Trolls are a ravenous type of giantkin known for their regenerative abilities, large ugly noses, and great, tusked maws. The species is highly adaptable to a great many environments, and accordingly, many regions have their own ethnic group of troll.
Society[]
Most trolls live in small familial packs of 3-12 and are semi-nomadic in nature, living the lifestyle of travelling hunters. They are capable of devouring any and all things, ranging from local fauna to any humans unlucky enough to cross their path. Due to their incredible regenerative abilities, trolls are difficult to kill and quickly become the apex predators of whichever territory they appear in, often devastating the local wildlife before moving on.
Strange Morality[]
Excerpt taken from "Of Trolls and Men - The Comprehensive Guide to Trollkind"
Unlike their giantkin cousins, trolls are far more bestial in nature, and their lack of civility comprises of several, defining characteristics. One: Their animalistic demeanour. Two: Their general dim-wittedness. And three, the most peculiar characteristic of all: Their alien morality. Charity, mercy. Ruthlessness, cruelty. The average troll cares not for these cornerstones that dictate our own understanding of morality. Instead, trolls follow their own code of conduct:
"My might makes right."
Indeed, a troll's moral code is not influenced by societal expectations. They simply do whatever it is that pleases them in the moment. As such, one must be aware of each troll's distinctive personality when dealing with them. Some trolls may enjoy being fair or even generous. Others may track you down and slaughter your village for the crime of looking at them the "wrong way".
Due to this... unpredictability, those who dare bargain with trolls often do so with simple exchanges and contracts: if you guard and maintain this bridge we'll pay you. If you stay away from this place, we will provide food, and so forth.
Fjord Trolls[]
The trolls inhabiting the northern reaches of Gerudia can be seen as sociocultural outliers in regards to troll society. Unlike the rest of their brethren, they tend to congregate in greater numbers in tribes and clans. Part of this behavioral disparity can be attributed to the millennia the Fjord Trolls spent as rabid warriors and servants to their Ice Giant masters. Centuries later, this ingrained loyalty remains, spurred on by nothing more than the lingering memory of their former masters. Indeed, the trolls act unrelentingly and viciously against any who would dare settle in the domain of their once overlords-- even long after the fall of the Realm of Ice Giants.
Swamp Trolls[]
The trolls inhabiting the Shadowswamp were originally an entirely different trollish race made by the Stone Giants of Bulwar for use as servants and soldiers in their wars against the Dwarves and Dragons. However due to unknown dealings with the Night Hags they were sold as slaves to them by the Giants, forever damning them to servitude and corruption well after their previous masters the Giants had died out. Living in isolation with their new masters for tens of thousands of years has molded the Swamp Trolls into loyal servants of the Hags with a deeply loyal, sadistic and masochistic culture that delights in the suffering inflicted on others for their hag masters.
Forest Trolls[]
TBD