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	By Jormap
	Edited by Hook
	
	=== Appearance ===
	
	Trolls are large hairy humanoid beasts. They have very long arms which they can use as fore-legs for running. Trolls are usually very big and muscular. Trolls are very hairy but the hair is short. Females hair is light brown and males a little darker brown. Troll's faces are much like humans except it is much more brutal with sharp teeth, big flat noses and small eyes. There is two differences between male and female Trolls, males have less hair on their body and females have larger, more muscular bodies. Trolls can live a very long time, at least females. It is not unheard of for troll to live up to 300 years, but usually Trolls are killed in battle before this.
	
	=== History ===
	
	Very little is know about Troll history. Trolls lack a written language, So all that is known about trolls history is through the oral tradition of clan shamen who pass on their history by word of mouth to their successor. It is rumored that when the FlyingRoom crashed somewhere in the north there were Trolls aboard. But these Trolls had thick white hair and most of them stayed in vast northern snow fields. Some of these early Trolls started to move south to more warmer atmosphere, nobody knows why. Main population of Trolls settled down all over mountains in northern part of world, but trolls have been seen as far south as Meral.
	
	Trolls history is filled with bloody clan wars. The largest recorded war in which over 5000 trolls died occurred 400 years ago. This war was between the clan Draktai and the clan Verdiknah. It happened at the mountains of Malediction and eventually weakened the two clans enough to destroy them completely. There have always been clan wars and it seems they will continue so long as Trolls exist.
	
	=== Philosophies ===
	
	Troll gods are very brutal and most of them require blood to be satisfied, at least Troll shamen say so. There are as many Troll gods as Troll clans with each clan having it's own god. There are three main clans of Trolls. The largest of which is the Bruknahk which has over 500 trolls spread over 7 tribes. The Bruknahk worships Brah-taar the Troll god of war. The second largest clan is the Rekdiktaah which has about 300 trolls and worship Graah the god of death. The Third clan is Karaak and it has 200 trolls. They worship Barak the god of night. All trolls are very fanatic worshipers. They do whatever their god tells them to do. And because the shaman is the "Voice of the god" he possesses great power within his clan. Shaman is the only profession males can practice. Every 50 years old shaman chooses an apprentice which he trains for ten full years. After that the old shaman is sacrificed to his god and the apprentice takes his place as the successor. This ritual works so that the members of his own tribe eat the old shaman. Each god is very blood-thirsty and require lots of blood. So shaman often command the troll hunters to go down from mountains and hunt for members of other races.
	
	=== Society ===
	
	Trolls society is matronarcial in which the females dominate, because females are much more stronger than males. The only position of power which males can possess is shaman of his tribe. Trolls live in tribes in big mountains. They sleep in caves but at nights troll females leave to get food for her children, males only get children's leftovers. Usually many tribes which worship the same god live near each other and form a clan. Clans have their leader which is selected in big bloodbath every tenth year. Three female troll from each tribe can participate in this bloodbath and the new leader is the troll which is alive after this terrible fight. Leader and shaman decide all clan related questions together. Leader commands the warriors of the clan within battle and on hunts.
	
	=== Quick role-playing tips ===
	
	Trolls should be played as very aggressive and blood-thirsty race. They don't take insults from anyone. If someone insults their god they will attack immediately. Trolls don't have moral inhibitions which limit some so called "good" races. As such it's very hard to predict what trolls will do next. So the bottom line trolls should be played as very brutal, powerful and bad-tempered.