According to
ancient Norwegian legends some trolls were gigants and others were small. They
all had long crooked noses, only four fingers and toes on each limb, and most
had long bushy tails. A few had only one eye in the middle of their foreheads,
while others had two and even three heads. The trolls were night creatures, and
direct sunlight could cause them to crack and turn to stone. The trolls lived
to be hundreds of years old. Most were shaggy and looked a bit frightening, but
they were mostly good-natured and naive. However, the wrath of the trolls was
bounedless. It was therefore important to keep a good relationship with them,
which in turn could be very rewarding. Even today it is well advised to keep a
good relationship with the trolls. The next time you go to the forests and the
mountains, just remember, they probably mean no harm. But be aware. In the twilight
hours you are no longer alone....then it is you...and the trolls.
Trolls
are huge, ugly, stupid, enormously strong, and deadly dangerous. They come in
many varieties: Cave Trolls with green scaly skin; Hill Trolls or Ettins, who
can speak human language after a fashion; and the dreaded Great Trolls or Ogres,
larger and stronger and more cunning than the others. The stupidity of Trolls
is proverbial; so is their strength. Trolls are stronger than horses, strong
enough to flatten a man with a single blow. Fortunately, most trolls have no
crafts; their weapons are rocks, tree limbs, and their enormous fists, unless
they can steal or buy weapons from the Dwarfs. Ogres, however, sometimes go
armed with enormous swords or axes, and some know the art of building castles
or fortresses. Trolls have one major weakness: if struck directly by the rays
of the sun, they are turned instantly to stone.
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