“The day that changed everything for the Trolls still haunts them to this day. High in the mountains they once lived happily away from civilization under their King. They are now forced to bow down and call the Goblins their masters even after the Goblins slayed their King. They are extremely saddened and no joy ever reaches the face of the Trolls. They want to be free and they want to be out of the ruling hands of the Goblins. Yet, everything remains the same and the Trolls have started to give up hope. Nothing but a great leader could arouse their spirits now.”

“The Trolls live high in the mountains, away from civilization. They are incredibly stupid allowing them to make many mistakes. They are viewed as brutes with extreme strength, but are never mentioned in the same sentence as civilized. They were used during times war with always the highest bidder getting their army. Throughout history the races have crossbred and romances have sparked in the most awkward situations. Thus, was such a story between the Goblin and Trolls when the Goblin King, Alzhaun II wed a Troll Queen. The marriage was believed to be just a ploy to establish an alliance between the two kingdoms. This was proved to be the fact when the couple had a child. The King exiled the child because he could not stand killing his own flesh. After the death of Alzhaun II in 215, his young son, Derius was enthroned. Derius was born of Alzhaun II and his Goblin mistress. The Trolls were enraged at the prospect of their Royal oversight. Diplomacy was tried, but when that failed all hell broke loose and war was declared.”

“In 219, a war was declared on the Goblins by the mighty race of Trolls. This war became to be known as the War of Ascendance. The Ascendance Wars were actually a series of three wars fought between the years of 219-342. Deaths came on both sides of the war and many died on the battlefields. Their eyes were still alive, but everything else dead. Many feared the wars would go on forever, yet there was an end which many Trolls would love to forget. The first war was fought in 219 and the Goblins were defeated badly. Their capitol overrun and their lay in ruins as everything was nothing but ashes. The Trolls launched raids across the Daglian Plains, and defeated the Goblin Infantry at an epic nine day battle known as the Battle of Cataclysm. The second war began in 221 because the Goblins were angry for losing to such an inferior race called upon the help of the Humans. With the help of the Humans the Trolls were pushed out of the Daglian Plains, but the Humans would forever stay out this for their King was slain. The third and final war was started when the Goblins tried to break the Trolls. The Goblins launched an all out offensive on Naemitian Mountains, but the Trolls were ready and were easily destroying the Goblins. Until a lucky shot caught their King right in their heart and as he fell and death appeared in his eyes the Trolls bowed down to their new masters.

“After the days of the war the Trolls were forced to work of slavery. They built the Goblins cities and protected their homelands often causing many deaths in the Goblin Wars to be of the Troll race. The Trolls continued to work under this slavery for one hundred years never once thinking about rebellion or revolting. That was until the days of Ahalfar. He was a brute and was taller and mightier than the rest of the Trolls. He also had one other thing going for him he was a rather intelligent Troll and knew how to manipulate the others to his bidding.”

“Ahalfar spent most of his younger life finding himself some followers that would do whatever he said. He manipulated by giving them presents or gold when in fact he didn’t even like them at all. He just wanted to end his enslavement and whatever it took it would be done. After he had gather up enough followers in 442 he decided that this would be a perfect time to form his group. The group came to be known as the Rebels and Ahalfar asked his followers to come to meetings outside of the town. He could easily sway the people and after a few minutes of talking the fire raged in the eyes of his followers. They listened to every word he said and by the end they all were convinced that this would be the best for the Trolls. After that Ahalfar then progressed in to the actual rebellion killing the men and raping the children of the Goblins. The Goblins were starting to break and the Trolls were on the brink of winning their independence, but low and behold Ahalfar caught a disease. After all the hard work of the Trolls for four years Ahalfar died of that disease. His followers were disheartened and were lost and without their leader they were lost. The Goblins punished them greatly to show that any dealings of rebellion would lead to severe punishment. The Goblins still had control.”

“Some rebellions occurred after the days of Ahalfar, but they were nothing more than just a day of anger. The leaders neither had the cunning or the power of the community that Ahalfar had. They were nothing more than just a few old friends getting drunk and trying to cause trouble. The rebellions were quickly extinguished by the Goblins for they have learned their lesson. The enslavement of the Trolls continued and many feared that this would be their eternal gift to life, to be enslaved and do the bidding of the Goblins.”

“Even though many view the Trolls as being amazingly stupid they are quite sneaky when it comes to shady dealings. The scholars of Alura have just discovered that the Trolls have spies that have escaped from the control of the Goblins who are currently seeking out help in destroying the Goblins. The High Elves have showed interest in this thought, but they do not believe they are ready for a full fledged war. However, the Goblins have confiscated weapons that they believe to be constructed by the High
Elves and that it seems to suggest that they have been supplying the Trolls with weapons that they could use against the Goblins. The Goblins have sternly warned the High Elven people that any more of this action could lead to a war.”

“Also it is thought that these Troll spies may have found some aid from the Dwarven people and eyewitnesses have said they have seen the two together. At the moment there is no proof for these accusations, however the Dwarves are not completely denying it. This has the Goblins remarkably worried for they know that the Dwarven army is well experienced and somewhat large in numbers. All the Goblins can do is sit and wait and see if they can track down the Troll spies before they are able to cause mayhem to their race.”

“What went unnoticed by history and scholars for many years is that many Trolls formed a society which they called the Underground Society and they made plans to escape during the beginning of the third war. As soon as Maardint was struck by the arrow the motion was set into place and the Underground Society escaped to the plains. After the death of Maardint, they seized the opportunity and went to live in the wild and named themselves Wild Trolls.”

“The troll caravan of nearly 60 Trolls escaped to start a new civilization. They vowed to one day return to the Goblin encampments and set their brethren free. The Wild Trolls have heard of the brutal treatment of their brethren and their numbers have finally reached a substantial number so that they can attack. The Underground Society has been reformed, but for a different purpose because they are now planning to end the bondage of the Trolls in Tarul. Their brothers have been enslaved in Tarul for many decades as they watch the family line continuing the same tasks that their forefathers did. The Wild Trolls have been inching day by day closer to Tarul and now have entered the caverns with a vast army of infantry of over 5,000. They are bent on one goal and that is to free the brethren. The Goblins have tried diplomacy, but past occurrences tell you how those go between Goblins and Trolls. The world of Alura is waiting as war has not been declared yet and each side is waiting for the other to strike. Some wonder if there will be war or whether each side is trying to get the other one to succumb to their commands.”

Discovered by Lore Master Apolyon