Trolls

Trolls are the strongest race native to The Land, and one of the proudest - with good reason. They shrug aside most blows, and they have a natural regenerative ability. Most of the Trolls are aligned with the Elemental League, fighting side by side with Forest Elves, Centaurs and Faeries to preserve the primoridal beauty of the Land from those who would despoil it, like the Necropolis Sect. Chieftains of the troll tribes are chosen to lead their tribes or warbands through nonlethal combat once a year at a great feast in the Sturnmounts.

They are known to be stubborn and fiercely independent. Their brawlers, who often use only their massive, heavy-boned hands as weapons, can slug it out toe-to-toe with Brass Golems, and typically walk away with a sack of shiny parts. Fighting within and between Troll tribes is common, as warriors attempt to prove themselves and to establish and maintain a rigid pecking order. This rigid and unforgiving system produces Troll chieftains with scarred, battle-­toughened hides and a grim persistence in the face of all opposition.

## Types

Though all trolls share similar physical characteristics, there exist several distinct sub-species of trolls, and distinct types which can occur across the sub species.

### Subspecies

There exist several distinct sub-species of Trolls, although the ones aside from Forest Trolls are reclusive rarely seen.

* Forest Trolls - The most common type of trolls out there - they are strong, have regenerative capabilities and are often allied with the Elementals.
* Mountain Trolls - Highly territorial Trolls that live high in the Sturnmounts and typically don’t get along well with Forest Trolls. Mountain Trolls and Forest Trolls fought terrible wars in centuries past, and relations between the two races are still strained.
* Slag Trolls - A four armed Troll race of Neanderthall throwbacks that stalks the halls of the Dragon City.

### Variants

These sub-types can theoretically occur across all of the subspecies of Trolls, but are most commonly found in Forest Trolls due to their prominence.

* Red-skinned Trolls - Though not a distinct subspecies, all Trolls (including Half-Trolls) who have magical abilities are born with naturally red skin.
* Zombie Trolls - Dead Trolls resurrected as a Zombie by the Necropolis Sect. Exist in large numbers after the Dark Crusaders invasion of the Wylden.
* Vampire Trolls - A winged Troll transformed willingly or unwillingly into a powerful Vampire Troll by a member of the Order of Vladd.
* Half­-Trolls - Troll-orc hybrids that fight alongside the Orc Raiders. Half-Trolls can reproduce quickly with one another.
	+ Tribal Brutes - A direct hybrid offspring from the pairing of an Orc and a Troll, stronger than genetically diluted Half-Trolls.

## Culture

Troll culture descends all the way to the Age of Mists, for even in that perilous time the trolls have existed - the ancient dueling axe Sawtooth is proof to that. The Krugg and Trolls share an age-old enmity for each other. The Orc Raiders work alongside some of the more savage Troll tribes and have been known to interbreed.

### Names

Trolls are known to bear names such as these. Male trolls often bear a "'din" at the end of their name:

* *Male:* Javok'din

### Beliefs

Trolls had a number of beliefs tied to the circumstances surrounding the birth of a newborn Troll. A Troll Chieftain that is birthed on a night of storms is known a Thunderdoom Troll, as they are doomed by fate to die in battle or violence. Whereas any Troll who was unlucky enough to be born on a lunar eclipse, was doomed to a life of darkness and hardship. Likewise, all Trolls born with red skin could become Magic users, though if this based upon a genetic variation or the upbringing of red-skinned trolls was unknown.

### Religion

For both the Forest and Mountain Trolls, much like the Centaurs, Forest Elves, Sprites, and the myriad other creatures that live in the Wylden, love and reverence for the Land itself is the key to their religion. Every tree, rock, flower and stream has their own animistic spirit, and can even be called upon by priests and priestesses trained in the Elemental arts to fight against those who would corrupt or destroy the Land in any way. Even the great Dragons, called from their sleep by the Priests of the Dragon Grove to fight for the Land, have their own part to play in the cycle of life that every creature great or small shares in.

When the Forest Elf Elementalists returned to the Wylden from their banishing, they brought the Spirit of Tezla back with them, which they began to revere as a powerful elder. The Forest and Mountain Trolls along with the other races of the Wylden had some amount of faith in the Spirit but never as much as the Elves did. The faith and belief in the Spirit declined rapidly following the recall to Roanne Valle by the Forest Elves, and subsequent abandonment of the Wylden to the forces of the Dark Crusade. The Trolls, alongside the other native Wylden Races who are now watching the Wylden be destroyed, burned, and corrupted by the evils of the Dark Crusade may never forgive the Elves for their cowardice or fanatical worship of something other than the primal force of the Land.

While the appearance of the Nature Avatar, the Horned Hunter, is not viewed as a god by the Trolls, many of the members of the Wylden Host hold a dedicated reverence for this supernatural, unstoppable force.

## Notable

Notable Trolls
 Maren'kar | Order of the Ninth Circle | Deceased
 Turrak'din | Northlanders | Alive

## Gallery

Troll BrawlerTroll ChieftainTroll Chieftain fighting a Storm Golem

***Sapient species***
 Alien to the Land

***Elemental League***
 Minor characters

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