Troll

Trolls

A Troll, or Trol in Ximi, is a man sized fatty that steals and eats children and lives in deep forests and marshes.

They stand at around 190 to 200 centimeters tall, are fat or generally wide, and have very short hair. Both the males and females have huge noses that are entirely covered in dark fur. Their dark facial hair and body hair is also shared among both genders, making it easy to confuse them.

One of their most iconic features are their extremely long earlobes, which may reach down to their shoulders or even down to their crotch. It is believed that the longer a troll's earlobes are, the more powerful it is.

While they may not officially exist, it doesn't stop people from believing in them.

As such, most households will hold "trollhammers" to keep trolls away.

The origins of the troll myth goes way back into early humanity, in the early 8th century. Their first appearance is in a short book by Liftvya Seleson Kafkame called "The wilds of Smetsya" where trolls play an antagonist role in torturing and raiding a village.

Due to its shortness and simple language, the book was very popular. The trolls quickly became a symbol of the town Kafkame lived in and their story only spread further from there. Within a few decades, the line between fiction and fact became very blurred, and people eventually started believing that trolls actually do exist.

Not only is there no evidence of trolls existing on Ximizhlum, there are also no traces of any settlement called Smetsya. It should also be noted that all of Kafkame's other books were fiction.

Kafkame, most likely drunk off of his newfound popularity, insisted that the Wilds of Smetsya was based on a true story and that trolls indeed exist. To prove his claims, he would always carry around a "trollhammer" (an item from the book that is said to ward off trolls) on his person.

To further convince people, Kafkame had a hammer commissioned, aptly called Trollhammer". The handle of the Trollhammer was a large strong bone which he claimed came from a troll. That seems unlikely, though, as not only would it not fit in with the description of trolls, no other bones of trolls were every found. The bone used in the Trollhammer was most likely a bone from a large animal.

Trollhammers The trollhammer, or kanatsuchitroli in Ximi, item hasn't changed appearance at all since its first invention. It is a 50 centimeter long wooden object that doesn't even resemble a hammer in the first place. It has a second wooden stick going through the center to the side, making the trollhammer resemble a cross. At the end of the arms are two, usually red, cloth balls. There are also two holy ribbons on the arms, one on each side.

As mentioned before, a trollhammer is used to ward off trolls. Simply having one at home is supposedly enough to scare trolls away. Some settlements will even have large trollhammers built around its premises.

If a trollhammer fails to ward off a troll and a troll still walks up to you, you are supposed to bonk them on their hairy noses with the flat top. This will cause them to cry and run away, not returning until at least a fortnight has passed.

The Trollhammer

The Trollhammer is a two handed mace commissioned by the guy who first wrote about trolls, Liftvya Seleson Kafkame. The handle is supposedly made of a troll's bone. The rest of it is made out of coloured obsidian.

While there is nothing special about the Trollhammer, other than the bone if you believe in its authenticity, the mace has become a sort of artifact.

It was kept in one of the museums in the Capital until the Firmamental Break collapsed the city. Its location afterwards is unknown and it may very well still lie deep down in the ruins of the city.