted by Frida, who hoped to solve their mistrust of each other.
Trevor's mom

The real name of this character is currently unknown

**Trevor's mom**(real name unknown) is Trevor's mother, who first appears in the animated series episode, "Chapter 5: The Troll Rock".

She makes no physical appearance in any of the graphic novels or Hilda Tie-In Series, though Trevor briefly mentions her in "Hilda and the Bird Parade".

## Personality

Trevor's mother is a very unpleasant and unfriendly woman. She has been described as a very cheeky woman, and cares only for her son and her own image. In "Chapter 10: The Yule Lads", Frida even called her the Queen of Naughtiness. She has it out for Hilda in particular, whom she considers a "witch in sheep's clothing", and who she holds responsible for the fact that Trevor became afraid of birds following the events of "Chapter 3: The Bird Parade".

## Biography

In "Chapter 5: The Troll Rock", she attends the parents' night at The Ahlberg School, and witnesses the chaos caused by the baby troll that David unintentionally brought with him.

At one point, she demands an explanation from Johanna about what Hilda did to her son, since he is suddenly terrified of birds. This, combined with Trevor's attitude towards Hilda, suggests he told her a very one-sided version of the events from "Chapter 3: The Bird Parade". Johanna never gives Trevor's mom an answer though and the matter is dropped afterward.

In "Chapter 8: The Tide Mice", Trevor's mom can be seen while at the Sparrow Spout lodge, while during their musical performance that is suddenly interrupted by a reveal of tide mice.

In "Chapter 10: The Yule Lads", she is shown to have her own stand on the Trolberg Winter Festival market. It turns out she is still not over her suspicions regarding Hilda. She reminds Trevor to stay away from Hilda. Later, as Trevor and friends attack the Sparrow Scout's broth stand, Frida tells the Yule Lads that Trevor got his bad attitude from his mother. Kert in particular is surprised to hear that adults can be naughty too and is delighted by this revelation. That night, the Yule Lads attack Trevors house and abduct both Trevor and his mom to be sacrificed to Gryla. She is not seen again for the remainder of the episode but was presumably released after Hilda convinces the Lads to give Gryla the Sparrow Scout's broth as a substitute for human broth.

## Trivia

* In "Hilda and the Bird Parade", when Trevor hears that Johanna didn't want to let Hilda go out and explore Trolberg, he admits that if his mother forbids him something, he just tells her to shut up.
* In "Chapter 10: The Yule Lads" she is shown sleeping alone, thus proving she is a single parent.
* In Season 1, her hair is the same shade of brown as Trevor's; this was changed to black for Season 2.

Trevor's mom in bed.Trevor, stay away from the girl with the blue hair. She is a witch in sheep's clothing.Scared of the Yule Lads.

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The Knolem

**The Knolem** was one of the ancient giants. It appears in the graphic novel "Hilda and the Midnight Giant" and the animated series.

## Appearance

The Knolem was one of the smallest giants, though still bigger than a Forest Giant. It basically looked like a grassy hill with eyes.

## Biography

### Graphic novels

In "Hilda and the Midnight Giant", the Knolem is only seen on a two-page image depicting the ancient giants. The biography of the Knolem only mentions it was mean spirited.

The Knolem plays no role in any of the stories as the ancient giants left the Earth long before the time the stories are set.

### Animated series

In "Chapter 2: The Midnight Giant", the Knolem is seen in a flashback leaving the Earth along with other giants. It also appears on an image in Wood Man's book "The Giants of Old".

## Trivia

* The Knolem did not appear in "Chapter 3: The Giantslayer".
	+ In "Hilda and the Faratok Tree", after the Faratok tree sends her 3000 years into the past, Hilda meets the ancient giants. She attends their Grand Council meeting where 18 giants gather. It is left unclear if the Knolem is one of them as it is not depicted on any of the images nor called by name in the text.

## Gallery

Knolem in The Giants of Old book.Knolem and other giants leaving.

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Kurt Mueller

**Kurt Mueller** is a producer, writer, production manager.

He served as writer and executive producer for the Hilda animated series, as well as producer for the movie "Hilda and the Mountain King". It was Kurt Mueler who came up with the idea for the Hilda series when he found the graphic novel "Hildafolk" in 2014.

 Kurt Mueller on IMDb
Ulrik

**Ulrik** is an elf that first appears in "Chapter 12: The Replacement". The character was created for the animated series and does not appear in the graphic novels.

## Appearance

Ulrik is a male elf with white skin and white hair. He is shorter than most Elves. He has a thick moustache, and glasses that completely hide his eyes. Like all Elves, he has black stick-like legs and arms. He is dressed in a blue & yellow uniform with a red sash, and wears a pointy hat.

## Biography

Ulrik is a member of the Delegation for the Return of Wayward Elves. He is only a minor character; he has no dialogue, and remains in the background for most of the episode.

Along with the rest of the delegation, Ulrik is send to Trolberg to pick up Alfur, who has been replaced by Alvin as the Northern Counties' correspondent in the city because the Elf Prime Minister and his cabinet believe Alfur's reports about his adventures in Trolberg to be false. To prevent Alfur from having to leave, Hilda comes up with a plan to trick the delegation. They ask the Bragga Family for help, and Agnes volunteers to disguise herself as Alfur. The delegation falls for it, but Agnes can't keep up the appearances for long and quickly loses her temper. Alfur is forced to reveal himself to prevent the situation from escalating.

When Alfur tries to escape from the Delegation, Ulrik and the rest of the delegation chase after him. The chase takes the Elves to the Farmers Market. There, the Elves are mistaken by the locals, who can't see them, for spirits, and are eventually captured by Gerda Gustav when they enter a lighthouse decoration. Alvin and Alfur are the only elves not captured since they jumped out of the lighthouse in time. Along with the other captured Elves, Ulrik is brought to Safety Patrol HQ by Gerda, where she attempts to interrogate them. Alfur rescues the group by tricking Gerda into believing he is a member of the Spirit Safety Patrol, so she releases the captured "spirits" into his custody. At the end of the episode, Ulrik leaves Trolberg again with the other members of the Delegation.

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Trolberg Winter Festival

The **Trolberg Winter Festival** is an annual festival held in the city of Trolberg to celebrate the blooming of the Sonstansil Tree; a rare event that only happens once a year. The tree blooms with glowing, orange flowers, that light up the entire tree.

## Activities

The celebration shares a lot of similarities with Christmas. People like to decorate their homes with lights, wreaths, candles and greenery, and gifts are exchanged during the blooming. In the days before the blooming, there is a market. The Sparrow Scouts sell their vegetable broth here.

It is also during the festival that Gryla and her Yule Lads hunt for naughty children.

Nobody knows exactly when the Sonstansil Tree will bloom. Once the first buds of the flowers appear, the city's botanical experts keep a close eye on the tree and alert the residents when the blooming is near. Once blooming begins, word spreads quickly across the city.

The book "Hilda and the Time Worm" gives a more detailed schedule of the festival:

* The buds of the Sonstansil tree appear on the first day of the Winter Festival
* They open gradually during the three nights of the festival
* When the last bud opens, the flowers begin to glow in the dark, an event known in Trolberg as the Big Glow
* The morning after the Big Glow, everybody throws parties and gives presents.

## References

1. ↑ Hilda's World: A guide to Trolberg, the wilderness, and beyond, page 26
2. ↑ However, this contradicts the Animated Series, where the buds are shown opening all at once on the same night
Mirage

**Mirage** is a nightclub in Trolberg. It appears in the animated series and the Hilda Tie-In Series.

## Animated series

Mirage was located in Trolberg fifty years prior to the present day time of the animated series. It is unknown if the club still exists in the present. The club, among other things, had a dance floor with live music, and a bar.

It was in this club that Peter Ostenfeld met Matilda Pilqvist, and the two ended up spending a wonderful night together. However, Peter didn't want to seem too eager and thus the two parted ways that evening without even learning each others names, and thus never saw each other again. Matilda, in an attempt to find Peter again, enchanted a copy of the magazine Trolberg Digest that Peter had with him that night, so it and every other copy of it would allow the reader to travel back in time to the night of their first meeting.

In "Chapter 8: The Fifty Year Night", Hilda discovers that Peter Ostenfeld has been using the magazines to go back to the past and relive the night he spend with Tildy over and over, resulting in there being multiple versions of Peter in the same time and place. They all visit the club together, pretending to be brothers, and secretly watch their younger self from a distance, but still don't dare to interfere. After Hilda follows Peter to the past, she decides to help him by convincing the young Peter to go after Tildy. It works and Hilda thus creates a new timeline where Peter and Tildy are married, but this attracts a Time Worm that attacks the club to devour Hilda and the multiple Peters, since they are from a timeline that no longer exists. Hilda flees back to the present to try and escape the worm. The club is not seen again after this.

## Tie-in novel

The events from "Chapter 8: The Fifty Year Night" are adapted into the novel "Hilda and the Time Worm". A notable difference between the two is that in this continuity Mirage and Hilda's House are the same building, while in the animated series they were explicitely shown to be different buildings as Hilda had to take the street cart to get from her house to the club. Peter even tells Hilda that after the club was shut down and converted into apartments, he bought one of the apartments because of the memories he had of the club and his night with Tildy there. This also means that in the Tie-In novels the club no longer exists in the present day while this is left ambiguous in the animated series.
Ketkrokur

**Ketkrokur** is one of the Yule Lads. He is first seen in "Chapter 10: The Yule Lads". The character does not appear in the graphic novels.

## Appearance

Ketkrokur is dressed in a yellow costume, but a different shade than Pvorusleikir. He has a thick beard.

## Biography

Ketkrokur was once a human boy, who was targeted by Gryla for being naughty. It is not stated in the series what exactly he did, but when he interrogates Hilda, Frida and David, he asks them if they ever threw rocks and/or heavy sticks at their neighbors window. Since Stekkjarsaur also questioned the three kids about something that he himself did, it can be assumed that the rocks/sticks throwing was Ketkrokur's crime.

Like 12 other children, Ketkrokur made a bargain with Gryla to find her more naughty children in return for being spared. Now, every year around the Trolberg Winter Festival, he and his fellow Yule Lads come to Trolberg to find and abduct naughty children.

When first seen "Chapter 10: The Yule Lads", he and his fellow Yule Lads have just arrived in Trolberg, and are found by Hilda, David and Frida. He is mostly a background character during the episode. When Hilda finds out what they are doing, she suggests the Lads to give Gryla the Sparrow Scouts' vegetable broth as a substitue. Gryla accepts the broth, and after she is gone, Ketkrokur and the other lads leave Trolberg.

## Trivia

* In Icelandic folklore, which the character is based on, Ketkrokur was said to use a hook to steal meat.
* In "Hilda and the Time Worm", his name is translated as "Meat Stealer", which corresponds with the Icelandic Folklore.

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This is Nowhere

**This is Nowhwere** is a song by Canadian country musician Orville Peck.

The song is featured in the Season 2 episode "Chapter 5: The Windmill". It plays during the final scene of the episode that shows Hilda, David and Frida leaving the Windmill as the forest animals make it their home, followed by Victoria Van Gale sitting on a beach holding the skull of her Nisse. The song keeps playing over the end credits.

Orville Peck composed the song specifically for the animated series.
Jacob

**Jacob** is a minor character in "Chapter 4: The Laughing Merman" and it's tie-in novel adaptation "Hilda and the Laughing Merman".

In the animated series, he is never called by name, and in the book there's no image of him, nor is a description given of his appearance. It is thus hard to determine if Jacob is the Sparrow Scout with the hat, or the one with the long hair hanging in front of his face.

He is a member of the Sparrow Scouts and best friends with Harry. Both boys have no high opinion of Hilda, David and Frida because they always tend to get into weird adventures. They even dubbed the trio the "Freaky Friends". In the animated series, they first confront Hilda with this name as the Sparrow Scouts are preparing to go rafting but Hilda has trouble finding a fourth member for her group. In the tie-in book, they already confront her with their mean nickname during the bus ride to Sparrow Scout camp in The Great Forest. In both incarnations their teasing leads to Hilda's decision to try and have a normal Sparrow Scout camp for once without any adventures.

The boys appear again later in the story when Louise asks the merman Eugene to help play a prank on them for their bullying. Eugene uses his illusion of a sea serpent to frighten the boys. In the novelization, it is revealed that Jacob was so frightened by the beast he actually wets himself, though he fiercely tries to deny it. The boys leave Hilda and friends alone for the rest of the camp.

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Triffid

The **Triffid** is a large, plant-like creature that appears in the episode "Chapter 3: The Witch", and the novelization "Hilda and the Ghost Ship". The creature is only mentioned by name in the latter.

## Appearance and abilities

The Triffid is a plant with long vines and red/white/black flowers, with 2 yellow dots that resemble eyes. The plant can instantly regenerate any part that is chopped off, and each severed tendril will grow into a duplicate of the original plant.

## Role in the series

The creature is the first of the various obstacles in a magical maze that leads from Witches Tower to the house of Matilda Pilqvist. Hilda, Frida and Kaisa encounter the Triffid while navigating this maze. When the Triffid attacks them, Hilda tries to fight it off with a sword she finds in the room, but due to the plant's ability to regenerate, she only makes the situation worse. Frida eventually figures out the sword is the key to opening the next door, and they escape the plant.

Later, when the girls find themselves in the Void of No Return, Frida summons a portal to bring the Triffid to the void. Her plan worked, and the Triffid is able to fight and subdue the void.

## Gallery

Hilda vs the TriffidThe Triffid has overgrown the void
## References

1. ↑ "Hilda and the Ghost Ship", page 23

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List of Vittra

The following is a **list of vittra** who make an appearance in any media in the Hilda franchise, but in only a small role or a cameo.

### Hilda Creatures Vittra

The game Hilda Creatures features 15 different Vittra, many of which are varieties not seen in any other Hilda media. Their names are: Rapscallion, Real Fungi, Poor Cheeny, Rocket, Toady, Daisy, Fog Love, Lil Jorg, Blue Bell, Grubby, Dandelion Vittra, Tina, Holly, Mistletoe and Snapdragon Vittra.

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Jason Chan

**Jason Chan**, also known as *Jason Chan P. L.*, is an animator and freelancing illustrator. He illustrated the Hilda books "Hilda's Book of Beasts and Spirits" and "Hilda's World: A guide to Trolberg, the wilderness, and beyond".

Jason Chan prefers to work with watercolor style illustrations, inspired by the works of Mateusz Urbanowicz and Michelle Hiraishi. He discovered Hilda through the series on Netflix and subsequently bought all of the graphic novels. He also made some of his own Hilda fanart, which was discovered by Sam Arthur, the founder of Flying Eye Books, who then approached Chan to help illustrate the upcomming tie-in book "Hilda's Book of Beasts and Spirits". He personally considers the trolls to be his favorite creatures from the Hilda franchise,

Source: Jason Chan P.L on Hilda’s Book of Beasts and Spirits
Sea Serpent

* Animated series
* Novelization

This unnamed **sea serpent** is a character that appeared in the animated series, "Chapter 4: The Laughing Merman" and in the tie-in book series, "Hilda and the Laughing Merman". It plays the same role in both.

## Appearance

The sea serpent is a large ferocious beast with bluish-green skin, a pair of horse-like forelegs, bulging yellow eyes and four-part mandible mouth with sharp teeth.

## History

In both "Chapter 4: The Laughing Merman" and "Hilda and the Laughing Merman", after Hilda, Frida and David, plus their newest friend Louise, meet Eugene, the merman claims he is being attacked by a sea serpent. The serpent immediately shows up, forcing the kids to try and escape from the creature. It chases them downstream where Louise takes a picture of it with her camera. After escaping the beast, Louise notices the creature did not appear on the photo she took. This is because it's eventually revealed that the sea serpent was nothing than an illusion used by Eugene himself to lure the kids to his cave.

Eugene summons another illusion of the sea serpent while giving his show during the song Bottom of the Sea, and again at the end of the story to help Hilda and friends get some payback on a group of Sparrow Scouts that were mean to them earlier.

## Trivia

* Since the only sea serpent ever seen is an illusion created by Eugene, it is unclear if there are any real sea serpents like this in the world of Hilda or if Eugene made the creature up himself.

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Why Wait

**Why Wait** is a song from the British post-punk trio Shopping.

The song is featured in the Season 2 episode "Chapter 5: The Windmill", where it is played during a montage of Hilda, David and Frida helping Victoria Van Gale van her nisse patch up the windmill that Victoria is using as her new home.

The song was originally released as a single in 2016 by FatCat Records.
Tontu (omega)

All Nisse are named Tontu. This Tontu is designated "Omega" because he's the third Nisse that Hilda meets.

## Tontu

* Animated series
* Graphic Novels

## Media

### First Appearance

**Graphic Novel**:
"Hilda and the Black Hound"
**Animated Species**:
"Chapter 13: The Black Hound"

### Voice Actor

Unknown

**Tontu** is a nisse that appears in the graphic novels and the animated series, thus playing the same role within both.

However, he makes no appearance in the novelization.

## Appearance

Tontu is a small, humanoid creature who almost looks identical to Tontu (alpha), for their both around the same size as each other, he also has thick brown hair covering his whole head and a rounded nose. Although unlike Hilda's Tontu, his eyes are visible plus this Tontu also has a pair of lighter brown eyebrows and a moustache.

## Biography

### Animated series

While roughly sometime prior to the franchise and apparently alike other nisse, Tontu was banished from his home by the owner after they accused him for sometime he didn't even do thus in which case and same as all other results, was actually caused by a barghest named Jellybean who had been loose in the city of Trolberg.

In "Chapter 13: The Black Hound", Hilda noticed a nisse wandering Trolberg that at first, she erroneously assumed was Tontu. Therefore, Hilda and Twig followed him down into an alley where they soon realized he isn't Tontu, although this particular nisse stated he was in fact "Tontu" but Hilda explained that she's looking another Tontu only for him to reveal "Tontu", is a name which supposedly all nisse are called by themselves.

Tontu returned along with all practically the other nisse in "Chapter 7: Strange Frequencies", although for some reason, he sounded different. He was invited to a meeting hosted by Frida hoping to make peace with them towards each other, who she bumped into and mistook him for the other Tontu

### Graphic novels

Tontu's role within the graphic novel "Hilda and the Black Hound", is all similar to the animated series. Where Hilda briefly mistaken him for her friend Tontu.

## Gallery

Look, there's Tontu!Wait, you're not Tontu?In Hilda Creatures.
## Trivia

* It is unknown if whether or not he found a new home to live in.
* He wears the same type of sweater as Tontu (alpha).
* In the Hilda Creatures app game, he is listed as "Olaf Tontu".
Timothy McKeon

**Timothy "Tim" David McKeon** is an American writer and producer. He wrote the Season 2 episode "Chapter 7: The Beast of Cauldron Island".

McKeon is best known for Odd Squad (2014), Odd Squad: The Movie (2016), Odd Squad: World Turned Odd (2018) and Adventure time. He also worked on "Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends: Destination Imagination", for which he won a Primetime Emmy in 2009.
Twig's parents

**Twig's parents** are two adult Deer-foxes, and the parents of Twig.

Twig's father is the alpha of the Deer-Fox Herd that Twig originally belonged to. He is notably larger than an average deerfox, and has bigger antlers than the other males in the herd. Twig's mother looks like the other female deerfoxes.

They are first seen in "Chapter 9: The Deerfox". A few years ago, they lost Twig when he ran off to rescue Hilda from an eagle while the rest of the herd returned to their home dimension. In the present, Twig reunites with them and, after saying goodbye to Hilda, returns to their home dimension with them. The two realize however Twig's heart is with Hilda, and allow him to go back to her.

In "Chapter 8: The Fairy Isle", they come to Twig's aid to help him rescue Hilda and Johanna from Fairy Country. They use their hard light bridges to lead their entire herd to the Fairy Isle, and fight off The Eyes. Twig's parents also free Phinium and Lydia, who had been ensnared by vines summoned by The Fairy Entity. After returning Hilda and Johanna home, they say goodbye to Twig and return to their own world.

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Jester elf

This character is never given a name, but only described as The Jester

## Unknown

The **Jester elf** is an elf from the tie-in novel "Hilda and the Hidden People". The character is unique to this book, and does not appear in either the graphic novels or animated series.

## Appearance

The book contains no picture of the elf. He is described in the text as being dressed like a jester, with long curly shoes and a tricorn hat with jingly bells.

## Biography

The elf resides in the Caves of Kismet, where he guards the entrance to the Test of Exceptional Braininess. When Hilda and Alfur enter the caves to visit the Elf Prime Minister, the jester tells Hilda she has to pass this third test first.

The test involves Hilda having to choose between two caves, guarded by two Water Spirits. One cave is where the Prime Minister lives, the other supposedly contains a flesh eating troll. Hilda can ask the water spirits one question only to find out which is the right cave, with the added twist that one spirit will answer truthfully while the other will lie. When Hilda expressed doubt about there actually being a troll, the elf claims his jester outfit with bells is specifically to keep this troll from eating him (since Trolls fear bells).

He is not seen again after Hilda passes the test.

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Trolberg Digest

**Trolberg Digest** is a magazine in the city of Trolberg. It plays a prominent role in "Chapter 8: The Fifty Year Night".

Trolberg Digest has been around for at least 50 years. Upon seeing the magazine in "The Fifty Year Night"", Alfur remarkts that it's an oldie. It is unknown if he was just talking about this particular issue, which was 50 years old, or if this means the magazine as a whole is out of print in the present day.

50 Years ago, after Matilda Pilqvist met Peter Ostenfeld in the nightclub Mirage and fell in love with him, she tried to find him again later that night but found out he already left. Only his edition of Trolberg Digest, which he was reading when they met, was still there. Without thinking about possible consequences, Tilda enchanted this magazine so that any copy of it would grant the reader the ability to make a single trip back to the night she and Peter first met.

At some point before the events of "The Fifty Year Night", Peter, who was also in love with Tildy and regretted he never saw her again, bought a copy of the magazine, and thus accidentally discovered the time travel. He ordered more copies and used them to revisit the night with Tildy over and over.

When Hilda discovers the enchanted magazines, she uses one to change the past and get Peter and Tildy together. This results in a new timeline in which the two are happily married, but also attracks a Time Worm that tries to kill the old versions of Tildy, Ostenfeld and Hilda. Tildy is able to hold the time worm at bay long enough to inform Hilda that she has come to regret her actions, and that the past is best left unaltered. The alternate Tildy and Peter agree and destroy the original magazine, thus breaking the spell and undoing all the changes caused by the time travel.

## Trivia

* The time-travel plot is also adapted into the book "Hilda and the Time Worm", but in that story the name of the magazine is changed to Elan Magazine.
Abigail

**Abigail** is a character from season 2 of the animated series. She is a draug in charge of a ghost ship.

## Appearance

Like all draugen, Abigail looks like a humanoid, ghostly creature, with her bones visible inside her body. She has glowing eyes, and seaweed on her head. her left hand resembles the claw from a crab, and she has a metal hook embedded in her right shin. She is the only draug on her ship to wear clothes.

## Personality

Abigail can be quite friendly towards visitors on her ship, but is relentless once she has her mind set on making any sailor part of her crew. She loves rebels and rule-breakers, and thus quickly takes a liking to the Wood Man when he tries to steal a sextant from her ship.

## Biography

Abigail has been dead for at least 300 years by the time she first appears in the show. She and her crew of Draugen sail the waters near Trolberg. They never return to land because they prefer to be draugen rather than ordinary Ghosts.

Abigail encounters Hilda, Wood Man and Twig when they seek out her ship. She is not interested in Hilda's offer to return to land and be reunited with her loved ones there. She attempts to kill the three by feeding them to a Salt-Lion so they can join her crew, but Nicholas reminds everybody of the rule that a captive of the Draugen can win their freedom by beating the Draugen in a race. Abigail accepts the challenge. Hilda and Wood Man win thanks to a weather spirit, but because Wood Man still has the sextant he stole from the ship, she keeps chasing them. Eventually, Hilda lures the Draugen to St. Guglows Cemetery, and summons the ghosts there. Abigail is thus reunited with the ghost of her father who, after scolding her for staying away for so long, happily welcomes his daughter back home. The two depart into his grave.

## Other media

The events of "Chapter 2: The Draugen" are also adapted into the novel "Hilda and the Ghost Ship". Abigail is not mentioned by name in this story, but just referred to as The Captain. Like in the series, she wants to make Hilda and Wood Man part of her crew. After they defeat her in the race however, she and her crew return to sea and don't pursuit them any further. She thus does not reunite with her father.

Abigail is mentioned in "Hilda's World: A guide to Trolberg, the wilderness, and beyond". According to the book's list of The Rat King's seven juiciest secrets, Abigail is secretly terrified of Salt-Lions. A side not frome Hilda theorizes that a Salt-Lion might be responsible for the fish hook that is stuck in her leg.

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Swamp Men

**Swamp Men** are a species of amphibious creatures that live outside the walls of Trolberg.

Only one individual of this species appeared in both the animated series and tie-in series being Sigurd.

They have a humanoid appearance, but with a green skin. According to "Hilda's Book of Beasts and Spirits" their bodies are made up of mud and vegetation.

It is unknown how old they can get, but it is estimated to be at least several centuries.
Sigrid Spenstig

**Sigrid Spenstig** is a character appearing in the novel "Hilda and the Great Parade". The character does not appear in the graphic novels or the animated series.

## Appearance

The book contains no picture of Sigfrid, but the text describes her as a young woman with short, black hair. For the Bird Parade she is wearing a costume with black wings and an orange beak.

## Biography

Twelve years before the events of the novel, when Sigfrid was 8, The Great Raven failed to show up for the annual Bird Parade (he had the bird flu), which left the people of Trolberg so depressed they neglected to work in the fields, resulting in a bad harvest and great hunger.

At the time the novel takes place, Sigfrid is president of TTC: Trolberg Trampolining Club. She is leading her club's float in that years parade, and like everyone else gets quite anxious when it seems the Great Raven won't show up again. Hilda meets Sigfrid when she tries to catch up with Trevor, who has taken the raven captive, by using her scarf and a telephone wire to make an improvised zipline, but falls off and lands on the TTC float. She lands right on top of the trampolines and thus unintentionally performs a quintuple backflip, which amazes everyone who sees it. Sigfrid helps Hilda down from the trampoline and ask the girl if she is okay. Hilda is fine and continues to chase after Trevor. Later, when the Great Raven has finally appeared and the parade is in full swing, Sigfrid notices Hilda in the crowd and gives her a happy wave as the TTC float goes past her.

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Water Spirit (the Beast of Cauldron Island)

## Water Spirit

This unnamed **water spirit** is a character that appears in both "Chapter 7:The Beast of Cauldron Island" plus "Hilda and the Ghost Ship".

## Appearance

The water spirit looks like pretty much every other Water Spirit; a blob of water with black, glowing white eyes. The spirit can also form a protective bubble for others to ride in when going under water.

## Biography

### Animated series

The water spirit lives in the Björgfjord. In "Chapter 7: The Beast of Cauldron Island", Hilda and Alfur Aldric use a conch shell to summon the spirit to give them, Frida, David and Wood Man a ride to Cauldron Island to warn the Lindworm that Erik Ahlberg is coming for her, since he believes her to be responsible for the sinking of various ships in the fjord. Once on the island, Wood Man, who is revealed to speak the Water Spirit's native language, asks the spirit to bring him, Frida and Hilda to the bottom of the fjord to find out what is truly sinking the ships. The spirit thus shapeshifts herself into a bubble that the three can ride in.

While navigating the fjord, they encouter a Draugen Captain and eventually learn that a Kraken is sinking the ships. When Ahlberg arrives with his fleet and the Kraken attacks them, the girls and the water spirit get caught in the crossfire. The Kraken lashes out at them wiht a tentacle, causing the water spirit to drop Hilda and Frida and flee the scene. The spirit is not seen again after this.

### Novelization

The events from "Chapter 7: The Beast of Cauldron Island" are adapted into the book "Hilda and the Ghost Ship", but the water spirit has a significantly smaller role in the story than it has in the episode. The spirit does not appear until after Frida, Hilda and Wood Man are already on Cauldron Island, since they used Wood Man's boat, the Nautilus, to get there. And instead of giving the girls a ride to the bottom of the fjord, the spirit gives them bubble helmets to breathe under water but does not accompany them.

## Gallery

Forming a bubbleNoveliaztion

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