However, they could be based on another race of Middle-earth, as neither Morgoth nor Sauron had access to the Secret Fire, and therefore could not create things, only alter that which already existed. Their hide was as thick as stone and nigh-impervious to physical attacks. It is stated that they were created by Melkor, although it's not clear exactly how. The Ent Treebeard says that trolls were "made in mockery" of Ents, as Orcs were of Elves, though not necessarily from Entish stock. Some were described as being able to speak, while others appear to be as irrational as animals. The major weakness of at least some trolls was that they turned to stone in sunlight. Trolls were strong and vicious, but generally dim-witted. Perry, instead, was invited to tea every Thursday and the troll taught to him how to be a great baker. When the other Hobbits learned that Perry had eaten well thanks to the troll, they show up asking for food, but they were refused since they had refused to be his friend. Because the troll was a very good cook, thanked Perry fed him generously. Thus, only Perry-the-Winkle show up and befriended the troll while he was crying outside of the Lockholes. However, when he came to Michel Delving all the secretive and scared Hobbits started to run and hide whenever they saw him. In fact, he was a very strange troll, because he did not steal, drink beer and eat meat. In his poem, a Lonely Troll entered the Shire seeking for friends, because he was the last troll "from Weathertop to the Sea". Sometime during the Fourth Age, Samwise Gamgee wrote a poem called Perry-the-Winkle. Rendition of an armored Mountain Troll for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Legacy As a result of the One Ring being destroyed, most of the trolls present at the battle were killed, and the others are known to have fled. In the subsequent Battle of the Black Gate, the hobbit Peregrin Took killed a large Olog-hai troll with his barrow-blade. Sauron used Olog-hai in the Siege of Gondor and Battle of the Pelennor Fields. As things seemed perilous, however, the trolls fled (although this was due to the approach of the Balrog, Durin's Bane). Boromir's sword recoiled off the scaled hide of one troll. They even had normal names: Tom, Bert, and William (Bill) Huggins (the only one with a given surname).ĭuring the War of the Ring, Frodo and the Fellowship encountered Cave-trolls alongside various Orcs within Moria. While threatening, the trolls in The Hobbit serve as a comic element. They enjoyed eating anything they could get their hands on. While most trolls could not bear exposure to sunlight without turning to stone, the Olog-hai apparently could (to the same extent as Orcs) this attribute was mentioned in The Return of the King as making them particularly dangerous.Ī mountain troll at the Black Gate, used for opening the gateĭuring Bilbo's quest to the Lonely Mountain, trolls were known to speak with thick Cockney accents, specifically three Hill-trolls who had dwelt on the Ettenmoors and moved down to the Trollshaws. They turned to stone when exposed to sunlight, for stone, as told in The Hobbit, is what trolls were originally made of. He created the Olog-hai, which were smarter than earlier breeds of trolls. In the Second and Third Age, trolls were among Sauron's most dangerous warriors. Many trolls died in the War of Wrath, but some survived and joined the forces of Sauron, the greatest surviving servant of Melkor. They were very strong, but turned into stone in sunlight. Melkor devised trolls during the First Age, in the twilight of the Elder Days.
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