Board Thread:Fan-made Monsters/@comment-24701421-20140918122111

 Troll 

Species: Demi-Human

Habitat: Varies but mainly in mountains, caves, forests, rivers, swamps, and seas

Disposition: Varies but are generally simple-minded

Diet: Omnivorous but prefer meat, especially goats

While most mamono can be easily recognized by the standard stereotypes of their kind, trolls are a different matter entirely. Although all trolls possess cow-like tails and hairy fur their forms and even personalities can vary wildly depending on their habitat. For example, a sea-dwelling troll may be covered in seaweed with a slender body while a mountain-dwelling troll may have stony growths on her muscular body. A troll that lives in a cave may be as small as a goblin with a shy personality while a troll that lives in a swamp can be a full head taller than a human and has a laidback personality instead. Regardless, trolls are physically stronger and tougher than humans in general and have been known to throw boulders with their bare hands. In addition, trolls generally dislike sunlight as it causes their bodies to become more stiff and lethargic, thus making them slow in both mind and body as a result. They also generally dislike loud noises.

As far as personality goes, trolls are generally friendly to those who are respectful and polite towards them although they may not be above causing harmless mischief. If a person is rude or hostile towards a troll, the troll is likely to retaliate aggressively. Although most trolls are simple-minded, they can be quite cunning and are not easily fooled by false acts of courtesy.

Strangely enough, trolls are attracted to people that dislike mamono, especially the people of the Order. As such, it is not uncommon for them to suddenly attack a monster-hating settlement in order to get a human husband. Depending on a troll’s relationship with her husband, she can be lovingly affectionate or be aggressively dominant.

In the era of the past Demon Lords, trolls would sometimes abduct human children and leave their own offspring, often known as “Changelings”, in their place. Although the trolls no longer practice it, they do allow their children to act independently and freely interact with others, including humans, as long as their safety is not in jeopardy. Also, unlike most mamono, young trolls possess the ability to grow into a different breed of troll depending on their favoured habitat, hence why they are still sometimes called changelings for their unique ability to change breed until they reach adulthood.  