Troll
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| Main leader |
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| Capital | Echo Isles |
| Theater of operations | The Barrens, Durotar, Echo Isles, Stranglethorn Vale |
| Language(s) | Orcish, Zandali |
| Affiliation | Horde, Darkspear Trolls, Revantusk Trolls |
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"The vicious trolls that populate the numerous jungle isles of the South Seas, are renowned for their cruelty and dark mysticism. Barbarous and superstitious, they carry a seething hatred for all other races. Long since exiled from their ancestral homeland in Stranglethorn Vale, the Darkspear tribe was nearly destroyed by rampaging murlocs. Rescued by the young Warchief Thrall and his orcish warriors, the Darkspear tribe swore an allegiance to the Horde. Led by the cunning Shadow Hunter, Vol'jin, the Darkspears now make their home in Durotar along with their orcish allies. As one of the only surviving Darkspears, it falls to you to reclaim the glory of your tribe." - Troll opening cutscene
Trolls (collectively referred to as trollkind) are a diverse sapient race that can be found in every part of Azeroth. They are one of the world's oldest known native races. Trolls are divided into many subgroups adapted to different environments, namely dark trolls, forest trolls, ice trolls, jungle trolls, sand trolls, and Zandalari trolls.
Many trolls have no loyalty except amongst their own tribes, but some important groups have joined the Horde: the Darkspear tribe, Revantusk tribe, and others remain independent like Zandalari Empire. Some forest trolls cling to their allegiance to the Old Horde and its villainous offshoots, many of them remains inside the Blackrock Mountain with the Dark Horde.
History
As tribal rivalries erupted throughout the former Gurubashi Empire, the Darkspear tribe found themselves driven from their homeland in Stranglethorn Vale. Having settled on the Darkspear islands, which are believed today to have been a part of the Broken Isles, the tribe soon found themselves entangled in a conflict with a group of murlocs. Eventually they also found new enemies in humans when a Kul Tiras-fleet landed on the island in search for some orcs who had stolen some ships. The trolls' fate seemed sealed until the orcish Warchief Thrall and his band of newly freed orcs, which were the orcs the humans were looking for, took shelter on the island after a heavy storm. The orcs managed to defeat the humans, but their victory was short-lived. Controlled by a Sea Witch, the Underworld Minions captured the Darkspears' leader Sen'jin along with Thrall and several orcs, trolls and humans. They were all brought to a complex prison made by caves below the island. Thrall managed to free himself and his companions, but was ultimately unable to save the trolls' leader. Although Sen'jin was sacrificed to the Sea Witch, he was able to reveal a vision he had in which Thrall would lead the Darkspear trolls from the island.
After returning to the island's surface, Thrall and his followers managed to fend off further attacks by the Sea Witch and her murloc minions, and set sail for Kalimdor once again. Under the new leadership of Vol'jin, the Darkspear swore allegiance to Thrall's Horde and followed him to Kalimdor. Now considered enemies by all other troll organizations except the Revantusk, Shatterspear, and the Zandalari, the Darkspear are held in contempt to this day. Yet, the Darkspear have not forgotten being driven from their ancestral homes, and this animosity is eagerly returned - especially towards the other jungle trolls. Having reached and founded the orc's new homeland, Durotar, the trolls carved out another home for themselves — this time among the Echo Isles on the eastern shores of the new orc kingdom.
However, with another approach by Kul Tiras and its navy, the Darkspear were forced to retreat inland under the onslaught of the misguided commander Daelin Proudmoore. The trolls, fighting alongside their Horde brethren led by the beastmaster Rexxar, defeated the enemy and reclaimed their new home. Shortly thereafter, a witch doctor by the name of Zalazane began using dark magic to take the minds of his fellow Darkspear. As his army of mindless followers grew, Vol'jin ordered the free trolls to evacuate, and Zalazane took control of the Echo Isles. The Darkspear have since settled on the nearby shore, naming their new village after their old leader, Sen'jin. From Sen'jin Village they, along with their allies, send forces to battle Zalazane and his enslaved army.
Appearance
The appearance of Trolls varies depending on their type and tribe to which they belong:
Jungle Trolls: The most common currently, they usually live on islands, they are organized into tribes like any other type of trolls, of which the Blackspear Tribe formally belongs to the Horde, with bluish skin and elongated arms and legs with muscles for the males.
Troll females have a build more similar to the other races, however, the bluish skin with some warts on the skin remains.
Both genders have two protruding tusks, with those of the males being more prominent. Some use war paint and certain wings on their fangs or any other area of the face.
Forest Trolls: The second most common type of Troll to see, they tend to reside in forested areas, they have a long history of war with the High Elves and with the human race over the lands of Quel'thalas and Lordaeron that are now under the domain of the plague, with a somewhat different constitution and with an easily recognizable pigmentation on the skin, being green, but very similar to the Jungle trolls, previously the Amani Trolls belonged to the Old Horde, currently only the Revantusk tribe has joined her.
Ice Trolls: They are a type of trolls that reside in cold areas similar to their other congeners, they only differ in the light blue pigmentation of their skin, probably due to the icy climates in which they live. They can be easily seen in the most distant areas of Dun Morogh.
Sand Trolls: A type of Troll difficult to see in the Eastern Kingdoms, residing in the distant lands of Kalimdor, in Tanaris, they are an aggressive type of Troll, they will rarely be seen being friendly with others other than their own. tribe, pigmented with a color similar to the yellowish sand due to the hot climate of the desert and with customs even more primitive than the other types of Troll, often perform dark rituals in honor of their ancient gods in the depths of the ruins of Zul 'farrak.
Zandalari Trolls: A special tribe of Trolls and the most civilized of all, the Zandalari Trolls come from the Far Island of Zandalar, the last bastion of the once great Zandalari empire, they are currently in Stranglethorn Valley trying to stop the invocation to the current plane of the Blood God Hakkar by the Hakkari and their loyalists within Zul'gurub and the Temple of Atal'Hakkar.
Dark Trolls: The most difficult type of Troll to see in all of Azeroth, of currently unknown origin and scattered in small tribes throughout the world, their pigmentation is dark purple, they tend to practice arcane magic and witchcraft, there are those who say that they have some kind of relationship with the Night Elves.