Half Troll

Searching for a soul mate

- "What’s he doin’ standin’ dere so late in prenokt, dressed like he’s gonna hunt sumthin’ ?"

• "Who?"
• "Dis guy o’er dere near dat innkeeper’s girl... TINAAA, more ale ’fyou please, you be a goood girl."
• "Ah, that Half-Troll. That’s a pilgrims ritual outfit he’s wearing."
• "Ha’f-Troll? Whuz’ dat?"
• "Shhhh! if he hears you, you’ll be dead in a second. Come one, let’s go back home and I’ll tell you..." "They didn’t have an easy life, you know. Mixed bloods, children born from strife between both sides... Same thing for Half-Orcs, by the way. They try not to socialize too much when they are in big cities as too many people throw stones at them for fun. So they made their own small communities, villages built where you don’t expect any. Most of them prefer swamps. They don’t care much about diseases that could kill the rest of us. That must be something they got from their Troll origins and the fact that they worship Malecta, even if some left her to worship Hydra or Hel.

The one we saw tonight was quite large, most are only 2.10m to 2.30m high. They are bigger than any other race, have great stamina and strength and that’s why they were often used as support troops when the war was raging.

Today, many people respect them for what they did. Some even caught the Immortals’ attention which made them a true race: Vahalken the Ranger, Ellianor the Druid, Arkorak the Warrior and Aleéria the Amazon taught them their art which made them even stronger on the battlefields.

But they are doomed with a terrible curse: the few Half-Troll females that were born didn’t survive. The low number of unions and the unexplained drop in fertility rates for mixed couples make Half-Trolls a lonely race, without any hope to have children one day. If nobody can find a solution, this race will soon disappear. But there is a rumor around and some Trolls blindly believe in it; when even the gods abandon us, the slightest sign of hope makes us go forward. This rumor is about a hidden place where you can find Half-Troll females.

When a Half-Troll wants to look for them, he wears a traditional pilgrim outfit. It’s always interesting to talk to these people for a bit, even if it’s only to get some information about the war, to know which kingdoms are now free, where the front-line has moved to... They know every rock on every road, they know the place."

• "Yeah, but dat story’s not gunna bring my door key back, I think me woman’s gunna whack me head off..."

Size:

2.10m to 2.30m

Sex:

Male only

Alignment:

Dark or Light

Classes available:

• Fighters:
• Warrior
• Archer
• Healers:
• Druid
• Hunters:
• Ranger

Way of life:

Their choice of divinity at the end of the War is quite obvious in their architecture: their villages, which were located near swamps at first, which still have aesthetic qualities (although this is open for discussion) with colors ranging from green to ochre to brown, as well as ornaments and specificities coming from their distant ancestors. Half-trolls are true fighters with a ferocious attitude, especially when they fight. But behind this attitude looms an incoming tragedy for the whole Half-Troll people: the fact that there are no females left leads them, slowly but ruthlessly, to extinction.

Protecting divinity:

Malecta

Divine factions: Every inhabitant of Ganareth, either Dark or Light, owns a way of thinking, of seeing the world, that comes from the race. When someone chooses to follow an Immortals teachings, it alters the follower’s perception of things, sometimes very slightly, sometimes with such an impact that the protecting god is completely estranged. The follower may then worship another god.

The god(s) you may worship depends on your race/class combination. If your character is strongly oriented, you have only one choice available.