Blood trolls

**Blood trolls** are a troll subgroup who inhabit the swamps of Nazmir on Zandalar and worship the blood god G'huun. They use forbidden blood magic, which corrupts the creatures around them and turns them into blood beasts. The blood trolls originate from Zandalari trolls who long ago clung to the use of blood magic.

The blood trolls of Nazmir are the monsters that haunt every Zandalari child's nightmares, and for good reason. In the Zandalari capital of Zuldazar, stories are passed down from generation to generation cautioning children to behave, lest Nazmir's twisted practitioners of blood magic come to snatch them from their beds, and those who dare brave the swamp have a habit of disappearing, never to return. The blood trolls can therefore be regarded as the "boogeymen" of Zandalari children.

## History

During the final era of the Council of Tribes, millennia ago, a foolish troll summoned Hakkar the Soulflayer to the island of Zandalar, which released a plague of corrupted blood killing thousands of trolls. It was deemed that the bodies, too polluted for proper burial, would instead be burned and kept in special urns. As time progressed, this method became commonplace among the Zandalari in disposing of their dead. After the great plague, there were still those who clung to the magics of the blood god. They tested their magics and perfected them. One such relic was a totem, which when concentrated upon, would drain not just the life from their enemies, but also their blood, infusing the caster with it and altering them in unusual ways. This was the dawn of who the Zandalari call "the blood trolls".

At some point, the blood trolls started worshiping G'huun. Because G'huun has no need for technology, the blood trolls regressed into a more primitive state compared to other troll races. Centuries ago, The worship of G'huun also appeared among the Zandalari still living in Nazmir and worshipping Bwonsamdi, these heretics then decided to corrupt, kill and defile the old worshippers of the loa, then joining the blood trolls.

The blood trolls fashioned their home within Nazmir, with Zul'Nazman serving as their capital. In the wake of the Cataclysm earthquakes and tidal upheaval rocked the Zandalari trolls, causing widespread devastation on Zandalar. Following these natural disasters, the blood trolls began assaulting the Blood Gate within Zuldazar.

## Culture & People

The blood trolls' culture is very harsh and the most primitive troll culture there is because their god G'huun has no need for technology. Their society is also matriarchal; males follow the orders from females without question lest they get chained up and punished or outright sacrificed. Male blood trolls use the word "ma'da" (Zandali for "mother") as a term of respect for the females of their society. Males are usually just said to be "drudges".

Blood trolls are cannibals, the whispers of their god telling them that eating flesh makes them stronger. Females of the Natha'vor tribe cannibalize particularly on the males within the tribe, and call their three most powerful witch doctors "corpse mongers".

The Amaki tribe keep their men as slaves while bloodsingers drain male "volunteers" for blood to use to turn Krag'wa's tadpoles into crawgs.

Blood trolls fuel their voodoo with profane blood rituals, harnessing undead monstrosities to do their bidding. Many who enter the swamps do not leave, instead, become a sacrifice to G'huun. Their mastery of blood magic trumps that of other trolls.

Blood troll poisons are made to paralyze, not kill because they want prisoners alive.

Female dire trolls appear to be highly regarded within blood troll society and are often referred to as "Warmothers"; some, like Warmother Nagla and Warmother Boatema are the leaders of a tribe.